No escalation calls. I slept as normal people do.
Errands and nap completed; hitting gym, then Deep Ellum for eat/drink/Metal.
Escalation point duties resume Sunday -the final night.

Primus' "Jerry was a Racecar Driver" came on and the Rod Stewart stunt double at the bar
declared, "Cool, King Crimson Elephant Talk".

I died laughing inside as I'm cognizant of both bands.

After about five seconds he passed by me muttering, "It's Primus; I hate Primus."

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Summertime or so at the Gman, this guy engages me in conversation.
I can tell he's out of his comfortzone [GF dragged him there].

Found out via www surfing today he's dead;.41 is too young.

The conversation of Northeast region bars vs.Dallas bars proved interesting ( Read more... )

No calls -third night in a row. I slept as normal people do. Babysitting International Beer Mafia went smooth:
-”start”, “are you done?”, “you're done? thank you”. Less than 48 hours to go.

Meeting some friends for late afternoon drinks/eats at Mi Cocina, need to figure out a light lunch
to hold me over until then. I hope that's the extent of my ( Read more... )

Mid-afternoon drinking with the boys at a clandestine bar [pinkies not out],
then adjourned to a sports bar for beers & burgers.

Walked the entire time, none of the motoring public were endangered.

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Everything is off this weekend, bad vibes, not feeling it, etc ( Read more... )

Heaven and Hell, shot in Shawscope. Love story, Kung-fu, Horror poured through a Late 1960's
Asian acid [LSD] filter. Odd take on Hell -most men were punished for gambling, women for gossiping.
Not enough fornicating for my tastes, though drinkers were punished in an oddly rewarding manner...


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No calls. Less than 12 hours to go in what's been a good on-call run.
Doesn't matter if tonight turns hellish, I'm offline starting tomorrow.

Leprechaun Sodomy Optional
Dallas' Greenville St.Pat's Parade celebrates very little in the way of things Irish.
It's not even a good parade with most of the floats/trailers/large vehicles are usually drinking ( Read more... )

Tonight's Irish whiskey tasting at Trinity Hall held to the usual standard
of a feast with new and old twists. I think a record was set as to how much food was
served but considering the potency featured, reinforcement was a requirement.

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Scotcharina swam competitively in high school and continues to do so as her main fitness activities ( Read more... )