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vic fortezza
2 min readFeb 21, 2023

Fiendish pleasure headline from nypost.com: “Inconvenient truth: Al Gore’s ‘eco-friendly’ investment firm owns shares in polluting companies.”

Not all the news is negative. Headline from newsmax.com: “New Electrical Stimulation Technique Restores Arm Function After Stroke.”

Hilarious foxnews.com headline about the Baftas: “Awards ceremony slammed after every single winner was White.”

Check this out, headline from FN: “West Virginia lawmakers overwhelmingly approve NRA-backed campus carry bill, send to governor for signing.” 84–13.

A third train has derailed in the Midwest. Is this normal? Geez.

RIP actress Barbara Bosson, a TV mainstay from 1968-’97. Born in Pennsylvania coal country, she gradually worked her way up, landing a bit part in Bullitt (1968) at 26. There are 43 titles under her name at IMDb, a figure that does not reveal the extent of her success. She was in 103 episodes alone of Hill Street Blues, 42 of Hooperman, 47 of the two incarnations of Murder One, eleven of Cop Rock, five of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, five of Richie Brockelman, Private Eye. She did multiple episodes and one-shots of other shows as well. She was nominated for six Emmys for supporting actress. She also has six credits as a writer, most notably for the Smothers Brothers. She was married to writer/producer Steven Bocho for 28 years until 1998. She was a mom of two. Well done, madam. Photo from Google Images:

My thanks to Mother Nature for providing a rain-free window that allowed the floating bookshop a full session. There was even an hour of sunshine that provided enough warmth so that I didn’t have to sit in the car to take the chill off. Here’s what sold: two books in Russian, three kids’ books; The Tolkien Reader; Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe; Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie; two novels by Walter Moseby: Odyssey and The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey; an audio book; and The O.C. on DVD. My thanks to the buyers. I am blessed.

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vic fortezza
vic fortezza

Written by 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.

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