Friday in Providence

You point the phone at yourself and you take a picture. The Great PD and The Great BZWZ had lunch yesterday in Providence, along with The Great FiveHead and The Super Belly Bone. BZ is heading off to Canada to research a meteor crater and PD, 5H and BB are on their way to the Cape for two weeks of camping and romping and swimming. Their friend, the chef, is joining them and PD and he have already planned the menus. Does this sound like anyone you know?

Since PD and family were leaving one P-Town en route to the other P-Town where The Great LargePants is in summer residence, Plottie thought he should tell them both to be on the lookout for the other. The tall poet walking by the shore, the beautiful family stuck in traffic on the highway.

But he didn't. The thing is, they could run into each other on the street and neither would recognize the other. Maybe L.P. would write a poem about them. Maybe PD would ask LargePants to recommend a great restaurant with salsa dancing. And no one would be cognizant of the chance connection.

Plottie had to finish the last episode of Season One of "Breaking Bad" by himself last night. The Duck finally just gave up and said "I hate these people." So it looks like Plot is on his own for Seasons two through four. Plot has to admit he isn't crazy about any of them either but he certainly sees where the story arc is going -- everyone breaks the law in one way or the other.

The problem is meth sucks. It truly does. So you've got to root for the characters. Ducknik has decided she's not gonna bother. Plot kind of agrees -- but he'll keep at it for awhile.