Read the 'Chronicle,' Burn in Hell Forever

Dear Louis:
   So much is going on here that brings me back to Austin. I met a family from Austin here in Albany, N.Y., and we had a nice chat. The next time I saw the mom in the market I offered her an Austin Chronicle and it was as if I'd offered short ribs to a rabbi. A year later, their daughter gave my daughter a letter in school that said my daughter needs to stop worshipping false gods or she will burn in hell forever. Complete with a contract where my beautiful little girl, my soul, should sign her name and date it and thereby renounce her heritage.
   I was talking to the bishop of the archdiocese of Albany the other day about this matter with my daughter. I told him that my great-great grandfather was the brother of the great-great grandfather of Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu. Although Bibi and I differ on most matters, I wanted to make that point that there are bloodlines here, and they can lead in some strange and interesting and provocative directions. If only we could see those bloodlines, if they appeared like rivers on a map, maybe the world would be a better place, maybe people would realize that we are all descended from kings and queens and are the mothers and fathers of angels.
   Hope all is well in Texas. I'll try to write more about all this soon.