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Friday, February 10, 2012

Selling My Books on the Streets of Brooklyn 2/10

So now the government, which bailed out banks, is demanding banks pony up billions to bailout deadbeat homeowners. Question: if these parties are to be bailed out for their recklessness, what's to prevent them from behaving the same way in the future? Then again, it's just another cynical ploy to buy votes.
There's more bad news for global warming paranoiacs. Ten years ago it was predicted that the ice in the Himalayas would melt in 25 years. It has barely budged. Hear that? That's the sound of head-scratching.
I hope Giants WR Victor Cruz doesn't forget he's a budding football star and not a reality TV star. Talk about overexposure - sheesh!
"Linsanity," NY sportswriters are calling it. What is it? It's the buzz created by the Knicks latest savior, PG Jeremy Lin, the NBA's first Chinese-American, a Harvard grad, no less! He has scored 20 or more points in the team's four straight wins. He was picked up on waivers from Houston, whose GM must be embarrassed to show his face in public right now. Lin must be making the league minimum, or close to it. He is sleeping on his brother's couch in an apartment on the Lower East Side, or Losaida, as the Latinos call it. Amar'e Stoudemire was the Knicks' first savior, lured by millions as a free agent. It didn't help. Then there came the big trade for Carmelo Anthony. The team still stunk. Now desperate fans are hoping Lin is what Reggie Jackson dubbed himself when he came to the Skanks - "The straw that stirs the drink." I may actually watch part of a game if the Knicks are ever on "free" TV. Good luck, Jeremy.
I finally sold a couple of  books in Russian today. Thanks, ladies, and also to Dawn and Brent, who bought Frank Abagnale's memoir, co-written with Stan Redding, Catch Me If You Can, which was  adapted to the screen by Steven Spielberg and also turned into a Broadway musical. And thanks to Herbie, who bought Hollywood Moms, a beautiful pictorial of actresses and their children.
Looks like we're going to get a couple of days of winter before global warming returns.
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