Wish You Were Here

My bud 4M used to blast this 1975 album during his graveyard shift at the 7-11 in Middletown. I’m sure his older customers appreciated it.  It was just his way of saying “welcome to the machine”. He got robbed at gunpoint there one night, earning every bit of that $2.50 per hour.

I picked the wife up Friday night at SFO. On the ride home she told me she was heading up to the Hotelier’s pied-à-terre today to meet their grandson.  If we truly had an open and honest marriage, she would just flat out tell me she can only take me in small doses.

How does one handle 300 pounds of poop a day? First off, I’d say very carefully.  Foster City has settled on several non-lethal means of mitigation, much to the chagrin of #1. In other poop news, Putin’s team ensures that no turd is left behind.

https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/foster-city-goose-geese-20814760.php

https://www.thedailybeast.com/putins-magical-poop-briefcase-finally-breaks-its-silence/

We went to Foster City’s Summer Days yesterday, mainly because I had not chatted with any carneys for quite some time. My wife and I played the game where you shoot the water gun into the clown’s mouth to burst the balloon.  She won a pink baby dolphin.  I paid $10 for cuteness that goes for about 22 cents wholesale. There was a section with businesses hawking their wares.  I was going to go up to the chiropractor’s table and say “Boy do I have a story for you!” but thought the better of it.  We also looked on as some of the scarier rides were operating, but we saw no streams of puke.

We had a sushi extravaganza at #1’s house last night. It featured several house special rolls loaded with crab, tuna, shrimp and salmon. There were a few rough years in FC between the time Tokie’s left and MJ’s opened, when you had to go all the way into San Mateo for your raw fish fix. MJ’s is a great addition to town and their BBQ eel tasted just like what my mom used to make.

In celeb news, I’m sure all of you are as verklempt as I am about the Liam Neeson / Pamela Anderson romance but, on the downside, we’re looking at a double whammy.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/articles/end-near-megadeth-release-final-214100029.html

However, we should all be happy that Ms. Zeta-Jones is very comfortable in her four homes.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/articles/catherine-zeta-jones-calls-life-215208051.html

I am praying for progress in today’s Zelensky/Trump meet and I am heartened by all the support he will have with him from European leaders. However, I have to temper my hopes given the fact that Trump had American soldiers roll out a red carpet for a war criminal this past Friday.