"Resnick, Mike - WorkingStiff" - читать интересную книгу автора (Resnick Mike)

I call after him: "If you want to make an old ape happy before he dies, print
the truth."

"You will never die," he says, and walks out.

Touche.

Suddenly I could use some Canadian Club. I pour myself a tall one, drop down on
my mattresses, and start flipping through the channels. I pull the covers up to
my chin and listen to the fierce wind howling through the empty lot behind the
warehouse. I've got a chill I can't get rid of. Regardless of the temperature,
some nights are colder than others.

Fifty-seven channels and there's nothing on. Yet on any given night, if I can
keep my eyes propped open long enough to catch the late shows . . . if I don't
pass out from the booze or the beer or the boredom . . . chances are, sooner or
later, I'll come across my favorite film.