Sent To The Shower

Published: Oct. 10, 2010, noon

b'I\'m sitting here in my big, comfortable, black leather poppa chair, after a really tough day. Just popped the shoes. Don\'t know if I should put these socks in the laundry, or set fire to them. The way they smell may set off the fire alarm without any help from a match. I\'m really looking forward to taking a nice, hot, shower in a few minutes. Tough day. But a good day. I got stuff done. Getting things done feels good. It makes you feel like you\'re in control. There\'s not a lot of that in control feeling around these days. \\n You get out on the road and people are driving at speeds ranging from sonic boom to car wash...and all you want to do is get to work. You\'ve got to be cunning to survive. Of course, Big Louie, his own bad self, the Chief Mustard Cutter of the Louie-Louie Generation has been around long enough to give us advice on surviving in today\'s traffic. For example, Louie says, "Never pass a driver who\'s on a cell phone. Wait till he creams the truck ahead of him, then pass briskly on whichever side has less debris."'