Tonight I'm off to the City for dinner with my Uncles. Some may
wonder about my previous characterization of
one as Crazy. I'm a little apprehensive about this meeting with him, the first in
I think almost twenty years, because of his reputation for "sponging"
off his relatives. As far as I know the man hasn't had a real job in
thirty years, and "no fixed address" is probably an accurate attribute
for long stretches of that time (although I'm not quite clear about
this; my older brother H says he's been living in a mobile home in Tennessee). Some
of his past behaviors, which have resulted in his being
persona non grata to certain members my immediate family, include
the following:
- He was allegedly discovered in bed with my cousin's wife. Their marriage ended.
- His means to effect cannabis legalization: He turned himself in for possession, at the police station. He intended to continue doing this until other people, then lots of people, joined him. But nobody else did.
- Another alleged attempt to effect political change involved his carrying huge signs along the median of the Beltway, while wearing only a jockstrap.
- In his self-published book, which contains much real wisdom, he describes his teen-aged sexual congress with livestock.
- As a wedding present, he allegedly gave my brother H a weird thrift-store painting.