As I am Buddhist, and Bunny is a secular humanist, neither of us celebrate any religious holidays at this time of the year. We thought that we would spend some time traveling while Rob and Karla were away celebrating Christmas.
We spent the first week of our holiday break in Mexico, visiting one of Bunny's old friends, who has on occasion been called "The most interesting man in the world" (TMIMITW). It is said that his enemies list him as their emergency contact person, and that when it is raining, it is because he is sad. His shirts never wrinkle. He is left-handed...and right-handed. Even if he forgets to put postage on his mail, it gets there. He can speak French...in Russian. He once taught a German Shepard to bark in Spanish. He serves sizzling fajita platters barehanded. Bulls flat-out refuse to fight him. He's a lover, not a fighter, but he's a fighter, too, so you better watch out.
Well, after meeting the man, I can assure you that all of the things said about him are true. He is also an accomplished swordsman, and TMIMITW, Bunny, and I had several sparring matches using both swords and empty-handed martial arts (I using Panda-style Kung Fu and Bunny using Flailing-Bunny-style Kung Fu). In the mornings, Bunny and TMIMITW played Jai alai while I meditated and worked on my Tai Chi.
TMIMITW does not always drink beer, but when he does, he prefers Dos Equis. We spent several afternoons at his beach-side bungalow or on his yacht drinking Dos Equis, and eating grilled meats, bamboo shoots, and carrots. All in all we had a wonderful week in Mexico. We also smoked cigars. TMIMITW smoked tobacco cigars, I smoked bamboo cigars, and bunny smoked hemp cigars. I gained a lot of respect for TMIMITW when I learned that he rolls a very fine bamboo cigar.
After Mexico, we flew to Pittsburgh to be at the Steelers-Ravens game. More details will follow in a future post.
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