Wanderings

Here it is, the image that did me in. Manet's The Absinthe Drinker, 1858. Maybe for fun in an upcoming post I will tell you my absinthe stories, but for now what I will tell you is that 

Triskaidekaphobia

means fear of the number 13. And in eighth grade Jon Caruso, who was very special, used to scream every time he heard it in math class. "AHHHHHHH!!!!!! YOU SAID THE NUMBER! I SAID THE NUMBER!! WE ALL SAID THE NUMBER!!! HAPPPYYYY HOLLLLIIIDAYYYYYYY!!!"

Other great John Caruso catch-phrases: "AUGH! THAT STUPID GIRL TOUCHED ME!" "B FOR YOU! B FOR YOU!" "I'M GOING TO TURN YOU INTO HAMBURGER MEAT!" and "HOW CAN IT POSSIBLY BE FUN WHEN IT'S SOOOOOOOOOOOOO QUIET?!?!?!" Those were the days.