Art imitates life, life imitates art … but what’s the deal with pepper spray at WalMart?  It’s the theater of the absurd in overdrive. I sit here next to the pot bellied stove in my guest house, calm and distant.  I don’t mind the distance from this facet of life.  Though I do remember when I was here in late September, I had such longing to be part of the Occupy movement in NYC.   Funny how things change.