On Reading, Cussing, Listening, And Other Diversions

Together with some thoughts on near-homelessness during the pandemic

Landing as it did in the runup to Labor Day, this stark and sobering Washington Post feature — about flight attendants going hungry, working themselves to death with “side hustles” that consume as much time as their “real” job, and sometimes even living rough — made me remember why I used to drink:

I didn’t have it quite this bad, mind you. Even given th…