“I love that hat! Mind if I take your picture?”

“I don’t mind.”

“Thank you so much, I appreciate you taking the time to stop.”

“I’m 91 years old, I’m not afraid to talk to anybody.”

“You see very healthy and with it, what’s your secret?”

“I don’t eat shit. Meat, chicken, fish, none of it. I’m not an athlete or anything though. I’m actually a troublemaker, I’ve been arrested 6 times.”

“What for?”

“Protesting. Last time was when Dick Cheney came to town, I was there protesting and they arrested me instead of him. Can you believe that?”

“I can actually. What brought you to San Francisco?”

“I came here because I knew it was where I wanted to die.”

“Do you want to die?”

“I’m ready for it. The older you get the more ready for it you are. I’ve been waiting 11 years.”

“So you were ready at 80? You’ve never been afraid of death? That seems to be a lot of people’s greatest fear.”

“The greatest fear is fear. Death is just a gateway to higher consciousness. The fear comes from religions. They try to indoctrinate you with all this crap to make you scared and coming back to them. I only made it past the 8th grade but I know how to think for myself. The secret is to question things.”