Sunday, July 20, 2008

Donny, Trevor, Dale, Linda, and the Ferret

Wow, so this is super out of order. I was parusing my list of recent posts and noticed that I had started this one a month ago, but never finished it. These pictures were taken cleeeeeaaaar back in January when we went to our friend Trevor's surprise birthday party at Wauwatosa's finest restraunt, Saz's. Trevor's the guy with the cool beard at the head of the table way back there. The man responsible for introducing us to this table-full of people is Donny (first on the left). He was a fellow actuary at Towers Perrin, and is currently working as a Math teacher for Milwuakee Public Schools. Of all the people I've met in Wisconsin, perhaps of all the people I've met ever, Donny is the best. I owe him tons for making the transition into a new community very easy for Sara and I. If everyone had Donny's charity and generosity, there'd be a lot more good in the world, and a lot more strange mystery cheese-egg bricks at Thanksgiving dinners.
The next picture down is of our good friends Dale and Linda at the same party. Linda is also an ex-Towers Perriner, and we've had many great parties and evenings out with them. Dale is waving a ferret at Zoe in an attempt to mezmerize her with its many endearing qualities. A few weeks prior to this we had introduced Donny, Trevor, Christy and Amanda to our favorite documentary, "The Pursuit of Excellence - Ferrets", wherein a bunch of looney ferret lovers parade their domesticated weasels about at an Ohio Ferretpalooza. Needless to say, its quite entertaining. Ferret fever quickly struck our click and this stuffed critter seemed an apt present for Trevor from Donny. I believe our fellow diners were very disturbed by the ferret we were passing around while awaiting dessert. If you haven't already seen it, next time we cross paths, be sure to ask me to lend you this life-altering film.

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