Blog/dinner

First of all, I would like to thank all the kind people (e.g. here and here) who sent feedback about my BlogTalk paper on why all weblogs, not just the serious ones, are a good thing. Also thanks to the many people who inquired about me at the conference. Sadly, I had to attend an equally important symposion on elk grass horticulture and birch tree bark regeneration, so I was not able to attend BlogTalk and present it myself.

Thankfully Horst stepped in, and I think he did a pretty decent job with the presentation — even though I'm slightly cross that he put his own name on the PowerPoint presentation. But I figure that everybody who knows Horst would have a pretty good idea of who was the real author. Anyway, I promise that I will attend the next BlogTalk conference, if there will be another one, in person.

On to more serious matters — yesterday I had the unique pleasure of meeting the charming Mss baronesse and pinkNgreen and the unique Mr DeeDee, whom Horst had invited for an Indian-style blog dinner.

It was a very pleasant evening, and I greatly enjoyed talking to the three of them. We discussed the necessity of Tupperware-like parties for incense sticks, the musical development of Miles Davis (especially between Miles Smiles and Get up with it) and the difference between Riesling and Welschriesling wines, which despite a similar name, are not really related at all.

Horst had cooked Murgh dopiaza (chicken curry with onions), Toor dal masala (spicy yellow lentils), Seekh kefta (meat balls in tomato sauce) and Rajma ka salaad (kidney bean salad), but apart from the chicken curry, which contained lots of methi leaves, the whole thing tasted not enough of elk grass or birch tree bark for my taste. Must talk to Horst about this. Still, everybody else seemed to like what they ate.

A most enjoyable evening, even though I got slightly tipsy from the wine. Well, never mind. Must do this again.