Recently, U2’s Bono alarmed leftists by saying that free market solutions and not charity were the key to eliminating poverty. Now, in an interview in The Guardian, he has referred to the “cranky left.” I used to love his work despite his politics. Now I love it even more.
Last night I watched the premiere of Marvels’ Agents of Shield on ABC. It was pretty much what I expected, action-packed, full of hipster dialogue. I’ll give it another look next week. I’ve already given up on FOX’s Sleepy Hollow. When it was in commercial I found a more interesting alternative on PBS, yet another UK crime show, The Bletchley Circle, set in post WWII London.
As I suspected, my latest short story, What Might Have Been, was too tame for Morpheus Tales, which published Pristine several years ago. The editor wrote me a polite rejection saying it was “too nice.” I have now submitted it to The Golden Key, which was listed at Poets&Writers.com. It'd been a while since I'd done the tedious task of finding a place for a story. These days I'm tempted to go right to Kindle with them. I have less than ten stories that haven't been published. If I included the ones that have been published, minus the ones in A Hitch in Twilight, there are plenty for a collection. That would be a project to fill the hours of long stretches of bitter winter weather, third in line after Adjustments and my rom-com screenplay, A Truth Universally Acknowledged.
Facebook has rallied to $49.46. The temptation to take a profit has begun, although I'd really like to hold on until it doubles, which would be $86. I think its potential is much higher than that. I will try to buy Twitter once it goes public, but I won't put in a bid higher than $50.
Political Man visited the floating book shop for the first time in a while and he was in peak form, excoriating the right wing crazies and praising the liberal comments the Pope made recently. When he ballyhooed Obamacare to a passerby, the man, in a Russian accent, poo-pooed it and gave the thumbs down. I suspect he'd experienced government run health care in the Soviet Union. Political Man is going to be a June bride.
My thanks to the kind folks who bought books today and to the woman who donated a mix of novels in Russian and English.
Vic's 4th Novel: http://tinyurl.com/bszwlxh
Vic's 3rd Novel: 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
Vic’s Short Story on Kindle: http://tinyurl.com/k95k3nx
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