the guys at the shop
they weren't really wearing masks
well, they were wearing them, but dangling off one ear
so like if they had to put them on real quick, they could
and
i wasn't that afraid
as i sat there in my vote mask, hoping it would protect me
and then
i began to wonder was it rude, somehow
not to be wearing a mask, obviously
but to be wearing a vote mask specifically
i mean
when this guy was growing up
discussing politics was rude
political stridency was rude
hell, when i was growing up
it wasn't polite
to be making a public protest was fine
but
to go to someone's house for a visit with a sign
rude
and i wondered
was i coming off rude to this old guy
i like him
but
then i realized i was being anachronistic
to say vote can only be construed to be political
in this atmosphere
it would have been-- in his time, in my time
merely a civically minded statement
i got a new battery
and i needed a new tire too
i had a bubble on the side
i scraped a curb a while back
looked for damage but didn't see any
i guess i had it afterall
he's ordering it
tomorrow
i'm going back to switch out the tire
also need to go to the h.e.b. to get the new sticker
pretty sure they're doing that again
