I wish I were there.

ScanMan writes:

I'm sitting in a colorfully lit tent listening to
guitar music watching ornately costumed people
wandering aimlessly, seeking true purpose.

In the distance, someone's dancing to "Lets do the
Time Warp Again" at the Rocky Horror theme camp.

In the middle of the Nevada desert, there is little
purpose.

I dunno. I think dancing the Time Warp might qualify, in a pinch.

Of course, the name of the song is "The Time Warp." Just in case you're interested. (Hey! How come no one wants to hang around with proofreaders and fact-checkers in his/her spare time? Here's a real-life conversation:

"Would it help you if I were to correct your entries on the household shopping list?"

"No. And it wouldn't help the marriage, either."

No rest for the wicked—or the obsessive-compulsive.)

Have a great time, Mikal and ScanMan. Send lot of larfs & pix.

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"What I really hate is when my husband looks at me while I'm talking and all outward signs point to someone listening. Then I find out a day or two later that he has no recollection of the conversation."

"Hm. I wonder if you could test this by suddenly, in the middle of the conversation—without changing tone at all—talking about your imaginary lover, Alberto. But don't specify "imaginary." Merely switch from a discussion of your son's college prospects to the lovely time you and Alberto had in the sack last week."

I love fireworks in the summer, whether someone is hitting a home run or not.

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It included: (1) more work in the office, which meant coming to terms with The Calculator That Hates Me, and with QuickBooks.

I swear: like learning to drive a clutch again. I felt like I was 17 again. Ick.

(2) Driving across town to take my mother to the chiropractor. I was late in picking her up, so she used the opportunity to give me helpful advice regarding what route to take there, which lanes I should be in on the freeway, and the like. "Okey-dokey," I kept saying. I know she knew I was aggravated, but what can you do? Old habits die hard.

At a certain point I did say, "I think I'll navigate for a while, here."

(3) Dinner back on this side of town with my father, my stepmother, and my husband. Lovely meal, but it made it a long day. Dad, of course, was at his quirky best.

Did I tell you what my best friend in the 80s used to say about my parents? "Five minutes in the same room with either one of them explains sooo much."

I'm not sure she meant that in a good way.

So I'm sorry I'm so dull lately, but I do (sort of) have money in the bank, which is nice. I hate to make it sound like I prefer money to traffic, but . . . well, except for Darrell and a few other Bright Stars out there, the denizens of the blogosphere can't compete with Paying Clients. Not right now.

I'm halfway through re-reading The Half-Blood Prince, in preparation for You-Know-What. And I must get a move on: the husband is line right behind me . . .

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1 Did I tell you what my best friend in the 80s used to say about my parents? "Five minutes in the same room with either one of them explains sooo much." You know, I like stopping by here, and I don't think I want to be banned, so we'll just leave it alone. Yep, thats it, leave it alone. (P.S, Princess, I cleared out Firefox's passwords here, and I used to sign on here as RWB. I for some stupid reason put my first name in the other day, and repeated it. Just wanted you to know that you didn't have ANOTHER idiot lurking. Kinda like the same idiot twice.)

Posted by: RWB at August 02, 2007 03:43 PM (4j8Ry)

2 I have a handful of die-hard "idiots." I like to think my idiots are smarter than anyone else's, too. Nice to have people stopping by, even when I'm not writing. At least, not online

Posted by: Attila Girl at August 02, 2007 03:48 PM (VgDLl)

3 Any reader do Chinese characters? I wonder if "China rocks!" or some-such could get a billion web-hits with a little word-of-mouth on China sites. Imagine AG's ad rates skyrocketing! Imagine LMA cracking the "top-ten" websites! Imagine! Just think how much premium gin that could mean!

Posted by: Darrell at August 02, 2007 08:29 PM (1qZqZ)

4 Darrell, spoken like a true capitalist! I'm proud of you!

Posted by: RWB at August 03, 2007 12:28 PM (4j8Ry)

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