The AH Coffee Shop and Reading Room 06

[TxRad]

He might like that more if Laurel were wielding the whips and cattle prods.

Uh, whips might not be a problem but cattle prods around computer equipment is highly dangerous.

 

[NotWise]

Uh, whips might not be a problem but cattle prods around computer equipment is highly dangerous.

I'll have to keep that in mind.

Dinner was taco soup. It's hard for me to get my head around that, but the soup tastes like a taco.

 

[TxRad]

I'll have to keep that in mind.

Dinner was taco soup. It's hard for me to get my head around that, but the soup tastes like a taco.

That sounds interesting.

I'm skipping supper as I had a big lunch at the meeting I attended earlier today. My publisher is donating a large number of YA books to the local library system, including the school libraries. Somehow I got nominated to make the announcement. My publisher even paid for the lunch. I ate more than my share.

 

[NotWise]

That sounds interesting.

I'm skipping supper as I had a big lunch at the meeting I attended earlier today. My publisher is donating a large number of YA books to the local library system, including the school libraries. Somehow I got nominated to make the announcement. My publisher even paid for the lunch. I ate more than my share.

So, your publisher (in the Chicago area, as I recall) just happened to pick your local schools and libraries? What a coincidence!

I hope you enjoyed it. You deserve it.

 

[TxRad]

So, your publisher (in the Chicago area, as I recall) just happened to pick your local schools and libraries? What a coincidence!

I hope you enjoyed it. You deserve it.

No coincidence and not a surprise except the timing. It was supposed to happen for the start of the next school year. It's not all my books but a broad range of authors. It's also a test of what schools want. That is the one catch to the donation. They have to evaluate the whole mess and make recommendations.

Most of the people in attendance had never heard of me or any of my pen names. Probably a good thing. My publisher is a small portion of a much larger company. That is the part that impressed them.

Okay, the midnight coffee is later but it is hot and black.

 

[Vix_Giovanni]

*waves* Hi everybody! I miss you all and hope everyone’s doing great!!

 

[NotWise]

That sounds great, Vix! Congratulations.

We're waiting for a storm to come through today and tomorrow with heavy snow in the mountains. In the city they expect rain this afternoon then wind and blowing snow tonight into Wednesday morning.

And in the morning I have to make it across town to get my shot. The moisture is good. The timing is crappy.

 

[ecorche]

My current erotica WIP is so much fun I might just finish it. But my brain will be mush for some indeterminate number of days while I feed it news article after news article that all fail to explain why our world is so fucked up. And then I'll get back to my story.

 

[NotWise]

My current erotica WIP is so much fun I might just finish it. But my brain will be mush for some indeterminate number of days while I feed it news article after news article that all fail to explain why our world is so fucked up. And then I'll get back to my story.

Following the shooting in Boulder?

 

[Lori_the_Hoosier]

Just weighed the puppy on the feed-scale and he tipped the scale at 53lbs even, so he's gained 8lbs in the last 6 days, and he's now far too heavy for me to even attempt to lift. He's about the same weight as an adult Labrador bitch, and he's still only 14 weeks, but he's already developing that calm, unruffled Newfie temperment; now, when someone drives in or rings the post-bell he jumps up and stares at me, taking his cue on what to do next instead of just going berserk and yapping and barking and running around frenziedly. I have high hopes for him, he's starting to become like his daddy, who's the most laid-back giant dog I've ever met. He's also fluffed out quite significantly, so now he looks even more like a bear and still not a white or brown hair on him; he looks like a huge inkblot when he's curled up on the white marble salon floor, completely black and unreflecting, and he's learned to leave my toes alone when I bury them in his fur to warm them up.

he's also starting to give Will that disdainful, 'you're not the boss of me' look, so my brainwashing is working; pretty soon I'll have completely broken him of any urge to explore Will's deliciously tempting dry-roasted peanut fingers.

 

[ecorche]

Following the shooting in Boulder?

Yeah. Horrible when this happens, even more so considering it's a neighborhood I once lived in.

 

[LAHomedog]

Help I Can't Sign In To My Page

Friends --

I don't know why this is happening but as of today I cannot sign into my account!

I've tried numerous ways including three browsers. My username is fine. My password is correct. My stories show up on the site.

BUT I CANNOT SIGN IN TO MY ACCOUNT!

I can sign into this forum. Obviously. Anybody have any ideas? Anyone every experienced this themselves.

Do you know if there is anyone o the site I can chat with or get in touch with?

Thanks,

LAHomedog

 

[TarnishedPenny]

Friends --

I don't know why this is happening but as of today I cannot sign into my account!

I've tried numerous ways including three browsers. My username is fine. My password is correct. My stories show up on the site.

BUT I CANNOT SIGN IN TO MY ACCOUNT!

I can sign into this forum. Obviously. Anybody have any ideas? Anyone every experienced this themselves.

Do you know if there is anyone o the site I can chat with or get in touch with?

Thanks,

LAHomedog

Copy of this has been PM’d to Laurel. Good luck.

 

[TxRad]

Afternoon all, I'll make fresh coffee while I'm here. Got errands to run that were supposed to happen this morning. I spent most of the morning with a group of librarians.

This area is heavily Republican. A couple of the school board members had raised a stink about this Yankee publishing company trying to drop a bunch of leftist propaganda into our library system. At that point, they hadn't seen any of the books or even a list of of authors. Knee jerk at its best.

In total, there are twenty two book by fourteen authors. Three of those authors are me. None of them have anything to do with politics. After about four hours of talking with the ladies and listening to their discussions on just the flyer and author profiles, I came away with a big admiration for them all. Also about a dozen plot bunnies.

In the end, I think the school board dummies will regret their stupidity.

Even finding out that I wrote under two female pen names didn't phase these ladies.

 

[TarnishedPenny]

Afternoon all, I'll make fresh coffee while I'm here. Got errands to run that were supposed to happen this morning. I spent most of the morning with a group of librarians.

This area is heavily Republican. A couple of the school board members had raised a stink about this Yankee publishing company trying to drop a bunch of leftist propaganda into our library system. At that point, they hadn't seen any of the books or even a list of of authors. Knee jerk at its best.

In total, there are twenty two book by fourteen authors. Three of those authors are me. None of them have anything to do with politics. After about four hours of talking with the ladies and listening to their discussions on just the flyer and author profiles, I came away with a big admiration for them all. Also about a dozen plot bunnies.

In the end, I think the school board dummies will regret their stupidity.

Even finding out that I wrote under two female pen names didn't phase these ladies.

“In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then He made school boards.” Mark Twain

 

[Rustyoznail]

Afternoon all, I'll make fresh coffee while I'm here. Got errands to run that were supposed to happen this morning. I spent most of the morning with a group of librarians.

This area is heavily Republican. A couple of the school board members had raised a stink about this Yankee publishing company trying to drop a bunch of leftist propaganda into our library system. At that point, they hadn't seen any of the books or even a list of of authors. Knee jerk at its best.

In total, there are twenty two book by fourteen authors. Three of those authors are me. None of them have anything to do with politics. After about four hours of talking with the ladies and listening to their discussions on just the flyer and author profiles, I came away with a big admiration for them all. Also about a dozen plot bunnies.

In the end, I think the school board dummies will regret their stupidity.

Even finding out that I wrote under two female pen names didn't phase these ladies.

Wanders in for a cuppa and grabs a seat by the window.

‘Politicians... Never let reality get in the way of a good squawk.’ Russ thought, looking at the rain. He was glad they hadn’t moved to New South Wales. Rampaging bushfires this time last year, biblical floods this one.

 

[Bramblethorn]

In total, there are twenty two book by fourteen authors. Three of those authors are me. None of them have anything to do with politics. After about four hours of talking with the ladies and listening to their discussions on just the flyer and author profiles, I came away with a big admiration for them all. Also about a dozen plot bunnies.

In the end, I think the school board dummies will regret their stupidity.

Even finding out that I wrote under two female pen names didn't phase these ladies.

Librarians are the best.

 

[LAHomedog]

Thank you

Copy of this has been PM’d to Laurel. Good luck.

Thanks for doing that.

 

[Handley_Page]

Librarians are the best.

Very True; ask Glynda the Goodwitch

But it is time for a brew.

 

[LAHomedog]

Fixed!

Copy of this has been PM’d to Laurel. Good luck.

Thank you. They have fixed the bug.

KAH

 

[Vix_Giovanni]

That sounds great, Vix! Congratulations.

We're waiting for a storm to come through today and tomorrow with heavy snow in the mountains. In the city they expect rain this afternoon then wind and blowing snow tonight into Wednesday morning.

And in the morning I have to make it across town to get my shot. The moisture is good. The timing is crappy.

Good luck with your shot; was it first or second? Hopefully you won’t have any of the side effect symptoms.

 

[TxRad]

Errands ran, too much money spent.

Rain for the next two days so it looks like I'm working in the shop. I was hoping to do some cleanup in the yard but....

Yes, the librarians were cool. They ranged in age from probably mid to late twenty's to over sixty five. They all have my phone number for questions. They were sorting out the books to start reading when I left. My publisher is going to owe me.

 

[Lori_the_Hoosier]

“In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then He made school boards.” Mark Twain

When Will's daughter was 17, studying for what they call the 'A' or 'Advanced Level' examination certificate as part of her university application program she came home for Easter break and brought her English coursework with her. Will was gratified that she was working so hard toward her Common Entrance examination so he left her to plow though her work, until one day he picked up her literature course-book and hit the roof; literally.

Bearing in mind she was only 17, the book she was studying was John Ford's 'Tis Pity She 's A Whore', from 1629, a Pre-Restoration epic packed with murder, incest, rape, illegitimacy, treason, executions, and really flat-out explicit language and scenes. The writers of the Restoration period didn't have the disapproving, euphemstic circuitous constraints upon the language the Victorians hid behind; no, to them, a fuck was a fuck, and that's what they called it.

He was absolutely horrified; when it comes to lubricious filth he's not exactly one to point fingers and hiss, read his stuff and you'll see what I mean, but don't give it to his 17 year-old daughter and require her to dissect and analyze the text and provide reasoned insight into the story framework and what the author was trying to convey; we already know that, it gallops off from page One...

He went hurtling down to the school to give them a piece of his mind and perhaps get a less explicitly heated book more suited to teenage girls delicate (yeah...) young minds but no soap; the School Board and the local Education Committee said the book was an 'historic literary artifact' and not a headlong smut-fest except coincidentally, and fully acceptable as part of their legitimate literary history and culture, so it stayed.

I read it and he was right; I should have had a copy of it in college, it was a lot better than Mars Bars...

 

[Rustyoznail]

He went hurtling down to the school to give them a piece of his mind and perhaps get a less explicitly heated book more suited to teenage girls delicate (yeah...) young minds but no soap; the School Board and the local Education Committee said the book was an 'historic literary artifact' and not a headlong smut-fest except coincidentally, and fully acceptable as part of their legitimate literary history and culture, so it stayed.

So give it another 400 years and our stories will also be historical documents.

 

[NotWise]

I read it and he was right; I should have had a copy of it in college, it was a lot better than Mars Bars...

I've not been on a school board, but I spent some years on a charter school governing counsel -- basically the same thing, but for one school instead of a school system. If some irate parent came pounding on our meeting table my response would have been, "Our staff of professional educators have cleared it through accepted standards. Now you can sit here while we talk about next year's budget, or you can leave."