Sunday, March 26, 2006
I Was Stoned and I Missed It
Better Half and I went to Lamberto's art show yesterday and then to dinner afterwards. He is the most amazing artist, yet his wife admiited to me that they were hurting financially. He's starting to doubt himself and has asked her more than once if she wants him to get a job to relieve some of the...
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Friday, March 24, 2006
Full House
This week, when I arrived home from work Eldest Daughter was there with her husband watching TV. The squid (granddaughter) was crawling on the floor. Then Kris stopped by for supper before he had to go to work, and we suddenly had a full house. (Kris is like our adopted son. We met him through...
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Wednesday, March 22, 2006
Lamberto's Big Show
Better Half surprised me today by framing one of Lamberto's paintings and hanging it on the wall of the "game" room. It's an amazing portrait of Oscar DeLaHoya, and when I saw it I couldn't resist picking up the phone and giving him a call. He answered on the first ring. I met Lamberto at the big...
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Tuesday, March 21, 2006
Just let me smoke cigars, drink whisky and die in peace!
Better Half's aunt is a semi-famous writer who married a famous writer relatively late in life, and this past weekend her husband Max had a slight heart attack and was rushed to the hospital. Max is a lifelong journalist, a decorated historian, former newspaper publisher and accomplished author....
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Sunday, March 19, 2006
Running into an old "friend"
Better Half and I were at our usual table Saturday night, in the bar at our favorite restaurant, sharing an order of crab and prime rib, when someone crept up behind me and put me in a head lock that turned into a long hug. Better Half froze, explaining later that she didn't know what to do. It was...
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Uh Oh! Computer crash!
Yesterday and today, we've been experiencing terrific thunderstorms that have poured at least four inches of rain in our area. The yard is soaked, the streets are flooded, and everytime the lighting strikes the electricity flickers and sometimes even goes down for a couple of seconds before it revs...
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Thursday, March 16, 2006
Don't Bogart That Joint!
One of my customers dropped by today to settle some service issues, and as she sat in my office, she asked me if I got high. What? I asked. Do you get high, she asked, and then made the universally joint puffing motion. Used to, I said, years ago. Do you want some? she asked. Now, I was in a...
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Wednesday, March 15, 2006
Pimp My Phone?
Girl Genius and I rode to Blockbuster this weekend, and while she was in the car she commandeered my phone and started changing the ring tones. Now, it took me a while to find just the right ring tone. Being the cheap bastard that I am, I was limited to the music already on the phone, which really...
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Monday, March 13, 2006
Get Any Slant Eye?
I'm the only Latin salesman in our company, but I'm not the only Latin that does work for our company. Javier is one of the setup guys who puts the double wides together and trims them out, and Abel has trucks that move doublewides from our lot to the customer's land. Big Abel, as he is called, has...
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Saturday, March 11, 2006
How much do you need?
I asked Eldest Daughter, when she let it slip out that she hadn't payed rent yet. You haven't paid rent, but you borrowed $100 bucks last week from me so you could turn your phone back on? And you spent $40 on a table at Target? I think your priorities are all screwed up. An apartment complex will...
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