So the teams with the best records in baseball, the Yankees and Phillies, have been knocked out of the playoffs in the first round. Except for statistics, all but the last month of the season seems irrelevant in the wild card era, much like hockey.
RIP Al Davis, 82, controversial owner of the Oakland Raiders. Although his teams won three Super Bowls, he has been vilified by fans for the team's recent struggles. His reputation for ruthlessness is legend. He made many enemies, burned a lot of bridges. Although born in Brockton, Massachusetts, he grew up in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, and graduated from Erasmus Hall High School, which also counts Barbra Streisand and 76ers great Billy Cunningham as alums, to name just two.
Yesterday Michael donated another crime novel in Russian, which Grandma bought, and a dozen translations of children's classics, which a young mom pounced on. Thanks, sir. The Floating Bookshop is enjoying its best stretch of business in a long time. I hope it's a sign of an improving economy, but it's more likely a fluke. Today on Bay Parkway Jack, employee of Chase, bought five more thrillers, including Trevanian's spy novel Shibumi. A lady who lives in the Atlantic Towers complex said it is the best book she has ever read. She re-reads it every few years and urged me to give it a shot. Unfortunately (no - fortunately), my plate is full right now. I'm again editing Bob Rubenstein's The White Bridge, which has been accepted by All Things That Matter Press, and I will soon have to go over the file of Killing, which was too controversial for ATTMP, before I issue it on Kindle. I have a feeling I'll come across another copy of Shibumi in the future.
Thanks to Bad News Billy, who purchased How to Clean Almost Anything, the huge pictorial Texas, and Fat Flush. He has gained at least 30 pounds since I first met him a couple of years ago. And thanks to Bob, who purchased Cats for his feline-loving girlfriend.
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