May 5, 2009
Cinco de Mayo, the American margarita celebration that befuddles Mexico. Amazing what bar promotions can do to impact the culture.

Meanwhile, Charlie Waters send me this:

OK, so here is what you do. E-mail the Letterman show and tell them that since you are the inspiration for the segment, you would like to come on the show and give the Top 10 list of things people should know about Bob BB Boberson. Tell them you even have some ideas for the list.

TOP 10 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT Bob "BB" Boberson:

10.) Parents gave him extra initial B instead of calling him Jr.

9.) Was technical adviser and fluffer for the film "Brokeback Mountain."

8.) Bunkhouse nickname: "Skippy."

7.) Owns chain of Wyoming saloons called Bob "BB" Bobberton's Big Badass Brewery.

6.) Mysteriously has a sheep tattooed on his left inner thigh.

5.) Shoots left, ropes right.

4.) Has hard historical evidence that Wyatt Earp was a wuss.

3.) Secretly negotiating to move his segments to 10 p.m. on NBC.

2.) Says Annie Oakley "was the best I ever had."

1.) Biggest pet peeve: Alliteration.

—Charlie Waters

I'm up to my ears in mule reference. Trying to get the back end right. Found these sketches from Antigua, Guatamala when I met Kathy on her Semester at Sea gig and we visited a coffee plantation called Filadelphia, I believe:

Notice how their back legs bow to the hocks. Very interesting.

"There are painters who transform the sun to a yellow spot, but there are others who with the help of their art and their intelligence, transform a yellow spot into the sun."
—Pablo Picasso