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It's Almost The Weekend

Captain Phillips

Have you seen this? We rented it last weekend. I hadn't heard dazzling reviews, so I went into it with low to no expectations. The movies I expect nothing from often turn out to be the best. This was no exception. I found it riveting. As always, Hanks did an excellent job. The first few minutes, my mind wandered. But the moment Hanks, as Phillips, stepped onto the ship that changed. The movie grabbed me and didn't let go till the end.Barkhad Abdi was extremely believable, even likeable, as a Somali pirate. What did you think of it?

Why Mothers Yell So Much

Have a good one today. Stay out of trouble and off skateboards heading into the water.

Wounda's Journey.

You may have seen this trailer on Yahoo. If not even though its a little long it's worth a look see. It's about Jane Goodall and Wounda. Jane is a British anthropologist who is seventy-nine years young and still going strong. She is also a UN Peace Messenger and a conservationist.
~*~Tomorrow: cataract surgery...again.

Snow, Snow and More Snow

This is what it looked like Wednesday when the snow started. Thursday, it's still snowing.
And snowing.... Friday, it's starting to melt. This is snow/ice hanging from the back porch. Saturday, we're on our way to recovery.
We ended up with over twelve inches of snow, which is the most we've had in the fourteen years we've lived here.We were  snowed in from Wednesday till Friday afternoon.  What was the weather like in your area?

Happy Valentine's Day

To My Blogster Buds....

How Observant Are You?

Do you see the arrow between the E and the x? The second and third T's are two people sharing a tortilla over a bowl of salsa The arrow means Amazon has everything from A to Z The gap between the K and the I is a sideways chocolate kiss. See the 31 embedded in the B and R? See the gorilla and lioness facing each other? Milwaukee Brewers emblem. The glove forms a b and m. There is a dancing bear above the BLE. Toblerone chocolate bars originated in Berne Switzerland whose symbol is the bear.

Contracts

The topic today, boys and girls is contracts and how they're written. I think we've all gotten contracts that aren't geared in the author's favor. Have you ever gotten one that you just couldn't bring yourself to sign? I was offered a contract by a  solid small press with a great reputation. I would have loved to have signed with them. I felt and still feel, it would have been a good fit.The editor would have been wonderful to work with and was very enthusiastic about the manuscript. But I couldn't get past their breach of contract clause. It was salty. The head of the agency I'm with summed it up in one word: draconian.Being the smart blogsters you are, you probably already know this word means cruel. I blush to admit I had to look it up. But now that I'm aware of it I plan to use it on a regular basis. grin. It's a great word. Anyhoo, back on topic--It was geared to protect them against authors taking the edits then self-publishing but it was ambiguously written and didn't spell that out. I honestly don't think it would have been an issue on my end or the publishers, but if it ever was, it would have cleaned out my piggy bank. So even though it was a publisher I would have liked to have aligned with I walked away. Also, I felt there was a moral dilemma. What if all the presses start adding that type of clause, where does that leave us as authors? Last but not least I prefer the carrot to the stick. What's your thoughts? Have you encountered this? What  did you decide to do? Sign or walk away? 

Werewolves and Chocolate

So what's your werewolf name? I'm Gray Howler....hmm, rather apropos if you look beneath the color job.

I'm Back, Just In Time For Monday

This pic is dedicated to the parents of twin babies everywhere. You have my utmost admiration.
Wow! Between edits and grandbabies its been a  wild and crazy two weeks.
Got my edits done...sorta. Visited with the Grands. The day before I was to come home, I came down with a cold and had to go into quarantine.
While I was gone, the HH had quite a week. I hadn't cleaned before I left because I was working on....that's right, the edits;) He had four showings, both his home and work computer went down and he got a cold. So we had colds together while apart. How romantic, huh. Yeah, I know. Ewww.
Both my bros are dealing with health issues right now. Like I said, wild and crazy:)
We're going to kick Murphy (IE Murphy's Law) out of the house. Lock your doors to make sure he doesn't come and visit you. And speaking of you, what's been going on the past two weeks? Catch me up. I've missed ya.