For the past few days news sources have been reporting on a ship trapped in ice in Antarctica. One minor detail has been omitted, perhaps due to embarrassment or refusal to challenge liberal orthodoxy. The passengers are global warming zealots, there to study disappearing ice! Al Gore is not on board. He is supervising from his armchair in his energy inefficient home, his private jets fueled and ready to fly to the next conference in a hospitable climate. This is my favorite story of the year by far, kick-ass karma, although I'm sure the phrase "climate change" will be used as an explanation by these men and their lackeys in the media, who revel in bad news. Unfortunately, the radicals of the religion of peace and their homicidal ways taint any celebration, remind us that the greatest danger to mankind is often posed by human beings.
I received notice from my health care provider, Empire. My policy was hospitalization only, $169. Thanks to ObamaCare and its forcing of individuals to get more coverage than one wants, the new price is $457. They will get nothing. I'll pay the fine. In less than 16 months I will be eligible for Medicare. My retirement money will be my emergency fund until then. I'll pay out of pocket for doctor visits, as I have for the past few years. Fortunately, I've been healthy and the costs have been minimal.
The floating book shop earned a little more than it did last year, and I sold more print copies of my books than in 2013, but I'm still on the bottom rung of the literary ladder. So far, making two screenplays and Adjustments available on Kindle has not moved the needle very far. My resolution remains the same: To sell as many copies of my books as possible. Given the weather forecast, the year will get off to a slow start. I don't anticipate setting up shop again until at least Sunday.
Happy New Year. May your hopes and dreams come through in 2014.
Vic's 4th Novel: http://tinyurl.com/bszwlxh
Vic's 3rd Novel: http://tinyurl.com/7e9jty3
Vic's Website: http://members.tripod.com/vic_fortezza/Literature/
Vic's Short Story Collection (Print or Kindle): http://www.tiny.cc/Oycgb
Vic's 2nd Novel: http://tinyurl.com/6b86st6
Vic's 1st Novel: http://tiny.cc/94t5h
Vic's Horror Screenplay on Kindle: http://tinyurl.com/cyckn3
Vic's Rom-Com Screenplay on Kindle: http://tinyurl.com/kny5llp
Vic’s Short Story on Kindle: http://tinyurl.com/k95k3nx
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