tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916332485223671615.post3127760742229470175..comments2023-09-30T08:53:15.486-07:00Comments on Shelly Lowenkopf's Blog: Family Gathering # 1lowenkopfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05198658136254028258noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916332485223671615.post-31479502424045166112007-12-25T12:00:00.000-08:002007-12-25T12:00:00.000-08:00Hey, I'm not a vegan but I do have an "organic" ob...Hey, I'm not a vegan but I do have an "organic" obsession/pesticide phobia that ranks up there with the most fanatical and neurotic. FYI non-organic cranberries are Heavily Sprayed, exceptionally so, right here in Massachusetts, in fact. So organic cranberries are a real prize. But would I ask about it at a family gathering, even my own extendend family gatherings. Are you kidding me? I'd rather be poisoned. Poor, poor Aunt Eadie.xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17866348942612559536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916332485223671615.post-31477403129643283342007-12-24T22:27:00.000-08:002007-12-24T22:27:00.000-08:00A guy like that just can't be taken seriously. Unl...A guy like that just can't be taken seriously. Unless he lives in New York maybe, where neuroses alone fuel a sizable economy. I wonder if psychiatric services are traded at the stock exchange. That right there would be a mighty good investment. What's a vegan who won't eat greens? pfe. the boy's got too many problems I tell you.Smilerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04888076998373335876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916332485223671615.post-36326009872499838102007-12-24T21:28:00.000-08:002007-12-24T21:28:00.000-08:00ah yes, the vegan. or the bimbo from hell uncle Ge...ah yes, the vegan. or the bimbo from hell uncle Gerry brings over. or uncle Gerry himself getting too drunk for anybody's comfort. (To my mind, the Thanksgiving scene in Richard Russo's Straight Man caught it all live.)<BR/>(Good luck to Aunt Eadie - I'd love to meet a vegan with a sense of humor; I'm sure they must exist...)R.L. Bourgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02850533057828782722noreply@blogger.com