Hemp Ale & J's bday

Today's J's 36th birthday, which means we as friends needed to make him feel full and happy, so we went to this seafood place for some happy hour fun.

According to our Russian friend -- As somebody said: “by the time you’re 35 you’re older than most buildings in LA.” I couldn't help laughing, and later told him: by the time one's fifteen, s/he is older than most buildings in China.

"You know what happens if we build more prisons? ... We make more laws. There are already too many fucking laws." (A retired probation officer responded when I asked for his take on the overcrowding problem in CA prisons)

"Are you friends for a long time?"
"Yeah. He was a probation officer. I was an inmate."
"Was that how you met?"
"Yeah. I got him in prison for 3 times."
"Seriously??"
"I really like this girl.. You are like my best straight man!"

"Your violence is back. That's good! I saw a real person... behind the wall of indifference." (On the way back I was playing with the Russian friend, pretending to punch him in the face.. And he said that. It actually looked funny. He's much bigger and there's no way he'll get intimated by me. But J has this "small-dog big-dog theory"...)

"Hah, so there is somebody does not know what is t & a."
"So is it a euphemism?"
"No, just a slightly less vulgar abbreviation."
"So, personally, when do you use this abbreviation?"