What about that novel you're writing…

Family Guy – Steiwe Hows that novel coming along

The trouble with Moms…

Sunday I left town to head south to the glorious state of Georgia. (I do some part time work as a contractor) I left Mom knowing that a friend was going to keep an eye on her and she’d be good to go.

Or so I thought.

Sunday evening, my drunken idiot neighbor called the police of my dog…AGAIN. Bella, the evil dachshund, is a barker and she’ll stand out in the back yard and bark her fool head off at nothing. It’s really annoying.

So the police came out to visit Mom and relay the complaint. Mom was in her nightgown and she has bad hearing – she didn’t even know the dog was barking. Luckily I know all the cops so Dan chased Bella back into the house. (I have to say the image of a big, strapping man like Dan chasing around a dog that stands only 10 inches high is quite amusing)

So needless to say Mom has been pissed all week.

This morning when I called her, she said she’d taken Bella out back on the leash so at least she’d listen. Well, the collar came off and Bella behaved badly as usual. The police didn’t come out but Mom was so mad that she put a hex on the neighbor.

Yes, a hex on the neighbor.

A friend asked if Mom was good at putting on hexes and I had to say I didn’t really know. The reality is she’s never said anything like this to me before.

Hmm, and my mother calls ME a witch?

My thoughts on people who share ebooks…

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BRING ON THE PEEPS!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/05/AR2007040501976.html

Lewis Black on Writing

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Collateral Damage

According to Merriam Websters online:

collateral damage
Main Entry:
collateral damage
Function:
noun
Date:
1972
: injury inflicted on something other than an intended target; specifically : civilian casualties of a military operation

(http://www.nbc5i.com/news/15532216/detail.html?rss=dfw&psp=news)

On CNN this morning was a mention of the Southwest airlines debacle regarding their failure to maintain planes. According to 2 FAA officials, the FAA allowed Southwest to slide on many infractions thus putting passenger lives in danger.

So basically when it comes to the bottom line, your life has very little value to this corporation. Its cheaper in the long run to pay damages than to do their job and keep you safe.

Ya know, I try really hard to be a positive person but when I read things like this, its difficult.

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