Kudos to anyone who has been successful predicting NFL games this season. This is a rare year where I am clueless. This week I was correct on only two of the point spreads. I picked most of the winners and was less than 50-50 on the over-under. Will the real Jets please stand up. They kill me every week, as the Chargers have for years. I admire what the Chiefs are accomplishing but doubt they are as good as their record indicates. Teams look terrific one week, horrible the next. Did anyone start Nick Foles in their fantasy league yesterday? Seven touchdown passes? You’ve got to be kidding me. One thing that’s obvious nowadays -- a team doesn’t have to demonstrate excellence the entire 16 game schedule in order to win a championship. The Giants and Ravens have proven that. Only New England has been consistent the past decade, since Tom Brady’s rise to prominence. All coaches dubbed geniuses seem to slip. Some wash out completely, others make comebacks ala Andy Reid. Only Bill Belichick seems worthy of the tag, although I wonder if he would struggle as much without his star QB as Mike Strahan has without John Elway. Maybe he’ll retire when Gisele Bundchen’s husband does. I may go to the dartboard method.
I tried to put in an order for 100 shares of Twitter (TWTR) yesterday and a message came up that orders will not be accepted until 11/7 at 7AM. The initial price is said to be in the range of 17-20, a lot cheaper than Facebook was. Do I put in a market order and accept the consequences if it rockets out of the gate? I should. I haven’t taken enough financial risks in my lifetime. Google, Snapple, Netflix are only a few of the products I've used and loved long before they went public -- and I didn’t have the balls to invest in them. I don’t love Twitter. My participation is strictly shameless promotion, but I think it has enormous potential. Used correctly, one must tweet constantly throughout the day and have something amusing or illuminating to say. There are a few who have mastered it, but most of the posts seem advertisements for self or drivel. The reason I love Facebook is because I’ve reconnected with old friends and acquaintances I may have never heard from again. It has also helped me sell dozens of books. I feel I should drop my Twitter account, as I don’t use it properly. Still, I think it’s potentially a great investment.
I broke out the winter coat today. With daylight savings time ended, the corner of East 13th and Avenue Z is bathed in sunlight by the time I arrive at about 11AM. It is needed to mitigate the cold and wind. Conditions were fairly easy, as the wind diminished and there was no cloud cover. I just kept moving in line with the rays as the sun made its way across the azure sky and eventually disappeared behind the apartment building across the street. There is a sharp difference once the area is in shadow. My thanks to the four ladies who made purchases during the session. I sold all but one of the books in Russian I had on display. Spasibo, ladies.
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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