Actually Current

I haven't had reliable internet access here in Tampa because we are staying in a hotel that is too nice. The venue is nice, and is reliably empty of paying customers, which helps us to hear every pin that may drop during the performance, don't want to lose those pins! There's a cruise ship in today so I can walk around and see all the imprisoned eastern europeans and southeast asians clamoring into taxis to get away from the ship to Gap or Victoria's Secret for an afternoon leave. There's a senior officer in this coffee shop video chatting in Danish (talking in Danish while taking in danish; a total experience for him I suspect). There's a bowling alley/pizza/sushi/bar/pool hall in this mall complex that marries all these pursuits incredibly well.

Today we bid auf weidersane to the German John Deere delegation with whom we shared our hotel the last few days. A fantastic looking group of women whose jobs selling tractors beg for drunken jokes involving plays on "hay bales" and variations of "how high is the grass today?" and "do I have to be seated to turn this on?" Have they said whether sexual harrasment is bad if you don't actually work for the same company? We also say ciao to the United Kingdom John Deere delegation with who we shared our hotel the last few days. A wonderfully drunk group of lawn care specialists and farmers responsible for the kilt friendly ride-on seat and putting the plowed in plow.

I now want to settle down with the circus. Yes, and I'd only go into Public Radio for the money. Things are not what they seem.

A man with a pug eating a bit of trash just walked by me and said "he ate a lighter today, I've got to pay closer attention."