Dinner with Friends

(currently playing: A:Xus, Soundtrack for Life) My friend, Liz, was born in Saudi Arabia. Ethnically, though, she’s about as Arabian as me (i.e. about as Arabian as your average horseshoe crab). Grew up speaking Arabian as much as she spoke English. So we had dinner tonight. Buck and Dwight (her husband) kindly accompanied us. And Continue reading Dinner with Friends

Pizza and a movie

Just ordered a pizza from Papa John’s and it comes with its own movie to watch. Being given a choice (ain’t America grand?) of movies to be delivered — without cheese on it, it is to be hoped (and yes, I know the difference between that phrase and the much-misused “hopefully”) (where was I, now?) Continue reading Pizza and a movie

Parking tickets

Well, there is a certain freedom, you see, in having been given a parking ticket already. The freedom lies in this concept: they can’t give me another one! Gonna relax about it and get my $14.95 worth today. You know, if there is a coffee house here, which there is, the parking meters in front Continue reading Parking tickets