At work I babysit a backroom with elderly gentlemen of the insane rightwing persuasion. Who normally are too busy clenching to be much of a problem, except when a subcontinental riles them up. And while I realize that I will probably not leave that place for quite a while, despite being mere months away from full retirement age, largely because one must stay active in order to keep the joints, guts, and brain from seizing up like a block of concrete, such as for instance the retired former member of the judicial branch who has totally drunk the Kool-aid and is now een oude verkrampte stuk werk you wouldn't want sensitive OR sensible kinfolk to come near, I am mighty happy that I do not have to associate with those men on my days off. They are only incidentally part of my social universe, which is like a Venn diagram with several non-overlapping circles. And we're going to keep it that way. Because I do not want my friends to do time for murdering poisonous old farts. All of whom are residents of Marin County. Which is welcome to them.
The subcontinental is a typical Punjabi. Likes stirring things up when he gets bored. Stirring the pot, so to speak. Which is very irritating, because I'd prefer ALL of them to be quiet.
Tomorrow is a day off. I shall unwind, and at some point eat at a place none of the bastards would be caught dead in, because the good stuff is all in Chinese and they would not like it anyway -- no kung pao or sweet'n sour, or eggrolls, or crab rangoon -- and where ninety nine point nine nine nine nine percent of the clientele do not habitually speak Karen, itch'n spritch, or right wing white dingus language.
Their wine list is non-existent. And there is no beer either.
I'm very much looking forward to this.
I need the break.
After three days of pit vipers and Marin County, Oh boy.
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