October 13, 2005We had a farewell party for my one of my many (4) sisters. She's leaving this weekend for a long stint in Australia. She works for a big mining company and they want her to spearhead a project to strip-mine the Outback, or something like that, I wasn't really paying attention, but I know that she's now a very important person in the organization. I may be going out on a limb here, but if we were still in feudal times I think she would be a countess and I would have to address her as "Your Excellency." In all, I have six brothers and sisters (I leave it as an exercise for the reader to figure out how many of each), which is, by today's standards, large, if not enormous. But for me it's very comforting -- every single one of my brothers and sisters is awesome (the duchess herself being only one example) which leads to the feeling of not belonging to a family so much as a small, powerful nation. Happy to have a Pater Familias
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Wow! Thanks for all the compliments. I think I could get used to being called "Your Excellency" but if I was really a countess you would have to call me "My Lady". :-) Just in case any of you are tree huggers, be assured we aren't strip mining the outback. Posted by: potentiallyred at October 13, 2005 07:08 PMI wish I could lower my standards and only call her "Your Excellency". Posted by: Fred at October 13, 2005 07:26 PMDid you see the news article on the woman who just had her 16th kid? Ask your parents why they gave up so early. ;) Posted by: Ed at October 13, 2005 07:57 PMPost a comment
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