a nice touch of irony

ok, so......i was forced by our lack of milk (soy and cow varieties) to get dressed and venture out into the world after basically doing nothing of substance on christmas friday save walk on the treadmill.....and listen to my children read aloud snippets from the newspaper account of my promotion...the article was not so bad.....but the file photo used is at least 5 years old....from my restaurant days.....if one looks really close one can see that i am wearing an apron despite the newspaper's efforts to crop the photo to a head-only shot......and so i was greatly amused to hear my name called aloud as i perused the aisles of the aldi.....'hey-there's_______, that new health department director!".......my presence noted by a couple of local caterers who can fully appreciate why one might get into, and then out-of the restaurant lifestyle.....i did respond aloud.....by adding that i was also a reformed restaurateur.......i will one day go back and actually read the article, written by a fellow who was in the group of 8th graders i escorted to paris and strasbourg over a decade ago.....he is a talented writer, and surely portrayed my career, such as it is, a respectable light......