Dueling
Appliances
After a two
a.m. pee, Cheap lay awake on the couch. He heard the refrigerator click to life
and begin its electric grumble. Then gas furnace hissed and roared to life,
blasting heat. American Genius: Trying to keep a metal box cold, inside another
metal box you are trying to keep warm. This is the best way?
A refrigerator
is not a necessity to begin with. The grocery stores are open every day, why
not buy perishables when you plan to eat them? Certainly no one needs six foot
monster food closets. A mini-fridge, like motel rooms, maybe.
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| Walnut Canyon below Fisher Point |
Hurry Up and
Wait
Most small
town Arizona folks hate Arabs, though they don’t know a single one. They give
extra money to the oil sheiks every day anyhow. Proof that the propaganda
machine is working as planned.
First off,
no one—NO ONE—needs to drive every day. Car pool, take the bus, plan ahead once
in a while, if it’s not too much trouble, spoiled babies.
Second: slow
down! Leaving stop lights, near-squealing tires waste gas and rubber. (That’s
why it’s mostly kids who “burn rubber.” They haven’t bought their first set of
tires yet.) Hurry, everyone race to the
next light, and stop at the last second possible. Then, zip, off to the next
light. Do people not know where gasoline comes from? Do they not know that speeding
and slamming brakes waste gasoline? Racist Christian rednecks hate Arabs deeply
and irrationally, yet freely hand them extra cash every hurried drive.
Real Cheap
Afternoon
Walnut Canyon
north of Lake Mary 2-7-12. Windy quiet overcast. Trail slick ice, sloppy mud,
rocky; slow hiking, careful not to fall. Brief sunshine halfway. Cheap and son talked
about everything. Cost: less than two bucks, for gas. A buck for lunch maybe.
On the shade
slopes some trails were so steep and slick they slid on their butts. Wet seats
but safer, and just windy enough to air dry.
This
hieroglyph was discovered at the base of a sandstone cliff. A message from the
not-very-ancient ones, perhaps.
Back on top,
looking south. Peanut butter sandwiches and apples, old school.
2 comments:
Who says that Christians hate Arabs?
Not me. I said racist Christian rednecks hate Arabs--that's what makes them racist. I also said most small town Arizonans hate Arabs. These observations are based on my own conversations with co-workers, acquaintances, and relatives over the past few years.
Not all Christians hate Arabs. However: they are supposed to love their enemies, yet statistically they overwhelmingly support our illegal Middle East wars.
Do a search on the topic, you may be horrified at the hate running both ways--three ways if you toss the Jews in the mix.
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