The "LIVE" Mannequin

In ART--as opposed to anecdote--there is a mysterious kind of suspense which survives pre-knowledge of the plot.  It is exciting, awe-inspiring.
-Stendhal
"The Red and the Black"

Twenty-five years ago today:

July 5, 1986
Saturday

Ron and I woke up and went over to the UNICORN CAFÉ for breakfast. We returned to Ron’s apartment and enjoyed a relaxing time of lying out by the pool until 3PM or so.

We went to the Palms Shopping Center and laughed hysterically out loud over the “LIVE” mannequin that we saw. Talk about standing around doing nothing…it was so funny to see. We had a bite to eat at the shopping center until we decided to go to a movie.

The movie we chose was called LEGAL EAGLES. It’s a really good Robert Redford, Daryl Hannah and Debra Winger movie.

When we left the movie theater I heard a ‘tree frog’. I had never heard of a ‘tree frog’ before. Ron got a kick out of it, telling me that they’re all around here in the desert. Who knew?

I drove to The Mesquite Grill where we ate a late dinner. We also went for an after dinner drink at ROCKS until it was decided that we should retire for the evening.

I had a good time.

What if you wanted to play a game with other kids, a game where one person has to hunt the other, while at the same time being hunted, what would that be? FOXES AND HOUNDS

The foxes took off, fifteen-minute head start. They carried paper bags filled with ripped-up newspaper. Every ten yards, they had to put a handful down. The hounds followed the trail.  The key thing was to leave false trails, double back, put the hounds into the swamp, whatever. The foxes won if they made it back to the starting point after a designated time, like two or three hours later.  The hounds won if they caught up with the foxes.  If they spotted the foxes across a field, they could act like dogs, and take off after them.  And the foxes had to hide.  So, sometimes the foxes made certain that they knew where the hounds were, you know, spying on them.
-John Katzenbach
"The Analyst"