Mark Twain [Mercury Retrograde>
Some people collect stamps. Others collect coins, pinks slips, traffic citations. I built a database, years ago, of my favorite quotes. So, one time Mark Twain wrote:
“The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.”
I couldn’t think of any better Mercury Retrograde advice myself.
I love the BBC website. Love that British News as it arrives a few hours earlier than the local stuff. Love that it’s in English. Love the way they believe in horoscopes. Too bad I couldn’t believe this one: Sagittarius – the best sign for a no strings fling for you? Scorpio. Mercury is in apparent retrograde motion, I shouldn’t take anything serious, especially that advice. Matter of fact, that’s really bad advice. But it could just be my own bitterness. That’s the problem with canned horoscopes, can’t really trust everything they say.
No string attached? Scorpio? Maybe it’s a joke. Must be. Love that British humor, too.
There were a couple of rightly timed pauses, and much verbiage, throughout Tuesday’s meanderings. Started with my Cap friend and long hike on the East Loop of the trail – clocked it at 5.8 miles. Then Bubba and one of his Sag coworkers swung by and we headed up from the river’s edge to Guero’s for a light dinner. Pretty interesting: oh to be young again when dinner was just chips and a few margaritas. “Hey, the drink, it’s got fruit in it, right?” Whatever, \\dude\\.
For a change it was me knowing people, but Bubba’s commentary was pretty good, at one time a Virgo wandered by [on the way to Toni Price’s Hippie Hour>, that Pisces joined us for a couple of drinks, and Bubba got around to that apocryphal tale about the early years.
The tales got so tall and improbable at one point, that yes, I did choke on my ice tea, spraying the sidewalk. “This is the part I don’t get,” Bubba was saying, “he’s not even drinking tequila.” Which reminded him of something else, “You know what’s nice about living in Central Texas? No matter how much I drink, there’s a good chance I won’t wake up tomorrow – across the state line.”
