I had so much to talk about yesterday I forgot a somewhat good story. I was watching Walter play blackjack and this guy walked up to the table, put $500 down and said, “Black chips please.” (Black chips are $100 each) I said to myself, damn, I’m going to see some serious blackjack now! In minutes, he was done. Lost it all. He was making some stupid moves too. He would have done better if he would have bought $500 scratch off tickets! Man, what a gloomy day yesterday! A day without sunshine is like a day without a hug. Everybody, “Awwwwwwww.” I stopped off at the old record store last night. I had some old CDs to trade in, I got $16. I picked up used CDs by Phantom Planet and J. Mascis. The price? $15.98 — How sweet is that?! I got two CDs and two cents back! I walked home and had kind of a surreal moment — some guy was on his fire escape playing the bagpipes. I think I talked about hearing him play before but last night I saw him. It felt like I was walking in a dream. I was tempted to yell, “Shut the F*** up!” but the truth is, I like it. It’s a calming sound to me. Hey, this Phantom Planet CD is really good! I love nothing more than a good CD purchase. I just received an e-mail from my friend,Mindy. In Yesterday’s diary, I wrote about Jasper White’s Summer Shack Restaurant. I believe I said something like, “I don’t know who Jasper White is but he was moving lobsters like they were going out of style!”

Mindy wrote,
“Jasper White is a rather well known fella in the food world. He is most well known for his book about Chowders and is a frequent guest on “Cooking Live With Sara Moulton” on Food TV.”

Thanks, Mindy, I couldn’t live another day knowing that I slighted Jasper White. Seriously, he needs to look into his surf and turf because it ain’t that great. I think that’s all I have for today. One-second, let me check — Yep, that’s it! Have a great day. God Bless America.