Selling My Books on the Streets of Brooklyn 6/24 - 20's

24 has not disappointed in its half season format. Last night in episode nine viewers had the visceral pleasure of seeing a monster dispatched and her diabolical plan foiled. As so frequently happens in modern TV fare, the focus abruptly shifted to other miscreants. My hunch is that Chloe will not survive, that her lover will kill her or cause her death. This show is better than 99% of Hollywood thrillers. It’s obvious that Jack Bauer will prevail. The pulsating suspense is concentrated on the fate of the supporting players, and in the extent of the damage the creeps will inflict. While the storylines at times defy credulity, the overall scenarios are, unfortunately, all too plausible. Hopefully, there are real Jack Bauers out there ready to take down the world’s fiends. It's been odd seeing Benjamin Bratt, who played straight arrow detective Rey Curtis on 95 episodes of Law & Order, play a traitor.

Government environmental panels have been tweaking data to support global warming theories. What a surprise! I also found an article on the web stating that this past May was the warmest of all-time planet-wide. The comedy on this issue will continue, and it’s becoming a great bore to all but the zealots and those who wish to use it as a ploy to redistribute wealth.

My thanks to AW, who sent me the following in an email:
A well-worn one-dollar bill and a similarly distressed twenty arrived at a Federal Reserve Bank to be retired. As they moved along the conveyor belt to be burned, they struck up a conversation. The twenty-dollar bill reminisced about its travels all over the country. I've had a pretty good life," the twenty proclaimed. "I've been to Las Vegas and Atlantic City, the finest restaurants in New York, performances on Broadway, and even a cruise to the Caribbean."
"Wow!" said the one-dollar bill. "You've really had an exciting life!"
"So, tell me," says the twenty, "where have you been throughout your lifetime?"
The one dollar bill replies, "I've been to the Methodist Church, the Presbyterian church, the Baptist Church, the Lutheran Church."
The twenty-dollar bill interrupts, "What's a church?"

It was another quiet session for the floating book shop, although one of the three sales was particularly gratifying. It was due to dumb luck. Elizabeth Warnock Fernea's A Street in Marrakech was the last in line in my fiction section, its cover unobscured. It was spotted by a young woman from Morocco, who said Marrakech is her favorite city. Thanks, madam, and to the other two women who purchased books.
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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