This last weekend I had my first exposure to Oysters. And while some of you may think that’s a reference to my first experience with Jews who use a lot of Yiddish… you’re wrong. I had a soup that had oysters in it. That soup was tasty, slightly spicy (it was technically a gumbo, but it wasn’t as thick as I’d expected), and had oysters, shrimp and Andoullie sausage in it. The worst part of the oyster is the sense that of knowing its cooked, but it feels soft and slimey like the thing just came out of the shell. However, it wasn’t bad, I didn’t die, the restaurant didn’t blow up and I didn’t start seeing ferries and flying hippopotomi.

Also, see Madagascar even if you don’t normally watch children’s cartoons. There’s some really good stuff in there (rent the DVD).