Phone photo 1289

It was right here, on the sidewalk on front of those windows, that I suffered an event that scarred me for life!

There used to be a giant shoe hanging over the sidewalk, but it vanished several years ago.

Bezango: Driving

Olympia Power & Light, May 5-19, 2010

As it turned out I was never unemployed. I was indeed "bumped" by someone with more seniority but I had a part-time job the next day. And in a weird twist of fate, I was hired back to my old employer within a month.

The drawing of Morty dates back to 1981, in Cranium Frenzy # 1. Notice I cropped out the "Outta my way, ya peckerheads!" word balloon from the original. They trained us to curse like that when I drove a taxicab in Burlington, Vermont.

Jack's Shoe Repair still exists in the same storefront in Olympia. I often wonder where that little girl is today and if she has any inkling of how she scarred me for life.

No one has taken me up on investing in the thermotropic mood car idea yet. But you'll see. You'll see.