Campers,

Had an auspicious morning if I do say so myself.

Couple walks w/Skippy before I headed to Chinatown 10am.

Got gob of bracelets from nice pretty lady on Grant just North of Pine.

Gave one each to a ‘Karen’ and Latino worker she was harassing.

He was hosing off building up steep stairs on Pacific and she was bitching that some of it was getting into her garage.

Wonder if she bitches at God when it rains ?

Got my fab Compassion at Sparc and I really need it.

Left hip in line for replacement end of month and it hurts like a mother fucker.

Destiny was with me vis a vis my projects.

One is getting FD to put a Deputy Chief in the Chief’s house on Bush.

Last two chiefs have refused to live at that Central location and I hope it doesn’t have to do with gender.

Hayes-White suggested they turn it into a bed and breakfast as Chief Sullivan who died in the big One turned over in his grave.

I ragged on the crew of 28 who were showing a rookie how to hook a pump Siamese onto an ASW plug in Lower Polk.

Told em that I knew they were flying the American flag because they were using it as an ‘in-your-face’ insult to Progressive San Franciscans.

Well, I wore one of those on my shoulder for 11 years and that was with pride and not as a show of disdain to fellow Americans.

Frankly, I don’t think those mother fuckers should be allowed to claim the Stars and Stripes.

My family has been military since the Revolutionary War.

Then, i walked all the way from Erich Pearson’s Pot Shop (Sparc) in lower Polk home and went by City Hall on the way and was thinking of how could I get the idea of getting that flag off the truck with a message to the Fire Chief some way.

My hip joint was aching something terrible but something kept me off the bus and shuffled me by City Hall and who was crossing the street alone in front of me ?

The God damned Fire Chief ?!!?

I called at her and hurried stumbling over the crosswalk as she started to get into her car and gave her an earfull.

"That flag on the back of 28 could catch a wind on a Fire Ground and get someone hurt or killed and you know it !!"

I like the lady cause she’s a real firefighter unlike that Spouse-beating pencil-pusher Hayes-White.

Gave it to her anyway.

"At least polish the nose on Dennis Sullivan (was a Blacksmith before he became Chief and was scalded to death in ’06) !!!"

She replied:

"Oh, we’re using it now for something."

Me:

"Since when and for what ??"

Her:

"Just recently."

Me:

"I spoke with you earlier at Manny’s about you living in the Chief’s house and you said it would need too much fixing up; it was built there cause it’s a Central Location. Where do you live if you don’t mind, just the area?"

She hemmed and hawed and I continued:

"Just the neighborhood; I don’t want you address."

Her:

"It’s pretty Central."

Me:

"Put an on-duty Deputy Chief there if you won’t live there and use it as the working Command Post it was built for and served as for a hundred years."

I trudged on in pain and realized I was going to end up walking the whole way home and suddenly I’m passing ‘X’ (Twitter?) and I have that Million Dollar Trash Lottery idea I’ve been wanting to get to Musk so I stopped in the lobby and Security and I exchanged pleasantries and filmed each other and I think Elon should put up a Million a year for winner of drawing of Annual San Francisco Million Dollar Trash Lottery.

Got home and walked my dog and it must be National Great Ass Day cause there sure were some nice ones out there today.

He said, embracing his inner hound.

Go Niners !!

h.