THE NUNS WERE RIGHT. As pointed out by several commenters on my earlier post, I did indeed make a most grievous error in my use of bad Latin, labeling mistletoe as fauna, not flora. The nuns always whispered that we public school types would make for lesser Catholics, and I fear they were right. Leave it to Jim, Brendan and Brian to set me straight. (Sounds like a Celtic conspiracy to me.) As for Bragan and Lemuel, who failed to see the humor in my referring to myself as "almost gay," (indeed, I stand accused of not "owning" my bisexuality), all I can say is, it's a joke, fellas. (Everybody knows that men have no sense of humor, so I presume these posters to be of the dour sex.) Brad referred to "gay, Wiccan cellists" in his amusing TAPO piece, "No Holy Night", and I gleefully took up their cause. However, I cop to not "owning" my bisexuality; I prefer being known as a person with no fixed sexual orientation (NFSO). But "queer" will do.
--Adele M. Stan
