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Robert Burns was born 250 years ago today,
Last night Cindy and I went to a Burns supper where we ate haggis, drank scotch and heard some poetry. I was asked to give a speech "long-winded enough to remind the guests that this isn't the office Christmas party, yet not so long as to induce cramping, dry-mouth, or ringing in the ears". This gave me a good excuse to wear the Henderson tartan tie I bought in Edinburgh last summer.
It was a good night. The haggis was surprisingly edible; there was enough oatmeal and the meat was cut finely enough that it didn't feel too offally.
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Wow. Robert Burns and Charles Darwin on the same day?
Mm. Haggis. Very tasty.
No, you must be using an RSS reader. If you read the post through the website you'll see that I've backdated it. The plan was for you to say to yourself, "Oh, I must have missed that one when he posted it three weeks ago." No fooling you!
But Abe Lincoln was born on the same day as Darwin. The same year and everything.
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