Jesse, Araber [Edit: I've heard about it on H:LotS, that's how I Googled it]:

A person-- usually black and male-- who sells fruit and vegetables from a horse-drawn cart, calling out what he's selling in a sing-song voice. The advantage is the food is fresher than in a supermarket. Risley Tucker, the main suspect in the Adena Watson murder was one. (Three Men and Adena) "Araber" is pronounced differently, depending on the neighborhood. Crosetti pronounces it "ar-ab-er," Lewis- "a-rab."

Hec, the Roxie is in bad financial trouble.

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I don't know if semantic wriggling was in the curriculum, but I picked it up somewhere.

Semantic wriggling got me through my comps. It's a valuable life skill.

Pronounced, AY-rahb, there are these guys who have these horse drawn red carts with yellow trim that go into neighborhoods all over Baltimore to sell produce (mostly.) The horses are small ponies. They have been around longer than anyone seems to know.

I'll see if I can find a picture. They were sort of in danger of disappearing a few years back, but I still see them around.

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I feel like I can die now. Nilly nillied Homicide. I would track down Simon and tell him, I swear, if only he could get what Nillying is. I did get to teach him "HSQ".

Right on, thanks y'all.

I don't know if semantic wriggling was in the curriculum, but I picked it up somewhere.

This is the skill I currently describe as "tricking them with my fancy words." I swear I don't deserve some of my good grades, but I distract them with rhetoric!

I did get to teach him "HSQ".

I want to read that story! (Oh, and speaking of story, how is the writing going on? I'm trying to actually catch up on "Great Write", so I'm way way behind there, and have no idea if you posted anything there).

Hec, the Roxie is in bad financial trouble.

I know - it's heartbreaking. I think it's the best Rep House in the country. I hope to hell somebody with money steps in to save it.

Hec! Happy second-day-of-the-second-year-of-your-marriage!