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I wasn't gone for long, but for a few days I was on an island in Canada, without television or newspapers handy and only fleeting snatches of Internet access.
The reason for this brief sojourn was to witness something one can't see in New York, or the rest of the United States for that matter. One of my sisters-in-law was marrying her partner. It was wonderful that they could get married legally and deeply saddening that such a thing is only possible so far from home.
Back in New York, I grumbled into a bookstore in Grand Central Station, looking for some distraction and noticed with some amusement that the place sells a few anti-Bush humor impulse-purchase items by the registers.
"This is disgusting!" A woman on my left was picking up little tins of "National EmbarrassMints" and slamming them around. "How can you have these here? I hate that you would do this!"
Two cashiers sort of blinked at this creature in Kelly green and black but pretended not to know what she was talking about.
"I only come to this bookstore because I love the neighborhood and I can't believe you're selling this disgusting stuff!"
There was some more blinking and staring (from me).
To her credit, the angry woman completed her transaction and left.
And I remained, pleased that the woman's politics did not at all interfere with her capitalism, and curious about what she finds so mesmerizing about the East 40s.
posted by Elise at 11:10 AM
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