My Characters Are Actually Usually Pretty Smart

In Bakersfield, California, A Mexican Strawberry Picker With An Income Of $14,000 And No English Was Lent Every Penny He Needed To Buy A House For $724,000.

The Arrangement Bore The Same Relation To Actual Finance As Fantasy Football Bears To The Nfl.

A Tourist Can't Help But Have A Distorted Opinion Of A Place: He Meets Unrepresentative People, Has Unrepresentative Experiences, And Runs Around Imposing Upon The Place The Fantastic Mental Pictures He Had In His Head When He Got There.

People Dislike Uncertainty So Much That They Will Impose An Order On It Even When It Doesn't Exist.

The Red Sox Are A Curious Thing Because So Much Here Is Media Driven. You Can't Go Fire Half Your Scouts Here Because They Are All Friends With The Local Reporters. Your Life Is Going To Hell In The Papers.