Catherine is back in town. Just for a month or so, but it was nice to see her this morning. Water heater issues it seems, but I fixed it.

Yeah, I know this is so wrong, but I doubt any of the families are reading my blog.

• Today’s Monday, so we go to the bank. Erin and I drive in the Jeep and Nina takes her car.
• Nina and Erin leave me after breakfast and head to Wally World for shopping for shit that we could get delivered by our regular supplier.
• Sure we pay more for it, but since our markup is percentage based, we’d make more money on the sales of that shit.
• Erin is a big help to Nina at WM. She spots all the people she knows and runs to them to say hi, leaving Nina to abandon her cart and chase after her.
• Navy Seals took control of a hijacked oil tanker recently. No one was hurt. Too bad, they should have executed the hijackers and set them adrift for others to find and tell the story. Good job though on retaking the ship.
• All told, I think the drought that we’re experiencing is easier to handle than the weather around the rest of the country, especially the east.
• Erin spent the night with us last night. Her and Nina snore in unison. It’s kinda cute.
• I need a vacation.

If you love a flower, don’t pick it up. If you pick it up it dies and ceases to be what you love. So if you love a flower, let it be. Love is not about possession. Love is about appreciation.  ~~Osho~~

Nina and I picked her up after a breakfast at Tortilla Flats in Santa Fe. It’s been a while since we’ve been there and we both had the Tortilla Flats breakfast special. Very good!

It appears that Will was M.I.A. all weekend. I’m thinking that happens more than we know. Some father, eh?

We took Erin to BK for lunch and she had a great time playing with the kids that were there. An hour later we got to leave.

Getting buggy out here again and I’m going thru windshield washer fluid twice a week. Nice day though, clear blue skies.

And I don’t know why.

Met Dennis at Harley and I did not win the bike. They wouldn’t even let me have an entry. I think I may buy a Yamaha or Kawasaki just to teach them a lesson. I did see some pretty nice bikes though. I’m kinda hooked on the Fat Bob if I weren’t buy some Japanese shit to teach Harley a lesson.

Got home and Henry and I repaired a toilet in the store. My hands smelled like shit and sewage. It took longer than I thought it would. The floor in my building is make of reinforced concrete and it’s very difficult to drill into for the toilet flange. I need to buy a happier drill.

Nina and I are going to Arrow’s Ridge for music and tapas. I’ve like the tapas idea. Mostly I’m not hungry after all the appetizers that are served before each meal. I’m betting this is a big thing for A/R and will be bigger than the meals.

Looks like Tori has a new friend. Brian. She met his mom today. I think it may lead to a relationship or may actually be one now and no one’s telling me. I think he has a deformed head, but it’s just a feeling that I have. He wears a weird hat that he doesn’t take off. See where I’m going with this?

Dennis and I had pizza yesterday at a live/work loft place. Not bad, but now I have to take Nina there.

Well, off to Arrow’s Ridge.

Yep, I figure that I’m due for a change in luck, so at 8:00 I’m off to Santa Fe to win a Harley. Only 274 entries will be allowed, so my odds are better than the lotto, which I play weekly.

I will meet Dennis there too. We’ll walk around, talk to some people, and then I’ll fill in the paperwork to take possession of my new bike. Dennis says it’s a Fat Boy Slim. I know, it’s an oxymoron but I kinda like the name.

Wish me luck.

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“Lexophile” is a word used to describe those that love using words in unique ways, such as “you can tune a piano, but you can’t tuna fish,” or  “to write with a broken pencil is pointless.”

A competition to see who can come up with the best  one is held every year. This year’s winning submission is posted at the end.

When fish are in schools, they sometimes take debate.

A thief who stole a calendar got twelve months.

When the smog lifts in Los Angeles U.C.L.A.

The batteries were given out free of charge.

A will is a dead giveaway.

With her marriage, she got a new name and a dress.

A boiled egg is hard to beat.

When you’ve seen one shopping center you’ve seen a mall.

Police were called to a day care center where a three-year-old was resisting a rest.

Did you hear about the fellow whose whole left side was cut off?  He’s all right now.

A bicycle can’t stand alone; it is two tired.

When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds.

The guy who fell onto an upholstery machine is now fully recovered.

He had a photographic memory that was never developed.

When she saw her first strands of gray hair she thought she’d dye.

Acupuncture is a jab well done. That’s the point of it.

And the cream of the crop:
Those who get too big for their pants will be exposed in the end.

• Starting at 1:00 this afternoon, I will be sitting in a marketing meeting business meeting.
• This meeting is scheduled to last for 5 hours. Sounds like fun?
• Anyone?
• Since I finally got to see the new pole lights after dark, I need to get brighter bulbs.
• I mis-ordered and got very weak bulbs instead of the very bright bulbs I intended. Oh well, I can still use the weaker bulbs in the store.
• I decided to pop for LEDs since they’re supposed to last forever! I hope it works out that way, I hate climbing that ladder to change bulbs.
• Welcome Susan Kennedy as a member of my blog family.
• Much thanks to Dennis for all his help yesterday with the lights.
• Tori, you have to quit giving Erin crack at every meal. Wow, that kid was so full of energy yesterday that I felt like hiding backcountry just to take a quiet nap.

In hotel rooms I worry. I can’t be the only guy who sits on the furniture naked.  – Jonathan Katz