Tagliatella

After a lovely dinner with the Italians (Maurizio is stealing Fabiana's friends while she is gone), which included my learning several rude things to say in Italian, it is now nearly midnight and time for me to get back to reading about Systemic Functional Grammar. The more one reads, the more disoriented one becomes.

Tagliatella is both a pasta type and a liqueur made from grappa and marasca -- this is kind of a play on words.

Interesting items of note for today:

you cannot borrow pens at the public library.
there are, however, pens for sale for 10p.
i used my photographic memory for the title and author & looked it up at home for my bibliography -- stupid library.
another bone of contention for the library: one PAYS for books on CD.

WHAT?!? Hello, it is a library.

isn't that a synonym for "lending"?

and doesn't "lending" imply "free"?

Scrembled Eggs (aka, Emily) called me from the 'Port this afternoon!
my friend, Tracie, is coming to see me in March!
(we met at a conference in Birmingham last spring and our group of 4 had QUITE a cultural excursion into the finest of the city -- it involved Jell-O, a staple for fun and sustenance at many different events in the Southland)
Lisa and Ben will be arriving in one WEEK.
Mlle. Clarence appears to be planning a visit in April!
Will be insulting Karsten in person in THREE days.
Georgia and I skillfully created marvelous subterfuge when confronted by a stalking friend this evening. But it turned out to be necessary so we felt a little bad. And we helped her and she didn't know that we were originally hiding from her.
Italians do not like Marmite. (this web site is funny)
Rome appears to have become too commercialized for natives' taste.
(two dinner guests were Romans, and our newest friend is Siciliana).
Someone named Mark Darcy is a field reporter on Radio 4 right now.
Talked to Flee today -- she fled from the phone.