DATELINE CHANDLER, AZ: Debriefing

Tonight is my last night in town. I finally get to go home & see Adale and the kitties. I've been travelling for three weeks with the exception of a 36 hour stopover in the 'Burgh two weeks ago. My posting has fallen off a bit because I've been pretty busy, working until 10pm or so every night, and just haven't had the fire in my belly. I do plan to give y'all some insight into my time in the Sun Belt but first want to get out a list of my activities recorded before they are deleted from my temporary files. Here's an listing of the things that have occupied my time over the last few weeks:
- driving all over the valley;
- talking with some very rich people, including a few guys worth half a billion
dollars;
- punishing my colon with copious amounts of Mexican food
- watching the crappy cable TV in my hotel room, including a brutal Maury Povich
paternity test episode (it was the sixth try for each woman);
- driving around the desert with Adale;
- going to a big Mexican swap meet & then the annual Tamale Festival with Adale;
- having a meeting delayed because the Rabbi had to take a call from Jimmy Carter;
- being disappointed that In and Out Burger isn’t as good as I remember from 15 years
ago;
- worrying about Brittney Spears, hoping that she can get back on track and return to
creating the soundtrack to our lives;
- wishing that I lived in a town with lots of Mexicans because I love ranchero music;
- trying to erase the ad for Will Smith’s latest heart-warming ode-to-fatherhood load
of crap movie from my mind;
- loving that Pittsburghers do it with French Fries on top.