Downtown makes me a TV star

On the way to the street to unload a coworker’s car a few moments ago, I got interviewed by WTVD reporter Tim Nelson about the drought and whether the city’s done an adequate job letting people know about Stage 2 restrictions taking effect tomorrow. He was asking if the city’s full-page ad about water restrictions was “buried” at the back of today’s the N&O’s business section. I basically told him you’d have to be under a rock if you didn’t know about the upcoming restrictions.
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Be My Love

Happy Valentine’s Day! I love the spooky, carnivalesque feel to this song.

Be My Love
Cracker
Garage D’or

I dream a white bright light
In endless fevered night
A birdwing brush across my back, you say to me
You could be my love
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Hunt for perfect sleep goes on

I’m up earlier than usual this morning because the sound and pressure of my teeth grinding woke me out of a sound sleep. Over the last few years, my dental hygienist has spotted the damage, first attributing it to a bad habit of chewing ice but deciding last week that I must grind my teeth in my sleep. She showed me the visibly flat edge I’ve worn into my incisors. Yikes.
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