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1. Mykull make me laugh so long. You go. You need laugh. Very nice young man. He say name so funny, like my-kull. What is this “kull”? I no see kull.

2. Meanwhile I think I’m becoming a “character”. The Wacky Queen. The Funny Man. The Beagle Guy. I’m the One Who Always Has Coffee Every Morning. I am an expert at my part by blending into the background while adding Texture. You may see me over the Lead’s shoulder while he/she delivers a line.

Minus Side : Creepy=”Signature Clothing”. The kind of thing where people ask “Where’s your hat?”
Plus side : There will always be character roles.

There are definite perks. I can wear flip-flops to the Restaurant every morning. Endless supply of free Iced Caps. Bacon for Polly. Smoking is allowed. I can do the NYT crossword in 5 minutes. I get free magazines from the Israeli Newsstand and on Sunday they let me pull the LATimes Magazine out of the stack for the puzzle. I know everyone’s name and they know Polly’s and mine.

As my friend M. once noted, “You are so Hooked Up”.

I wonder if Grizzled Old Characters who sat in front of The General Store got perks. Free Tabacky all day! Hambones for Rover! What did they Bring To The Party to earn a chair on the porch? “Come here” I said the other day to a friend when I’d finished the crossword and was having a Dunhill. “Look! Here’s a picture of you in the New York Times.” It was a good picture too and when his face lit up I was proud of him and his accomplishment. “You can have it.” “Really?” he gasped.

I will keep being Hooked Up (who wouldn’t?) and I earn my keep.

3. How To Join Netflix

Go online and register, amazed at all the great movies you want to see. Choose three : two DVDs of a canceled sit-com and an Art Film. Get DVDs in mail the next day. Watch the TV shows in an hour and a half and never be in the mood for the Art Film. Keep DVD’s for three months yet somehow feel proud of never paying lay fees.

4. On Memorial Eve Polly and I went to a party at the Restaurant. I was joined at a table by an entrepreneurial young woman who is the Number One Salesperson for Jack Danials in the USA. I was impressed and we talked for two hours. J.Danials umbrellas a variety of alcohol, not just Grandpa Whiskey. Did you know Finlandia Vodka is made from glacial ice for purity? No kiddin’. It now comes in Mango Flavor and makes great Kamikaze shots. They also have a new liquor made from some fruit knocked off trees by elephants. It’s great on the rocks. Yup, I know all kinds of liquor stuff now (ok, the elephants did something ). The next morning I reached in my pocket and somehow my keys were mysteriously on a pewter Jack Danials keychain. Maybe that’s what the elephants do.

5. M.’s tour premiered here in LA last week and I saw the dancers the next day. It was miraculous. One day they were anxious and scattered. That night they perform on a stage in front of zillions of screaming worshippers (in many senses) and the whole world is waiting for the spoils. It has to change your entire life, alter your perception of everything and who You are. Not one of us could do what they did and not emerge reborn by the emotional and experiential impact alone.

They looked different. I was watching the chicks still shaking their wet feathers dry, puffing up into new space, looking around with eyes. I just listened to them Talk and watched them Not Talk and basked in the rays. When a miracle happens, even if not to you, it’s nature is to naturally expand. You can almost feel the warmth on your face.

4. Current Earworm - “Walking Into Sunshine” by Central Line, the Larry Levan mix.

Because L.L. was the legendary DJ from NYC’s dance palace Paradise Garage in the 70s and 80s. Because it actually was an old Garage and the entrance was down a ramp where Semis used to drive. Because in the background of “Walking Into Sunshine” people are clapping and laughing. Because it makes driving fun. Because it puts a wiggle in your walk and a giggle in your talk. Because, as they sing in the song, there will be Sunshine eight days a week.


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