Overheard at Booth 5: Christmas at 50

Christmas at 50

The kids, gone to the movies,
to see WW84.

The wife, in Washington state,
watching the slow, anguished passing
of her mother.

Me, watching, "It's a Wonderful Life,"
for free on Amazon Prime.


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Overheard at Booth 3: I Am Everything My Ancestors Dreamed Of

"Saw a kid at Dillards the other day, wearing a t-shirt that read 'I AM EVERYTHING MY ANCESTORS DREAMED OF'."

"Sounds cool."

"Yeah.  The kid was throwing himself on the floor screaming his head off saying he was bored and wanted to go home and play his games."

"Hm.  Never knew his ancestors dreamed of THAT."

Overheard at Table 1: #CancelKindness

Be Kind to Everyone

Once, a motivational speaker of great renown came to the city and everybody went to see him.

They gathered in the amphitheater and waited expectantly for his great words of wisdom.  When he came to the stage, the lights dimmed and a spotlight focused on his figure, standing at the podium.

To the crowd, he said, "Be kind to everyone."

Then, he left the podium.

The people were enraged.  They rushed the stage, demanding to hear what more he had to say.  They had come to hear some true words of wisdom.  

He said to the crowd gathered around him, "Until you learn to be kind to everyone, I can teach you nothing further."

"But we ARE kind to everyone!" they shouted. 

He looked at one.  "You said you were happy that Rush Limbaugh died of lung cancer."

The person replied, "Of course!  He was a racist who laughed when gay people died of AIDS."

The speaker said, "But was that kind?  And you ... you have told members of your family that they can never see you again and you will not take your kids to their houses for holidays."

That person replied, "That's because my family is MAGA and I'm not going to have my kids exposed to that kind of hate."

The speaker replied, "But was that kind?"

That person replied, "It's right for my kids."

The speaker asked, "But is it kind to your family?"

That person replied, "They are dead to me."

The speaker said, "And now all of you know why I can't teach you anything further."

The crowd grew even more incensed.   Every person took to Twitter, Instagram, IG, TikTok, FB, every platform they had available, using the hashtag #CancelKindness.

Overheard at Booth 3: My Body is Yours

 Husband: Just want you to know, I really liked what the pastor was talking about in that sermon for Valentine's Day.

Wife: Oh yeah?

Husband: Yeah, and I just want to let you know, baby, that my body is yours.  All yours.  It may not be perfect, but only you can have it.  It's yours.

Wife: That's so sweet, honey, thank you!

Husband: But, just in case, should the opportunity ever arise, could we let Kate Winslet borrow it for an evening?

Overheard at Table 4: Some Perfect Albums

Ten out of ten albums

The Beatles - Revolver

The Beatles - Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

The Moody Blues - Every Good Boy Deserves Favour

Ten Years After - A Space in Time

Alvin Youngblood Hart - Testimony

Heart - Little Queen

Eels - Electro-Shock Blues

Jackson Browne - For Everyman

Overheard at Table 4: Contrast

 "... and they call it contrast but it's the coloring and as I layered it on, and it's tight, it doesn't hurt on my arm, it's a spray but ... I was just going to have to stop and wait for them."

Overheard at Booth 3: Notes from a National Emergency Day 80

 Niall raised his shot glass "To Mexican Independence!"

"Jesus!" Lucky said.  "Do I have to explain it to you AGAIN?!"

"Nah," Niall said, tossing back the tequila.  "I just like seeing you go LOW-COH!"

Verble came up to the table and said, "Need I remind you that we are a café and I do not have a liquor license so please stop bringing tequila in here."

Niall, "But ... not even for Mexican Independence?!"

"God help me," Lucky said.