MY FAMILY AND I WERE WATCHING A LOCAL STAGE PRODUCTION OF "ANNIE," AND AT ONE POINT WARBUCKS SAID, "I WONDER WHAT DEMOCRATS EAT." MY MOTHER AND I BOTH VOTE REPUBLICAN (THOUGH WE'RE REGISTERED "INDEPENDENT"). WE BOTH LAUGHED, THEN SHE WHISPERED TO ME, "CROW."
I WHISPERED BACK, "YEAH, JIM."