We cast our nets to hold on fast

[sovay]

On the occasion of spatch's birthday, we ordered a ton of sweet ribs and pulled pork and chicken and brisket and butter crack cake from the Smoke Shop and continued our unofficial tradition of cinematically visiting different eras of New York with James Goldman's They Might Be Giants (1971). I gave him an IOU for his on-the-way gift of Lola Montès (1955). My anniversary T-shirt had finally arrived from the UK, so I opened it ceremoniously for my unbirthday. We had to deal in the afternoon with something of a literal person from Porlock, but after dark we got out to view the progress of the GLX, which is beginning to look eerily real. Some year, perhaps again a Burns Supper.

Comments

[cmcmck]

That has very much the feel of our local railway station which is mid 19th century.

[sovay]

That has very much the feel of our local railway station which is mid 19th century.

It's been very strange to watch it come into being over the last decade, like the world's slowest developing photograph. I'm not sure how long it will take to feel real when it's finally open.

[selkie]

*hugs* I am glad you did well by each other.

[sovay]

I am glad you did well by each other.

It's important.

*hugs*

[minoanmiss]

Next year a Burns Supper! Oh my WOW I have been wanting to do one of those my ENTIRE LIFE ! I just BOUNCED when I saw your mention!

[sovay]

Oh my WOW I have been wanting to do one of those my ENTIRE LIFE ! I just BOUNCED when I saw your mention!

There used to be one run out of the Burren in Davis Square! For several years it coincided with spatch's birthday, so we used it as his celebration. If it is ever safe for it to resume, you should totally, totally come to it. (It is the only place in my life I have ever had haggis. It's delicious! I miss it.)

[minoanmiss]

I only heard about the Burren's after they stopped doing it, alas. But maybe they'll resume.

I think I could make a haggis, depending on the level of "from scratch".

(Also Happy Birthday To Spatch!)

[sovay]

I think I could make a haggis, depending on the level of "from scratch".

I think the trickiest part is the organ meats, but if you have a good local butcher, I bet it can be done. I have never tried it myself, to be fair.

[minoanmiss]

I know of a couple butcher shops around here if McKinnon's can't supply (but I'd bet on them). I've cooked kidneys, livers, and hearts, though all separately.

So not this year, but maybe one of these years. :)

[skygiants]

They Might Be Giants is one of my mother's favorite films, and mine by proxy, having seen it at a commensurately formative age (though not in years; I should rewatch at some point.)

[sovay]

They Might Be Giants is one of my mother's favorite films, and mine by proxy, having seen it at a commensurately formative age (though not in years; I should rewatch at some point.)

spatch remembered loving it from years ago. It has its glitches, but I could see why it had stayed with him—I loved where it ended up—and Gilliam's The Fisher King (1991) owes it an enormous debt.

[pameladean]

Belated happy day to spatch! I got lost in the menu of the link to the restaurant. Historically, barbecue places have not been friendly to my weird dietary needs, but I could eat there. And they say what is in things! It's so civilized!

I am glad you got to have large heaps of smoked meat and a movie.

P.

[sovay]

Belated happy day to spatch!

I shall tell him!

I got lost in the menu of the link to the restaurant. Historically, barbecue places have not been friendly to my weird dietary needs, but I could eat there.

Oh, that's cool. I hope the world becomes such that you get the chance.

And they say what is in things! It's so civilized!

They have never onion-poisoned spatch! They do make their mac and cheese strictly with pimento cheese, which we have never understood.

I am glad you got to have large heaps of smoked meat and a movie.

Thank you.

[gwynnega]

I am very fond of They Might Be Giants.

I'm glad you and Spatch had such a lovely birthday celebration!

[sovay]

I am very fond of They Might Be Giants.

I think it's the best thing I've seen George C. Scott do, and I like George C. Scott.

I'm glad you and Spatch had such a lovely birthday celebration!

It was slightly hard-won, but worth it.

[oracne]

It sounds like a lovely celebration.

[sovay]

It sounds like a lovely celebration.

It matters to celebrate things.

[oracne]

So much. The last chapter of my current novella is celebration, which I'd been sort of planning all along, but it took until last week to realize, OH, this is because of all the celebrations I didn't get to have in the last two years.

[nineweaving]

A belated happy birthday to spatch! Next year,I hope to toast you both at a Burns supper.

Nine

[sovay]

A belated happy birthday to spatch! Next year, I hope to toast you both at a Burns supper.

Thank you! I think that would be nice.