Okay so I just left Boarders and of all people in the world, Marla Gibbs was there and one of the O-Jays, an ex-NFL star, a radio personality, an local news anchor, and an emegring singer. I had a cup of my customary large hot chocolate, reading a book I haven't paid for, getting all of its pertinent info into a MS Word file in the company of one of my newer acquaintances who queries 'where else could we be doing what we are doing right now?' I smiled and said 'Only any other wi-fi hot spot with a book/CD signing.'
See the thing might have been the goings on, to one on the surface but, it was more than that. This man I was sharing a leather coach with had just gotten home for an extended forced vacation of 8 years, 3weeks earlier. His brother, a very afluent member of society, got him everything one could want after such a vacation, money, wardrobe, chicks, resources, everything. They frequent the strip clubs and local bars with a nearly limitless amount of attention due to the brother's affluence. And this life was just not for him.
However, a few philosophical debates, yesterday, an early morning workout, a trip to the book store, and promise of a poetry dive next week denotes one of his best days spent since his return. See men do have redeeming qualities and more interest than chasing tail. -H.F.B.P.
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Location is very mportant. With work, home and increasingly your car as destinations most visited, it is important to have what some sociologists call that "third space" somewhere removed from th pressures of the world where one can contemplate and relax, uninterrupted. Despite that Verizon commercial to the contrary, Borders can be that place. H.F.D.
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