Okay, we will not even discuss the jinxing power Kim and I have on musical acts, whereby Kim may now never get to see one of her (and my) favorite acts, Sixpence None the Richer, despite that they've been to Richmond twice since we moved here (one cancelled because it was on 9/12/01; during the other, we were in Europe), and how Steve Taylor has not put out an album of new material since I started listening to him just over ten years ago, and how Mark Heard has not put out an album of new material since I started listening to him just over ten years ago (although his deadness may have played a part in that). No. I will not talk about that. What I will talk about is how Kimberly and I close down restaurants. In less than five years of Richmond life, here are the restaurants Kim and I have really liked that have closed:
1) Roly Poly, which is the only restaurant in my life where one of the workers (who looked like Andrew, but that's neither here nor there) actually knew my regular order (a wrap with roast beef, BBQ sauce, apple butter, and either Swiss or provolone cheese).
2) The Blue Marlin, which was the best seafood restaurant I'd been to in Richmond (if also the most expensive).
3) Some eat-in movie theater that I can't remember the name of, which had the best burgers in town.
4) Damon's, which was the best place nearby to watch sporting events in Richmond because (a) they used projectors on movie screens rather that just measly rear-projection televisions and (b) they had decent food and (c) it was non-smoking.
5) Damon's again, because it reopened after about a year and then closed perhaps six months later.
6) The closest Mio's to our new house, Mio's being our favorite local pizza chain. (The next closest is about 20 minutes away -- certainly too far for delivery.)
Etc. There are more than I'm forgetting, no doubt -- chime in, Kimberly -- but you see the general trend, which is that Kim and I have this magical effect on locations that we visit, be it for the power of good or evil.
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I do not think I will like The Passion of the Christ (which I will be seeing next week for a review). Based on what I saw on the religious channel yesterday evening, I predict a C+. (Not that I've been updating my film grades this year.)
i sincerely do not know what you are doing here. are you lost? were you
looking for your delicate calico cat, and did you follow her up two flights of stairs
to this room? she is not here. she was here, yes. we gave her a warm bowl of milk, we talked with her about campaign finance reform for a time, and then she bid us good day. i believe she was
going to the post office two blocks down, but i don't quite recall.
for surely you did
not find your way from prinsiana, the least traveled site on
the internet. if you did, though, perhaps you are looking for humor. perhaps you are looking for profundity. perhaps you are looking for answers.
i'm sorry, but you shall go naught-for-three.
