A place for open letters to the good people of the world.

Dear Christine,

Wow. Thanks for the best weekend of my life. What a way to cap the summer.

Love,
CR

 

Dear CR,

Scoreboard?

Curiously,
Tommy_D

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Dear Cadet,

I almost do it every time!

Sincerely yours in anonymity,
Tommy_D

 

Dear Flash,

My issues with Facebook are a little weird and slightly complicated by another person involved.

Myspace, however, is just unacceptably weird, and I have it only because I have a couple of old friends with whom I keep up that way.

ut


Cadet,

I am always using my real initials, since that's how I sign virtually everything else.

ut

 

Dear Tommy_D,

Likewise, I had the time of my life reporting my whereabouts during the drive to where I'm about now: the Pilot truck stop slash Wendy's in Bordentown, New Jersey. Just ate 10 nuggets and a baked chicken potato with lots of sour cream.

So, the drive flowed from Rio Blanco down to Brattleboro into Mass past the Basketball Hall of Fame into Connecticut through Hartford onto Merritt Parkway toward New York City. But somehow I missed the sign for the George Washington Bridge and ended up in downtown Bronx.

First thing I drive up on? Cops and ambulances galore in the middle of an intersection. All I see in the middle of the road is a scooter all mangled. Didn't see a body so I assume it was rushed to a hospital, or morgue. Go to the gas station and ask a couple fellers where the G-dub Bridge is and they tell me to go toward University Avenue and turn here and turn there. Not sure where it led me, but there was plenty of cha-cha musico and latinas bonitas en las caminas. Stop at another gas station, and the guy points to a general direction. Didn't help much, so I pretty much end up in a big part of the city. Eventually stumble upon University Avenue, which leads to the right signs to get to the bridge.

Strange thing, though: I crossed the bridge without having to pay. The other 2 recent trips I paid $6.50 to cross. So the bridge dumps onto the Jersey Turnpike. By now my eyes are tired and fuzzy and I can't figure out the lanes for EZ Pass and the ticket-getter, so I drive through the EZ Pass lanes and think, "Shit, they goddamn SWAT team's going to come after me now." I zoom along at 85 awaiting federal police to track me down and shoot me dead in the middle of the turnpike. Nothing happens. I reach the Bordentown exit and tell the toll guy my poor excuse for not having a ticket, but he doesn't care and just says, "$4.55."

The drive from the bridge to here was difficult. I'm exhausted. I'm waiting for a friend and co-worker (former boss) to drive his moving truck here. He was about an hour behind me.

Inside Wendy's right now is a man surrounded by business papers, and a table of 3 college-looking guys, one of them with a mohawk a la the teammate of Louden Swain in "Vision Quest." Over the speakers is blaring James Brown's "I Feel Good." I'm glad you feel good, Jamesy, 'cuz I'm feeling stinky, slunky and soggy-footed.

A guy who looks like Ben Wallace (cornrowed version) just yelled to the countergirl, "Yo, got any sour cream?!"

Roy Orbison is singing "Pretty Woman."

Sincerely,
Xan in a brave new world ... but where's my half-gram of soma?

 

Your trip today sounds even more harrowing than my trip from Rio Blanco to DC.

Glad you're safe, X.

ut

 

Dear UT,

Gracias, amiga. Excuse the grammatical errors and choppy-as-the-high-seas vernacular. Estoy cansado.

Ahh, here comes the moving truck. Time to hit the road a bit more.

Talk to y'all soon,
Xan

CCR is on the Wendy's speakers now. "Down on the Corner" Is that the name of the song?

 

Mr. Weaver,

Have you received your ticket in the mail yet?

WB

 

Dear anyone who can answer,

I seem to be having AIM troubles this morning.

Is this affecting anyone else, or am I just made of fail?

ut

 

Dear UT,

Way to fix the problem.

Love,

UT

 

Dear UT,

When having AIM problems, go to aol.com and use the aim express.

K

 

KG,

Excellent advice, which I shall certainly file away for future use.

ut

 

dear ut - for the dummy on the board, what the heck is aim express? - hugs, tomas