No D but 2D

12:14am
B-Trip: Home

The ever-mysterious Late Night D. Always dropping in when you least expect it. Like that racist on 'Seinfeld'.

But this after-hours moment has given me a chance to reflect on the lovely evening Elle & I just spent at the Stroosvini residence. If you're looking for a remarkable dining experience in a warm, cordial setting you'd be hard-pressed to top the Stroosvini's....where conversations flow as effortlessly as the wine, and canine flatulence reigns supreme.

The meal was delightful....A Feast with Seven Forks! (More specific info coming soon! Kindly click on my 'fingerling potatoes'.) It's hard to believe it had already been a few months since we'd seen each other. Being in their Venice home, you couldn't help but feel like we were all old friends. And though that may have something to do with the fact that we've known each other for many, many years, it could just as easily be attributable to the braised cabbage, which was so delicious Elle & I found ourselves praising it the entire 30-min drive home. So alls I'm sayin' is...don't go judging everything on first impressions, yo. Dig below the surface. Dig down deep and see if maybe cabbage is involved. Cause that's probably your answer.

It certainly explains why I'm Taking D right now.

7:35am
B-Trip: Home

A recalcitrant Morning D. Took a while to get going. Perhaps an episode of 30 Rock was on in my large intestine and the D wanted to wait til it was over. (I've been meaning to shove a TiVo up my bunghole to accelerate the viewing process by skipping the commercials, but I keep forgetting.)

10:30am
B-Trip: Home

Reading sports page. Also, an article in today's Current section questioning if the War on Terror might be an insane overreaction. Certainly from a historical perspective, this warrants discussion. Though Bush may often repeat that terrorists want to destroy our way of life, they scarcely have the capacity to do so. So blowing everything out of proportion (i.e., comparing Osama bin Laden to Hitler, equating Iraq to a struggle for our very existence, etc.) is little more than a great recruiting tool for more terrorists.

Makes sense. Would be nice for cooler heads to prevail for once. Everyone just needs to stop what they're doing, Take D, and look for constructive ways to move forward. And it goes without saying that everyone needs to flush. Only terrorists would dream of doing otherwise.

6:33pm
B-Trip: Home

Reading about military slang. Some favorites:

Geardo - Derogatory term for the guy who has to have all the latest and greatest gear on his uniform, even though he does not know how to use it.

Mookie - Muqtada Al Sadr. He's 'Al' to me because there's only room for one Mookie in my life.

O Dark 30 - A very early hour. ("We got up at oh-dark-thirty.") In my experience, it's never good when the urge to Take immediate D forces you up at O Dark 30. Hopefully that won't happen to any of our boys in combat.

Semper I - Pejorative Marine lingo for being overly concerned with one's own personal interests. Dah.

and of course...

Blue Canoe - Slang for a portable toilet. I'll let you know if I ever Take D in one of these.