No, I’m not talking about being skeptical of the Mueller Report. What it is that i’m skeptical about is:

• That you can read
• That you took the time to read 400 pages
• That you could even think after the 100th page.

So, having established that, let me tell you about an episode in my life:

So, I was quietly minding my business when an acquaintance of mine, with whom i was having a drink, says: “You know, you really shouldn’t say nice things about Donald Trump”.

“You mean President Trump?” Just for the record, I hadn’t said anything about the President at that time. I try not to do that around folks I don’t know.

“Shouldn’t be!”

“Okay, I’ll buy, why?”

“He stole the election, colluding with the Russians!”

By this time, he’s practically screaming, turning red in the face and squeezing his naokjin so hard I figuered that it would be nothing but scraps of material when he reeleased it.

People are beginning to turn to look at us, the waiters are slowly moving away from our immediate vacinity.

I then stupidly took the bait and made the wrong observation: “I’m pretty sure that the Mueller Report said he didn’t collude with the Russians,”

“Did you read the fucking report!!!!”

Waiters move even further away.

“No I didn’t. Did you?”

“Of course, I read the entire document, except for the redactions. the whold report was redacted. it didn’t make any sense, since there were so many redactions. How could you possibly read it? Another case of those motherfuckers in Washington hiding the truth from the American people!”

I was impressed! He talked for about 5 minutes and didn’t take a breath.

Now let me tell you about my acquaintance. He doesn’t have the patience to read the appitizer section of a menu, much less 400 pages of the most arcane prose you could read. (Yes, i did, in fact, read part of the Report.)

It seems that the report is a bit like a Rorschach Test. You see is what’s in your head, not what’s on the paper pages.

I asked, then, about some specific things about the report (from the small part I had read.)

Didn’t really know a lot about the report, it seems. But then, I would have been shocked if he had. Still continued to talk to fast and loud, now beginning to jester

Remember, if you’re going to talk about a published document, read the damned thing!

 

Alright,

i’m on my way to the office this morning and decided to stop and get a couple of donuts. I know, I really didn’t need the donuts, but they are so good in the morning, and ‘need’ is a very overused word. Anyway, I wanted a couple of donuts

Being Friday, a lot of folks were lined up to satiate their ‘need’ for donuts for themselves and for the office. The drive through line, being particularly long gave me a chance to do some editing on my incoming calls and messages.

Five minutes, or so, later (seemed much longer while waiting in a long line of vehicles waiting to purchase something that was likely to kill you in the long run).

Finally reaching the window I reached into my pocket for money to pay for the 2 donuts (It really was 2 donuts). I had stopped by the bank and only had 20’s since I had squandered all of my pocket money over the weekend.

I handed the gentleman the twenty. He looked at it like I had just picked it up from a communal toilet andthen told me that they couldn’t accept that large of a bill.

Hmmm.

I had always kidded that someone might take cash “with the proper identification”, but that was tongue in cheek. I never really expected to be told that cash wouldn’t work for my purchase.

Who knew?

He did offer to take a credit card or Bitcoin for the $2.45.

I’ve obviously lived too long! Way too long.