Selling Pokemon on the internet

I am back in the Bay Area and keeping busy by selling Pokemon cards on line. This is fun. I am trying to work through personal events in my life. I am not very happy with the aftermath from my failed marriage, but I am not the first to go through this. I concentrated on my online business for the year and was enjoying myself. I had some nice interactions with the mothers of the children who wanted the Pokemon cards, cutting a good deal when I could. I heard numerous stories about desperation and a lack of funds to pay for the cards that they bid on and won. Some were just “stories” and scams. I was not especially hurting for money at the time so played along and gave breaks depending on the originality of the request. I was enjoying myself. Here I am living in an old shoe store in a less then delightful neighborhood in Oakland, constantly wondering if the gunshots I hear will sometime be directed my way. What the hell, there are many ways life can be challenging and entertaining. I am joking here, you know. I had a mail slot, which opened on the street side of my building that had a lid, that was constantly flipped up and down to the delight of the kids in the area. They would delight in opening it up and yelling terms of endearment my way. So I did, out of frustration, create a sign that could be read when looking in the mailbox with my own terms of endearment. This was stupid on my part, but anything for entertainment during these times. 2001 was approaching and I was about to find out I had Cancer.