There is encouraging news from Iraq, whose oil production is at its highest peak in 20 years. Currently, it is out-producing Iran and Kuwait. Perhaps the fact that this ran in a tiny item in today’s NY Post is a sign that the war torn country is on its way to stability, despite a recent spike in terrorist attacks. Then again, with America having pulled out, it probably manifests only the laziness or partisanship of the press. The hatred of many Shiites and Sunnis toward each other shows no sign of abating. Until that ends, freedom in the Arab world will always be in peril.
Rest in peace Helen Gurley Brown, 90, author of the groundbreaking work of non-fiction, Sex and the Single Girl (1962). The feminist tract, wildly popular worldwide, preceded the work of Germaine Greer, Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinem by several years. In fact, the term "feminism" may not even have been invented when the book was published. Brown also served as editor of Cosmopolitan magazine for 32 years.
I took to the links today. My buddy Cuz is really struggling out there, pulling and hooking almost every shot. Even his stellar short game couldn't bail him out today, as he surpassed the dreaded triple digits mark. He has broken 80 from the back tees at Forest Park at least four times in the past, which is no easy feat. I've broken it only once, from the white tees at the much easier Douglaston course. He used to play twice a week. We didn't play at all last year, and it seems to have really affected his ball-striking. I didn't play that well today, either, but I sank a couple of bombs from the fringe and made a couple of five-footers, which kept me in the ballpark. I finished with a 90. It's hard to score when your chip shots are going sideways and you continually miss putts under four feet. I wasn't in the right frame of mind. I made the mistake of checking my book sale stats at Amazon. As I'd expected, the woman who said she would upload Killing and A Hitch in Twilight to her Kindle did not. The literary process is more frustrating than usual at present. Nevertheless, I will be back at it tomorrow. Like golf, the writer's life is perfect for gluttons of psychological punishment. Perhaps four more chocolate chip cookies will make it all better.
Visit Vic’s sites:
Vic’s Third Novel (Print or Kindle): 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 Screenplay on Kindle: http://tinyurl.com/cyckn3f
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