3704  [St. Louis Tango] Meet in the Middle... of Walmart

Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 07:28:32 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [St. Louis Tango] Meet in the Middle... of Walmart


Yes, once again work has been kind enough to send me to Oak Ridge (middle of nowhere), Tennessee. So you guessed it, time for the annual Walmart Milonga.



The events kicked of with a tearful reunion with Ethel and Bubba at the Tire and Auto department as they were greasing the floor for the dance and fixin' their famous toilet bowl flower arrangements. The Milonga was exciting and hopping. Thelma Sue made her special spam barbecue patties and the local band "Brenda and the Knockers" played in the corner under the bug zapper.



Later on when things settled down, Bubba and I sat down and had a fascinating conversation about Albert Einstein's Theory of Relativity and Quantum Physics. We discussed how both theories are valid yet they also contradict each other in many ways. However, since they both exist in the same universe, physicists understood decades ago that they have to try to unify them. And now, after a lot of brain racking, they finally came up with the String Theory, which might actually make sense of all this mess.



We also talked about how it all relates to Tango, and how Tango might need its own unification effort between the traditional and the alternative. After all, they are both valid and both need to exist in the same universe so we can avoid a big bang.



Finally, discussion about Tango turned to talk about booze. I asked him which beers he prefers, local or imported. Bubba just smiled and said: "Why choose when I can just drink them both?"



Why indeed?



Cheers!