Like more than 20 million other people, I read e-books on a Kindle, and my favorite genre is romance. A quick search on Amazon for romance titles this morning yielded me 365,065 options to choose from. I know from experience that there are treasures to be found all the way up and down the charts.Continue reading “Because life is too short to read crap”
Category Archives: Current events
A Letter to Amazon
Dear Mr. Bezos, I was very excited to receive your Email request this morning, asking for my help in your battle against Hachette. Not since Carrie White got invited to the prom has a girl been more pleasantly shocked to be included. And you’re right; those big publisher types are just fuckers. I was aContinue reading “A Letter to Amazon”
Repost: The Teacher
I originally posted this very short story December 16th of last year. Teachers and students of Sandy Hook, we still remember you. The Teacher The gunshots were loud, close, coming closer. Later some of her friends who lived would be saying it had all happened so fast. But she knew she wouldn’t be with them.Continue reading “Repost: The Teacher”
Some random thoughts about the 2013 Golden Globes
I’m an awards show junkie. Have you ever wondered who the lunatic is who’s actually watching all that red carpet coverage on E! and actually reading the crawl at the bottom of the screen and actually knows the names of all those deeply freakish-looking fashion “experts” prattling into the camera? Yeah, that would be me.Continue reading “Some random thoughts about the 2013 Golden Globes”
The Teacher
This is a very short story that I will never try to sell. Since Friday, I’ve been in a sad, shocked daze like everybody else. Last night I couldn’t sleep; I couldn’t stop thinking about what had happened. I kept praying (’cause that’s what I do), asking how this could have happened, what possible great,Continue reading “The Teacher”
VOTE, KITTENS, VOTE!
If you’re a registered voter in the U.S., today is the day. Get up, put your shoes on, and go vote. Stop off on your lunch hour and go vote. Take an umbrella, take your Kindle (I know a great book you can read in line) , take your iPad and play Angry Birds, butContinue reading “VOTE, KITTENS, VOTE!”
bill clinton miss me yet
Sorry, y’all, I couldn’t resist – and thanks, Petey, for sharing with me! bill clinton miss me yet.