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Thursday, September 7, 2017

The Writer's Life 9/7 - Booked

Here's the caption above Betsy McCaughey's op-ed piece in today's NY Post: "ObamaCare is making the middle class the new uninsured." And here's a paragraph from it: "Insurers are demanding $8 billion a year in taxpayer funds to compensate them for giving breaks on deductibles and copays to low-income customers. Although a federal court has already ruled insurers aren’t entitled to the money, they’re threatening to drop their ObamaCare plans if they don’t get it. The Senate’s phony fixers are only too willing to cave." I hope President Trump stands up to this shakedown of taxpayers.

How often has it been said: "You can't make this stuff up"? A Nashville publisher has recalled copies of Strong for a Moment Like This: Daily Devotions of Hillary Clinton by the Reverend Bill Shillady, her pastor. Why? There are numerous instances of plagiarism. His last name sounds made up. Separated after the fourth letter, it's like a pseudonym for a satirical screed. The books will be ground into pulp. (Also from the Post)

The Arizona Diamondbacks have won 13 straight games, and the Cleveland Indians, who lost last year's World Series in seven games to the Chicago Cubs, have won 14 in a row. Kudos.



From Yahoo's Odd News, in my own words: Fans of Seinfeld will love this. A guy named Newman (Paul J.), not Costanza, has been sentenced to 2 1/3 to 7 years in state prison for posing as an architect. He was also ordered Tuesday to pay more than $115,000 to his victims in eastern New York. The investigation into his shenanigans was dubbed "Operation Vandelay Industries."



Also from YON: Here's a picture of the world record for the largest guacamole, a whopping 3 tons (6,600 lbs), set in Mexico recently. 25,000 avocados were used. 1000 people did the mashing.



The floating book shop's inventory grew to ridiculous proportions today when a man pulled his van up and deposited two large boxes filled with books at the curb. There were approximately 50, evenly divided between hard and soft cover. There wasn't a loser among them, although several of the novels are obscure. Late in the session, Marie showed with a bag full, magazines among them. My thanks to those two, and also to the kind folks who made purchases. For the past week, on the way out for my morning walk, I've been reducing stock by leaving a handful of the least marketable books in the lobby. It's worked so far, the items gone by the time I leave to run the shop. Maybe I should do it with my current batch of  books in Russian, on which the natives are passing.
Vic's Sixth novel: http://tinyurl.com/zpuhucj 
Vic's Short Works: http://tinyurl.com/jy55pzc
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