#183

Rained all last night after threatening all day, all day, filling the air with an unsettling promise. When the rain came the air itself exhaled, and set down some heavy burden, and the whole world breathed easier. 

This morning a huge chunk of a limb fell off the big willow, one of the bare dead extensions of what remains to it of its former crown, riddled with worms and grubs and the ravages of the hunting and nesting of birds. I heard it crack and the noise of the air and lash of the leaves as it fell and I heard the great thud of its landing. When I went to look, there it was, looking for all the world like someone had hauled a partially rotted log out of the woods and laid it to rest in the mown grass by the willow.

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Watched some Friends the other day with Moe and was surprised by how fun it was to watch those folks interact and do their lines and shenaniganery. I watched Friends as a kid, fresh as it aired, and these people and the way they mess around with each other and snark it up had a greater impact on how I got by as a teenager than I had perceived. Friends isn't exactly The Wire, y'know, no shit, but it's not really as bad as people act. I mean, parts of it are pretty cringe, but there's tons of fun material there.

"What'd I just say?"

Classic.

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Another early day at work, folks. Much as I would love to continue to entertain us both, duty summons me with its implacable knell.


--JL