A few days ago, I was about to make a matzoh dressing (also could be called a matzoh pilaf).
I got out one of Ann's cookbooks and was frustrated at the skimpy table of contents. As I finally got to the matzoh stuffing page, Lucy (the doctor who looks at medicine as a business, not a calling) said,
"Why don't you just Google it?"
I did and used a variation of the James Beard Foundation's recipe.
Then Lucy said,
"That will be $500 for the referral"
Later, after several short reminders of her fee, she told me,
"By the way, you can pay through Paypal"
I'm thinking of getting a restraining order (or as they call it in MD, a protective order).
I had seen a stuffed animal platypus at someone's house (actually during a shiva minyan).
A few days ago, while getting some kitty litter in the grocery store, I saw a parent and child platypus stuffed animals for sale and bought it (it was discounted for members of the grocery discount club).
I looked on line for platypus names. Billie was a common choice because the gender of a platypus is difficult to determine and Billie is a gender ambiguous name which highlights the prominent bill of the platypus (see image of actual platypus).
George pointed out we don't have a stuffed animal in the education industry, so the adult Platypus is named Professor Plum.
The Professor (sometimes we leave out the 'Plum') is Dean of Interdisciplinary Studies (keeping the ambiguity) at a prestigious university that is not named (furthering the ambiguity). The Professor once won the Burns award of outstanding achievement in the field of Excellence.
Also since that industry is highly incestuous (I'm sure most people in the industry would deny it) we gave the child platypus the name of Billie (again gender indeterminate). Billie is the administrative liaison for the Gender Studies Dept. and also assistant to the Professor Emeritus of Gender and Ethnic Studies.
Lucy is our stuffed animal physician (named for Ann's mom whose middle name was Lucille).
Lucy has taken what some might call a dark turn. She regards medicine as a business, not a calling (In the image she is checking accounts against here written notes).
Lucy is repelled and outraged by those who think otherwise.
When Lucy heard about the CVS Minute Clinic not charging Beth for a consult (this was on April 16), Lucy could barely contain her indignation.
"What kind of example are they setting for the profession?" she exclaimed.
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