The Folks from Patterson Avenue

This is the story about imaginary people living in a place that doesn’t exist. So, if you live on one of the many Patterson Avenues in the world, or if you think someone here sounds just like you, it’s not you. Trust me. Just like real people, the folks in the make-believe world of Patterson Avenue all have a story to tell, and they all look at the world through lens crafted by their own life experiences. So when you think about it, they're really just like you after all.

Sunday, January 17, 2016

He Could've Been Morley Safer Jr.

Morley Safer

Lou Rossman was one of those people who never took responsibility for where they are in life.

He always saw himself as a victim of circumstances, as a person who never got the same breaks that successful people got. In his mind, he was a bastion of unfulfilled potential.

This may explain why, at age 38, he still lived at home with his parents while working as an overnight grocery stocker in the cereal aisle at the local Walmart.