the rose still smells just as sweet
what's in a name, indeed. this weekend i got a check in the mail, money for canceling my flood insurance policy. funny, but i didn't remember canceling the policy. sac is in the center of a flood plain and tho flood insurance is optional anna and i always take the option. because the threat of flooding is always present. it's flooded before, it will again.
but the check, another one arrived today, is for another richard lopez who lives in texas. how many richard lopezes exist in the world i shudder to think. but it's a lot. more than a lot. and this is not the first time i've received something for another richard lopez in the mail. sure it's funny but damn the mean of my name. there are beauties in the world regarding names and as a writer i notice names before faces and there are a few i'm instantly attracted to. but for me, mine is not one of them.
oh well, anna called the insurance agent who realized his mistake and had been calling to get the checks back. as for the texas richard lopez it seems that he canceled his policy at the wrong time for anna had googled his town and it was in the path of hurricane ike. i hope the other richard lopez is okay and just traded up his flood policy. ike was a horror to behold, i understand.
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Maybe you should have a Richard Lopez Convention. I think there's a Bob Convention for fellas named...well you get the idea.
You might feel differently about your name if you were in a roomful of guys with the same name. I'm imagining quite a bonding experience. You could have a separate day that included the Ricardos too.
a richard lopez convention would probably be a small city, at the least. i see your point, cat, but i suppose my dislike of my own name stems from the same source as seeing our own flaws as we face the mirror.
i'm glad to read that your back in oakland. next group meeting is to be when?
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