I am going to move my food prepping into the living room so I can kept watching the day old tennis match.

Oh, terrible Nicolas Cage movie. If you're going to set yourself on Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans, you should at least know that it's not a "business day". Most businesses? Closed. Also, most French Quarter streets? Jammed.

Now there's a thrilling chase scene involving the Algiers Ferry.

Oh hey Theo, I emailed your profile address the other day. Did you get it?

And now they're filming at the abandoned Six Flags in New Orleans East, but calling it "the Fairground", which is the name of the horse racing track.

What movie is this, Dana?

Turns out my laundry situation was not so dire, I just had forgotten where I put most of my work pants last week. But probably best I stay on top of it anyhow. And I really need to organize my wardrobe, but that isn't happening today.

The meal for barking offer still stands though.

Too bad I'm out of range. I'm an excellent subject for that sort of thing as I am very practiced at ignoring excited dogs until they calm down THEN giving them attention. There are some dog owners of my acquaintance who are amazed at how well their dogs behave around me - because they either think the jumping and barking is cute or they simply do not comprehend the principles of operant conditioning.

I think it helps that I tend to picture my aunt's lovely calm Standard Poodle, Jane, while I wait for the excitedness to subside.

"Stolen", with Nicolas Cage. It was pretty darn shitty.

Does your town have a little business district where you could walk him, Lee? Or maybe a dog park?

I'm in Barnes and Noble with writing friends, writing. This is the first I've been online since I've been here, and I've already written almost 1,000 words. Go me.

I'm figuring out that I've got to make my world smaller and more manageable so I can, you know, manage better or I would be all over that deal, Lee. One of thes days we need to meet at Point Isabel.