The Fire Ant Gazette - A Midland, Texas Blog

Fire Ant Sightings
Category: Sightings...
Posted Wednesday, October 10, 2007 at 02:04 PM [GMT-6]

It's time once again for the ultimate in blogging narcissism: Fire Ant Sightings from around the globe!

First up, we have that lovable duo, Molly and Colin, who spared no expense in having the accessories for their wedding reception – which took place in Baltimore, home to my bud Soccer Dad – done in a tasteful Fire Ant motif:

Photo of Fire Ant Gazette cocktail napkin

Molly and Colin are members of the Washington Improv Theater, which explains how Colin manages to appear marginally interested in the proceedings when, in reality, he's thinking "I'm delaying my honeymoon for this?" But, really, when you have penguins in your wedding, what harm comes from also including a Fire Ant?

Then, a thousand miles or so to the west, I attended not one but two family reunions in lovely Denton, Texas (that definition of "loveliness" must be adjusted to consider the fact that it was Texas/OU Weekend [or OU/Texas Weekend, depending on your nationality] [or The Worst Weekend Ever To Come Within A Hundred Miles Of The Metroplex, depending on your level of patience]). At one of them, on my dad's side of the family, I encountered not one, but two Fire Ant aficionados:

Photo of my aunts holding a Gazette coffee mug

Those lovely ladies are Sally (on the left) and Alice, who I'm proud to claim as my aunts. (Does that make them Fire Aunts?) Alice is actually the owner of the coffee mug; Sally has one, but is still doing penance for appearing at a family gathering without it. That sign she's making with her right hand is not evidence that she's an old hippie (as far as I know, anyway), but is sibling rivalry code for "I have one, too!" Observant observers will observe that Alice is wearing her Kansas Jayhawks t-shirt; she has a grandson who is a starter on the undefeated KU football team. I have no idea about the significance of the number "81." ;-)

You, too, can gain untold fame and glory by submitting a photo of yourself and Official Fire Ant Gazette Merchandise, preferably the kind that you paid for, but, as you saw with Colin and Molly, our standards are fairly lax.

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Comments

Wow. I should take some merchandise with me all the time, and a camera. I could really up your global awareness. Or at the very least, make Southwest Airlines sit up and take notice!

Posted by: Janie at October 10, 2007 07:32 PM

I should take some merchandise with me all the time, and a camera.

Fame and glory, sister. Fame and glory. ;-)

Posted by: Eric at October 10, 2007 07:45 PM

Thanks for thinking of me. Sorry I've been scarce. Jewish holidays have kept me away from the computer.

And you sell those fancy napkins?

Posted by: soccer dad at October 10, 2007 08:19 PM

Jewish holidays have kept me away from the computer.

That's a better reason than just about any other I can think of.

And you sell those fancy napkins?

Well, it'd be pretty stupid of me to keep pouring money into that sweatshop in Laredo that does the exquisite hand-lettering if I didn't, wouldn't it? ;-)

Posted by: Eric at October 10, 2007 08:26 PM

Hey, Eric, I'm still in Texas and as Alice and I are reading your blog I just want you to know that I have had my Fire Ant mug much longer than they so I should be the original Fire Aunt! Actually, I also had my Fire Ant mug with me at J&J's; I just didn't realize there was an additional reunion (F.A.) taking place. However, I will allow Alice and Sally their fame and place in the sun!

Posted by: Margaret at October 10, 2007 09:14 PM

Margaret and I really have enjoyed the pictures. When Charles heard you didn't know the significance of 81 he said you must be an Aggie! Russell's number is 81. Of course having 4 Aggies he can get by with that kind of comment.

Posted by: Alice at October 10, 2007 09:21 PM

Margaret, I wish I'd known that you had your mug with you -- I'd have made sure you were part of the Sightings! (The photo wasn't my idea, by the way; Alice was the one who suggested it, although I admit that I had previously expressed disappointment at not getting a photo of the two of them when they were in FS earlier in the year. So, maybe it was my idea after all. ;-)

Posted by: Eric at October 10, 2007 09:22 PM

Alice, tell Charles I'm smarter than I look.

Of course, that's not saying much.

Posted by: Eric at October 10, 2007 09:24 PM

Did I ever take a photo of my mug in NZ for you?

Posted by: Rach at October 11, 2007 05:52 AM

Did I ever take a photo of my mug in NZ for you?

Uh, that would be a "no"! ;-)

Posted by: Eric at October 11, 2007 09:57 AM

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