Kudos to ten-year NBA vet Jarrett Jack of the Brooklyn Nets, who was awarded his college degree yesterday, fulfilling his mom's wish. He left Georgia Tech after his junior year, chasing his pro basketball dream. He's averaged just shy of eleven points per game in his career, playing for seven different team. His major was Business Management, which should prove practical, given that the league minimum for players of his tenure is $1,448,490. There's also a two-page article in the Post's op-ed section by Larry Getlen on the squandered fortunes of several NFLers. When his playing days are done, maybe Jack can start his own business as a financial adviser to pro athletes.
Adam, a young Polish immigrant who works construction, has purchased many books from the floating book shop, mostly sci-fi. A few weeks ago he was evicted from his apartment. I didn't ask the details. He's now living in a friend's basement. Today he bought A Hitch in Twilight. I asked him to pay whatever he could afford. He gave me what I usually charge, ten bucks. As a thank you I gave him a paperback and hardcover in his favorite genre. 15 minutes later he came back with a bag filled with books I'd sold him. Most are obscure, but there are one each by Bradbury, LeGuin and Crichton among the batch. My thanks, sir, and to the elderly woman who bought a beautiful pictorial on Spain in Russian.
Vic's 4th novel: tinyurl.com/bszwlxh
Vic's 3rd Novel: http://tinyurl.com/7e9jty3
Vic's Short Story on Kindle: http://tinyurl.com/k95k3nx
Vic's Short Story Collection: http://www.tiny.cc/Oycgb
Vic's 2nd Novel: http://tiny.cc/0iHLb Kindle: http://tinyurl.com/kx3d3uf
Vic's 1st Novel: http://tiny.cc/rP7o9
Vic's Short Story Collection: http://www.tiny.cc/Oycgb
Vic's 2nd Novel: http://tiny.cc/0iHLb Kindle: http://tinyurl.com/kx3d3uf
Vic's 1st Novel: http://tiny.cc/rP7o9
Vic's Rom-Com Screenplay: http://tinyurl.com/kny5llp
Vic's Horror Screenplay: http://tinyurl.com/cyckn3f
Vic's Blog: http://vicfortezza.blogspot.com/
Vic's Web Site: http://members.tripod.com/vic_fortezza/Literature/
No comments:
Post a Comment