12-21-2010, 10:28 PM
The kids (well, their parents) have blessed me with Belgian chocolates (handed off to the UPS girls) a bazillion bottles of wine (all regifted) one bottle of what might be a good champagne (opened at the close of a successful coach's clinic) gift card for Olive Garden (not given ironically, either) a half-pound of very good coffee, home-made Irish soda-bread and home made olallieberry preserves (super-yummy) and an ornament featuring the Yeti from Rudolph ("Bumbles bounce!"). A mysterious package arrived today, but it is unopened. I suspect a book, however.
In the Tudor Period, Fencing Masters were classified in the Vagrancy Laws along with Actors, Gypsys, Vagabonds, Sturdy Rogues, and the owners of performing bears.