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Upper Nile Ruler Spied Walking West on University

As seen from the bus: a small older black man, marching boldly down University into the California sunset, wearing a large gold cloth Egyptian headdress with navy details (think Tutankhamen), blue jeans, jacket with a tall staff with two large gold sculpted serpents twined at the top. It was quite the look. The kicker: his mirrored aviator shades.

Crap: It's Monday.

After getting entirely fed up with my age inappropriate hair I’ve ended up knotting into something like a mangled brioche on my head. I really could not give a crap as long as it’s out of my face. With the economic reversal there is no cash this month for a haircut. A major plus is the need for a single hairpin. I have a new favorite drink: a Julius Orange (gin, orange juice, cream, served over ice with a straw) invented and served at Garibaldis. They have the very best olives ever with some kind of vinagrette over it. I was knawing on the pits like a compulsive squirrel. Yesterday was such a gorgeous day so we went for dinner of Thai food at Pearl of Siam (it’s a bit of a hole in the wall, but the food is astounding. Even the chiffonade of lime leaves). Craftual Update: After piling a foot high stack of wooly skeins on the dining room table, something had to be done. I ended up winding a year’s worth of spinning to center-pull balls. The Steven hid in his office as the piles grew. And