Monday, November 08, 2004

Yo

At a seminar this weekend, I sat next to an elderly woman and we got into a conversation about Shih-Tsus. I mentioned Li Po was half Shih-Tsu and proceeded to tell the woman how he'd gotten his name: My grandma insisted that since the breed originated in China/Tibet, he needed to have a Chinese name and Li Po, the famous poet, was the name she came up with, isn't that a silly way to name your dog?

Then the woman's eyes lit up and she told me she'd named her Shih-Tsu Yo-yo Ma after the famous Chinese cello player.