How I get roped into these deals

How I get roped into these deals, I’m not sure. It sounded like breakfast and trip to the hardware store. Little did I know this trip involved me lifting 50 pound bags of mulch and 50 pound bags of gravel, and then, oh yes, I fell for that line again, “I just don’t know how to do this….” So I got to help spread some manure in the pouring drizzle. Had dinner with one of the best raconteurs I’ve ever listened to, over in a corner of Guero’s. Friend of a friend, and the guy’s a journalist. And he did have stories to tell. He was much luckier than I was yesterday, he got to do the “Lockhart hat trick,” a slice of BBQ and a slice of bread in each of the three places, Kreuze, Black’s and Chisolm Trail (Floyd’s). “Just a day trip, I’ve got to do a show about Texas food tomorrow, you know, ‘brown food.’ Tex-Mex, Chicken Fried, and BBQ.” We left him to wind his way back to cow town, and I went to see “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” or whatever the title is. I suppose I should write a review, but all I can really say is that I enjoyed it immensely. Of course, I was physically tired from all that labor — and it wasn’t like that was a movie I could fall asleep in.