Word: drownings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Imperceptibly morbid and achingly sorrowful, "In Spain, One Thousand and Three," the tale of a widower lusting after his dead wife's mother, is a story that gnaws at the open wound of the human soul that has lost its mate. The Seattle winds could hardly drown Martin Tuttleman's intense longing for companionship, whilst his profession (customer serviceperson in a video game company) involves precocious adolescents whose pretended social savvy aggravate him further by reminding him of what he no longer possessed...
...they need more information? It's as if the Administration were announcing that every child must have the fanciest scuba gear on the market--but these kids don't know how to swim, and fitting them out with scuba gear isn't just useless, it's irresponsible; they'll drown...
...time to decide what, if any, passes we would buy. There was the $30 per person "Booze Cruise," which promised to get you as drunk as possible without inducing a coma and then dump you into the sea for some snorkeling. A friend who miraculously did not drown on this cruise later told me that there were no coral reefs where they had been taken to snorkel. I guess the event planners were hoping that people on the cruise would be too drunk to realize this. There were lots of other amusing and expensive entertainment activities listed on the pamphlet...
...that the hot water issue was replaced by a drainage issue. After showering, the water in the tub would come up to our knees. We had to use a trash can to bail out the water so that the next person in line to use the shower would not drown or flood the place. We feared that tensions would flair up and we'd kill each other in such confined quarters, but after a while, we found the situation comical and made the best...
Seafood risotto was laughably large and formally antithetical to any preconceived notions about the nature of risotto. Literally dozens of steamed mussels (it must be admitted that it will take a while before I can stomach another mussel), clams, and, impossibly enough, more calamari drown a sizeable platter. A spicier, more complex version of the calamari appetizer's tomato sauce married the flavors of the fish. There was indeed risotto underneath the shellfish, though it was only made accessible after much digging. Layers of clothing were shed in the grueling process. A word of advice: it is an exercise...