Ostriches and Tabouli

Seems like this shitty, gold paved Wall Street, economy is making all kinda folks suffer except for my GOB banker buddies that got so much in bonuses they bankroll me with the money that slips between the cushions on their Ostrich skin couches. Those other poor slobs unlucky enough to base their means of support on front companies for drug dealers around here are really feeling the pinch.

Things aren't so bad up in the 'Emerald Triangle' further north where the really expensive herb is grown but here in Lake we just aren't seeing those kinda results. Evidently the green grown here just doesn't compare. Take that and the Ephedra crackdown courtesy of that weenie Tony Farington and its no wonder the global economy tanked.

Take Upper Lake for example; as an aside does anyone really know why that is two words? Seems kinda pretentious to the spelunkers linquistics staff but it is what it is. I guess they just hafta do that because Lower Lake did the same thing, except Clearlake is only one word while the puddle is two. More confusing is that the Chamber of Commmerce in Clearlake is the 'Clear Lake' chamber. Now is that for the water of for the city? And why would the bass need a chamber of commerce?

DIY Decagon

Hmmm... Oh yah, consider the devastated economy and its affects on business of all sorts and let's go look at Upper Lake - what I call the 'Douchebag Decagon' when juxtaposed with the 'Emerald Triangle' - Upper Lake used to have a thriving drug dealer front store named Olivia's but it seems like it closed down in the last month or so.

My hunch is that was probably noticed by Dr. FeelGood up there on Main street but he seems to be doing just fine nonetheless.

Might have something to do with the economy or maybe it was the fact that Olivia's was a front for that convicted pot dealer Tom Carter who was using it to distribute his greener wares when he wasn't out being a pillar of the community and turning the youth on. He's a smart guy, figured out that marketing to kids created a more long lived customer base.

But that wasn't how I found out. I was up there searching out some couscous to go with that tabouli stuff that Muabladar likes so much but damned if Olivia's wasn't shut down. No couscous!

I hear Tom still sells some kinda organic stuff from there for the 'in crowd' but the place isn't open for us regular public types anymore so I'll probably have to grind up some garbanzo beans with garlic for pies and put em out on the window sill to see if the smell can lure Muabladar back.

I got to wondering about that other business Tom runs over there in Lakeport at that swanky barbershop Sarah Donna's next to the Post Office and figure it will probably be gone soon too because of the economic harshness of having the Feds crawl up your butt.

That doesn't bug me so bad since they charge too much and it feels kinda queer over there. Probably why Tom gets his hair permed, not that there's anything un-manly about a guy with a perm and a dye job mind you. Though I bet his recent bracelets worked as a freaking cool accessory and you know what they say in the 'big hotel,' "accessorize, accessorize, accessorize."

One thing does kinda bug me and that is that Francis didn't do something to help keep Olivia's open since he's Tom's bff. I mean really Francis is 'king ah the wurld' but he can't even help out his bestest bud the Mayor of Upper Lake?