First of all, that good-looking guy in my mirror was not trying to make a fashion statement. Here's what happened. He was worried about some stains on various articles of clothing and bedding in his flat, so his gal pal told him about this amazing product called bleach.
It truly is magic. The aforementioned stains disappeared so nicely that when our hero spotted a stain on his favorite jeans, he simply added the bleach to the wash. Unfortunately, the jeans were not alone in that particular load. There were T-shirts, boxers, socks, etc.
Even a particularly sad-looking towel, which we will not embarrass by showing here. (Who knows, towels may well have feelings.)
This week's visit to the beach featured a different tide (low), no wind whatsoever, and some nice big surfing waves yesterday afternoon. I'd imagined it would be a good day to find seaglass, but I was wrong.
On the other hand, it was a great day for pretty stones.
These are weird days. When you are between jobs, everyone has an opinion as to what you should do. (Sort of like being a single Dad.) Me, I just feel like floating for a while, considering all options.
The Happy Family is still hanging around, and they have not yet offered to pay any rent. Luckily, they are all slowly growing smaller, taking up less room, and they never make any real demands.
Today I went downtown to my buddy Tom's office. I was amazed by the transformation of The Embarcadero around the Ferry Building. Tom generously gave me two prime tickets to tomorrow night's Giants game. That, of course, is scheduled to be Barry Bonds' last home game ever in San Francisco.
My 13-year-old, still recovering from his dental surgery, and I, will be there together, thanks to Tom, at a sold-out ballpark primed to pay tribute to the greatest hitter any of us will ever see.
Meanwhile, tomorrow is a big day around here for another reason.
The Japanese member of our little family is coming back from several weeks in Tokyo.
We've been cleaning the old place up for her.
Chu!
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