Wisdom

"Successfully forecasting short term stock price movements is something we think neither we nor anyone else can do."
-Warren Buffett

In Jerusalem, a female CNN journalist heard about a very old Jewish man who had been going to the Western Wall to pray, twice a day, everyday, for a long, long time. So she went to check it out.

She went to the Western Wall and there he was! She watched him pray and after about 45 minutes, when he turned to leave, she approached him for an interview.
"I'm Rebecca Smith from CNN. Sir, how long have you been coming to the Western Wall and praying?"
"For about 60 years."
"60 years! That's amazing! What do you pray for?"
"I pray for peace between the Christians, Jews and the Muslims. I pray for all the hatred to stop and I pray for all our children to grow up in safety and friendship."
"How do you feel after doing this for 60 years?"
"Like I'm talking to a fuckin' wall."

Twenty-five years ago today:

March 14, 1984, Wednesday

I had some rude and atrocious customers. They gave me such a bad time today. I managed to survive. I am still wondering about Chris Cordellos. I pulled up his telephone account in Concord (672-6602) and learned that he had many long distant calls made to Arcata. The Arcata telephone number belongs to Chris Cordellos (not a Bob or Ginger) where he had told me he was supposedly staying. He has an additional white page listing under the name of Jim (something or other) at his Arcata address. I don't understand it.

Chris had previously told me that Jim lived with him in Concord with his mother. Jim had moved out and now his mom lives at the Concord apartment.
"I found a new pad effective Thursday, March 15th," Chris had said.

It will be interesting to learn if he gives me that same Arcata telephone number and address. There seems to be an untold story somewhere.

Tonight I fled on a bicycle ride until about 6:45pm. I came home to eat my cheesecake that I never finished (homemade by Howard Edelstein). Then I ate some leftover La Val's Pizza and sunflower seeds.

I called Nadine DeShera and we talked for about an hour. We discussed my favorite KQAK-alternative rock tunes versus her love for specific soul tunes. She works at Triple A (The California Automobile Association) and shared her frustrations about her job. We talked more about the Black Angus on Saturday night, our weekends and just plain 'laughed a lot' over more small talk. She was expecting some old high school friends to visit.

I concluded my evening with a Dynasty episode. I recalled what Ben had said at work today.
"Dynasty is the same as all of the daytime soaps but with a higher budget," Ben shouted in the break room.
It is true. The show has such panache. I envy it. I think I would love to be on a daily soap making $200,000 a year. What a dream? Is it possible? I might look into it sometime.