Point Guard Luke Ridnour has been in the NBA 12 years, playing for five teams. Since the end of the 2014-15 campaign, he has been on a wild rollercoaster ride, having been traded four times in the past six days. He played 47 games with the Orlando Magic last season. They traded him to the Memphis Grizzlies, who sent him to the Charlotte Hornets, who passed him to the Oklahoma City Thunder, who dispatched him to the Toronto Raptors. He has been a solid reserve, averaging 9.3 pts., 4.5 assists and 2.3 rebounds per game over the course of his career. There's no reason to feel sorry for him. The minimum salary for a player of his tenure is at least one million.
I almost committed a costly gaffe at the floating book shop today. When a gentleman entered his car, which was in the second spot from the corner, I hustled to mine, hoping to move up and save myself from lugging the crates a distance of 80 yards. Unfortunately, the guy wasn't leaving. It looked like he had plugged in a device he was reading. Of course, a vehicle had taken the spot I'd vacated, so I had no choice but to put the blinkers on and hope someone would pull out. Soon the same guy returned and started his SUV. I stepped toward my Hyundai and a meter maid asked if it were my car. She'd been a second from pulling out her electronic pad. Whew! And my luck didn't end there. A woman donated three pictorials and a paperback copy of Homer's The Iliad. The pictorials, two on renaissance art, the other on Brooklyn Catholics, sold immediately. A gentleman gave me four thrillers in Russian, one of which sold, as well as four of the holdover romances I had on display. Then I spotted Madeline approaching. I finally had one of those Chicken Soup for the Soul books she'd requested, which I was happy to give her as a thanks for all the books she has donated. She had about 30 more in her shopping cart. Thanks, folks. Sales were disappointing this month, but at least the last session was fun. On a positive note, I'm way ahead of my usual pace in selling my own books, which averages out to about one per week. I've already sold 38, thanks largely to the issue of Rising Star in February.
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