How’s this for chutzpah? I had another of my vivid dreams. This time I was playing right field for the Mets in the World Series - at 63, balky hip, bad throwing shoulder. Later in the dream the manager asked if I could play second base. I said yes. I played every position more than once during my softball career. I suppose the dream was inspired by the snowy forecast, thoughts of warmer weather.
Speaking of baseball, here’s an interesting tidbit concerning Robinson Cano, who recently left the Yankees and signed a huge contract with Seattle. Over the course of the deal, he stands to save 42 million in taxes he would have had to pay in New York, had the contract been similar. There is no state tax in Washington. I am no fan of Cano, but if one of his reasons for leaving was to escape the tyranny of such taxation, I respect it.
At two PM it looked as if the snow had ceased. Bored, I decided to get some air and clean off the car. The streets and sidewalks were practically bare. As I was working, OWS Jack showed and ask me to come to his apartment and edit his web site. I was happy to have something constructive to do but leery of the crazy person, although he seems harmless. His flat was not neat, but I've seen far worse. As he paced back and forth chugging from large cans of Coors, I sat at the computer trying to make sense of his prose. It's a lot like his personality -- all over the place, quirky. He uses caps and lower case letters unconventionally, which is fine for a radicalism. I did not try to convince him to be conventional. That's me, not him. I simply corrected obvious errors and, after asking, clarified some of his thoughts. He promised to pay me, and I said it would be fine if he just purchased Exchanges, which captured his attention the other day. I think he'll be disappointed that it's not an anti-capitalist screed. We actually agree on some points, our disgust with the bailouts of the rich, the most obvious. We are also champions of freedom, although I doubt any of his ideas would make people freer. My only idea on it is to be as independent from government as possible. For two hours work I got a Milky Way bar and a can of spaghetti sauce. Thank you, sir. Here's a link to the site: http://occupyrus.com/
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