May Day
From pinterest.com: Art Deco Wall Art “Flapper Girls Night Out” Framed Poster — Retro Cocktail Lounge:
Headline from nypost.com: “California’s loneliest gas station attendant — as he watches business booming two miles away in Arizona.” $6.99 vs $4.09.
Headline from newsmax.com: “Stocks Soar to Record, Clinch Best Month Since 2020.” Yay!
Laugh or cry? Headline from foxnews.com: “Food stamp fraud crackdown at USDA would end loophole that lets Ferrari, Lamborghini owners get benefits.” I hope their cars are stolen.
Get vic fortezza’s stories in your inbox
Join Medium for free to get updates from this writer.
From an FN article by Efrat Lachter: “North Korea deployed an estimated 14,000 troops to Russia’s western Kursk region to support Moscow’s war effort, according to South Korean, Ukrainian and Western officials cited by Reuters. Those same officials say the forces suffered staggering losses, with more than 6,000 North Korean soldiers believed killed in some of the war’s most intense fighting.” How many of its citizens support this madness? Protesting would result in the same as what Iranian dissenters face.
Last night AMGTV, channel 39–1 on OTA in NYC, ran Africa Screams (1949), not one of Abbott and Costello’s better efforts, many of the gags later repeated in their TV show. The cast featured several of the duos’ mainstays: Hillary Brooke, Joe Besser and Bobby Barber, as well as lion tamer Clyde Beatty and Shemp Howard. Here’s some interesting stuff culled from IMDb about Bud Abbott, edited by yours truly: At Lou Costello’s insistence, the monies earned from their act were split 60/40, favoring Abbott. Costello’s reasoning was that “comics are a dime a dozen. Good straight men are hard to find.” Quote: “I never understood Lou.” Salary for The Abbott and Costello Show: $15,000/episode. Bud passed away at 76 in 1974, Lou Costello at 52 in 1959. Photo from Google Images:
Gorgeous day, although still a bit on the cool side, fine for the Anti-Inflation Book Shop. My thanks to the ladies who donated a bag each of Russian titles, and to those who bought books in that language; and to the woman who purchased The Wedding Dress by Danielle Steel and Grey by E. L. James; and to the one who took home The Science of Beauty by Dr. Michelle Wong; and to the couple who selected three DVDs, Sin City (2005) among them; and to the young man who chose Complete Confidence: A Handbook by Sheenah Hankin; and to Garrett, who pounced on Burn Rate: Launching a Startup and Losing My Mind by Andy Dunn. He is about to launch a startup linking gold with crypto currencies. Good luck, young man.
My Amazon Author page: https://www.amazon.com/Vic-Fortezza/e/B002M4NLJE
FB: https://www.facebook.com/Vic-Fortezza-Author-118397641564801/?fref=ts
Read Vic’s Stories, free: http://fictionaut.com/users/vic-fortezza
