placenta does not belong in your hair

27th June 2008

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An email from Emily’s mom

Date: Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 5:20 PM

Dear Ben and Arin,

I understand a chicken in Brooklyn has been named after me.
First, let me say what a distinguished honor this is for me.
You may be shocked to learn this is, in fact, the first chicken
named after me (to my knowledge).

Though I am no man’s fool, and suspect this honor was bestowed
in direct correlation to the stupidity of my name, I am nonetheless
honored, and hope that Chicken Rhonda carries the tradition of this
awful 50’s appellation with her beak held high. (If she asks, tell
her we were named after great grandma Rose, but really after Rhonda 
Flemming, for whom my dad had the hots.)

Mazel Tov on the Girls! May they bless you with many omelets.

Love,
Rhonda (the person)