I turn on my radio each morning right after I wake to hear what has befallen the world, my chief concern that terrorists have pulled off a successful attack somewhere in America. This day, just after six AM, John Gambling of WOR-AM in NYC was speaking to a woman in Watertown, Massachusetts, who lived directly across the street from a house where it was believed the second terrorist had holed up. Her voice trembled as she described the scene, the dozens of law enforcement personnel in view. She said the occupants of the home in question had had a baby just two weeks ago. It was nerve-wracking. The interview was soon cut short when a knock came at the door and the woman was asked to evacuate. The suspect is still at large. If he eludes capture, will he become a mythological figure to potential terrorists who might otherwise choose to forgo the madness? Of course, the best outcome would be his being captured alive so that he can be interrogated and that anyone who aided in the bombing can be brought to justice, dead or alive. Water-boarding, anyone? Just moments ago Rita Cosby, on the same radio station, mentioned that the teen's father, who is in Chechnya, has threatened retribution if his second son is killed. Hopefully, a bullet will find daddy's brain. Of course, the immediate fear is that the slime will perpetrate more violence, wish to go out in a blaze of glory. He has managed to put the entire great city of Boston in lockdown. How long can that last? And the greater fear is that this is just the first of such attacks, that there are cells nationwide waiting to strike. That's life in the 21st century. God bless America.
It was the first quiet Friday for the floating book shop in a long time. The rain held off but so did customers. Steve purchased Jennifer Lehr's memoir, Ill-Equipped For a Life of Sex, which sounds interesting but has no sales ranking at all at Amazon. In contrast, Herbie bought Kelly Oxford's Everything Is Perfect When You're a Liar, a comic novel ranked 211th in print and 189th in Kindle - awesome, madam. It and a fantasy were donated by a Fed-Ex employee. Thanks, gentlemen, and to the woman who bought the spiritual Daily Guide Book.
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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