The Writer's Life 7/29 - Speech

On his talk radio show this morning, Mark Simone mentioned that upon completing her recent speech on the environment, which included curtailing carbon emissions, Hillary was aboard her private jet minutes later. "Do as I say..." "Can't make this stuff up."

I don’t expect anything but roadblocks from politicians, and I work around them, rarely letting their maneuvers infuriate me. Had Social Security and Medicare never been available, I would have saved even more money than I have and found a way to make do, especially since medical costs would likely have been far lower. I adapt. I scoff at a lot of the things government hacks do. For instance -- according to an article in the NY Post, an Indian restaurant was fined for discrimination in 2013 for posting an ad searching for an Indian waiter. Any mention of race is taboo. Busybodies regularly peruse listings such as Craigslist for “offenses.” The use of the word “waitress” is also forbidden. It must be “wait-person.” Sometimes…

A blurb in the Weird But True column cites the ingenuity of a master‘s candidate at the University of Manchester in the UK. To avoid paying high rent, he has pitched a tent in the backyard of a fellow student, whom he tutors in math and science as payment. Let's hope he doesn't waste his talents in politics.

The temperature was only a few degrees higher than yesterday, but the misery index was off the charts. Like yesterday, I expected little business, and was pleasantly surprised. My thanks to the kind folks who bought, donated and swapped books, especially my most faithful customer, Marie, who bought Rising Star.
A woman pulled up to the light at East 13th, leaned across the passenger seat and called out, offering a book: Screw Everybody: Sleeping my Way to Monogamy by Ophira Eisenberg.
Local mensch, Al, visited for about an hour. Seated in the shade, we discussed various topics. He mentioned The Filthy Speech Movement, of which I'd never heard. It grew out of The Free Speech Movement at Cal Berkeley in 1964-'65, and is believed by many to be the birth of student activism. According to Wiki, backlash against it led to Ronald Reagan's election as governor.
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