La Bamba!

Friday as I was driving into court to settle that ticket ($275 fine dissolved, thank you, just had to pay $50 court fees) I came to realize that I was driving nearly ten mph below the speed limit. See, Ella & Louis' Isn't It a Lovely Day was on the CD player, and I was feeling mellow and content. At that moment, I was reminded of a theory of traffic laws I once heard. See, the theory is that speed limit signs are too vague and abstract a notice. What we really need is to have notices that would make sense to us, for example, a sign that states that the dotted lines on the road should be passing in time with certain songs on the radio. So if you got pulled over, you could say to the officer "I'm sorry, Officer, I really thought I was going Lovely Day" and he would say "Pal, you were going La Bamba."

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We have knit 552 socks so far. Less than one-twelfth through the year, we are one-fourth of the way through our goal. To be more specific, we're 27.6% done with our goal, and 8% through the time in which to complete that goal. We're averaging 18.4 socks reported per day. At this rate we will reach 2000 by 3pm April 18th.

Now, Stephanie says I've underestimated you in thinking we might not reach 2000. I'd like to defend myself against that statement. I had no doubts in your knitting prowess. No concern that you might not hold your own.

What I underestimated was not your ability to knit.

What I underestimated was your abililty to gossip. Who knew how fast word would spread? See, here I was thinking you'd casually mention it to friends at a Lovely Day kinda pace.

You? You were talking La Bamba.