October 1

I went away on vacation, and returned to Bizarro World. See that beer? That nice vanilla Porter? I bought it at the GROCERY STORE. At the grocery store in LUBBOCK.

Yep, while we were away, the long-anticipated within-city-limits alcohol sales became effective.

(On a slightly less happy note, the sign at the cash register said that if you looked like you were "under 40" you could expect to be carded. I am close to 40 (53, if you must know), so I was almost positive that I would be carded. But I wasn't. But you've gotta take the bad with the good.)

Lubbock, Texas