Semi-Daily Scribbles

Gary knew how to boil water. Mighty helpful when it came to dinner time. Sure, he could have gone the nuke-it route, but Gary was old school. He liked the blue box and yellow lettering. He liked the skitter-skatter of the elbows cascading out of the cardboard. The familiar plink-plonk of macaroni into the pot of water Gary so expertly boiled. His favorite step in the process was to rescue every particle of delicious orange dust out of the corners of the cheez-flavo packet. Extra butter and half and half were the keys to creaminess. Gary got asked for his secret all the time. Many blue boxes were stored in his cupboards. And, as was the custom in Gary's household ever since he was a boy, the slick coated dinner was eaten with a simple side of citrus suprêmes. A certain uniformity in the color of his food, across all meals, was a matter of importance to The G-Man.