The Writer's Life 2/12 - Sing Song

The new math is in effect for Democrats regarding the results of the New Hampshire primary. Although Bernie Sanders won the popular vote by 22% over Hillary, it looks like he will lose the delegate count. If it went strictly by the popular vote, Sanders would have won the majority, the count currently standing at 15-9 in his favor. However, there are what are called Super Delegates, eight of them, and it is believed Hillary will receive all of them. And they call it democracy.

I was listening to Sean Hannity's radio show while chowing down on a couple of slices from Delmar Pizzeria when he mentioned what may have been the latest homeland terror attack. I googled it and nothing came up, then I went to Fox News. Yesterday a man went into an Ohio Jewish deli and hacked at people with a machete. Although there were injuries, there were no fatalities. The guy, whose name was Mohammad, got in his car and eventually came to a police road block. He attacked with the machete and a knife and was shot to death. The FBI is now investigating.

I was doing a crossword puzzle today. 24 Down was "Half a Prison?" I immediately thought Sing Sing, then wondered how it got its name. I ran a search and learned the land was purchased from a tribe, Sinck Sinck or Sint Sinck, which translates to stone on stone.

I went up to an elderly woman's apartment this afternoon, She will be moving this summer and has begun getting rid of a lot of her possessions. She sells books she accumulated through the years on Amazon, more than a thousand of which she has listed there. She took me into her son's former room, where she has them in boxes and stacks. I told her I'd take ten kids' books at a time, providing I sell them. They're good but dated. She hasn't bought any for two decades, since an accident severely limited the use of her legs. She showed me a book signed by Elie Wiesel that's worth more than $900. She has others in that ballpark. She just called and told me she pulled a couple of the books out of the bag I'd left with her, as they were worth $30 or more according to the price she listed at Amazon. She also offered me $35 to clean out a locked cabinet full of liquor bottles. I will give her a discount if it doesn't take me long. She has to find the key. She's reluctant to give the stuff away because it's sat there for years and might have gone bad, especially those bottles that have been opened. If I were a drinking man, I might be tempted to keep a few. Selling them on the street is out of the question. One, it's probably illegal. Two, somebody might be poisoned.

When I walked to Stop n Shop's recycling room at noon, I regretted that I hadn't at least scouted conditions in front of the Chase bank on Bay Parkway, which usually blocks the wind and where the sun shines most of the day. I might have been able to put in a couple of hours selling books. It was a lost opportunity, especially since the next two days are supposed to be super cold. Ce la vie. I put in twice as much time on re-working my first manuscript, so it definitely wasn't a loss in the most important sense.

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