Consumpt-Ious #7 
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I recovered this old dialogue:

He: Some Christians object to celebrating Easter because the word "Easter" originates with the ancient goddess Ishtar or Astarte. I once spoke to a Protestant theologian (who himself celebrated Easter with all the trimmings) who told me that the NT acolytes of Ishtar passed around "Ishtar eggs" during their goddess' spring celebrations. But other Christians' main concern - I am in this number - is which chocolate ear should I bite off first? To tell me I can't eat eggs or candy because they once had some occult connection is a little like telling me I can't brush my teeth because Adolf Hitler did.

Me: Hitler was a vegetarian [which caused great flatulence, the treatment for which included massive doses of toxins that drove him mad... but I digress]; therefore, vegans are Nazis and all right-thinking folks should eat lots of meat, preferably raw. Or so the logic goes...

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  HOLYDAY SURVIVALS:  

Somehow we made it past the Solstice-Xmas-Chanukkah-Kwanzaa-NewYear season of 2005, squatting in our modern retreat in the Sierra Nevada mountains. We'll swerve past Old XMas and leap stagger into another year, with no firm plans of where to go and what (and what not) to eat. Best, would be to fly to Antigua Guatemala and spend a couple months there in live-in (home study) language school — eat the local food and walk everywhere — THAT will get us into trim. Then slowly bus back north, perfecting our Español as we stroll around numerous highland towns. The alternate dream is to fly to Kerala, India, where we hear that one can live well on US$3 per day. But, ¿Quien sabe? We shall see.

Should I admit to overindulgence? Shall I blame a newly-moved-here inlaw, a former high-stress senior corporate executive who relaxes by constructing elaborate feasts, and who provided us with entirely too much chocolate? Can I blame SAD (seasonal affective disorder) resulting from midwinter's short gloomy days? Was it the sumptious Freda Kahlo Xmas dinner? (Soon, I'll post the menu here.) Or maybe just insufficient jalapeños? Whatever. I predict a near future of cabbage salads.

It must have been about one in the afternoon when I woke. I was feeling more or less like something the Pure Food Committee had rejected. —PG Wodehouse