A Walk on the wild side....

I’ve been reading, ‘a walk on the wild side’ by Nelson Algren (Yes this is where Lou Reed got the idea for his song) I found a used paperback copy for just $4 at Fremont street books. Nelson Algren is best known for his book ‘the man with the golden arm’ and the movie with the same name, Frank Sinatra won a best Oscar for his role as Frankie Machine in 1955. A walk on the wild side is like folklore, ancient feeling even in it's modern time, early 1950’s I would say. I love Dove, this cheerless utterly lonely kid who’s fire & brimstone father and atheist brother spend there nights drinking and fighting over God. (A them as real to day as ever). Dove lights his small west Texas world a blaze with a bonfire of lust and violence, in a poetic way ☺
I’m only 67 pages into the book but thus far thus good.

Dose anyone besides me love the statistics about pizza and soda consumption on super-bowl Sunday? It so sick yet so amazing. Since I love soda and pizza and have shame for it. it's therapy or something for me.

I have a long week in front of me. Monday: Esther and I take a train from Seattle to Portland at 9:40am , from there we walk 5 blocks to Yamhill street and catch the max to the airport. During the ride to the airport I well get a text message giving me the parking lot number and letter to a parked truck. The keys well be hidden in “the spot’ …its all vary 007.
Anyone who has ever worked for my dad understand this, he has a way of making things extensive… I well wait for instructions from there. Sunday nights the Merle Haggard Neco Case show, that’s something to look forward to.

Off for coffee with my wife and mother, Esther got a swell haircut and Mother a fantastic color. I would bet 7bones that they well talk about how neat they look (and they do look real neat-o) and about there plans for the summer. Should be nice, I’ll bring my I pod.