Reading and the bus...

I read on the bus. I read a lot. Sometimes people ask what I'm reading, and sometimes they don't want to know. Today was one of those days. An African American lady was curious what I was reading today. "This Republic of Suffering", is what I replied. Oh, how interesting! And what is that about? "Oh, how the United States dealt with the dead and dying during the Civil War." I got an "oh". Well, don't ask next time!