to post today---I have a session coming up in a matter of minutes, but anyway, last night was my "book" night, stayed home reading three books, first The City Game, a non fiction work that I find very riveting about the point shaving scandal that destroyed the great City College basketball team of 1949-50. The author writes very well, articulates everything, I am with it the whole way. Second, the Sidney Lumet biography, I am just at the point where he has become a very important live television director, and is probably about to go into movies. The biographer moves nicely from point to point in Lumet's life. Finally, City of Girls, a novel that is more a piece of fluff then a serious novel (I don't know if the author would agree with this) but fun fluff and fluff that doesn't insult one's intelligence. Actually a fun read. All three books have long stretches that take place in the late forties---early fifties, the time of my childhood, and I think I really enjoy getting into that.
Tonight an anniversary party for a retired teacher from Friends and his artist wife. It is in Brooklyn, tomorrow not sure---hope to just relax and watch some football, will report soon.
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