I took my mother to Barnes & Noble this afternoon. She's 84, very healthy, and a constant reader. This is a relatively rural area. The opening of a B&N 25 miles from our homes was a pretty big deal. (After B&N opened, Amazon started sending me get-well cards.) In any event, it's always a treat to go there, scout out the books, buy a new magazine I've never tried before (today it was Wild West, I told you I have plebian tastes), and suck up some decent coffee while my mom shops. The parking lot was crowded, and so was the store, including a few leftover people in peculiar clothing which I assume is connected to celebrating the release of the new Harry Potter book. These revelers were a good-natured bunch, and so I'm inclined to doubt the extreme fundamentalist Christian view that J. K. Rowling is an incarnation of Old Scratch himself. I could be wrong, Old Scratch is a devious fellow.
I'm at No. 3 Equity Court, because I didn't have a working computer for the past couple of days, while "Rob" fixed it. No, I don't know what was wrong. It was broken. He fixed it. Point of the spear, that's what counts.
I got a compliment I honestly appreciated yesterday. I was in Federal District Court for a status conference on a criminal case. In that case, my client asked months ago for a new lawyer, and that motion was heard last week, and denied by the Magistrate Judge. After the hearing today, the District Judge (who I had cases against when she was a practicing lawyer) popped back into the Courtroom for something or other, and asked how I was getting along with my client. I told her that I'm getting along with the client great, that her motion was made at a frustrating time when she was going into drug rehab and was in need of extra TLC by me, but I was going quickly out of service on medical leave at the time, and I wasn't there as much as she needed me. The Judge commented that she figured it was something like that, because she'd never known me not to get along with my clients. Hey, I'll take the reputation of being a workmanlike decent human being over being known as a brilliant asshole any day of the week. I don't know how the Courts work in the bigger cities, but it's all very clubby in the small towns of West Virginia.
The rough and ineffectual insults which have percolated on the community blog lately are not distressing, they are merely pointless. The physical world has plenty of distress in it, why honor it here?
Three new books I've been anxiously waiting for are being released over the next six weeks.
Tomorrow - No. 3 Equity Court will be buzzing. Or, at least, I'll be here and busy.
Mizpah.
R
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...and did you mum buy any Harry Potter?! Glad you love your new bookstore. I love new books, but if I am reading an old stu=yle book, or a classic, I try and buy an old copy if I can. The more ancient the better.
It's simply a combination of oneupmanship and fear of the newcomer--sounds a lot like our immigration fears.
"I'll take the reputation of being a workmanlike decent human being over being known as a brilliant asshole any day of the week."
A more than decent human being, much more.
About the internet fuss, right you are Roger, over and out.
:):):)
Four
rosa, that and some people are just annoying in print.
Elu, i am so glad you care about and for your mom. Many people just don't care anymore after a time, and it makes me sad.
jilly
But Jilly, if we threw off everyone who was annoying in print Roger and Tree would be the only ones left.
rosa, there's regular annoying and "lord, what did i ever do to you?" annoying.
jilly
But again, Jilly, if we threw off anyone who has been "lord, what did I ever do to you annoying," there would still on be Roger and Tree.
speaking of books, have you read Lonesome Dove? Think I asked you before, but have forgotten
:)
Four
Books I think Elu would enjoy
Little Britches- ralph moody- writes about growing up in colorado- really the entire series
Janice Holt Giles books- really terrific stuff-
(We have already traded accolades about ETSeton)
Ahem! So what three books were you waiting for??? Good grief, leave us in suspense! :-)
Yes, if you are the type to pick up Wild West magazine, you would absolutely have a blast at Frontier Days.
PS to FOUR: Lonesome Dove is a really great read...
Roger,
I so enjoyed hearing about your jaunt with your Mother. It's reassuring to know there are still men like you about. Kudos on the accolade from the judge. I'm not surprised.
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