Last Sunday I was eating lunch in a restaurant . . . a man comes up and asked whether the tartan (XMarks) was a clan or family tartan -- said he didn't recognize it. I responded that I belonged to an internet kilt discussion forum, and one of the members had designed the tartan, etc.

He smiled and said "oh, it's an online family or clan!"

I thought that that was a great description of this rabble . . . a very real family, though we're spread across the globe.

Thanks to all of you for your contributions!! (Especially today's thread about the ferrets -- I definitely needed the laughs! )