Installment One Maw: I loved your suggestion that Jason sit at a table near me tonight, and Frank at a table near that. Who is this guy, anyway? In two hours, we will have a preliminary answer. Could he be: An Amway distributor seeking contacts to expand his enterprise? An Anthony Perkins/Norman Bates character who is just a little too close to his mother? A guy who habitually walks around the streets of Berkeley looking […]
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Sociable undertakings
Sleuthing
I got a call from my strolling friend. I didn’t answer it, of course. Then I paid $14.95 to do an Internet search on his phone number. You can’t be going to coffee (or wine, as he suggested, which is a totally different ball of wax) without having a clue or two into the identify of your soon-to-be caffeinated friend. It’s kind of fun being a stalker. He’s from San Marcos, Texas. His full name […]
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Adi and I were amused to learn that August 19 is Jewish Heritage Night at the Oakland A’s. Naturally, it’s an event we can’t miss. Last night we sent an e-mail to our favorite baseball Jews, LB and NM, inviting them. I once told LB that I’m an honorary Jew. Yeah, right, except for the mass extinction part, he replied. It is no surprise that this was his response to the baseball event: Maybe they […]
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Everyone knows how wonderful my sister is. My vast readership here at wormlips.com has been lobbying for me to post more of her writings. If she weren’t such a good person, I’d have to hate her. Oh, she’s not perfect, mind you. Her nose turns up at the tip and her nostrils are uneven. Her giant brown eyes — which are not as innocent as they look — are those of a Guernsey. I could […]
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