Selling My Books on the Streets of Brooklyn 12/24 - Christmas Eve

My most faithful customer, Marie, loaned me the first season of Boardwalk Empire. I watched the premiere episode last night. It was exactly what I expected. So similar was it to past shows and films, I felt I was watching a rerun, a modern take on The Untouchables. Martin Scorsese’s signature cynicism is present. Gleeful corruption is everywhere. There wasn’t a hint of freshness in the entire episode. If I heard correctly, Al Capone claimed to have served in combat in World War I. Having never heard that fact before, I researched it and found it wasn’t true. He had an older brother who served. Of course, it’s possible that it was a lie that would be revealed in a later episode. The only aspect of the initial hour that was above average was Vincent Piazza’s intensity as Lucky Luciano. I’ll watch the second episode, but I’m not optimistic, despite its popularity. It is rated an impressive 8.4 of ten at IMDb. Even the cinematography turned me off. It was drab. Then again, I’ve frequently found Scorsese’s work to be much better on second viewing -- after the initial shock value is past. Only thing is, I wasn’t at all shocked by the events. I’ve seen them many times in other works.

I've put in an order to sell my shares of Facebook at $60, which would result in a profit of $1700 -- if the price gets there. It's now just shy of $58. Meanwhile, Twitter is a runaway train, finishing the day up more than five bucks to almost $70. I could have had it in the low forties, a bargain. Who knew?

Dinner is not until eight o'clock. It's 4:26 and I'm already hungry.

My thanks to young Alen, who bought two books, to the woman who bought one in Russian, and to all those who wished me well. To them and to you, I say:

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 Horror Screenplay on Kindle: http://tinyurl.com/cyckn3
Vic's Rom-Com Screenplay on Kindle: http://tinyurl.com/kny5llp
Vic’s Short Story on Kindle: http://tinyurl.com/k95k3nx