The Writer's Life 10/21 - No-Brainer

NFL Week Seven: If memory serves, at this time last year the Broncos looked like the best team in the league. The same holds true now. The trick is to stay reasonably healthy in what is always a war of attrition. A lot can change in the nine remaining games. It looks like the Colts are the second best team. They put a whoopin’ on the Bengals, who are again proving to be pretenders. I’d be surprised if the Seahawks don’t rally, although the post-championship malaise has victimized many teams. I admire the decisiveness of the move to dump gifted WR Percy Harvin on the desperate Jets. It was a no-brainer for Gang Green, although the adding of jerks has not worked out for them lately. Are the Lions finally over the hump, matured -- or are they again teasing their long-suffering fans? Two straight rousing wins have followed a devastating loss. The Cowgirls look great. The Giants have a long way to go.

Gotham aired another impressive episode last night, a scientist creating a deadly wonder drug that brought super-hero strength. So far, the weekly villains have been as interesting as those of the series' arc. The only drawback, at least for my taste, is that it is a bit too decadent, and most of that centers around the character of Fish Mooney, played by Jada Pinkett Smith. The entire cast is solid. Robin Lord Taylor is killing it as the young Penguin, Oswald Cobblepot. It looks like another of those cases where an actor is born to play a role... Scorpion remains silly fun. Last night I realized that the four geniuses are three whites and an Asian. I wonder, should the show have staying power, if the creators will be criticized and cave into pressure to add a black member.

Since rain was in the forecast, I took the floating book shop to 20th Avenue & 86th Street, where I have partial shelter under the staircase leading to the elevated train station. Unfortunately, there were no buyers. October is proving a very disappointing month. Tomorrow looks like a washout and Thursday may also be.

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