lunch with Dr. Jane Wormsly

Dr. Jane Wormsly invited Lohbado for lunch at a spaghetti restaurant. Dr. Jane ordered vermicelli with a pickled sardine sauce. Lohbado ordered tuna casserole. They sat in a semi-enclosed area beside one of the front windows. It was large enough for a table and two chairs. Plants were jammed into every nook and cranny. It was the perfect place to eat and enjoy conversation.

disagreement

OOO CHA comes up frequently during disagreements. It goes back to the time of the Yee Haw Controversy, in the Poh Valley. It's based on a duality of you/me, us/them, yes/no. Add whatever content you like and presto, you have something to quarrel about.

push button meeting

The Chief’s voice sounded like someone vomiting. His words came out by the cup full, in heaves from the belly. Gravelly, a little slurred, choppy, harsh, the Chief swelled with satisfaction as he addressed agents gathered around the boardroom table, during a staff meeting in the Department of Standardization building.

wooozy

ooo plate

ooo face

ooo fire

Ooo, not so good, not all the time, sometimes not so good, ooO. It's normal to get sick once in a while, to feel woozy, face weird and burning up in the ooo fire. After, feel better again.

episode 5, taking care of Erika

Lohbado stumbled into a hole in the cement and nearly fell. Ben Kahn stopped his beige Lincoln Town Car. Ben rolled down the passenger side window and asked Lohbado if he was all right. Lohbado said no. Ben said to get in. Lohbado got in.

Ben was on his way home to his wife and five-year old daughter, after photographing a wedding. He felt terrible. He needed to talk. Lohbado could have a ride, but he would have to listen to Ben. Lohbado didn't mind.

episode 4, the romance of Lohbado

The beauty of sidewalk lies in its concrete nature of leading in a straight line towards the horizon. Cracks, not withstanding, weatherbeaten from hot and cold, snowploughs in winter, heavy rain and extreme heat in summer, the sidewalk provided a pretty patterned surface for Lohbado to stumble along in the heat of late afternoon, after Eva drove back in her Range Rover to Administrative headquarters, to take orders from husband Deputy Harry Stone. After all, she had no intension of ever getting it on with Lohbado. She was merely bored and wanted a little entertainment. There’s something exciting about acting on impulse, to leave the office and chat with a picturesque stranger from a faraway land.

episode 3, Lohbado and Eva

Lohbado and Eva sat quietly at a table by the window in Lumpie's Donuts, overlooking the runway of Yamaville Airport, for about five minutes and gazed at each other. Lohbado saw a tiny reflection of himself in her shiny dark eyes. She placed her hand over Lohbado’s hand on the table. When he leaned towards her, she pulled her hand away. 

“I still don’t feel safe," said Eva, "It takes very little to wound Harry Stone's vanity. That dog on a chain is warning us to be careful. Deputy Harry Stone has a big ego and a short fuse.”