I must begin by saying I've always hated the writings of Ernest Hemingway.
I think he was a terrible writer. I find his work obscure, boring, and frequently misogynistic (not that I can blame him, given what we know of his childhood.)
It's beyond me why anything he wrote was ever published... and why it's considered 'classic literature'.
Ptui!
In The Sun Also Rises, he mentioned the running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain. This awakened a latent deathwish in many young males (I think most women are too smart to do this) that continues to this day.
The annual event draws tourists from all over the world. Every year, at least one person gets hurt or killed. This year, someone died. Man killed in Pamplona's running of the bulls - CNN.com
Is it wrong for me to hope that he died before he had a chance to reproduce?
And on the home bullshit front, yesterday afternoon I was hanging out, waiting for Eric to come home (he had to work for part of the day) when a truck pulled into my driveway. One of those refrigerator type trucks. HomeMeatMarket.com painted on the side. He walked up to the door and rang the doorbell. The doorbell is about a foot from the NO SOLICITING sign. I could see him, but because of the black security screen door and curtains, he could not see me. I stood there and watched him. He waited about 30 seconds or so, then stepped off the porch and went to the other entrance. He rang the doorbell again. (and I was struck by just how deaf Maggie has become, she TOTALLY did not hear it.) I ignored the doorbell. He finally got into his truck and left.
I went to the website and sent them this email:
"I have a no soliciting sign on both entrances to my house. I did that on purpose. I don't like being bothered at home.It's the place I go to escape from the world.
About 12:45 on Saturday afternoon, (today, July 11th) one of your trucks pulled up in my driveway, parked, and rang my doorbell. When I did not answer the door, he walked to the OTHER door and rang that doorbell, too!
I have no soliciting signs because I do not wish to be approached by sales people or bible thumpers. (and those Bible Thumping Sales People... they're the worst! Ha.)
So my point for today is, please do not ignore the no soliciting signs."
Any bets on whether I get a response? Sheesh.
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We live quite a bit out of the way. Still, we occasionally get bible thumpers. My, quite nice dog, acts ike she will kill anyone who comes to the door, since no one ever does, and that usually solves the problem.
In high school I was assigned a short story by Ernest Hemingway (The White Elephant I believe). No one read it (very unusual in my private, competitive high school) and the teacher got so angry she flipped out and left the class. Odd the things we recall.
I hate Hemingway and the door-to-door meat trucks too! LOL - there's a sentence I never thought I'd write.
ha,ha! Ian and I were walking through the Ginza and this lady walked up to us and asked "if we know the dangers of prescription pills with kids"? We were amazed! After a few moments we realized she was a Jahova's Witness (sp)!
You have to know the meat salesdude had no idea what "soliciting" meant. More than two syllables....
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