My new cover!!

Paul Newman

Paul Newman, dead at 83. He was one of my favorite actors and he eschewed the Hollywood scene as being ‘rubbish’. Married twice, he was married to Joanne Woodward for fifty years before his death – how un-Hollywood is that?

Blowing in the wind…

I’m back…

Ohio was hit hard by the remnants of Hurricane Ike. About 700k lost power including the Wilder Castle. We were out for 48 hours and it took another day to get my internet working. Talk about roughing it!

We received a lot of wind damage. Two of our trees literally shredded and took out the power lines. We have gutter damage and my patio was wiped out. Other than the minor inconveniences we’re good to go. I still need to call some contractors but now that I have electricity – its all good.

I spent a lot of time looking around at the items in the house realizing just how useless 90% of it is without power. Thank goodness for my Kindle or I would’ve gone out of my mind. By turning off the wireless I can use my reader for about 9 – 10 hours before it needs a charge.

Mills and Boon…Erotica?

According to this source, Mills and Boon will be publishing ‘its first pornographic book.’ Wow – and who said publishers didn’t listen to their readers?

I have to admit it’s been many years since I’ve read a M&B title. I stopped reading them in 1979 when I discovered Ginny and Steve from the old time bodice ripper books. Somehow reading about virginal, blonde, English, Nurse heroines and Greek, Shipping Magnet, Sardonic heros didn’t have the same appeal as Ginny and Steve as they loved and raped their way all over the world.

Let’s face it – M&B is pretty well known for their characters being numb from the waist down.

When I read about this upcoming change in the M&B lineup, I had to admit my immediate thought was of an oil sheik asking his woman to suck his well dry as she screams for him to drill deeper into her dewy sands…

Thanks to the Smart Bitch site for the heads up.

Sleepy Sunday

Maddie is ready to snooze. She has the remote and a mountain of pillows to get comfy on. See Bella in the corner? She burrows into the pillows all the time.

Gustav

I’ve been watching the Weather Channel off and on today. I have to admit that just watching the hurricane coverage makes me more than a little sick. When Katrina hit I packed up my dog and supplies for infants and raced off to Louisiana. I can’t do that this time as I have a medical condition that is preventing me from going anywhere. I’m praying for a decent outcome.