Columbus Day

I've grown to be decidedly ambivalent about Columbus Day. Aside from the fact that the Financial Industry (of which I am presently an inmate) does not consider it a holiday, it celebrates an event of dubious relevance. There isn't much debate regarding the fact that Christopher Columbus did not actually "discover" the erroneously named "West Indies", and that another civilization had been living there for several millennia before he claimed the land for Spain. It's a lot like dandelions discovering my front lawn: the initial landing of airborne seeds is mildly amusing, but once the weeds start to sprout it's time to get out the insecticide.

Columbus Day --
a telephone rings
in an empty phone booth