For all my fellow Astoria visitors from the NYC Bloggers Map

Do you know what the deal with the little white haired man who stands on the corner of 42nd St. and 31st Ave waving the American flag every weekday morning around 8 Am? Is it a conspiracy to make my life feel more like late period Twin Peaks or what? I'll see if I can get a photo, or possibly talk to him- but most of the time I run into him, I'm late for work- and in the morning, I'm likely to blurt out something like "So what's your deal?"