I’ve made the change from Verizon DSL to Cablevision internet. The physical side wasn’t very difficult, outside of the stubborn resistance to joining of the co-axial cables, which had me muttering epithets the neighbors might have heard. They already thing I'm weird, anyway. I had a greater problem creating an account. The home page did not recognize me. I sought online help and waited 15 minutes, then I had a trouble reading the code on the bottom of the modem, which was required for verification. I used a second pair of glasses as a magnifying glass and still got it wrong. Finally, I guessed that what looked like a B was an 8, and that did the trick. So far, there seems to be no difference in performance speed. The only thing left is how much I will be billed by Verizon for the partial service this month. The customer service lady mentioned nothing about a disconnection fee, but having been billed in the past for services I never requested, I don’t trust Verizon very much. To avoid a sales pitch, I said that I was moving in with someone who already had service. I told myself the greater truth of not wanting to be hassled trumped the lie. How easy it is to rationalize.
The NY Post is known for its great front and back page captions, the most famous being: “Headless Corpse Found in Topless Bar.” Today it did a great take-off on Cinco De Mayo, relating it to the dismal performance of NY Knicks star Carmelo Anthony in the first game of the playoff series with the Indiana Pacers: "Stinko De Melo."
Bob Rubenstein, author of Ghost Runners and The White Bridge, visited the floating book shop today. We had a long chat. He is smitten. Bob is 69, Petra, a Hungarian immigrant, is 33. My advice was to follow his heart but to get a prenuptial agreement. He is obsessed with getting his books into audio format. I wouldn't mind it myself, but it is something I would never use personally. I'm sure my mind would wander. My thanks to Bob, who purchased a Martin Cruz Smith thriller, the gentleman who bought two books in Russian, and the one who bought the huge Jackie Kennedy bio.
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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