I am in a dive bar drinking a Guinness. It’s from a can and therefore not the same as draft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Weirdos abound here. I need weirdos in my bars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Current reading: Soldier of the Great War<\/em>, new James Ellroy novel, Abraham Lincoln’s speeches and letters, William James’ essays, Langston Hughes poems. I tried reading some William Faulkner short stories but they just don’t hold up anymore. I doubt his novels do either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I read where the new Speaker of the House of Representatives once saw the face of Moses in the ceiling of legislative chamber and it directed him how to vote on a bill. No comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Earlier this morning I saw a homeless man laden with bags of cans and bottles somehow strapped to his body, bicycling and towing a yard work wagon that contained an elderly woman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I have a new best friend: he’s a fat squirrel that I’ve dubbed the Red Chunk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I picked up a couple disco compilations on CD for a few bucks. These are extended versions that never made it to radio and I have been fascinated by the musicianship of these often maligned genre. Some of the players really cut loose. Taste of Honey’s \u201cBoogie Oogie Oogie\u201d is really something fantastic. What a groove! I also appreciate that there is absolutely zero irony with disco. You were supposed to move, feel free, feel happy, feel sexy, get laid. Can’t say that about Pearl Jam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thanksgiving looms. I’ve got to shake things up and do something novel. I rarely go looking to find a story, but I might this time. Holidays are good for this kind of sleuthing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I’m not sure why I get so many compliments on a certain plaid cloth coat, the one I’ve owned for 25 years and bought for three bucks in a Coos Bay thrift store. Someone just recently told me she wanted to wear it around the house with nothing underneath. Good ol’ JC Penney Towncraft quality!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Why so many editorials about Matthew Perry? I’d rather read editorials about non-celebrities who battled addiction and didn’t have access to expensive professional help. Then we might actually learn something useful to enact social policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I saw a tall and older homeless man riding a bicycle and eating a bag of candy corn. His face was pulverized. I wonder if I’ll ever get that image out of my mind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I am in a dive bar drinking a Guinness. It’s from a can and therefore not the same as draft. Weirdos abound here. I need weirdos in my bars. Current reading: Soldier of the Great War, new James Ellroy novel, Abraham Lincoln’s speeches and letters, William James’ essays, Langston Hughes poems. I tried reading some […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8606,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-meditations","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"builder_content":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8605"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8605\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8608,"href":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8605\/revisions\/8608"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}