Both of the Portuguese-speaking hillbillies are from South Carolina.

I've obviously skipped, but suddenly everybody is talking about matzoh here.

I have a hard enough time convincing my mom not to go crazy over Passover with regards to other people until a month before the holiday itself (22nd of April this year. And I only know its general date because it was the due date of "Serenity"). I actually go along with "don't mention Pesakh before Purim!" sorts of requests - I hate Pesakh even more than I hate computers, and considering how much I dislike computers right now, that's saying something.

Oh, well. It's almost 6pm. B just sent me a couple of absolutely adorable pictures of her son (he totally communicates with his parents - it's obvious even in still pictures). In a couple of hours some friends of my roommate will throw her a not-really-but-let's-call-it-this-way "bachlorette party", so today's evening will be so much better than yesterday's. Things are definitely looking up.

[Edit: oh, goodness. Upon looking at the post after clicking, all I can think about is "this post was brought to you by the meMeME association. Head and only member: me"]

There are one heck of a lot of people from Fall River who still speak Portugese at home, and there are two Portugese language channels on my cable system, so yeah, it's possible.

No, what I meant was, can you talk like you're from southern Appalachia and still be from Fall River? I know Fall River is a big Portuguese-language town, because on the Vineyard you can pick up their radio stations. (Somerville only has one Portuguese cable channel, coincidentally (?) right next to Fox News.) But, I've not met many folks from the Bay State with Appalachian accents.

TAR: But they're not from Mass, are they? I thought they were from a Carolina.

I liked the two women who came in first, but that llama meltdown came out of nowhere, and doesn't bode well.

Timelies!

"Millionaire adventurer" Steve Fossett is more than half way around the world now. Currently he's over Japan.

Brenda, it seemed like one of them was of the "let's carefully weigh the pros and cons of each Detour choice" school of thought and the other was of the "ooh, llamas!" school of thought. That's going to get them in trouble later on.

I recorded TAR and will watch later today. I've been reading the whitefont, though, and am therefore thoroughly spoiled.

On another topic: I'm trying to line up a moving company for the big relocation to St. Louis. Are there any companies anyone here would recommend? Any companies I should avoid like the plague?

Any companies I should avoid like the plague?

Butter Finger Movers. Glass Smashing Transport.

We had a "Seder Supper" as part of preparation for First Communion, and it was not presented as "This is how Passover is celebrated" at all, more "This is what the Last Supper would have been like and here's the symbolism we (Christians, and possibly more specifically Catholics) attach to parts of it". that was al ong timne ago, so I might be remembering it wrong, but I don know that what I remember from that doesn't fit too well into how I celebrate Pesach these days.

I'm assuming that DebetEsse's mother's seder will be around Easter, in which case it feels a little weird to me to insist on unleavened bread, as that won't be during Passover. That would make it more theatrical, like colonial Williamsburg, playing at a ritual rather than honoring or observing it.

Jessica - on TAR: I thought the same thing. They spent so much time arguing about which detour they should do that the time behind them caught up !