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March 29, 2008
Effective phraseology, and fish.
1. Dick Cavett writes a blog for the NY Times site, and yesterday he referred to George W. Bush as "the capering loon who does soft-shoe in the White House".
2. At a mediocre waterfront bar/cafe in Miami the other night, several of my cohorts eagerly ordered the "dolphin sandwich" from the menu. The "dolphin", of course, was mahi-mahi (Coryphaena hippurus), a brightly-colored, square-headed carnivorous fish not to be confused with those gray squealing mammalian bastards who always want to steal your ball and head-butt you underwater. What interested me was that my companions really thought they were going to eat filet of Flipper, and didn't seem the least bit perturbed about it.
3. Speaking from experience: when you enter a sushi restaurant and one server is stoned, the other is a trainee, and no one appears to be Japanese, it's probably best to just leave right away.
