A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the News Stand

Before I entered Half-Priced Books***, I told myself I would not pick up anything on a whim, or rather only if it had some extra-ordinary significance.(loosely paraphrasing.)* And what do I find right on top of the bargain rack at the door? The mother of all bargains. It was a pristine copy of a very interesting book for only two dollars. It's title, The Demon Slayers and other stories: Bengali Folk Tales.

It was not till I got home that I found even more about the book. Not only was it a first edition, it was autographed by both authors. Just what is the significance beyond the luck of such a find? Well in a Pop Culture, it is related to the mother of all cultures. Not history or her story but our story.

* in my last visit I found a new edition of Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

(mean while under Division of Labor I find the roots of an evolutionary social process)

BTW: From Tale Gate to Retro Gate [!]

And other follow-up: Go Rick Go! or Read my lips [!]

(sic)[?], puke, water-bored?, parsing?, snob... Rollin' on the River**

** pun on Ed*** in (sic) Rollins 'n F'n d-now.

** Ed Rollins, not that all "F" are ineffable or pro-feign.(alternate asterisk)

*** to pass through to the news stand in the mall