My mom had an unexpectedly-long layover yesterday on her way from DC to Minot (“America’s Vacationland”), so Bun and I went out to the airport (Zam was out with friends) to visit for a bit.<\/p>\n
We were sitting in the terminal lobby by the baggage check, when I saw a guy guy holding one of those signs that drivers hold up to get their incoming fares’ attention. The name on the sign was “Mr. Roarke”.<\/p>\n
And before I could catch myself, I thought:<\/p>\n
“Well, isn’t that nice! He finally gets a vacation! And I always wondered if he’d get so sick of his island paradise that he’d actually come to Minneapolis in February for a break?”<\/em><\/p>\n
“And by the way – does Tattoo yell “Bozz! Da ground! Da ground!” when the plane slips through the overcast?” <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I shook the thought off, and continued visiting with Mom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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