bash raze her father-in-law sat out in the cold for hours, his ass hugged by the thin cushion of a cheap lawn chair, so he could get them tickets to see toto at the same casino where he gambled away his windfall. a slot machine coughed up sixteen hundred dollars after her husband fed it a few fistfuls of quarters. the money was gone before they could count it. it covered vet bills for their three cats and helped pay off their kids' cars. this is what birthdays look like when the wonder washes out and you're left with the back end of whatever life you've made for yourself. i think she would say it was a pretty good one, all things considered. 230312 what's it to you? who go blather from