West Virginia defeated Baylor today 70-63 - in football, not basketball.
I set up shop at my usual Saturday spot outside the Chase bank at Bay Parkway and 85th Street. Yon, an employee, stepped outside for a smoke break, and we exchanged greetings. He said there was an attempted robbery yesterday. The perpetrator passed a note to a female teller, who panicked, scaring the guy away. His image was captured on the security cameras. Even though no cash was lost, the bank had to close and all the money had to be counted. It is standard procedure. Four years ago a crew burst into the bank and fired four shots into the ceiling. One slimeball put a gun to Yon's head and demanded cooperation. Of course, everyone complied. A year later the crew was apprehended as they tried to rob another bank. Imagine having the barrel of a gun pressed to your temple. How would you react? Would you freeze or crumble or whimper? And how would it affect the rest of your life? I hope I never find out, although I sometimes wonder, in this economic climate, if some dirt bag might pull a gun on me.
A girl of about ten spotted the Harry Potter novels I had on display and got her mom to back track and take a look. They scored pristine hardcover editions of year one and two for five bucks, highway robbery. Thanks, ladies, and also to Bad News Billy, who bought an illustrated version of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, simplified for children, for his grandson. He hasn't paid his electric bill since June. He owes more than $750. I always feel I'm robbing him.
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Vic's Third Novel (Print or Kindle): http://tinyurl.com/7e9jty3
Vic's Website: http://members.tripod.com/vic_fortezza/Literature/
Vic's Short Story Collection (Print or Kindle): http://www.tiny.cc/Oycgb
Vic's 2nd Novel: http://tinyurl.com/6b86st6
Vic's 1st Novel: http://tiny.cc/94t5h
Vic's Screenplay on Kindle: http://tinyurl.com/cyckn3
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