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Wild Card/Monday — 9/29/08

I'm glad I'm still with you today, HBOers. I was almost picked off Sunday evening by a female driver who was out of control in more ways than one. As my wife and I rode our bikes on 7th, just north of Harrison, I heard an engine road behind us and someone speeding up. I pulled near the curb, only to have a gray van swerve my way and miss me by a foot or two and nearly hit the green car parked in front of me. Then, a little brown car raced past, just behind her. By the time we reached midway between Harrison and Locust, the woman in the van was parked at her apartment screeching at the other woman in the foulest language possible. They were fighting over a guy, I believe. Womankind at its worst. But I'm still here to launch another work week -- and post this Wild Card ...



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D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.