THE RARE DEMOGRAPHIC

The reason that I am up this early is because I have a cardiologists appointment at nine o'clock. "Why on earth", I hear you ask "would an arguably sane man agree to a nine o'clock appointment two buslines away from where he lives?" Crazy optimism several months ago is why. "Surely I can manage", I said to myself, "that is not undoable, I'll just do it and get it over with". Also, seeing as my cardiologist and my regular care physician both have a largely aged Chinese American clientele, there's every chance that if I show up early I will not have to wait at all, might even be out of there before I'm supposed to be in. It's happened.

Elderly Chinese folks have all the time in the world.
They're old. Things must wait for them.

Sorry, uncles and aunties, that isn't how this works.
The early white guy gets the worm.


Yeah, I wasn't thinking. First day off after a few days at work. Legs hurt. Need more coffee. Want to laze around most of the day. Perhaps a late lunch, smoke my pipe, putz around a bit, doomscroll and go on a voyage of discovery through Wikipedia and literature in dead languages. Not anwhere near worms.

Instead, I wander around the neighborhood with a pipe while it's still dark and gloomy.

Sadly, there isn't a nearby pizza place open at this hour.
I may be the only one here that thinks it's the breakfast of champions.

Well, other than fellow Americans of the corvid or fratboy persuasion.
I need more friends in the first mentioned category.
It would improve my social life.



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