You know how the haggadah says “Drink the first [second, third, and fourth] cup of wine”? Do you gulp it down or take a sip? Every seder I’ve been to, people take a sip and move on. Wait a minute. Let’s read between the lines. Let’s read “and talk” when it says “drink the Nth cup of wine.” The Greek word symposium literally means “drink together.” And the idea of “drink together” is “talk together.” So, instead of taking a sip, why not talk for as long as it takes everyone to comfortably finish a glass of wine? Talk about the meaning of Passover. Talk about Passovers past and Passovers future. How have you been helped up with a mighty arm and outstretched hand? Don’t just eat, pray, sip. Eat, pray, drink! And talk, and drink, and talk.

Just don’t drink and drive.

This morning we took Buxley & Lady to the dog park at Steele Indian School Park. We met with our friend Mark and his dog Stanley, and we enjoyed meeting other dogs and their owners.

Our neighbor Elva stopped by just now on her way to the hospital to get a pacemaker, and she showed me this little angel that our mail carrier gave her. It came with a card that said, “A guardian angel to watch over you during your procedure today.” Isn’t that the sweetest thing? Elva wanted me to show it to Andy. Well, I’ll go a step further and show it to the world and ask everyone who sees this to say a prayer for our beautiful neighbor Elva today.

Here’s Buxley play-fighting with Stanley (our friend Mark’s dog) as J.J. sniffs and looks on.

Andy and I went to Aunt Chilada’s last night for a “meetup” of Flickrites (users of the Flickr photo sharing web service). It was good fun. We met some nice people, and I took some good pictures. I talked with one guy, Garry, about SLR’s and lenses, so I learned some technical stuff too (though I don’t remember all of it). I’m glad I went.