So today was interesting in that way that random days are interesting.

I found myself in a coffee house reading the 'Black Book of the Admiralty' - which has such interesting rulings dating all the way back to Richard I - and lots and lots of Latin. Really really awful, medieval Latin (which - if anyone wanted to know is the language I offered to pass my Masters and Doctoral exams - yes, nasty, impossible Medieval Latin - and a language I haven't read seriously since 1989...). And it was interesting in the way that only I can find interesting. I was giggling and nodding my head as though talking to an old friend.

Of course, I was reading about drawing and quartering... but hey, a girl's got to have her interests, right?

But what made the day even better was the 15 year old kid sitting a few feet away who was breathing heavily and reading the 'KISS - Keep It Simple Stupid Guide to the Kama Sutra.'

You know - I've got to give the kid points for the audacity of it - I mean - everyone in the place knew that's what he was reading. There was no furtive hiding of the book inside another book - he was letting the world know what he was reading.

Gotta love the 21st century, that's all I can say.

Tonight - we celebrated Mardi Gras by making a wicked good Crawfish Etoufee - complete with a 35 minute roux that I must say I was mighty proud of. It was a lovely deep butterscotch colour and gave the etoufee an incredibly decadent silky texture.

To make the holiday even more interesting - we decided to give up Lent for Lent for the 13th year in a row.

Of course - Moravians never did give up anything for Lent.....