Urban Living -- For The Archives -- July 9, 2022

Tonight: grilled salmon, potatoes, and a martini.

On TCM: "The Apartment" for the umpteenth time. A classic.

I've been binge-watching "Only Murders In The Building." Tina Fey, an urban linguist genius. Not under-rated. It's just such a treat to be able to see her on television.

In the pool twice today, will visit one more time today, tonight about 9:00 p.m.

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The Book Page
While waiting for two new books from Amazon, which will arrive next week, I will read:

Josephine Tey, The Daughter of Time, c. 1951, 1979; "One of the best mysteries of all time." -- The New York Times. Pseudonym for Elizabeth MacKintosh.

Over the weekend. 

From wiki:

Josephine Tey was a pseudonym used by Elizabeth MacKintosh (25 July 1896 – 13 February 1952), a Scottish author. 

Her novel The Daughter of Time was a detective work investigating the role of Richard III of England in the death of the Princes in the Tower, and named as the greatest crime novel of all time by the Crime Writers' Association. 

Her first play Richard of Bordeaux, written under another pseudonym, Gordon Daviot, starred John Gielgud in its successful West End run.

Speaking of Amazon, I don't think folks realize how much on-line commerce there is in urban areas. As mentioned before, during the week, we can expect upwards of four Amazon Prime vans to visit our apartment complex in the morning and then another four before the end of the day, as late as 9:00 p.m.

Today, a very, very large white, old, almost dilapidated box van arrived in the complex. My first thoughts, a crime of some sort was about to take place, but on close looking, there was a decal on the side of the van, just next to the right side door, measuring about eight inches by four inches with a vehicle ID number, and the letters: UPS. Obviously a gig worker who drove out to UPS and waited in line to take any deliveries UPS might have. 

Gig worker.  I specifically used that term because it will come up a lot in any discussion regarding the "labor participation force."