The creativity of human beings never ceases to amaze, and it certainly isn't restricted to the arts. Some people are skilled at making money, to the benefit of all. In today’s NY Post there is an article about a guy who runs a notary and copying business out of his car, which has logged more than 300,000 miles. He commutes two hours to a street in the Bronx. He plugs his copier into the cigarette lighter and caters mostly to people who do not speak English. He speaks several languages. There is usually a line for his services. So far authorities have left him alone, although it is illegal to conduct business from a car.
In yesterday’s Post there was a feature on a guy who attaches a glue trap to dental floss, which he lowers through gratings throughout the city, where he has picked up coins, paper money and jewelry. He got the idea when someone dropped something valuable, a set of keys, I believe, and was rewarded 50 bucks upon retrieval. Unfortunately, thieves, as they always do, have perverted this, fishing in mailboxes for checks and Netflix DVDs.
I awoke to another vivid dream. Decades younger, dressed casually, I stopped dead in my tracks upon reaching the schoolyard of St. Mary’s, where a choir was gathered in robes, apparently waiting for me. I’d completely forgotten the event, a frequent occurrence during my elementary school career. If it hadn’t been the height of the baby boom, with space scarce, I might have been left back one of those years. I’m not sure how the dream relates to my current life. The only thing I can think of is my concern that I was as thoughtless in cleaning errors from my latest novel, Exchanges, as I was about school.
The red line has been crossed in Syria, at least according to what the President said months ago. I think it would be a mistake to take sides, although Al-Assad deserves to fall and be executed. The opposition does not look like it would be any friendlier toward America. The main concern is the chemical weapons. They must be kept out of the hands of Al Qaeda, and the only way to do that is to find and seize them, which will probably cost the lives of many of our troops. Is there an alternative?
It wasn’t much rain but enough to keep the floating book shop closed today. I redeemed my empties at Stop n Shop and swung by Ali Baba’s gyro stand to see if old Simon had left books for me. Sure enough he had, bless his heart. I passed the rest of the afternoon dusting and reading. Back at ’em tomorrow.
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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