Master

Hi,

The weather in the Culver City area was perfect yesterday.  Not too hot, not too cool, just right for a few errands.  Mr. Lag invited himself over for a nap in the afternoon.

The ‘Easy Monday’ song was “Yesterday” by The Beatles.  This week’s ‘Zany Day’ might not be as easy for some, but that’s alright.  “Riding along in my automobile, my baby beside me at the wheel.  I stole a kiss at the turn of a mile, my curiosity runnin’ wild.  Cruisin’ and playin’ the radio, with __ __ __ __ __.”  Hint:  Another cool car song from an early R&R giant.

Whenever we come to the States we have local phone numbers that we use.  It’s a simple matter of replacing our Thai SIM cards with ‘Western’ ones.  We’ve had the current numbers for years now, but it hasn’t been easy keeping them.  Every time we arrive we are told by T-Mobile that we have to either change our ‘plan’ or get a new one.  Yesterday we went through another round of ‘how bad do you want to talk on the phone?’.  It has become a ransom situation, with the phone company.  I like my number, I can remember it and that’s important to me (555).  The next time we visit, we may have different numbers, but for now they are as follows:

Danny= (310) 494-1179     Lisa= (310) 227-2351    

We had lunch at Emerald Thai on Venice.  Our friend Nid was surprised to see us again so soon.  It was good to see him and to see the place so busy.  We’ll have to go back when it’s not so crazy, and we can sit and talk.

I was once again humbled and amazed by the amount of vehicles moving in a semi-orderly fashion on the streets of the westside yesterday.  There’s nothing like hitting the streets at 8am on a weekday after driving in Chiang Rai.  We got another Ford Fusion, but this one is all gas.  After three weeks playing with the pedal to keep it on electric as much as possible, I’m not sure which is more fun.  Staying away from gas stations is big fun, but stepping on the gas and feeling the surge of power is also fun.  Hmm, like Sly said: “The nicer the nice, the higher the price.”

Many years ago I learned about the persistence of nature.  Today’s photo was taken in our front yard and is a perfect example.  Grass sprouting from a rock calls for lots of persistence.    

Feels like a Wacky Wednesday.

                   Peace,

                             Danny

“Your mind is your instrument.

Learn to be it’s master and not 

it’s slave.”

~Unknown