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    Monday, January 3rd, 2011
    2:46 pm
    @@@@@You really need to rest "Is it soon? Your
    @@@@@You really need to
    rest
    "Is it soon? Your show?"
    "In less than a week
    674
    "Your paintingsare they
    on the mainland? At the gallery?"
    Wireman and I exchanged a lookEverything
    else can waituntil after you have your show
    Your moment in the sunAre you selling them? The
    ship pictures?"
    Wireman and I exchanged another look, and the
    message in his eyes was very clear: Don't upset
    her
    "They're marked NFS, ElizabethThat means-"
    "I know what it means, Edgar, I didn't fall out of
    an orange tree yesterday Inside their deep
    pockets of wrinkles, caught in a face that was
    receding toward death, her eyes flashedHowever many there are, you must sell them
    And however hard it is for youBreak them up,
    send them to the four windsDo you understand
    me?"
    "Yes
    "Will you do it?"
    I didn't know if I would or not, but I recognized
    her signs of growing agitation from my own not-so675
    distant past At that point, I would have
    promised her to jump to the moon in seven-league
    boots, if it would have eased her mind
    "Even then they may not be safe," she mused in an
    almost-horrified voice
    "Stop, now," I said, and patted her hand"Stop
    thinking about thisWe'll talk more after your showand
    you, Edgar, will be able to pay attentionDo you
    have daughters? I seem to remember that you do
    "Yes, and they're staying on the mainland with
    their motherThat's already
    arrang
    Sunday, January 2nd, 2011
    2:46 pm
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    "Everyone laughed," said Keith"Most of the MBA students thought Ray was just fooling around
    No one answered, so Ray asked the question again"What business do you think I'm in?"
    The students laughed again, and finally one brave soul yelled out, "Ray, who in the world does not know that you're in the hamburger business"That is what I thought you would say He paused and then quickly said, 'ladies and gentlemen, I'm louis vuitton denim not in the hamburger businessMy business is real estate
    Keith said that Ray spent a good amount of time explaining his viewpoint In their business plan, Ray knew that the primary business focus was to sell hamburger franchises, but what he never lost sight of was the location of each franchiseHe knew that the real estate and its location was the most significant factor in the success of each franchiseBasically, the person that bought the franchise was also paying for, buying, the land under the chloe paddington franchise for Ray Kroc's organization
    McDonald's today is the largest single owner of real estate in the world, owning even more than the Catholic ChurchToday, McDonald's owns some of the most valuable intersections and street corners in America, as well as in other parts of the world
    Keith said it was one of the most important lessons in his lifeToday, Keith owns car washes, but his business is the real estate under those car washes
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    As a young boy, we did not have a McDonald's nearbyYet, my rich dad was responsible for teaching Mike and me the same lesson that Ray Kroc talked about at the University of Texas
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    Saturday, January 1st, 2011
    2:51 pm
    @@@@@ We were worried about sending them to the
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    We were worried about sending them to the State University what with the depression and all, but I think we can see our way clear nowBrown, she'll add, always has wanted them to go, especially since he missed it

    The brother and sister are good friendsIn the sun parlor where the maple sofa is flanked by the vase (which had been a flower pot until the rubber plant died) and the radio, the girl makes him lead her
    Now, look, Willie-boy, it's easyYou just don' have to be afraid of holdin' me
    Who's afraid of holdin' ya?
    You're not such a roughneck, she says from the vantage of senior year in high schoolYou're gonna be dating soon
    Yeah, he exclaims with disgustBut he feels her small pert breasts against his chestHe is almost as tall as herWho's gonna date?
    You are
    They shuffle along the smooth red stone of the floorHey, Patty, when Tom Elkins comes around to see you, lemme talk to himI wanna know if he thinks I'll be big enough to get on the football team in a coupla years
    Tom Elkins, that ol' fool He looks at her in disgustWhat's the matter with Tom Elkins?
    It's all right, Willie, you'll make the team

    He never does get quite big enough, but by his junior year he is the head of the cheer leaders, and he has talked his father into buying him a used car
    You don't understand, Pop, I really need the carA guy's gotta get aroundLike last Friday when I had to get all the crew together to practice for the Wadsworth game, I wasted all the afternoon just running around
    Are you sure, Son, it won't be a wanton extravagance?
    I really need it, PopI'll even work summers to pay you back
    It's not a question of that, although I think you oughter to keep you from getting spoiled
    Friday, December 31st, 2010
    2:54 pm
    @@@@@The old man had all but said "please He
    @@@@@The old man had all but
    said "please He sounded kind of feeble, tooLord, I hope he's not
    getting ready to die on meI don't want to have to deal with Eulalie
    and Pauline at hisfuneralShe moved a chair to a spot near the head
    of the bedPierre Robillard studied her from under lowered eyelids
    "Scarlett," he said quietly when she was seated, "I am almost
    ninety-four years oldI am in good health, considering my age, but it
    is not likely in simple mathematics that I will live much longerI am
    asking you, my grandchild, to stay with me for the time I have left
    Scarlett started to speak, but the old man raised one thin hand to stop
    her"I haven't finished," he said"I do not appeal to your sense of
    family duty, even though I know that you have acted responsibly
    toward
    the needs of your aunts for many years"I am prepared to make you
    a
    fair offer, even a generous oneIf you will remain in this house as
    its chatelaine and see to my comforts and conform with my wishes,
    you
    will inherit my entire estate when I dieIt is not inconsiderable
    Scarlett was dumbfoundedHe was offering her a fortune! She
    thought
    about the obsequiousness of the bank manager, wondered just how
    much
    her grandfather was worthPierre Robillard misunderstood Scarlett's
    hesitation while her mind workedHe thought she was overcome with
    gratitudeHis information did not include a report from the same bank
    manager, and he was unaware of her gold in the vaults
    Satisfaction glimmered in his faded eyes"I do not know," he said,
    "nor do I wish to know what circumstances have led you to consider
    dissolving your marriage His posture and voice were stronger now
    that he believed he had the winning position"But you will abandon
    any idea of divorce-"
    "You've been reading my mail!"
    "Anything that comes under this roof is rightfully my business
    Scarlett was so enraged she couldn't find words to express it
    Thursday, December 30th, 2010
    2:46 pm
    @@@@@ “She won't take the human name,” the man
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    “She won't take the human name,” the man muttered
    Her response was conciliatory“Everyone finds comfort their own way
    “This Wanderer will need more comfort than most, thanks to your style of Seeking
    There were sharp sounds–footsteps, staccato against a hard floorWhen she spoke again, the
    woman's voice was across the room from the man
    “You would have reacted poorly to the early days of this occupation,” she said
    “Perhaps you react poorly to peace
    The woman laughed, but the sound was false–there was no real amusementMy mind seemed
    well adapted to inferring the true meanings from tones and inflections
    “You do not have a clear perception of what my Calling entailsLong hours hunched over files
    and mapsNot very often the conflict or violence you seem to think it is
    “Ten days ago you were armed with killing weapons, running this body down
    “The exception, I assure you, not the ruleDo not forget, the weapons that disgust you are
    turned on our kind wherever we Seekers have not been vigilant enoughThe humans kill us
    happily whenever they have the ability to do soThose whose lives have been touched by the
    hostility see us as heroes
    “You speak as if a war were raging
    “To the remains of the human race, one is
    These words were strong in my earsMy body reacted to them; I felt my breathing speed, heard
    the sound of my heart pumping louder than was usualBeside the bed I lay on, a machine
    registered the increases with a muted beepingThe Healer and the Seeker were too involved in
    their disagreement to notice
    “But one that even they must realize is long los
    Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
    2:44 pm
    @@@@@I suppressed an irrational and very strong
    @@@@@I
    suppressed an irrational and very strong urge to
    say: It's my arm! It's never had a decent burial!
    and hang upInstead, cradling the phone and
    rubbing a spot over my right eyebrow, I asked if
    Jerome Wireman was there
    "May I ask which deceased he represents?"
    A nightmare image rose before me: a silent
    courtroom of the dead, and Wireman saying Your
    Honor, I object
    "Elizabeth Eastlake," I said The voice warmed, became
    provisionally human"He and his young friend have
    777
    stepped out - they were going to work on Ms
    Eastlake's obituary, I believeI may have a
    message for youWill you hold?"
    I held"Abide with Me" resumedDigger the
    Undertaker eventually returnedWireman asks
    if you would join him andCandoori,
    if possible, at your place on Duma Key at two this
    afternoonIt says, 'If you arrive first, please
    wait outside' Have you got that?"
    "I doYou don't know if he'll be back?"
    "No, he didn't say
    I thanked him and hung upIf Wireman had a cell
    phone, I'd never seen him carrying it, and I
    didn't have the number in any case, but Jack had
    oneI dug the number out of my wallet and dialed
    itIt diverted to voicemail on the first ring,
    which told me it was either turned off or dead,
    either because Jack had forgotten to charge it or
    because he hadn't paid the billEither one was
    possible
    Jack's severely freaked, and you got to prepare
    for a shock
    I want to be with you when you look in that basket
    778
    But I already had a pretty good idea about what
    was in the basket, and I doubted if Wireman had
    been surprised, either
    iv
    The Minnesota Mafia was silent around the long
    table in the Bay Island Room, and even before Pam
    stood up, I realized they had been doing more than
    talking about me while I was go
    Monday, December 27th, 2010
    2:49 pm
    @@@@@We have all heard stories of a businessman
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    Today, I often meet people who are too busy to take care of their wealthAnd there are people too busy to take care of their healthThe cause is the sameThey're busy, and they stay busy as a way of avoiding something they do not want to faceNobody has to tell themIn fact, if you remind them, they often respond with anger or irritation
    If they aren't busy at work or with the kids, they're often busy watching TV, fishing, playing golf or shoppingYet, deep down they know they are avoiding something important That's the most common form of lazinessLaziness by staying busy
    So what is the cure for laziness? The answer is a little greed
    For many of us, we were raised thinking of greed or desire as bad"Greedy people are bad people," my mom use to sayYet, we all have inside of us this yearning to have nice things, new things or exciting thingsSo to keep that emotion of desire under control, often parents found ways of suppressing that desire with guilt
    "You only think about yourselfDon't you know you have brothers and sisters?" was one of my mom's favoritesOr "You want me to buy you what?" was a favorite of my dad
    Sunday, December 26th, 2010
    2:54 pm
    @@@@@Whistling, he walks away, begins to laugh
    @@@@@Whistling, he walks away, begins to laugh shakily as he thinks of how he struck the drunkBut in the morning the man is gone, and Polack feels relievedAaah, ya can't hurt a rummy, he thinks to himself, a bit of knowledge from the older boys

    His father dies when he is ten, and after the funeral his mother tries to send him to work in the stockyardsBut after a month the truant officer is around, and Polack is sent to an orphanage when his mother can think of nothing else
    There are all the new lessons not really unfamiliar to be learnedIt is even more important never to get caught now; it hurts too much when you are
    Hold out your hand, Casimir
    Why, Sister? Wha'd I do?
    Hold it outThe clapper comes down with surprising force on his palm, and he jumps
    For swearing, Casimir, you have to be punished againAnd once more the black-clad arm rises, strikes his palm
    The kids are laughing at him as he walks back to his seatThrough his tears of pain he manages a dubious grinNuttin' to it, he whispers, but his fingers are swelling, and he nurses his hand through the morning

    Pfeiffer, the gym teacher, is the guy you gotta watch out for most of allWhen they march in to eat, everybody has to be quiet for three minutes while prayers are saidPfeiffer snoops around behind the benches, watching you to see if you whisper
    Polack darts his eyes to either side; nobody seems aroundWhat da hell we eat tonight?
    Thrump! His head stings through the layers of concussion which revolve dizzily in his skull
    All right, Polack, when I say quiet I mean it
    He stares numbly at his plate waiting for the pain to subside; it's very hard to keep himself from rubbing his head
    Afterward: Jesus, dat guy Pfeiffer's got eyes in back of his head

    And there are anglesLefty Rizzo, the big kid, fourteen, runs the joint when Pfeiffer or one of the Sisters or Fathers ain't around
    Saturday, December 25th, 2010
    2:54 pm
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    and
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    "Are we finished? Do I look all right? Is it time to go?" It was
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    night"Jamie tells me there'll be fireworks starring the sky over the
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    green eyes were suddenly calculating"I'll bet you don't have parades
    and fireworks in your village, KathleenYou'll be sorry if you don't
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    The girl smiled radiantly"I'll remember it forever and tell the tale
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    There was no budging the silly girlBroughton Street was lined with
    people, all of them sporting greenScarlett laughed aloud when she
    saw one familyWith all those scrubbed-up children wearing green
    bows
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    O'Haras
    Except that they were all black"Didn't I tell you everyone is Irish
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    pair nearbyScarlett craned her neck to seeGood grief! It was her
    grandfather's stuffy lawyer and a boy who must be his sonBoth of
    them
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    Friday, December 24th, 2010
    2:46 pm
    @@@@@ Jared's smile is back, brighter than
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    Jared's smile is back, brighter than before“Will it help if I give you a ride?”
    “A ride?” I echo
    “I'll make you a dealYou wait here while I gather more food, and I'll take you anywhere you
    want to go in my jeepIt's faster than running–even faster thanyou running
    “You have a car?”
    “Of courseDo you think I walked out here?”
    I think of the six hours it took me to walk here, and my forehead furrows
    “We'll be back to your brother in no time,” he promises“Don't move from this spot, okay?”
    I nod
    “And eat something, pleaseI don't want your stomach to give us away He grins, and his eyes
    crinkle up, fanning lines out of the cornersMy heart gives one hard thump, and I know I will
    wait here if it takes him all night
    He is still holding my handHe lets go slowly, his eyes not leaving mineHe takes a step
    backward, then pauses
    “Please don't kick me,” he pleads, leaning forward and grabbing my chinHe kisses me again,
    and this time I feel itHis lips are softer than his hands, and hot, even in the warm desert night
    A flock of butterflies riots in my stomach and steals my breathMy hands reach for him
    instinctivelyI touch the warm skin of his cheek, the rough hair on his neckMy fingers skim
    over a line of puckered skin, a raised ridge right beneath the hairline
    I woke up covered in sweatEven before I was all the way awake, my fingers were on the back
    of my neck, tracing the short line left from the inser
    Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
    2:44 pm
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    and was intermittently accusatory, but when I made
    no effort to defend myself, her anger collapsed
    into grief and bewildermentI got the salient
    points, or so I thought thenThere was one very
    salient point that we both were missing, but as a
    wise man once said, "You can't hit em if you can't
    see em," and the police representative who called
    Pam didn't rolex watches women think to tell her what Mary Ire had
    brought to our daughter's Providence apartment
    Besides the gun, that was
    "The police say she must have driven, and almost
    nonstop," Pam said dully"She never could have
    gotten a gun like that on an airplaneWhy did she
    do it? Was it another fucking painting?"
    "Of course it was," I saidI
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    worried about
    Speaking very calmly, my ex-wife - that's what she
    surely was now - said: "You did thisI should have realized Mary Ire would
    buy at least one painting, and that she'd probably
    want a canvas from the Girl and Ship series - the
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    road in TampaFor all I knew, she might have had
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    dropped me at the hospitalFrom there she could
    have gone right to her place on Davis Islands to
    get her home protection automaticHell, it would
    have been on her way north
    That part I should have at least guessedI had
    met her, after all, and I knew what she thought of
    my work
    "Pam, something very bad is happening on this
    islandI-"
    "Do you think I care about that, Edgar? Or purse logo about
    why that woman did it? You got our daughter killed
    I don't ever want to talk to you again, I don't
    want to see you again, and I'd rather poke out my
    eyes than ever have to look at another picture of
    yoursYou should have died when that crane hit
    you There was an awful thoughtfulness in her
    voice"That would have been a happy ending
    There was a moment of silence, then once more the
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    Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
    2:56 pm
    @@@@@They remained together at the otherwise
    @@@@@They remained together at the otherwise deserted
    card-table, talking very comfortably, and not thinking of the rest,
    till some of the rest began to think of themHenry Crawford’s chair
    was the first to be given a direction towards them, and he sat silently
    observing them for a few minutes; himself, in the meanwhile, observed
    by Sir Thomas, who was standing in chat with Dr
    “This is the assembly night,” said William“If I were at Portsmouth
    I should be at it, perhaps
    “But you do not wish yourself at Portsmouth, William?”
    “No, Fanny, that I do notI shall have enough of Portsmouth and
    of dancing too, when I cannot have youAnd I do not know that
    there would be any good in going to the assembly, for I might not
    get a partnerThe Portsmouth girls turn up their noses at anybody
    who has not a commissionOne might as well be nothing as a midshipman
    One is nothing, indeedYou remember the Gregorys; they
    are grown up amazing fine girls, but they will hardly speak to me,
    because Lucy is courted by a lieutenant
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    “Oh! shame, shame! But never mind it, William” (her own cheeks
    in a glow of indignation as she spoke)“It is not worth mindingIt
    is no reflection on you; it is no more than what the greatest admirals
    have all experienced, more or less, in their timeYou must think of
    that, you must try to make up your mind to it as one of the hardships
    which fall to every sailor’s share, like bad weather and hard
    living, only with this advantage, that there will be an end to it, that
    there will come a time when you will have nothing of that sort to
    endureWhen you are a lieutenant! only think, William, when you
    are a lieutenant, how little you will care for any nonsense of this
    kind
    “I begin to think I shall never be a lieutenant, FannyEverybody
    gets made but me
    “Oh! my dear William, do not talk so; do not be so desponding
    My uncle says nothing, but I am sure he will do everything in his
    power to get you madeHe knows, as well as you do, of what consequence
    it is
    She was checked by the sight of her uncle much nearer to them
    than she had any suspicion of, and each found it necessary to talk of
    something else
    “Are you fond of dancing, Fanny?”
    “Yes, very; only I am soon tired
    “I should like to go to a ball with you and see you danceHave
    you never any balls at Northampton? I should like to see you dance,
    and I’d dance with you if you would, for nobody would know who
    I was here, and I should like to be your partner once
    Sunday, December 19th, 2010
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    Saturday, December 18th, 2010
    2:51 pm
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    His large face was made for such an expression;
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    etched on King Tut's tomb, I believe it might have
    made even Howard Carter consider"And if you do
    anything at the end of that year, Edgar, for God's
    sake - no, for your daughters' sake - make it look
    good
    He had nearly disappeared into the old sofa; now
    he began to struggle up againI stepped forward
    to help him and he waved me awayHe made it to
    his feet at last, wheezing more loudly than ever,
    and took up his briefcaseHe looked down at me
    from his height of six and a half feet, those
    staring eyeballs with their yellowish corneas made
    even larger by his glasses, which had very thick
    lenses
    "Edgar, does anything make you happy?"
    I considered the surface of this question (the
    only part that seemed safe) and said, "I used to
    sketch It had actually been a little more than
    just sketching, but that was long agoSince then,
    other things had intervened
    Both of which were now going or gone
    33
    I thought of telling him I'd once dreamed of art
    school - had even bought the occasional book of
    reproductions when I could afford to - and then
    didn'tIn the last thirty years, my contribution
    to the world of art had consisted of little more
    than doodles while taking telephone calls, and it
    had probably been ten years since I'd bought the
    sort of picture-book that belongs on a coffee
    table where it can impress your friends
    "Since then?"
    I considered lying - didn't want to seem like a
    complete fixated drudge - but stuck to the truth
    One-armed men should tell the truth whenever
    possibleWireman doesn't say that; I do
    "Take it up again," Kamen advised
    "Hedges," I said, bemused He looked surprised and a little
    disappointed, as if I had failed to understand a
    very simple concept"Hedges against the night
    vi
    34
    A week or so later, Tom Riley came to see me again
    By then the leaves had started to turn color, and
    I remember the clerks putting up Halloween posters
    in the Wal-Mart where I bought my first sketchpads
    since collegehell, maybe since high school
    What I remember most clearly about that visit is
    how embarrassed and ill-at-ease Tom seemed
    I offered him a beer and he took me up on itWhen
    I came back from the kitchen, he was looking at a
    pen-and-ink I'd done - three palm trees
    silhouetted against an expanse of water, a bit of
    screened-in porch jutting into the left foregrou
    Friday, December 17th, 2010
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