Selling My Books on the Streets of Brooklyn 10/9

I caught up with the Coen brothers' remake of True Grit (2010) last night courtesy of Netflix. Although it was solid, I don't understand why it was made. It wasn't that different than the original. And it didn't contain many of the wonderfully bizarre touches that make the Coens' films such fun. Jeff Bridges was his usual rock solid self. Matt Damon was outstanding in the Glenn Campbell role. How sad that his politics isn't a tenth as intelligent as his acting. But the show belonged to Hailee Steinfeld in the Kim Darby role. Her command was so convincing it was downright scary. She's only a teenager, for God's sake, home-schooled according to her bio at IMDb. She is currently before the cameras in yet another adaption of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
I love hearing about the unique ways in which people earn money, the entrepreneurial spirit. An article in today's New York Post told how some residents of The Big Apple are subletting their apartments, sometimes nightly, to tourists, although it is against the law. In other words, they're offering hotel space on the cheap compared to Manhattan rates. Some have turned a yearly profit of $60,000.
Congratulations to my friend Bob Rubenstein, whose first novel, Ghost Runners, has been picked up by the New York City Public Library, a hard nut to crack.
I set up the floating bookshop outside the Dolphin Gym on 24th Avenue and was rewarded by Tom, a book lover, who purchased Adjustments. Retired, he was one of the first civilian employees of the NYPD. He grew up in the Marboro Projects, right across the street from Lafayette High School, from which we both graduated, he five years before me in 1962. Thank you, sir.
In a post on Facebook yesterday, a friend who lives in Maine cited the warm temperature as proof of Global Warming - this after three weeks of abnormally cool weather. I'm loving this run of beautiful days, which acolytes would probably dub Climate Change. They have all the angles covered.
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