Although I have two weeks left before I start worrying about New Year's Resolutions, I've already made one: I am going to keep a tape recorder running whenever I am in Lloyd's presence, because he is one of the most quotable people I know.
This morning we have VH1 Classic's The Alternative on for background music. Nitzer Ebb's "Hearts and Minds" video begins to play. Vocalist snarls into camera. Lloyd shakes his head and replies, "He looks too young to be upset." I look at him in wonder, much as I did yesterday when,out of nowhere, he made up this little song: "Oh, consider/Tex Ritter/He was a man with a guitar."