Liz Belmont The Sage Cafe Ed's a math teacher who can't add when it comes time to leave a tip. And when you ask him how many people he killed in Vietnam, he forgets the numbers. Pete stutters his order to Jackie the barmaid-- he didn't used to stutter, but ever since his wife was murdered he's found it hard to get the words out. The intervention didn't work, I guess, because John orders a vodka tonic. Hair tucked beneath a baseball cap, Denise rides in on her Suzuki motorbike. Her denim shirt hangs loosely on her body. She never did get reconstructive surgery after the double masectomy. Jackie makes me one of her mean margaritas: Lots of tequila, lots of salt, a splash of cranberry juice to make it pink and cute. She wants to be an English teacher, but she hates to read. A glass breaks on the other side of the bar: Must mean that Shep has forgotten to take his medication again. I’m trying to tell a story to George, but he was an air traffic controller at Idlewild for many years, and now he’s kind of deaf.