Halloween

Watching the World Series parade on tv—no way will I join 1 million Giants fans lined up along Market Street, with another gigantic crowd waiting at Civic Center since 5 AM. Everyone is in very high spirits, as has the whole city been for the past 3 days. I can’t believe how much orange clothing items have been hauled out of storage for this; all over the city the most ordinary citizens are sporting orange shoes, scarves, turtlenecks, hats and of course every imaginable item of Giants merchandise. 

This must be why all those people were lined up around the atrium outside the Giants Dugout store at Stonestown Mall on Monday--they were picking up some items to wear or wave at the parade.  Nice that it’s Halloween and all the orange and black gear can morph right into Halloween costumes. 
 

The team members drive by in open convertibles, which still makes me very nervous to watch.  I’m impressed with how young they are, and of course, how cute.  A big difference from the 2010 team, many of whom Barb Brown said were reminiscent of Dog the Bounty Hunter.  My favorite today is Sergio Romo who’s not only sporting, but drawing the crowd’s attention to, his great t-shirt which says “I just look illegal.” Love it.

 

 

 

 

Politics

 

I made some phone calls for Obama last week.  Most of the few people who answered their phones on what must have been an outstandingly beautiful day in Colorado were, luckily, Democrats.  However, toward the end of my 2-hour shift, I got a live Libertarian on the phone.  and was he pissed!  He ranted about too much regulation paralyzing business, that businesses were not creating jobs right now till they saw how the election was going to go.  Same with banks: they weren't lending in case Obama got re-elected.  I put in my 2 cents:  that too little regulation is what got us into the worst recession since the Great Depression, that business, the airlines, the utility companies simply will not regulate themselves.   Big businesses were sending our jobs overseas, not creating more here in the US.  And generous tax cuts for the rich have had zero effect on job creation; they're all just sitting on their cash.

It became clear that the poor guy was about to have apoplexy on the spot, so I broke into his raving and said "So, I guess I'll put you down as a no, right?"  I think he wanted to yell some more, but I'd had my fill and said goodbye. Then hung up. If you say goodbye they can't accuse you of hanging up on them.  

There is a lot of anger out there; no point in adding to it.