Me: I want a two piece chicken with potato salad for one of my sides and…Safeway Clerk: No! You can only get the sides that go with the chicken!Me: Ok, which sides go with the chicken then?Safeway Clerk:You can only have the JoJo potatoesMe: Then why does it say I have a “choice” of two… Continue reading At the Safeway Deli, where choice is not king…
Month: January 2009
Memento Mori
Here’s a link to the story about my father in theTucson Citizen. He would have written a better story, but the state of journalism being what it is…
Schroedinger’s Waiting Room…
My dad passed away thursday afternoon at about 2 o’clock. it was sort of unexpectedly expected. We knew it was a looming possibility but not an immediate or inevitable certainty. It took me by surprise, but not shock. In the car ride on the way over, I didn’t know yet if he had died or… Continue reading Schroedinger’s Waiting Room…