Passenger's Life Story 
Ever have the guy
next to you talk your ear off on a bus or subway ride?
It happens once in a while.
Sometimes the guy's a complete stranger, or someone you've seen on
the same bus ride from time to time.
But this time he has to tell you something. He has to tell you his
life story.
It's like being dropped in an old movie, Strangers On A Train, or
something.
Maybe he needs an unbiased ear to hear his story, or is certain
you'll never remember anything he says.
But, then again, maybe you'd like some quiet time.
Who does he think he is? Forrest Gump?
This guy once told me about his plans to go to Florida, and what he
was going to do there. I couldn't shut him up, you know. He just
went on and on until the bus ride was over.
Next time I saw him I asked him when he was going to Florida.
He seemed embarrassed. "I told you that? ... I must have had
diarrhea of the mouth. I can't believe I told you that..."
It doesn't matter, you know. I never knew his name. And I never saw
him again. Maybe he finally DID go to Florida?
Or maybe he bought a car.
Bullets,
walls and trees.
The latter, we believed as kids playing cops & robbers or cowboys
and Indians, or Army, could stop the former.
Then we saw the bullets rip through the wall in the last battle of
Saving Private Ryan.
Two things I've
never done:
1 - Use an ATM to do banking of any sort.
2 - Used a laptop computer in my lap.
