Greek To Me

I’m disappointed that none of the other five essays in the Google Docs file is a good fit for the Curious Sicilian. It is now 152 pages. I will be adding a very short piece soon, one that will cover an amusing incident that occurred at one of Murray the K’s rock n roll shows at the Brooklyn Fox Theater. Meanwhile, here’s a snippet from Brief Look at the Subconscious of a Middle Age Man. It may be only a bit exaggerated:
“The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation,” said Thoreau. In middle age the quiet becomes comic as well.
Descending the stairs of his building: D’you lock the door? Stops, thinks. Geez, can’t remember. Tries to picture it, pivots. No, you’re not goin’ back. If you didn’t lock it, you deserve to be robbed.
Reaching the street: Alternate side? Where’d you park? Cranes neck, looks in each direction. There it is. What’s today? Falls into thought. Thursday. Watched Law and Order last night. Pauses. Or was that the night before? No. Crosses street, looks up at sign. Thursday. Does that mean you can park here or not? Gears grind in head. C’mon, you’re a college graduate. Shouldn’t be this hard to figure out. Stares at ground. No, can’t park here — right? Does a 360, unsure. Spends ten minutes in car, looking for another spot. Hope it’s not Friday.
Walking toward station: There she is. God, what a fox. Shakes head. Hello, she’s 20 years younger than you. She needs more than ‘one and done.’ Runs hand through hair, breathes sigh of relief discovering it’s combed. As if she’d give it a second thought after laughing at you.
As train approaches: Easy. Let them fight for a seat, even though you’ll be on your feet all day. Most of ’em aren’t feminists. Not worth the loss of dignity.
In corner of car, reaching into breast pocket: Damn, forgot your glasses. Moron. Irked, folds newspaper. Minutes later, feeling about neck, discovers glasses on string, rolls eyes heavenward. Looks to see if anyone has noticed. Lose your head if it wasn’t…

Executive privilege, I guess. Headline from newsmax.com: “Biden Seen Shopping Without Mask in Store Requiring One.” Side bar: Merriam-Webster has chosen “vaccine” as the word of the year.

Surprising headline from foxnews.com: “NYC Mayor-elect Eric Adams promotes ‘stop and frisk’ after latest shooting that wounded 2 officers.” Hold your ground, sir. Your former fellow travelers will be coming after you.

From FN: “Records in jeopardy as temperatures soar above average in central US.” Send it east, oh Mother Nature.

The Greek alphabet will now have 23 letters:

This book will be available at Amazon manana. Don’t count on the mainstream media covering it, and I doubt there will be defamation lawsuits, as it might incite a thorough investigation of the crimes detailed. I’d be surprised if the administration’s strategy isn’t to simply dub it lies and let it blow over, knowing they’ll be given a pass by their allies in the press:

The floating book shop opened to brilliant sunshine and closed during a brief snow squall. I spent less than half the session in the car, staying warm. My only two customers showed at the same time. My thanks to Wolf, who bought a book in Russian, and to Movie Buff, who purchased a John Sandford thriller, Play Dirty by Sandra Brown and The English Assassin by Daniel Silva; and to the woman who dumped a huge cache of mostly kids books on me as I was packing up.

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