Each Mardi Gras, Dale (that best friend I mentioned) rides on a float in the Krewe of Bacchus.
As far as coming up with a list of things that were better in the past, I can rant with the best of them, but as I mentioned earlier, that gets a little tiresome, particularly if it is done to downgrade the present.
As I mentioned before, the best part of this book for me was the world.
Robert Greenebaum, my soul mate, lover, best friend, business partner, husband -- did I mention best friend?
You're my best friend, but when I mention my family I sense your antennas going up.
Zandra Rhodes and Molly Parkin were two of my best friends, but if I mention John, Yoko, Mick and Keith in the same sentence you might think I knew them, too, and the publishers might give me a bigger advance.
I mention the best friend I've known since the first grade, the one who lives an hour-and-a-half train ride away, at her college in New York City, who promised to come visit, but who never came; he tells me how glad he is that the flat-chested brunette with the über-intense crush on him is in Arizona and can't make an in-person appearance.
It's the one innovation ecosystem that continues to punch way, way above its weight, ignoring its size [only 8 million people fitting into a country the size of New Jersey], ignoring its lack of natural resources [there's no oil or gold here], all while trying to make the best of its circumstances [did I mention it's complicated?].
Whenever I mention that my best friend died 10 years ago, I feel the tone of the room change.
