What Made You Smile/Laugh Today?

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An e-mail subject line that really caught my attention today.

THREESOMES - Wonderful pics.

It was from my mom!!!! My 78 year old, uptight, sex is a sin mom. WOW!

Oh. The e-mail contained beautiful wonderful pics of things like - three swans in flight, three puppies jumping and playing, etc.
 
A character in a book I am reading named Friendly who is obsessed with dice and finds meaning in the numbers he in rolls in his life. :)
 
The conversation I am having right this second. :)

I've missed the thrill of hanging out with new people. ;)
 
So I popped onto one of my old forums (all about Baja) to make a quick inquiry about road conditions into San Ignacio Lagoon – home of the best whale experience of my entire life but also home to a very nasty road. Most replies were thoughtful and helpful but, as usual on the Interwebs, there’s always one.

Love this dude’s reply to me…

“ummm,, how can I say this and not sound rude ??? whales are in the oceans of the world and a few go to baja to birth !! rather simple............... I have seen whales all over the pacific,cooks inlet,turn again arm,sea of cortez,,off gold's beach org. just about anywhere there salt water !!!!monterey bay ca....geeez you dont have to go anywhere to sea whales !! just get you butt away from that TV and get out and see the real world”

Yes, if there’s one thing I don’t know about it’s getting out to see the real world. And whales. Ha.
 
So I popped onto one of my old forums (all about Baja) to make a quick inquiry about road conditions into San Ignacio Lagoon – home of the best whale experience of my entire life but also home to a very nasty road. Most replies were thoughtful and helpful but, as usual on the Interwebs, there’s always one.

Love this dude’s reply to me…

“ummm,, how can I say this and not sound rude ??? whales are in the oceans of the world and a few go to baja to birth !! rather simple............... I have seen whales all over the pacific,cooks inlet,turn again arm,sea of cortez,,off gold's beach org. just about anywhere there salt water !!!!monterey bay ca....geeez you dont have to go anywhere to sea whales !! just get you butt away from that TV and get out and see the real world”

Yes, if there’s one thing I don’t know about it’s getting out to see the real world. And whales. Ha.

I respect the phrase "you dont have to go anywhere to sea whales !!"
 
I smiled rather shamefully at a certain piece of news that stirred the schadenfreude in me. Hmm, I thought I was better than that...
 
Listening to the idiot dog snore... that's right rest up now, Bandit, tonight you're Bat Dog!
 
It was a good Halloween for me. I left the house before the Trick or Treaters came out and went to the casino. I came home after the Trick or Treaters were done. Also, I left the casino with more money than I brought in, and on top of that, there was Halloween candy left over for me when I got home. :D
 
A brownie for breakfast? Why, thank you!

I hope it was a nice, moist one. I just ate one of the brownies I made the other day and and now my tummy hurts.

Some words of wisdom: don't eat any baked good that looks like it might be hard enough to withstand being run over by a car, EVEN if it is chocolate flavoured and NEVER substitute raw sugar for white sugar when making brownies!

I'd post a photo of my sticky rocks of death but I'm not that into public humiliation :eek:
 
I hope it was a nice, moist one. I just ate one of the brownies I made the other day and and now my tummy hurts.

Some words of wisdom: don't eat any baked good that looks like it might be hard enough to withstand being run over by a car, EVEN if it is chocolate flavoured and NEVER substitute raw sugar for white sugar when making brownies!

I'd post a photo of my sticky rocks of death but I'm not that into public humiliation :eek:

It was from yesterday, but it was still pretty moist. Yesterday they were just heavenly!

I had an exam at the university yesterday, and for years I've been going past this little bakery when I've walked to the railway station from the university. I've always just peeked in and thought it looks nice, but I've never stopped and gone inside. Yesterday I finally popped in and bought brownies.

My brownies always end up so hard that they could easily be used as a weapon. Maybe the problem is in the sugar - I don't think I've ever tried raw sugar. I might have to give it a go sometime.
 
OK, last shameless self promotion post for awhile - promise! But this one has FREE stuff in it, and I know people like that so...:)

Me and the writing partner are giving away five signed (by both of us - no small feat given the geography) copies of Warpworld on Goodreads. The contest starts tomorrow and runs for one month.

As of tomorrow, you can search for it under the "science fiction" section of "giveaways". If you're not already signed up on Goodreads, you'll need to do that, and then I think you'll have to put Warpworld on your "bookshelf" as a "to-read" selection in order to be eligible.

(I feel like I am talking in air quotes, yeesh.)

Giveaways are very cool and you might find more than one you want to sign up for!

Anyhoo, the cool thing about ours is that we've opened our giveaway to every country...IN THE WORLD! (Most are only open to the US and Canada and maybe the UK). This is not an act of desperation, I just know how it feels to live on a remote island in the middle of nowhere and to be excluded from pretty much every single contest or promotion in existence. :( To me, it's worth the extra postage to make some long distance sci-fi lover smile.

Here's the link to the book on Goodreads, so you'll know what you're looking for: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16107908-warpworld

Yes, the 5 stars were given by me. (What? I like the book.;))

No, we do not choose the winners. Goodreads runs the giveaway, all we do is supply the books.

/last shameless self-promotion post
 
OK, last shameless self promotion post for awhile - promise! <snip>
/last shameless self-promotion post

So does this mean that all future self-promotion posts will be FULL of shame? Because, well, you know some of us might just get off on that. ;)
 
So does this mean that all future self-promotion posts will be FULL of shame? Because, well, you know some of us might just get off on that. ;)

Whatever sells books, MWY. ;)

Gah, today I actually emailed a newspaper reporter and all but grovelled for an interview.

So there was grovelling...for those who like that sort of thing.

I just feel dirty.

Lesson for aspiring authors: You will have to market your work at some point, which means marketing yourself. Prepare for this. Kiss your pride and any shyness goodbye.
 
Whatever sells books, MWY. ;)

Gah, today I actually emailed a newspaper reporter and all but grovelled for an interview.

So there was grovelling...for those who like that sort of thing.

I just feel dirty.

Lesson for aspiring authors: You will have to market your work at some point, which means marketing yourself. Prepare for this. Kiss your pride and any shyness goodbye.

Grovelling.

HOT!!!!!
 
My brownies always end up so hard that they could easily be used as a weapon. Maybe the problem is in the sugar - I don't think I've ever tried raw sugar. I might have to give it a go sometime.

NOOO, stick to the white! I was trying to say that the raw sugar was what didn't work; the butter and sugar wouldn't combine and when they were in the over there was more deep-frying than baking happening.

Lesson for aspiring authors: You will have to market your work at some point, which means marketing yourself. Prepare for this. Kiss your pride and any shyness goodbye.

*fingers in ears* Lalalala, I can't hear you!

Hmmm, I really don't know if I could market myself. You're doing a great job at it Keroin, maybe one day you could do it for me? I'd bake you an unlimited supply of cupcakes, which I promise are of better quality than my brownies *smiles sweetly*

But on a more serious note, what do you think might be some good ways to prepare for this? Coz if I'm already feeling the nerves then I sure need the prep.
 
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