[CH] A chile-head in love
Chris Eidem (jceidem@dexma.com)
Mon, 16 Feb 1998 13:29:47 -600
Hello friends and neighbors,
Chiles have been bumped to second place in my heart (at least temporarily).
Yes, that white-hot burn of new love has come over your humble narrator like a
nose full of hab powder. Flushed, teary-eyed and trembling, Cupid shot a
Patriot through my heart...
How can I tell?
Sure, there's the usual billing and cooing, the giggles etc, etc. Sure, the
same interests (good Scotch, odd music and love of biking). Hell, she even has
a head full of lint, er, trivia. Knew about the Italian Chapel in Lambholm,
Orkney Islands of Scotland (and did that throw me for a loop, boy howdy, let me
tell you).
But no. It was dinner. I made a simple stir-fry and tossed in a handfull of
those little dried generic oriental chilies. I guess I wasn't even paying
attention, sorta just habit. Well, after serving it up I noticed that there
were a bundle on her plate. "Um, I'm sorry, I just put in what I usually add
to my dinner. Those little guys are pretty hot, so you might want to take it
easy and pick 'em out."
What happened next will be the story you bore grandchildren with. Picking one
from the plate, she looked me in the eye and said, "Really?" Popping it in her
mouth, she chewed it so deliberately and slowly, it made *me* wince.
"It's not so bad. See, I'm not even sweating."
I was.
Zing. Cupid, you overgrown excuse for No Pest Strips, you did it to
me. Or was it El Grande. Matters not.
Well, I just hope this lasts longer than a dose of The Bread. Just wish I
could lose this durn fool grin, people are looking at me funny...
Chris
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