And WAY behind on the writing… sigh… But I have to say a weekend with NO TV, interwebz, and just spending time with good friends was well worth it (for the 14th year)!
Of course, there couldn’t POSSIBLY be a reason…
The good idea fairy and my muse are getting drunk together… again…
Got another 500 or so words on the next Bell Chronicles, also working on formatting the next benefit antho for the library (Oilfield Stories), and working on finishing the last story those two cooked up…
Sigh…
Must come to an end…
Another year has passed, andwhile the gathering was smaller this year, it was still a lot of fun to join our friends and spend a couple of days together, laughing talking and eating. Always remember to enjoy the time with friends, and remember to smile! 🙂
The Friday cat kind of says it all… 🙂 Obviously, the last cat on a Friday afternoon, the toner was running out, there wasn’t enough for a full length tail, but the production said we need one more cat!
Peter over at BRM is blogging our little group’s ‘excursion’ HERE.
My bad is NOT liking the chairs available and I had to leave early last night, so who knows what folks got up to…LOL
I’ll be back to regular blogging on Tuesday, probably no blog tomorrow and little to no commenting.
Another one from the mil Email string…
No lies detected…
THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW IF YOU MOVE TO THE SOUTH
1. A possum is a flat animal that sleeps in the middle of the road.
2. There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 of them live in the South.
3. There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 of them live in the South, plus a couple no one’s seen before.
4. If it grows, it’ll stick ya. If it crawls, it’ll bite cha.
5. Onced and Twiced are words.
6. It is not a shopping cart, it is a buggy!
7. Jawl-P? means: Did you all go to the bathroom?
8. People actually grow, eat, and like okra.
9. Fixinto is one word. It means I’m going to do something.
10. There is no such thing as lunch. There is only dinner and then there’s supper.
11. Iced tea is appropriate for all meals and you start drinking it when you’re two. We do like a little tea with our sugar. It is referred to as the Wine of the South.
12. Backwards and forwards means I know everything about you.
13. The word ‘jeetchet’ is actually a question meaning, ‘Did you eat yet?’
14. You don’t have to wear a watch, because it doesn’t matter what time it is, you work until you’re done or it’s too dark to see.
15. You don’t PUSH buttons, you MASH em.
16. Y’all is singular. All Y’all is plural.
17. All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, insect, or animal. 18. You carry jumper cables in your car for your OWN car.
19. You only own five spices: salt, pepper, mustard, Tabasco, and ketchup.
20. The local papers cover national and international news on one page, but require 6 pages for local high school sports, motorsports, and gossip.
21. Everyone you meet is a Honey, Sugar, Miss (first name), or Mr (first name)
22. You think that the first day of deer season is a national holiday.
23. You know what a hissy fit is.
24. Fried catfish is the other white meat.
25. We don’t need no dang Driver’s Ed. If our mama says we can drive, we can drive!!!
26. You understand these jokes and forward them to your Southern friends and those who just wish they were from the SOUTH.
AND one more:
27. Why did the chicken cross the road? To show that stupid possum that it CAN be done!
For a few days turning money into smoke and noise!
Light blogging and little/no commenting, I’m ‘otherwise’ occupied…
Go read the folks on the sidebar… I’ll be at the range…
Back to regular blogging next Tuesday.
Lots of thunder/lightning, so this will be a quicky…
From the mil Email string…
1. When one door closes and another door opens, you are probably in prison.
2. To me, “drink responsibly” means don’t spill it.
3. Age 60 might be the new 40, but 9:00 pm is the new midnight.
4. It’s the start of a brand new day, and I’m off like a herd of turtles.
5. The older I get, the earlier it gets late.
6. When I say, “The other day,” I could be referring to any time between yesterday and 15 years ago.
7. I remember being able to get up without making sound effects.
8. I had my patience tested. I’m negative.
9. Remember, if you lose a sock in the dryer, it comes back as a Tupperware lid that doesn’t fit any of your containers.
10. If you’re sitting in public and a stranger takes the seat next to you, just stare straight ahead and say, “Did you bring the money?”
11. When you ask me what I am doing today, and I say “nothing,” it does not mean I am free. It means I am doing nothing.
12. I finally got eight hours of sleep. It took me three days, but whatever.
13. I run like the winded.
14. I hate when a couple argues in public, and I missed the beginning and don’t know whose side I’m on.
15. When someone asks what I did over the weekend, I squint and ask, “Why, what did you hear?”
16. When you do squats, are your knees supposed to sound like a goat chewing on an aluminum can stuffed with celery?
17. I don’t mean to interrupt people. I just randomly remember things and get really excited.
18. When I ask for directions, please don’t use words like “east.”
19. Don’t bother walking a mile in my shoes. That would be boring. Spend 30 seconds in my head. That’ll freak you right out.
20. Sometimes, someone unexpected comes into your life out of nowhere, makes your heart race, and changes you forever. We call those people cops.
21. My luck is like a bald guy who just won a comb.”
-source unknown.
Y’all stay safe out there!
Looks like ‘somebody’ from Loudoun Co. school board is finally being held accountable…
Former Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) Superintendent Scott Ziegler was found guilty on charges related to the coverup of an infamous transgender rape case.
The Daily Wire, which broke the original 2021 story exposing Loudoun County schools for covering up the assault and targeting the victim’s father, covered the Friday conviction. Ziegler was found “guilty of using his position to retaliate against a teacher for cooperating with a grand jury investigating” the school district’s handling of sexual assault.
Full article, HERE.
Having said that, it’s really a slap on the wrist as far as punishment is concerned, but Ziegler will never be able to work for a school system again, so maybe THAT is a plus…
In other news, Gaetz et al have managed to do the impossible (thanks to the dems), and get McCarthy removed as the Speaker of the House. Article, HERE.
This now throws the House into turmoil in the middle of funding the government, with now 43 days until it runs out of money AGAIN!
The incompetence and swamp up there needs to be cleansed, and sooner rather than later! Yeah, Gaetz got his 15 minutes of ‘fame’ or ‘infamy’ depending on your views, but this was NOT the time, IMHO, to pull shit like this.
Now, this crap rolls into the Christmas season, and again puts pay for everyone EXCEPT the congresscritters at risk…
And Newsome’s appointment of the black female to replace Feinstein apparently doesn’t even LIVE in California!
Gah…
Kicking the soapbox back in the corner…
Raconteur Press has #12 out, Space Cowboys- Return of the Bookaroo
As always, click on the cover for the Amazon link!
The blurb-
When there are no frontiers left on Earth, humanity will head to the stars.
And the cowboys will be there, riding herd on rockets, asteroids and whatever animals make it to space with us.
Join these 10 authors as they tell the stories of life, death, justice and the struggle to survive on humanities next frontier.
It’s GOOD! And a good cause (paying starving authors)!
Our friend Larry has another MHI book out, Memoirs: Fever
The blurb-
NEW ENTRY IN THE MONSTER HUNTER MEMOIRS SERIES:
Chloe Mendoza and her team from Monster Hunter International must seek out and destroy an ancient evil threatening Los Angeles at the height of Disco Fever.
Los Angeles: the 1970s.
Disco is king and the nightclubs are full of young, beautiful people with Saturday night fever. From the Sunset Strip to Hollywood Boulevard, a new era is dawning. But below the glitz and glamor, a darkness lurks.
Chloe Mendoza knows darkness. She is a nagualii, a half-demon created by the gods of Central and South America, a daughter of the Court of Feathers, a group of demigods who ruled Mesoamerica before the Spanish arrived.
Now, she is a member of Monster Hunter International’s latest team, based in the L.A. Basin. Business is good in the City of Angels, but soon Chloe gets a message from the Court of Feathers, warning her of a Dark Master who is building up its power in the region. Whatever it is, it brings death and carnage with it.
Time to boogie.
Rob Howell has the third book out in his Edwardsaga series- Where Now the Rider
The blurb-
“You’re going to love Edward’s adventures! It’s like Harry Bosch got crossed with Uhtred of Bebbanburgh!”
– D.J. Butler
Perhaps it is best to leave the dead buried.
Edward always pays his debts and upholds his promises, even if the rich and powerful wishes he did not. After all, no good can come from delving into an old murder.
But when he starts digging, he finds that murder is but the tip of the iceberg. Traps, pitfalls, and obstacles litter Edward’s path, and each discovery points toward another layer of a wizard’s cunning plan.
His allies can help little. His enemies haven’t forgotten his deeds. And his sword can’t strike a hidden foe. Can he find what magic and history hides before it is Edward’s neck the killer’s hands seek?
And last but not least James Totten has the second short up in his Breaching Ain’t Easy series- Easy Eights and Breaking Track
The blurb-
Recovering from battle, CPT(P) Lisa Brown gets pulled into a special project at Ft Moore leading a new company getting ready to go back to war.
The NATO assault is on a pause to consolidate the gains just outside Kiev. The Russians still have a few tricks left up their sleeves. It’s Death Before Dismount in the hellish landscape of western Ukraine.
Will we ‘bury’ or ‘remove’ to appease those in charge?
I toured the Cathedral years ago and it was and is a fantastic structure, including the gargoyles that line the roof and the magnificant windows on display.
Washington National Cathedral on Saturday revealed four new “racial-justice themed” stained-glass windows to replace others honoring Confederate Gens. Robert E. Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson.
For all of us who have ‘instructed’ at some time in our careers…
We’ve ALL had that…one…student.
Pixar nailed it with this one!!!
I’m betting whomever proposed it was ex-military…just sayin…
Snort…