Another Day in the USA
From foxnews.com, edited by yours truly: NYC’s Louise Signore celebrated her 107th birthday Wednesday. And to what does she attribute her longevity? “… I never got married.” She also believes Italian food has prolonged her life and health, and adds: “No soda, no cake.” She doesn’t use a cane or wheelchair and still does her own shopping, despite being legally blind. Meanwhile in Texas, Elizabeth Francis celebrated her 110th birthday. She explains her longevity: “Blessing of the Lord. He’s the one keeping me.”
Also from FN: The mainstream media cried racism when President Trump made comments about Baltimore and its long-time representative Elijah Cummings. A video has surfaced wherein the latter commented: “This morning, I left my community of Baltimore — a drug-infested area where a lot of the drugs we are talking about today have already taken the lives of so many children. The same children that I watched 14 or 15 years ago as they grew up, now walking around like zombies.” Is he racist too?
Here’s an uplifting headline from FN: “North Korean soldier defects to South Korea, makes late-night dash across DMZ.” I wonder if anyone ever goes the other way.
RIP NFL Hall of Fame MLB Nick Buoniconti, 78. Considered undersized, he was undrafted by NFL teams, and not selected until the 13th round of the 1962 AFL draft. He was named All-Pro many times, and was the leader of the Miami Dolphins’ defense when it made three consecutive Super Bowl appearances in the early ‘70’s. He was the leading tackler on the undefeated 1972 squad. He earned a law degree during his playing days and went on to become an agent, representing at least 30 pro athletes, among them Bucky Dent and Andre Dawson. Naturally, he is a member of the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame. His brain was donated to aid CTE research. He suffered dementia, which may have been caused by the frequent blows a pro football player incurs. Well done, sir.
Not having been a good enough athlete to play football beyond the high school level had been very painful back in the day. Along the way I came to realize it’d been for the best. Who knows what injuries I may have incurred? And for what — just to be on a college team?
My thanks to the young man who purchased Can It Happen Again?: Chronicles of the Holocaust by Roselle K. Chartock and Jack Spencer, and Life After College: The Complete Guide to Getting What You Want by Jenny Blake, and one of those little graphic publications, this one on Buddha; and to the Frenchman, who bought Herman Melville’s Billy Budd and a novel in his first language, the title of which escapes me; and to the woman who chose Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov in the mother tongue; and to all the others who went home with books in Russian, including Ludmila, who selected two. She’s smart. She tutors and also sells health products. She realized the books had come from a single source. 99% of those on display came from Sasha’s grandma, who by now is enjoying ocean breezes in her new apartment on the Boardwalk in Coney Island. Thanks again, dear lady.
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