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May 15. Day 319. It’s Monday as I write. Excuse the delay, gentle reader. I’ve been busier than Borat in a china shop. Old Business: Ever since returning from that week in France, I’ve been obsessed with this salad. Because this blog is about giving and getting, I thought I’d share the recipe. Open Source Salad (modify and [...] May 12. Day 316. What do buying a car, locking up the Chicago mob and being a total rockstar have in common? Negotiation!!! This afternoon, I found myself in the living room of Gay Hugo-Martinez, a professional acquaintance. (It’s related to the side work I do.) Once our meeting was over, I asked her about her background, since [...] May 11. Day 315. Boy and girl meet. Boy or girl asks for number. Boy or girl calls. Maybe. A variation of that theme happened today, when I asked for the phone number of two guys. Now, I’m not lookin’ for trouble. Just some interesting conversation with some interesting local types. Here’s how it all went down. I went to [...] May 10. Day 314. This smell of cilantro on my fingertips… I used to hate it, many years ago, along with the avocado. Now, cilantro drives me crazy, in a good way. I can think of only one vaguely similar scent — cucumber, I think, and no similar taste. And I can’t come up with a [...] May 9. Day 313. Sa-weeeeeet! Made it. Six posts in one night, and all caught up. Now I can sleep. *** Snagged a great seat at the opera for a great price. Win win!! I got there very early for some reason. (Compensating, I guess, for getting there really late last time? Right.) The usher let me in and I took my seat. A [...] |
    
  
 
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