Here’s what it’s like having a friend in jail … First he drops off the face of the earth for five days. This is because yours is the only telephone number he knows by heart, but it’s long-distance and prisoners can’t make long-distance calls. Five days is how long it takes you to decide to […]
Word has it that yesterday’s post has raised some hackles. Mine would be up, too, except that I just had a massage, so they’re resting. More on the last 24 hours tomorrow. Meanwhile, a friend has asked me what makes me think that I have such a big, slobbery dog in this fight. Am I […]
He wasn’t returning phone calls. He’d been missing from his favorite haunts for several days. Very unlike him. So we started calling. Other friends first, then – reluctantly – family. Nobody knew anything. That’s when news broke in the media that he was in jail, reversing the flow of phone calls. “Have you heard?” “Is […]
