Catching Up Again

I have had no shortage of topics to muse upon in recent weeks, but I've neglected this part of my life - the holidays will do that to you, too much going on, being pulled in too many directions. What did we miss?

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RavioliFest VI was another saucy success... a half dozen pasta-facturers reported for the morning shift, with another dozen roll-and-crimpers came in the afternoon. And that's just the adults. A sextet or so of charging children carried on in the background, occasionally interrupting their Power Ranger video marathon to roll out a batch of dough. These final numbers are in from the Division of GRMP (Great Ravioli Making Production)...

☒ Approx. 63 official dozen of raviolis made...
☒ For the first time in PRH (Pastorino recorded history), ravioli di formaggio outnumbered ravioli di carne...
☒ More than 98% of all raviolis passed RGI (Ravioli Geometric Inspection) standards, as no Jamaican guests produced triangular ones this year...
☒ Approximately six dozen squash ravioli are also rumored to have been assembled but, obviously, do not meet RCS (Ravioli Content Specifications) and are not included in official counts.

Thanks all who helped... If you'd like to be a part of TamaleFest I in February, let me know.

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35 years ago next week, OJ Simpson became the first running back in NFL history to run for 2,000 yards in one season when he ran for 200 yards in the season finale at the New York Jets. If I recall correctly, this five-year-old aspiring sports fan was left at home while my Dad attended this game. Not that I'm holding a grudge :)

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Asia Dispatches, the new weekly-ish newsletter from Snow Lion Expeditions hit 10,000+ e-mailboxes last week. It's one of the communications upgrades I'm bringing to my new employer. I'm having a blast and, if you want to know anything about Asia from K2 to Pyongyang and Mongolia to Angkor, I'm your guy now. Check us out at www.snowlion.com. Did you know that if you get your picture in the local paper in the little section that announced new hires and promotions , all sorts of strangers cold-call you to sell you financial services, advertising opportunities, etc.? It's kind of creepy actually.

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Major kudos to the residents of Northwestern's Communications Residential College (CRC)... this past week they executed Radiothon XX, in honor and memory of my friend Will Arnold who passed away across the hall from me during my sophomore year. A tradition we started perseveres two decades later. Makes me proud, but kinda makes me feel old, too.