-Pork x Four-

How to stretch four pieces of pork (total value = $1.75) across four days: Give each a different flavor. In this case; honey, pepper, chili and garlic.

II. Pepper

In the early morning, pepper pork with rice.

Not fast enough, since I'd foolishly drank two glasses of cheap and potent boxed wine on a mostly empty stomach with the theatre people downstairs. It made me less productive, and the search for 'pepper' stalled. By 2:00 PM I had almost nothing. By 7:00, I was scrambling.

By this time, I had several ideas from which to chose, and by midnight would have several more. Consider:

In the musical 'Annie,' Pepper is the fiercest of her fellow orphans. Aggressive, and usually benevolently so; that's what we mean when we say someone has "pep."

Salt and Pepper together are used to describe condiments first, mixed hair color second, and interracial love third.

Pepper: Spice, youth, and spice again?

Pepper has an avatar, as well. Tonight's pepper personified is a library staffer with sharp words for anyone who dares opens their mouth.

Some additional pepper sightings:

Pepper Hamilton LLP does Pro Bono work.
Pepper used for self-defense.
Independent magazine of the green and radical left. - Take a close look at 'get ethical.'
The Computer