The Writer's Life 12/16 - Chi-Chi

It would not be an exaggeration to say there is an app for everything. Case in point -- Japanese developers are a month away from introducing one that will enable women to measure their boob size, which will allow them to buy an appropriate bra. Users will simply place a phone between their hooters. It will be called Chi-Chi, which is Japanese for breasts.

What was the most Googled story of 2015? It was Lamar Odom's bizarre sex and drug binge.

Betsy McCaughey devoted her most recent op-ed piece in the NY Post to the ACA. Here is an excerpt: "Here’s the Obama administration’s playbook: First, pass a law requiring the public to buy insurance-company products. Then impose big penalties on anyone who doesn’t buy. Finally, when insurers still can’t make money, bail them out using taxpayer dollars." In this case, congress has slipped a boon for insurers, who are losing billions selling Obamacare plans and threatening to stop offering them, into the new budget bill. They will be exempt from paying taxes on them. It is welfare for rich corporations. McCaughey is the author of Beating Obamacare: Your Handbook for the New Healthcare Law.

Here are are a couple of more words from the book on psychiatry I'm reading that has me consulting the dictionary:
Noology - the study of mind, the science of phenomena regarded as purely mental in origin.
Ontology - the branch of metaphysics dealing with the nature of being.
Halfway through, I'm getting more out of the book than I'd expected. There are a lot of nuggets even a challenged layman can understand. I've had to re-read many sentences, as my mind has an even greater tendency to drift these days.

My thanks to the two kind ladies who broke up the shutout late in today's session of the floating book shop. Thanks also to Natalya and Benedict, and Herbie, who donated books. I've accumulated so many the past week that I had to take a box-worth to the apartment. The trunk of my car is still filled to capacity.

Vic's 5th Novel: http://tinyurl.com/okxkwh5Vic's 4th novel: tinyurl.com/bszwlxh

Vic's 3rd Novel: http://tinyurl.com/7e9jty3

Vic's Short Story on Kindle: http://tinyurl.com/k95k3nx
Vic's Short Story Collection: http://www.tiny.cc/Oycgb
Vic's 2nd Novel: http://tiny.cc/0iHLb Kindle: http://tinyurl.com/kx3d3uf
Vic's 1st Novel: http://tinyurl.com/l84h63j

Vic's Rom-Com Screenplay: http://tinyurl.com/kny5llp

Vic's Horror Screenplay: http://tinyurl.com/cyckn3f

Vic's Blog: http://vicfortezza.blogspot.com/

Vic's Web Site: http://members.tripod.com/vic_fortezza/Literature/