Day: March 20, 2020

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Stocking Up

I wore my hot dog/hamburger/pizza/fries Bow Tie o’ the Day to the grocery store. I didn’t need anything in particular, but I decided to join the neighborhood lemmings and buy a stockpile of whatever was left on the shelves. I was surprised to find shelves full of some of my favorite foods, like ice cream, potato chips, chocolate bars, CHEWY SPREE, and licorice. Junk food is not very nutritious, but it’ll do the job of keeping you alive during an emergency. During a pandemic, nobody’s going to be slamming you for your food choices. Nobody’s gonna be watching anybody’s calorie intake. Heck no! We’ve all got more important things on our minds, so a pandemic is the perfect time to eat whatever you want.

I generally tend to choose any and all foods from the Bow Tie Food Group. These foods are clearly marked with bow ties on the labels. The PRINGLES guy is wearing a bow tie, so I must have a can or dozen of that. The blackberry BUBLY water is likewise bow tie-marked. I must, therefore, fill my cart with a case of said blackberry BUBLY water. I already have bow tie pasta in the pantry, so it doesn’t bother me that the pasta shelves are already empty at Dick’s Market.

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I’m Mature-er Than I Once Was

Well, I admit I’m probably not much more mature than I was. But I am another year older, as of last week. I declare my thanks for all the birthday regards which came my way from y’all. I try to never lose sight of all the kind people who have crossed my path throughout my life. And I mean you, of course, among others. By blessing, by luck, and by accident, I have always found good folks to know. I’ve encountered some mean beings here and there, but I have always tried to keep them at bay from me and the stellar humans I claim as my family and friends. If you believe in kindness and laughter, you are not just a name to me. You are my true clan.

In these photos, I present Bow Tie o’ My Birthday Dinner. Suzanne treated me to dinner in SLC at TABLE X, where our waiter scrounged up a candle for my birthday tiramisu after he heard it was my bday. Also, I liked the light fixture in the restaurant’s bathroom, so here it is for you to see. And finally, note Suzanne’s faces when she’s paying the check at the end of the evening. It looks like it was the teensiest bit painful for her and her debit card. But I’m worth it, she says. After all these years, I’ve still got her completely fooled.