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Roused
\n from our lethargy on another cool and cloudy Sunday afternoon by Norma
\n Yvonne’s craving for massive quantities of protein, we put on
\n our new black calfskin sneakers and black hooded sweatshirt, and head
\n for the local mega-chain supermarket.<\/p>\n
We are dressing fashionably all in black these days, ever since the Back at the supermarket, the joint was hopping. Sunday afternoon In the market, there are only a few derelict carts left in the cart Yesterday it was "P". Potato, Papaya, Paper Towels, Papel Higencio, Norma has been in a kind of bad mood lately. Maybe we should get Roused from our lethargy on another cool and cloudy Sunday afternoon by Norma Yvonne’s craving for massive quantities of protein, we put on our new black calfskin sneakers and black hooded sweatshirt, and head for the local mega-chain supermarket. We … Continue reading
\n Anarchists put us on their shit list because of the nasty things we
\n wrote<\/a> about them after the Anti-Nazi Mother’s Day Rally a week ago. We
\n figure if they do manage to track us down, we can claim to be one of
\n them, just
\n grown old and faint-hearted. We’ve talked our way out of tighter spots.<\/p>\n
\n seems to be supermarket prime time. In the parking lot, before we even
\n got into the store, we see three separate guys trudging to their cars
\n with bouquets. Obviously attempting to atone for transgressions committed
\n the previous,
\n Saturday
\n night.The poor deluded fools, we thought. Not that we haven’t availed
\n ourselves of the same pathetic knee-jerk reaction to flowers endemic
\n among those of the feminine persuasion,whatever their sex,
\n but it is a temporary balm at best, and most of these guys are in the
\n kind of trouble, on an existential level, that a flower farm full of
\n orchids couldn’t salve over.<\/p>\n
\n bay, those with wacky wheels or broken brakes. Did we miss a National Weather Service emergency warning? Luckily we only need
\n a few things. Today, our mission is to satisfy our wife while
\n buying only things that begin with the letter "C". This
\n is a little secret game we play, to make shopping and cooking more challenging.
\n Except for major marketing expeditions, on each trip to the market we
\n try to buy only things that begin with a single letter.<\/p>\n
\n pepino and pescado. As astute readers can tell, we cheat a little
\n by using names in Spanish as well as English. Today we are working on
\n the "C"s; costillas, coffee, cherries, cebolla and cereal.<\/p>\n
\n her flowers. But only if they have Carnations….<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"