GO TEXAS

4-2 IN THE 8TH
TEXAS HAS A 2 RUN LEAD IN GAME 3 OF THE WORLD SERIES.

THEY LEFT THEIR HEART IN SAN FRANCISCO AFTER THEY LOST TWICE TO THE GIANTS.

GO TEXAS

IT'S A STUDY IN PERSEVERENCE!!!!!!!!!!!

YANKEES WENT HOME

IT'S A SORRY DAY IN NY WHEN MIGHTY CANO STRIKES OUT.  OR WHATEVER


BOTTOM LINE
   THE YANKEES ARE NOT IN THE WORLD SERIES.


TEXAS AND SF ARE

I'M ROOTING FOR TEXAS
SAN FRANCISCO HAS

LOST ALL ITS CHARM

IT'S GOT NO SOUL.  IT'S NOT REAL.  IT LEFT ITS HEART IN SF.   WHERE IS ARLINGTON,TEXAS?
iIT'S THE REPUBLICANS VS THE DEMOCRATS AND MORE.

SOME CAN'T BE SAID.

SH!!!!!!mum's the word

GOOODBYE COLUMBUS

RICHARD RUSSO

I WAS AFRAID SOMEONE WOULD KNOCK ON MY FRONT DOOR TO SEE IF I WAS OKAY.  I STARTED TO LAUGH HYSTERICALLY WHEN I WAS READING RUSSO'S DESCRIPTION OF A DRIVERS ED CLASS INCIDENT IN HIS NOVEL EMPIRE FALLS.  I STARTED TO HOWL WITH LAUGHTER.  IT WAS INCREDIBLY FUNNY.

I'VE HAD AN ALL RUSSO SUMMER WITH THAT OLD CAPE MAGIC, BRIDGE OF SIGHS AND EMPIRE FALLS INTERSPERSED WITHA LITTLE JONATHAN FRANZEN'S FREEDOM.

MARTHA'S VINEYARD IS IN THIS MAINE NOVEL BY RUSSO.

DAWN-  MARTHA'S VINEYARD

FOR THE BLACK SQUIRREL IN MY YARD

MY BACKYARD

WHAT WILL YOU DO THIS WINTER?

HOW MANY NUTS HAVE YOU SAVED?

HAVE YOU BURROWED INTO ANYONE'S ATTIC?

MINE?
WHY ARE MOST SQUIRRELSS GRAY?

ARE YOU A RECESSIVE TRAIT THAT'S SLOWLY DYING OUT?

ARE YOU A CITY SQUIRREL USED TO ASPHALT THAT IS Marooned in the country?

ARE YOU NOCTURNAL?

WHATEVER! SEE YOU NEXT SPRING BOSTON BLACKIE!

BREAKDOWN LANE

LIGHT AT THE END OF TUNNEL

THE CAMPER HAS BEEN TOWED TWICE AFTER PROBABLY $1000+ IN REPAIRS. IT'S STUCK IN NEW JERSEY.

IT NEEDS NEW WIRES. THAT NEVER HAPPENS. IT'S DEJA VU ALL OVER AGAIN. IT HAPPENED LAST YEAR AND THE YEAR BEFORE ETC..

NOW PAYBACK FOR MY ETERNAL COMPLAINING AND LACK OF SYMPATHY, MY CATALYTIC CONVERTER LIGHT IS ON ONE WEEK BEFORE I EXIT THIS STATE. LUCKILY I'M FLYING. THE SAME MECHANICS WHO NEVER GOT THE CAMPER GOING RIGHT PUT A MUFFLER ON MY CAR FOR $259 AND IT STILL RATTLED WHICH WAS BAD ENOUGH. BUT NOW THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER IS ACTING UP WHICH CAN DAMAGE THE ENGINE. BUT I'M WAITING UNTIL NEXT YEAR. HOPEFULLY THEY'LL HAVE HEADED BACK TO BRAZIL OR SOMEWHERE BY THEN.

DISTURBIA!

PHOTOS

WE'RE BACK.

CAPE COD SAILING

THEY WERE LOST IN CYBERSPACE AND NOW THEY'RE BACK.

EMPIRE FALLS

I LAUGHED OUT LOUD WHILE READING RUSSO'S WORK ABOUT A DYING OR PROBABLY DEAD FACTORY TOWN IN MAINE. IT WAS A SURPRISE AND MUCH MORE FUN THAN BRIDGE OF SIGHS WHICH IS ABOUT A DYING FACTORY TOWN IN UPSTATE NEW YORK.

PERHAPS RUSSO WILL MOVE TO CHINA A ND WRITE ABOUT MANUFACTURING THERE BEFORE THOSE FACTORY TOWNS DIE OUT.

MOST OF THE BOOK TAKES PLACE IN A RESTAURANT JUST LIKE SIGHS WAS IN A CORNER GROCERY STORE.