Leonidas and I have been weighing our options regarding summer vacay. He's a notorious spender, while I'm a total cheapskate spendthrift. This would seem to be a good thing, as I would presumably put him on the "straight and narrow," and influence him positively to spend his money wisely. This isn't the case though, because...
Thanks to Patsy Collins again for posting a link to another fun competition. Here you can win a Best Western weekend break with just 300 words. If you go on their blog you can read some of the submissions including my own entitled 'Unwelcome Guest'. You only have until Monday but it's only a few words so - what are you waiting f...
"Ms. Jackson, I work in sales and I just found out that I will be getting a $19,000 bonus for the last sales quarter! I feel so blessed! I don't really have that much debt to pay off BUT I have wanted to build a backyard deck. About a year ago I got estimates for when I was ready and able to have it built. The lowest bid was around $10,000. I also wanted a surround...
I'm going to have to quit my day job soon or go crazy trying to juggle everything. So here is the cover for my next book. I had help with this one from Amy Petulla of Chattanooga Ghost tours. She's absolutely brilliant and if you are ever in Chattanooga I would definitely take her tour. Haunted Chattanooga...
While perusing the news, I happened upon a few ridiculous headlines that I thought I would share with you:Apparently, a fight brought out because of LINE CUTTERS at the Casey Anthony trial. Let me begin by saying how sick I think it is that people are treating a seat in the Casey Anthony trial as a fucking golden ticket you'd...
Patsy Collins has posted a link for a competition asking for true stories about odd things happening in exams. As an exam invigilator this should be tailor made for me but I can't really recall anything that merits a 300 word story. I have a few observations about the experience but I don't think they fit the brief of the competition so I'll just share them with you here:It never ceases to amaze me...
A reader sent me an interesting story a few days ago. He is a writer and has been following the story of a house close to where he lives with great interest. He wasn't entirely sure to make of events, but thought a haunting might be involved. Apparently, the house he has been following was the site of...
From: Hak Wah Lau Executive Chairman, CEO Subject: Legal Assistance Date: June 15, 2011 11:39:13 PM PDT To: undisclosed recipients: ; Reply-To: hakwahlauminwa@gmail.comAttorney,we have previously sent an email to you, requesting legal representation for ourdelinquent customers in the U.S.A and still no response from your Law firm.Please confirm the receipt of this mail and advise us, if your...
From: Mr Daniel Paulson Subject: Dear counsel Date: June 15, 2011 9:18:16 AM PDT Reply-To: ukrmj@9.cnDear counselI am contacting you in regards to a breach of business loan agreement with a client in your locality. I provided a loan to the company so that they can meet up with their management and operational obligation during the rough economic climate two year ago. I provided the company with...
I'm not much of an insightful person....there, I said it. I don't really get into religious tizzies, and I particularly hate those that go on and one about being "one" with nature, God, their hobbies....etc. It always seems either (a) fake, (b) overdone, or (c) like they are trying to mask their inner misery by making everyone else feel out of touch with Zen. I do, however, love a good quote...particularly...
The Kingdom is a Danish mini-series that aired about seven years ago. The show begins with a rather poetic introduction about a marshland riddled with the dead. Time has passed and a hospital as been built on the marshland. It has become the epiphany of all things scientific and is filled with the most respected...
Everyone has heard of six flags. Throughout the country, these parks are known for there thrilling rides that become increasingly more terrifying and death defying. This year when we went to Six Flags in Atlanta, we found a roller coaster that goes straight up at a 90 degree angle and...
One of my favorite blogs is Above the Norm, http://above-the-norm.blogspot.com/. This blog features many photos of forgotten and abandoned places. They are both beautiful and haunting. I thought of this blog when I went to White Water in Atlanta with my children this weekend. Oddly, the entire water...
I promised you conflicting views regarding my thoughts on marriage. I've shown you I'm quite conservative with regard to my thoughts of the actual institution of marriage....but I'm completely and utterly liberal when it comes to the applicability. You see, I don't see how being gay makes any difference when it comes to honoring marriage vows. I don't see how offering them the same rights as...
Subject of the week next two days: marriage. I've never been married, so I make these observations looking in the window from the outside, although it does not make my complaints/observations/points any less valid. I say the next two days because I wanted to counter my two different views of this noble institution regarding both my conservative and liberal ideas on the matter. Tomorrow, you get to...
I grew up in the deep south, where most people I know consider "liberal" to be a dirty word (including my father, Danny, although I won't go into that). I was raised in the Baptist church, largely synonymous with Bible-thumping, brimstone preaching, and evangelical savings in the summer. I was dunked in eighth grade, STILL have t-shirts with my 6-year old handprints on it from Vacation Bible School,...
