Shutterbugs & More

vic fortezza
3 min readSep 14, 2024

Image shows all the satellites captured during one hour of a time-lapse series. Big Brother is Watching You, photo by Matt Jackson, posted at theguardian.com:

Wow! Headline from nypost.com: “Rock star punches his guitarist during onstage outburst, abruptly ending concert.” Perry Farrell, Dave Navarro of Jane’s Addiction. Photo of better days from Google Images:

Believe it or not headline from NYP: “Lego stuck in Arizona resident’s nose for 26 years finally dislodged: ‘I can smell colors now’.” Ewwwww!

DT should come up with a funny comment on the following, from NYP: “Purr-fect parody! Song poking fun at Trump’s ‘They’re eating the cats’ debate comment goes viral.” Since I love capitalism, I must give a shout out to South Africa band Kiffness and the songwriter, despite the jab at Trump… And here’s why I believe DT won’t win, from NYP: “11K noncitizen registered voters could tip the presidential race in Nevada: GOP lawsuit.” It might be the same in each battleground state.

Barbara Eden is 93. Photo from GI:

I worked in the Gold Futures pit until floor trading was killed by electronic trading. If open outcry were still the rule, the pit would be rocking every day. Headline from newsmax.com: “Gold Hits $2,572 Record & Bulls Look to $3K Milestone.” The yellow metal is spurred by inflation. I was given the boot on 10/31/’08. On 11/3/’08 Gold was trading $727.91, according to bullionrates.com.

Still from The Kid (1923), Charlie Chaplin and Jackie Coogan, Paris, 2021. It doesn’t get any better than the look on the little guy’s face. Photo by French artist JR, posted at theguardian.com:

A lot warmer today at the Anti-Inflation Book Shop, but still great for selling stuff curbside. My thanks to Lynn, who brought me two little bottles of Poland Spring, and to the gentleman who donated a bunch of Russian DVD copies; and to the one who dropped off a YA paperback; and to the Cook Book Lady, who has returned from her summer sojourn in South Carolina and added another to her collection; and to the little guy who got his mom to buy 3D art of Ironman; and to the young man who purchased Killing by yours truly.

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vic fortezza

I was born in Brooklyn in 1950 to Sicilian immigrants. I’ve had more than 50 short stories published world wide. I have 13 books in print.