Reading; Lady in Purple

I've been watching football and reading books I know you wouldn't be interested in, so I haven't wasted your time or mine by posting on my website for the past few days.  I took notes on the officiating of the 49er's game and the Giants/Green Bay game but you likely wouldn't be interested; except that if Green Bay had actually won their game against the Giants I felt that one of the officials should have been given the "game ball."

My reading has been about the Italian City States in the 16th Century and about a Dominican preacher back in those days named Savonarola.  Interesting stuff, but not for everybody.  I'm also reading a book dealing with international monetary systems; again, not much funny stuff there.

Then when I took my trash to the dumpster this afternoon, whom should I see but the lady in purple!  I just knew you'd be interested in The Lady in Purple.  She wasn't in a purple see-through shift today, just some sort of housecoat and her high heels.  Her cigarette was hanging from its usual perch.  I had to wait for her to finish dumping her stuff into the dumpster before I could dump mine.  When she finished, she turned around, seeing me for the first time.  She eyed me for a moment and seemed to recognize me.  Then she spoke!

I expected a gruff, alcohol induced gritty voice, but her voice was actually kind of normal...almost nice.  She asked me if Black History Month was over yet.  I realized she must have confused the Martin Luther King Jr. Day with Black History Month, and I began to explain to her that Black History Month doesn't start till February, but before I could finish she just said shit and walked away.  I fear I may be off her speaking list.

So I went back to my apartment, did some more reading, then I watched "The Thrilla in Manilla."  For those of you too young to know what "The Thrilla in Manilla" was, it was a great boxing match between Mohammed Ali and Joe Frazier in 1975.  It turns out that today is Mohammed Ali's 70th birthday, so they were giving him some sort of special anniversary celebration deal.  It was a great fight; what more can I say?

If something as exciting as speaking to the Lady in Purple should happen again, I'll be back.  I'm not going to bore you with my analysis of the Republican Presidential Debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C., or with the trials of Savonarola.  You can read about that somewhere else.  btw, Ali won the fight.