Happy Saturday! As we fast approach the halfway point in February, David and I hope to slow things down a bit. With the help of an adult beverage and perhaps a bite to eat, we hope to make Saturday afternoon last a little longer. While we’re at it, we might even cover Linda G. Hill’s always amazing Stream of Consciousness Saturday prompt:
Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “heavy/light/dark.” Use “light” and/or its opposites. Bonus points if you use all three. Enjoy!
Linda G. Hill
If we were having a beer, you’d be in a pretty good mood.
“Good afternoon, Dan.”
“Good afternoon, David. You seem like you’re in a good mood today.”
“I hope me being behind the bar doesn’t change that, David. Can I get you one of those bourbon things?”
“Good afternoon, Skippy. Yes to the bourbon thing. No to the mood change. It’s a great day. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.”
“What has you feeling so lighthearted, David?”
“Lighthearted is the perfect word for it, Dan. We are adding close to three minutes of daylight, every day at this point. Say goodbye to winter’s darkness.”
“Here’s your John Howell’s Special. I even remembered the cherries. Dan, I assumed you’d want a Modelo.”
“Good choice, Skippy.”
“Skippy.”
“Yes, David.”
“I thought you said you remembered the cherries.”
“I did. I’m sure I put them in the glass.”
“I can see them, David. They’re at the bottom of the glass of ice. He’s getting closer.”
“I’ll get you a couple more. Hang on.”
“Thanks Skippy. By the way, how did your acting debut go last week?”
“Here you go. It went well. Saturday night was great, and we did two shows on Sunday.”
“Anything on the horizon?”
“Yes. On Monday, we start rehearsing Cat’s Cradle. I play several people in that.”
“Which ones?”
“I play the bartenders, and a few patrons.”
“Hopefully, not at the same time.”
“Actually, I do. Behind the bar, I’m wearing a shirt and tie. Then I step around the bar, put on a jacket and loosen my tie.”
“Skippy, I mean no offense here, but how are you able to do that when you can’t even get my drink right at a real bar?”
“David, he did bring you John Howell’s Bourbon, a snifter of seltzer and a glass of ice. You should be glad he didn’t bring you Ice Nine.”
“That’s a good one Dan. That’s how the play ends.”
“I assumed as much, Skippy.”
“Skippy. Aren’t you worried about being typecast as a bartender?”
“Not really, David. The producer told me this will be the last bartender I play for a while. Besides, I have more lines as the patron, talking about the end of the world, atomic bombs and stuff.”
“And stuff? Pretty heavy stuff, if you ask me.”
“The book is full of heavy stuff, David. I remember reading it in college.”
“You read Cat’s Cradle in college, Dan? Is this while you were working on a degree in chemistry or business?”
“Chemistry. Modern American Literature–one of several English courses I had to take to make up for not taking Freshman English after transferring to WVU.”
“Ah, yes. I remember that story. Do you ever think back on that and find it ironic?”
“In what way, David?”
“If I remember correctly, your advisor convinced the head of the English department to let you slip out of that requirement by saying, among other things, that you weren’t some budding author.”
“That’s true. But he was right, that seed hadn’t begun to germinate, let alone bud.”
“That’s because you had to wait for spelling and grammar checkers to be invented.”
“I don’t think Freshman English would have helped that much. I doubt I could have made a living as an author.”
“Still, here you are, fifty years later, and which course do you remember?”
“Well, I read Cat’s Cradle again, long after graduation. I haven’t reread my Organic Chemistry text, or the one for Managerial Accounting.”
“Here you go, Dan. Managerial Accounting, available on Amazon for one-fifty-nine-ninety-five. Now’s your chance.”
“I have some accounting questions to research for the book I’m working on. I think I’ll buy a friend a drink.”
“That’s a much better way to conduct research. What’s on your mind?”
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