They came over when we were finished with dinner last night. Coincidentally, I had been filing a lot of paperwork and bills and stuff and had come across the folder with their heating and air system warranty that the previous occupants of their house had given me when we were shopping for an A/C system.

"Lucy," I said, "See that orange and blue folder on the table. Grab that, it's your AC warranty. Look, it says 'For the new neighbors on it.' I've had it for about three years." And Lucy started crying.

I've known for more than a year at least that Lucy and Ricky, though they love it here, are not sink-in-one-place-forever kind of people. They're dynamic, they change jobs, they move. I was just sort of hoping it would be later rather than sooner.

Anyway, they broke the news to us, and really, we were the ones comforting them, telling them it would be okay and that we would visit.

Ricky started to cry, and though we all tried to pretend he wasn't for a while, that tore us all up pretty bad. And he was trying to express just how much he loves us and how hard it was going to be to move away, but he couldn't get the words out. So I supplied some.

"I understand why you're so upset, Ricky. It's because you're never going to have easy access to so many lesbians ever again."

"That's it!" he said. "My daddy's so pissed off at me."

"I know," I said. "It's like having hot and cold running lesbians here. And those lesbians you're going to have up in north Georgia aren't nearly as good looking either."

"Yeah!" he agreed.

Anyway, we ended up the evening by figuring out how he's going to kill the bill to amend the Georgia State Constitution with a ban on gay marriage, 'cause he's known as Ricky "Kneecaps" Ricardo down at the legislature now for his ability to kill a bill that needs killing. And we all promised him blow jobs when he succeeds. So, no one but you, my few remaining loyal readers, will know that four anonymous lesbians and one good ol' boy with a big heart and a wonderful wife, masterminded that bill's death in committee.

We sure are going to miss them.

Moving on - 12:11 p.m. , 2007-08-14

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Holy shit! - 2:24 p.m. , 2006-01-11

Stuffing recipe - 6:17 p.m. , 2005-12-13

Good Life Update - 10:22 a.m. , 2005-11-11