DJ's Detritus

A Creative Writing Class Dropout's Last Refuge

Sunday, May 22, 2011

Answer the Damn Phone

Gaga's calling

Friday, May 20, 2011

Standard Crap

I was swimming at the posh club the other day. An older woman got into the lane next to me. I waited until she took off and then I started my lap. My goal was to beat her to the other side. Almost!

Dr. Joe was in town Monday. We did dinner at Kingfish. I recommend it. During dinner he informed me that Donald Trump had dropped his presidential bid. I was crestfallen. Apparently The Donald said he would have won the nomination and general election. The ego has landed.

I'm sure I've heard this before but I couldn't find anything when I searched The Google. Two words that don't belong together: motor sports

In a zany new episode of Mike and Molly, Wilford Brimley plays the family doctor. He informs them both that they've both been diagnosed with diabeetus.

Saturday, May 14, 2011

Mendicancy

I haven't seen the folks in the Good Humor outfits asking for change outside CVS lately, which is a good thing. I'm generally supportive of charitable organizations but every time I see those guys, I just want to to say, "Get the F@#$ away from me!" Does that make me a bad person? OK, I'm a bad person.

Monday, May 09, 2011

Pearls

You guys keeping up with my real writing gig? There's some great stuff in there!

I started live blogging a conference call today but I fell asleep.

Sonny Boy 1 is coming home Thursday. We have a steak dinner planned. That's the only decent meal he's getting all summer. I asked him what his favorite vegetable was. He said green beans. I told him I'd get some broccoli. He walked right into that one

Did you guys enjoy Mother's Day? Me neither. TCG, The Exec, #1 and I are getting ripped off big time this year. We'll be in Peru for Father's Day. I'm telling my wife she needs to pick a date when we return that will be the substitute. She can wait on me hand and foot then.

Did anybody see this article?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_india_termites

That's good eatin'!

First Katie Couric leaves CBS. Letterman said she may have been involved with dog fighting. Now Meredith Vieira is leaving Today. I sad.

I'll be releasing my long form birth certificate next week.

Sunday, May 01, 2011

54

I got many birthday wishes today. thank you very much, but the most touching ones were from Putnam Auto, where I purchased my treasured Volvo, and Oldies 103.7

As I begin writing, its Sunday morning. The rest of the family is asleep. I'm supposed to be working on my resume. That's why I'm writing this blog post.

My wife's birthday is tomorrow. I'm ahead of the curve and have already gotten her present. We had a nice dinner last night with friends at Piperade in SF. It's on the Chron Top 100 list. I was not impressed with my veal stew, perhaps because I make one hell of a veal stew, for which you can find the recipe below. However, I still recommend Piperade. Dr. Joe and I went there some time back and had a fine meal. One mediocre dish has not put me off to the place.

http://tinyurl.com/3qjrsro

We celebrated my sister's birthday last weekend. We had drinks and appetizers at one of her favorite spots, Wood Tavern in Oaktown. It's a class joint with a class clientele, except when I'm there. I spent quite bit of the time having an investment discussion with a friend. I explained my strategy which, as when I go to Vegas, is to go with my gut feel, close my eyes, and hope for the best. The rest of the folks seemed to be enjoying themselves, sipping Corpse Revivors and Sidecars. I stuck with a Belgian brew. We then headed back to the kid's house, where we chowed down on a primo lasagne prepared by LA. My brother disappeared into the other room for quite a while. This was OK with me because I really didn't feel like talking to him. In the meantime, I introduced another friend to the Vesper, #1's #1 drink. It was well received. After hugs all around, we headed home.

This Friday I caught a baseball game at Serra, where TCG's son plays for the varsity team. For the unaware, Serra baseball has produced some pretty good players, Barry Bonds among them. Although my son went there for four years, this was the first time I had been at their baseball field. Serra pulled out a late inning victory. After that, wifey and I decided to have a pre-birthday bite at Kingfish in San Mateo. We had drinks, oysters, calamari and their shrimp and crab sandwich. Four thumbs up.

Tonight my wife is planning to make me a birthday dinner. I'll believe it when I see it.