Has anyone ever linked caramel popcorn to a nervous breakdown, mental meltdown, or any other leap into the not-so-sane world? Well, I’d never heard of it before either – until now. How this seemingly harmless snack could cause such mayhem is almost too difficult to comprehend.
The Plan
It started when a young mother of three, only [...]
Entries from June 2009
June 28, 2009
Warning-Caramel Popcorn May Be Hazardous to Your Health (An Opinion)…
June 25, 2009
Pulling the Plug – A Remembrance…
I lost my father on this day last year. Well, I consider June 24 as his actual day of death, but we didn’t disconnect his machines until June 25, and that is when he was pronounced deceased.
My father went to dinner last June 24, just a routine affair for the doctors at his hospital, hosted [...]
June 24, 2009
Iranian Revolution via Social Networking – Great Links
Wanted to share some links where you can get realtime information from the Revolution in Iran:
Mir Hossein Mousavi’s Facebook Page
Andrew Sullivan’s “Live Tweeting the Revolution” Blog
Seyyed Mohammad Khatami’s Facebook Page
Twitter Query: #iranelection, #neda
June 21, 2009
Tehran in Tragedy…The Twitter Reporters
I only realized it now, with the terrible situation in Tehran, how social media and the internet is playing such a big part in global politics. No longer can oppressive governments quash the reports of journalists. Or maybe they can, but they cannot totally suppress all first-hand reports, pics, and videos of people who are [...]
June 17, 2009
A Sweet Deal…
For a short time, you can purchase Is Harvey Dunne? eBooks, including Kindle, for $1.99. Now how can you beat a deal like that???
Links:
Amazon Kindle
Other eBook Formats at Smashwords
Thanks, and hope you enjoy it! Let me know.
June 14, 2009
Parents Gone Wild!!!!!……
…..is the term used to describe the situation when the kids are out of town for the weekend!
But as of 10:30 AM this morning, the PARTY’S OVER!! They’re BBAAAAACCCCKKKKK!!!!!!!
June 11, 2009
“What I’ve Learned as an Infantryman”…
From my son-in-law at Army boot camp – Fort Beannie (Thanks MC!):
What I’ve Learned as an Infantryman, a/k/a: Grunt-in-Training:
1. How to eat a three-course meal in under three minutes;
2. How to wake up already in the position of attention;
3. Regardless of time of day, where you’re at, how quiet or noisy, hot or cold, whether [...]
June 7, 2009
Want to Help Me Name My Main Character???
My next novel, CHAOS, is about a child welfare worker who is working the most horrible case of her career, and she is the only one who can uncover the ugly truth of what has happened. But can she convince anyone else?
She is black and about thirty years old. What is the perfect name for [...]
June 4, 2009
More Evidence That Smoking is Harmful to Your Health…
We all know what the doctors say. But now listen to our soldiers-in-training. My son-in-law at ARMY boot camp has been put under a new “smoking” policy. According to the drill sergeant, whoever receives more than five letters in one day gets SMOKED. My boy has explained what he means by his “smoking” sessions:
Unlucky as [...]
