frustrate: Middle English, from Latin frustratus, past participle of frustrare to deceive, frustrate, from frustra in error, in vain

1. saturday morning i had to get my wedding ring resized
2. viet jewelers are all honest
3. we can't pass by the jeweler without making a stop at the grocer, because gasoline is dear
4. we can't stop at the grocer without knowing what to buy
5. we can't know what to buy unless we know what to cook
6. i would have a better idea of what to buy if i found a good recipe
7. if i knew the name of that cookbook about which i had read a review, then i could search for it at the library
8. if i was at the library, i could also pick up the novel by banana yoshimoto, Amrita
9. in that novel, the narrator mentions a book by Phillip K. Dick, Flow my tears, the policeman said
10. at the grocer, i bought oysters porque me antojé
11. the oysters spoiled because we were busy doing other things and didn't shuck them on time.
12. when i went to the library, the phillip k. dick novel wasn't on the shelf.