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Monday, October 15, 2018

The Writer's Life 10/15 - Found Money

It's a TV staple, usually in crime shows - valuable stuff found in a storage unit. It happens in real life too. A Manhattan gallery owner took a chance, acquiring the contents of one in New Jersey for $15,000 - and hit the jackpot. It belonged to a woman who passed away in 2009. She'd inherited the stuff from her husband, an art conservator. Inside were a cache of paintings by famous artists, including Dutch abstract expressionist Willem de Kooning, and Swiss/German Paul Klee, simply an expressionist. de K's Untitled XXIII recently sold for a million bucks, a second of his works brought in 60 G's. Klee's Vorhang 129 went for a measly $26,000. Unfortunately, I was unable to find a pic of it. Here's the big winner:


NFL: If Pittsburgh spotted Cincinnati 21 points, the Bengals would still find a way to lose. Bettors must have made a tidy sum on that matchup the past five years or so... Wonder if Jon Gruden regrets having left the easy money of the broadcast booth to coach the Raiders. What the heck's happened to that team, which seemed on the verge of greatness a year-and-a-half ago?... All those who thought New England was finally in decline have had their hopes crushed... The Chargers seem to have finally shed their yearly early season doldrums... After last season's stellar campaign, the Jaguars appear to be in complete collapse... J-E-T-S - Jets! Jets! Jets! Fans finally have hope.

From Yahoo Sports: Mike Scioscia managed the Angels for 19 years. Candidates to succeed him will face a two-hour written exam that tests analytical, interpersonal and game-management aspects of the job. I can't help but wonder how someone like Billy Martin would have reacted to this. Will an A+ insure wins? I doubt it, but big money is at stake and management obviously wants to do all it can to find the right man. The media grades them, often harshly.

Here's a puzzle only residents of Sheepshead Bay may solve. The bus shelter pictured below is near where I set up shop each day. It will soon undergo repairs. I noticed an oddity involving the yellow tape. Don't rack your brains trying to figure it out. I don't know if abstract is the right word, but it's along those lines. Answer below:


The alternative language used is Spanish -  Cuidado. In this area, it should be Russian. 

The floating book shop was again saved by the scaffold, which easily kept out the light rain. The returns were paltry but nonetheless found money. My thanks to the guy who calls me Irv, who segued from the liquor store, which he visits each day, and bought three more sci-fi paperbacks.
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