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[Joe Allonby]

I've convinced my neighbors that I'm a sane, reasonably prosperous,
blue-collar family-type guy with a pickup truck who likes to come out
and help shovel snow and drink hot cocoa. They're a little confused by
the strange organ music (I have an 1886 Mason Hamlin church organ) and
the tatooed freaks with oddly tinted hair come and go at odd hours.

"Darleen, do you think they're Satanists?"

"I don't know, Steve. SHE seems nice. Maybe he does counseling for schizos."

On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 12:56 PM,  <dougmillison at comcast.net> wrote:
> "You know people have tried to put me off as being crazy," said Thelonious Sphere Monk. "Sometimes it's to your advantage for people to think you're crazy."
>
> …read it all: http://www.thenation.com/doc/20100111/yaffe/single
>
> It's my strategy, too, with the nosy, interfering neighbors…
>