February 10, 2006
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The Daily News
1 So last night I took off to go to Joe's with my daughter, Nicole. We were just off on one of those nights that you just wanna talk about stuff that's real, and to receive a few laughs from one another.
2 Once there, the conversation quite naturally fell to dieting, and of health, because that just seems to be THE talk of the town during February, but I went over that with a fine-toothed comb yesterday.
3 We then climbed quite comfortably into a loaf of crusty french bread dipped in olive oil with a hint of balsamic and a shake of parmesan.
4 As always, all the familiar staff were there to greet us with smiles and quips. Hassan was our waiter; he's the greatest waiter in the history of dining, and was just as awesome as ever.
5 We figured something out. Joe's doesn't age. I mean, the same guys have been working there for years, and they don't age.
6 Nicoley just commented on how comfortably familiar Joe's was. I agreed, and we just laughed about TV shows, goofy things, and many of the customers. In short, classic Joe's.
7 Later, as we carefully split some chicken and vegetables <diet time, even at Joe's!>, Hassan dropped a cheesecake the size of Philadelphia right in the middle of the table, with two huge Joe's forks!
8 We both hesitated, but I finally told Nicole, "Look, Nikki. Suppose it was your last night on Earth, and you were about to breathe your last breath. I would guess one thing you would want before you left this planet would be either a piece of Joe's crusty french bread, or better still, one last forkful of a Joe's cheescake!
9 "You would be lying there, as the darkness began taking your long life away, and you would begin considering the familiar, but as it would get closer to that GREAT moment, the cheesecake you see before you would begin to overtake all senses.
10 "You would think, 'I don't want to die without having one last cheescake from Joe's!' And then your lights would go out.
11 "The darkness would then surround you; you would become disoriented, time would be dreamlike, but you would suddenly find yourself in a dark tunnel, with a glowing light at the end of it. All your being would be moving you to that light.
12 "Your astral self would then be drawn to to all that is, and you soon would feel yourself moved swiftly to the other side. You would head to the light.
13 "After feeling more love than you'd ever experienced in all your life, you would emerge from the tunnel only to find yourself instantly sitting at this very same table. The first thing you would see would be a cheesecake, and two great forks. You'd look up, to see the smiling face of Hassan, who would say, 'It's about time! Dig in!'
14 "And we'd smile, laugh at the familiar, and appreciate all that is. And in this instance, all that is would be that piece of cheesecake!
15 "Mangia."
16 Have a great weekend.
17 Enjoy the familiar.
18 Peace.
~H~
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