FREE&CLEAR(aka Up, Up&Away[aka Over&Out]) -- by Steve Nadis
[EDITOR'S NOTE: I wrote this a week ago and meant to post before my trip but evidently it did not get up there. Sorry about that folks though I'm pretty sure it was somebody else's fault.] I'm tying up loose ends, taking stock, getting ready for a trip. I had to buy a few items in Harvard Square and twice during my bike ride, I came across the strong scent of weed among the pedestrian walkways. Was it the same pothead or is the Square full of them these days? One of the items on my list was gym shorts, so I stopped at City Sports, the likely place for this sort of thing. I couldn't find the ones I wanted so I asked for help. "What are your cheapest gym shorts?" I asked a clerk. He took me to an area where the so-called cheapest shorts were, except that they cost nearly $10 more than another brand I'd already seen. "They're comparable," he explained when I asked him about it.
"Yes they are," I replied. "And when you compare them, the ones you showed me were $10 more."
Moving on, I stopped off at a friend's to return a book we had borrowed, JACK&THE BEANSTALK. And I wanted to pay off some gambling debts my wife had accrued at a Hanukkah party a few weeks back. She had bet against his kids on which candle on the menorah would go out first and had lost twice, owing on 5 cents and the other a quarter. I paid off the total, plus the interest, so that I could head off on vacation and into the New Year's free and clear. Free and clear, that is, except for the mortgage, and second mortgage, and credit card debt, plus a few miscellaneous IOUs floating around.
Happy New Year everyone. CALL ME SNAKE will be taking a brief siesta. We'll be back in a week or so with a dazzling set of new stories. I can't wait to share them. But I've got to live them first.
"Yes they are," I replied. "And when you compare them, the ones you showed me were $10 more."
Moving on, I stopped off at a friend's to return a book we had borrowed, JACK&THE BEANSTALK. And I wanted to pay off some gambling debts my wife had accrued at a Hanukkah party a few weeks back. She had bet against his kids on which candle on the menorah would go out first and had lost twice, owing on 5 cents and the other a quarter. I paid off the total, plus the interest, so that I could head off on vacation and into the New Year's free and clear. Free and clear, that is, except for the mortgage, and second mortgage, and credit card debt, plus a few miscellaneous IOUs floating around.
Happy New Year everyone. CALL ME SNAKE will be taking a brief siesta. We'll be back in a week or so with a dazzling set of new stories. I can't wait to share them. But I've got to live them first.
