One Interesting Day

  On Tuesday night, I got to meet two of my heroes. I thought for a while about calling  them heroes, and all that such a word brings to mind. I had considered just saying that I was a fan, but I have always believed that the word fan came from the word fanatic, and that word conjures up too much negativity. Anyway, I decided on hero, as for me, these two men meet my criteria for such a compliment. 

  It was held in a building built in 1930 called, The Union League Club, and it housed the Socrates in the City event to which I was to attend. Very posh neighborhood, and inside, the walls held portraits of historical people. A lot of oak and high ceilings, marble floors throughout, as were the winding staircases and the railings. I felt immediately out of place, and found my way to the bar to order a glass of red wine to settle myself down a bit. The barman was very friendly and when I tried to pay him said, Oh no sir, the drinks are complimentary. Oh yes, I said, of course they are, or something equally stupid like that, while the others around the bar nodded knowingly. I found my seat and sat down. I thoroughly enjoyed the event, and when it was over I wound my way to the front to get my book signed by Eric Metaxas. I was lucky to have remembered my copy, as I had almost left it at home. The book, Bonhoeffer, Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy, is a great book, and I highly recommend it. He was gracious and signed it, and I made my way from the stage to where I knew Dick Cavet had been sitting. He was speaking to another man, or more accurately, another man was speaking to him, but when the man stopped talking I said, Mr. Cavet, while extending my hand. He turned and shook it, and I said looking at him, thats' it, and thank you. You're a good man he said as I turned to go. So far, this was turning out to be an interesting day. I walked back to Penn Station, and was able to catch an earlier train. When I got home it was not yet midnight, I turned on my TV, and found out that it will be Donald Trump who will be the Republican nominee to run against the new Democratic Socialists party in November. Yup, this surely had turned out to be an interesting day.