Drinks with Mary

There's nothing like having good friends visit from out of town, though it's a shame they come so infrequently, and for too short a time. I spent the evening catching up with my newly minted JPL buddy at Jupiter's in Berkeley (a mere coincidence, I assure you). Many hours and buckets of laughter later, there was one particular lesson that I took away from the evening - it's nearly impossible to instruct a drunk, white woman how to properly pronounce "orange" in Mandarin Chinese, no matter how determined the student. Stick to skiing, my dear. Stick to skiing.