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Thoroughly Thursday
Feb. 5th, 2009 10:46 pmWoke up this morning and turned on the local news (yes, I like to stay in bed for a bit, catch a little bit of the news and check my email) where they started a story with "Have you ever wanted to own the ring worn by Bela Lugosi in Dracula?" and I felt my stomach drop. I've seen that ring, in person... as well as the scarab ring from "The Mummy." Forry was wearing them the first time I met him, at WesterCon XXXX. He'd been so nice to me, considering I got completely tongue-tied and wound up barely being able to speak at all. I still have the keychain he gave me (it says "Remember me with every key. 4E 4E 4E").
I mean, I know it's been a few months since Forry passed away, but it was just a little bit devastating to hear that his collection is going up for auction. And now I'm really, really hoping that someone like Paul Allen will swoop in and buy it all because it just seems so wrong to have the collection broken up after all this time.
( I was lucky enough to meet Forry again several years later... ) And that's how I ended up with something from Forry's private collection.
On a completely different subject, we tried bison this evening for the first time... we'd been looking for something quick to grill for dinner and found some pre-formed bison patties at a local grocery store. Delicious! Although for mine I ended up cutting a patty in half and reforming it before grilling it... my concept of a "serving" has definitely changed in the last year, and the original 1/3 pound burger was just way too HUGE. Verdict: Bison = yummy! And fast!
( I managed to watch tonight's 'Bones' in near realtime (spoilers under the cut). )
ETA: Oh! And as of today, I've managed to practice the piano every day for the last three weeks! Yay!
I mean, I know it's been a few months since Forry passed away, but it was just a little bit devastating to hear that his collection is going up for auction. And now I'm really, really hoping that someone like Paul Allen will swoop in and buy it all because it just seems so wrong to have the collection broken up after all this time.
( I was lucky enough to meet Forry again several years later... ) And that's how I ended up with something from Forry's private collection.
On a completely different subject, we tried bison this evening for the first time... we'd been looking for something quick to grill for dinner and found some pre-formed bison patties at a local grocery store. Delicious! Although for mine I ended up cutting a patty in half and reforming it before grilling it... my concept of a "serving" has definitely changed in the last year, and the original 1/3 pound burger was just way too HUGE. Verdict: Bison = yummy! And fast!
( I managed to watch tonight's 'Bones' in near realtime (spoilers under the cut). )
ETA: Oh! And as of today, I've managed to practice the piano every day for the last three weeks! Yay!
