The emerging legal weed industry in the state is still in an odd, transitional stage, and it can be downright unfriendly to casual tourists like Dowd who want to try this "marijuana" thing everyone seems to be talking about.
Or one as downright peculiar in its casual surrealism.
The 45-minute Mass had a downright Unitarian feel, a casual, friendly affair occupied largely by hymns sung to the accompaniment of piano, acoustic guitar and a professional nightclub singer.
Standing on the lawn outside one of the writers' rooms, I was approached by Dan Greaney, whose casual-Friday business attire looked downright natty alongside his T-shirt-wearing colleagues.
Against this backdrop of casual oppression, even the scurviest movie pirate is downright charming.
The overtime call was sure to confuse more casual fans, and for others listening, it was just downright embarrassing.
My data leads me to conclude that casual sex leaves plenty of women feeling awkward or dissatisfied – if not downright miserable – whereas most men don't experience a similar psychological hangover.
