for brian

This is an entry for Brian. Here is a photo of him, for those of you who have not met Brian.

Brian goes bowling every Monday night, I would join him more if I lived in Austin.
I wrote this: “I’m gonna stand out here because its getting really intense” outside of the bowling alley where I first told Brian I would write about this experience. We discussed how clearly what happened then would be conveyed on a blog. I guess only we really know...

I went on to write at different points in the evening, “It is raining really hard in Texas" and "I think I will rename my blog ‘The Thought Dump.’”

For contrast: bowling in two southern cities: