Wow, cookie - you need to stop by my thread and call me that more often. I like that!
Syrah is just a type of red wine that is usually a little spicier. I think CA and Australia are the main areas where it's from. The petite syrah that is my fave is called Block no.45. It's my fave not necessarily because it's the best - I'm sure a $100 bottle would be fabulous - but because it tastes great for the price. It's an all-around good table wine that doesn't cost too much.
I think smashing things you aren't supposed to smash is fun! When I lived in the SW, we used to go to the town dump and shoot things. That was fun. or rolling empty whiskey bottles off the edge of canyons and listening to them shatter. Even better, getting really big boulders to roll off the edge of canyons. Geeso, cookie, they don't really have any laws where you're at, do they? You could really take out some aggression.
Don't take it out on the poor cactus though. I like cactus, and they take forever to grow. Besides, all you get is a smooshy thump. Much funner to take out aggression on something that makes a satisfying sound.
AG - I grew up in the midwest in a good baptist family. Except they weren't so good. Parents divorced, trapped me in the middle and made me testify. Mom remarried and I stayed with Dad. Ran away. Lived with a friend. Went to college. Worked at a corporation for a bit and then went to the southwest where I worked on museum installations and river-guided. That was my defining period. That's where I met XW. I followed her out to the bay area when she started her master's - well, after we'd broken up and then got back together. She eventually dropped out, we headed back to the SW but I kept consulting in the bay area. Eventually they offered me a job and I came back. I think you know the rest.
