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Mr M Coupe

Actually, I'm a Christian, too; I got born-again in 1978. So think of me as a Messianic Jew. There's very little in the last years of his ministry I found palatable that came from the mouth of Jerry Falwell, but one firm conviction that we BOTH agreed on was the injunction of Genesis 12 that those who blessed Abraham's seed would be blessed themselves, while those who cursed it would themselves be cursed. In fact, one of the biggest frustrations I have with George Bush's administration these days is that he seems to have a double standard on fighting terrorism in terms of what he thinks AMERICA should be allowed to do in defending itself vs. what he seems to think is allowable for ISRAEL. He reserved the right to take down TWO governments in our fight against terrorism, yet he insists Israel exercise "restraint" even as its own territory is subjected to daily bombardment from neighboring territory. It angers me no end.

If my parents ever took us to the Vernors plant while I was growing up, I don't remember it. For some reason, my sister, who used to suffer from gall bladder attacks back then, found Vernors to be a good thing to take when she had an attack; it seemed to really help with the pain. When I got back from that trip to Michigan two years ago, I brought some of the Faygo Rock N' Rye I had gotten in to Detroit to work, and with almost no exceptions, everyone loved it (only one of my co-workers had ever even heard of it, because he used to live in Fort Wayne, IN). I actually never developed any particular fondness for any of Faygo's OTHER sodas, but Rock 'N Rye is in a class by itself; I've never tasted anything anywhere else that is close to its unique flavor.

I'm going to Chicago in a couple of weeks. They have good bagels there, too, as like Detroit, Chicago has a sizable Jewish population. I already know of a good bagel place in Skokie which I'll be making a bee-line for once I get there.

Well, gotta go. Great talking to you!