report from Saturday I'm glad I went out last night, I had a good time. We started at McFaddens downtown; interesting place. It was a sports bar with white table cloths that after a certain hour turned into a typical college/mid-twenties nightclub. Depressing. So when that started to happen we walked next door to a smaller, quieter place. That place had red lights and deer antlers on the walls. A little better.

Saturday I awoke and drove around town looking for a sporting goods store. I couldn't find one in town so I drove over to Seekonk (where the Target and Wal-Mart and all the chain stores are) and bought a baseball bat. Then I drove to Cranston where Google told me the closest batting cages were; but I didn't take the map with me and wound up getting lost in the woods around Cranston. Started out I just wanted to hit baseballs to hit baseballs, but after getting lost I needed some stress relief! hahaha, but it was all fine; I found my way home just before it started storming and managed to snap off a few pictures of the rain clouds and the hazy sky around Providence. There was a possibility I was going to go to the zoo also, but it fell through.

Meanwhile back in Texas...Rob called me as he was driving behind Jim Crow Towing. That's right, an old white guy who drives around proudly displaying his company name: Jim Crow Towing. If you're stranded on I-35, call him up! Reminds me of the story of musician Ben Folds who was driving from a show in Austin to a show in Dallas when he found himself behind a Willie Nelson impersonator, Almost Willie. He was so impressed with the guy's vehicle that they called the number and had Almost Willie open for them in Dallas. Just goes to show, you never know what will happen on I-35.  ¶ 4/01/2006 07:20:00 PM