Barbecued Brisket

I rinsed peanut butter out of its jar and set it by the curb, knowing it will go to some nice family who doesn't have a jar. Somewhere, a young lad in Chad looks skyward, scanning the sky for a Coke bottle.

It was last weekend at a friend's barbeque - he and his family are not on Facebook, so I'm free to openly talk about them - and Korean permeated half the conversation on the patio deck as their pastor animatedly and delightedly explained how Jesus was coming "soon" to a few of their co-congregates, who were looking on with interest muted with the concern that such an arrival may require mandatory attendance, as none of them were dressed for such a WWE event.

Kelly, our hostess, apologized for the sermon the rest of us couldn't make out, and explained that they were looking for a new church - perhaps one with a chief clergyman who spoke English. Her husband shrugged wanly, hoping I wouldn't notice the Homerian twinkle in his eye. (And by Homerian, I meanSimpson, not the other guy.) It was a beautiful plan - if your stone temple pilot spoke a language you didn't understand, you didn't really have to attend, and you could focus on more prosperous activities like fishing or perfecting the smoked brisket.

Anyway, the rest of us who were largely conversing in English discussed the problems with having money and not having money at present in America. That is, once the tide of problems involving employment and real estate had been dammed, and there are those who are fortunate enough to have any cash left over, where does one invest it?

My suggestion was Brazil, Mexico, and India. Rather, companies in Brazil, Mexico, and India that are working with American companies. That's where the new growth will be, in American finance, marketing and technology in relation to Mexican, Brazilian, and Indian manufacturing and communications.

Of course, that's just a hunch. You'll have to do the research yourself. But, what I can guarantee is $20 off a registration fee from now until the end of September when you sign up for the Pine Hollow Tri (June 5, 2011.)

And $20 -- well, that can almost buy you a fifth. You'll just have to return a few more bottles.

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