About to head to bed. Summer starts sometime this week, but for me this week has been the most summerish week yet this year. I got two new books at Reston Used Books on Tuesday (or Wednesday): John Kennedy Toole's A Confederacy of Dunces and Essential McLuhan. I read McLuhan's whole interview with Playboy, which is contained in Essential McLuhan, the day I purchased it (it's quite a long interview for a magazine, especially one that I had considered to a put a stronger emphasis on images than the written word...), but I digress. It was a fascinating interview, and a couple points at the end cleared up some things I had wondered about.
Also, while in Reston I had the best coffee I've had in a while, purchased at a nondescript coffee shop in Lake Anne. I thought the cost a bit high at first, but I was given a hefty French press and empty cup for the price, which ended up filling the cup a little more than twice. Also, a dog slept inside the store, on a mat, which furthered my pleasure.
Saturday night was the first grill-out of 2010. It was had at Johan's townhome in the exurbs of Gainesville, Virginia. It went from roughly 4 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. While it was mostly held indoors, it still contained almost every ideal that can be asked for in a barbecue: Good company, great portions of meat, drink, and a rapid turn toward political philosophy late into the night, including such topics as the tea party, Israel, "socialism", et cetera. It was a good time, and it never got too heated and was generally enjoyable.
There are a couple other things worth mentioning, but I need to go to bed. Peace out..
2 comments:
just wanted to say i'm proud of you for staying at a barbeque for TWENTY hours in a row!
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