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The One Shame in "Shameless;" Lori Perkins on Feminism: We Love Jenni

Tony and I have been catching up on episodes of "Shameless," because we missed a few while catching up for the last three weeks on Season One and Two of "Downton Abbey." And one thing is for sure, after coming from nothing but the fantastical world of "Downton Abbey," to watching back to back episodes of "Shameless," is an intense experience.

Last night we watched the Gallaghers and those close to them drink to excess, do drugs, sell drugs, dig for dead bodies, and yet show the...

10 Things About Americans That Drive Brits Nuts...

I stumbled across this article by accident.

I actually have always found these little differences fascinating. In "He's Bewitched," the main character, Rhys, was British and I had to do a lot of fact-checking for the smallest things. First and foremost, I didn't want to insult my British readers.

I haven't written a British character since then because missing the smallest thing could ruin the whole book. And, as a side note, I don't believe in writing out dialogue and trying to...

Why I've Been Reading More and More M/M Books; Matt Bomer 50 Shades

The question of whether or not actor, Matt Bomer, will play the lead in the upcoming film adaptation of the E.L. James novel, Fifty Shades of Grey, continues to run rampant. And because I've never seen a campaign quite like this one before, where so many are interested in who is going to play the lead in the FSoG film, I can't help posting about it.

These are fairly recent links, too. In this article, they talk about Matt Bomer and Henry Cavill.

Well there is no doubt that Ian would be a right...

Would You Invest Your Money In a Brick and Mortar Bookstore?

I've read a great deal recently about how e-book sales have been leveling off, and with these articles I've found an enormous amount of commentary about how print books aren't going to disappear and e-books will never really take off. This one is interesting.

Having survived 500 years of technological upheaval, Gutenberg's invention may withstand the digital onslaught as well. There's something about a crisply printed, tightly bound book that we don't seem eager to let go of.

But, would the...

The Virgin Billionaire; Fiction and Real Life; Gay Couple Finds Baby on Subway

When I read a post yesterday about a gay couple adopting a baby one of them had found on a NY subway, I immediately clicked the link because it's somewhat of an obsession of mine...and I also wrote about this, in-depth, in The Virgin Billionaire series in more than one book.

Over the years, Tony and I have contemplated having a child. We've thought about adoption. One niece on Tony's side even offered to be our surrogate. And we're still thinking and talking about it, knowing that t...

Jane Fonda: No Talk of Penises on Oscar Night

I didn't watch the Oscars this year because of a dinner engagement with family, but I have seen more than a few tweets and comments running rampant about Seth MacFarlane's little song "We Saw Your Boobs," especially from actress Jane Fonda.

And then, when I saw the video of this on youtube I wanted to kick something when I saw the Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles singing the song with MacFarlane at the end. Not so cool. Especially since gay men are often the brunt of these same taste...

Federal Judge Cuts Damage Award to Apple

U.S. District Court Judge Lucy Koh lowered the damages awarded to Apple Inc. by $450.5 million for 14 Samsung products including some products in its hot-selling Galaxy lineup, saying jurors had not properly followed her instruction in calculating some of the damages.

This is significant for many reasons, one of which is Samsung had been expected to pay 1 billion dollars in damages to Apple.

Judge Koh also found errors that pertain to how and when Apple notified Samsung about allegedly violating...

Rob James-Collier Gay Kiss; FREE Excerpt; Tale of the Burping Penis

I found a web site the other day where you can create your own comic book covers and I decided to parody a review I once received for a book I wrote that talked about a burping penis. Of course this was at least four years ago and it's long been forgotten, however, I still see it mentioned every now and then in far off remote places on the Interwebs. The review itself wasn't the most flattering I've ever received, but certainly not the worst either. I'd written a parody of the TV sh...

Debunking Myths: Clint Eastwood Supporting Same Sex Marriage

One of the biggest misconceptions people outside the US get all the time is that Democrats are all automatically pro gay marriage and Republicans are all anti gay marriage, and this piece about Clint Eastwood and other Republicans is proof this is nothing more than a misconception. The fact remains that those who are for it or against it could be affiliated with any political party.

He's not the only Republican supporting gay marriage either:

Hollywood legend Clint Eastwood has taken his well-...

Bloomberg Article on Self-Publishing: Pure Manure; 15 Percent of All E-Book Reviews Will Be Fake

Well, the Bloomberg article on self-publishing isn't pure manure. It's just misleading to most writers who might be thinking about self-publishing. And If I had read something like this a year ago I might never have self-pubbed anything on my own. So I decided to add a few things I've learned.

When I posted that I was getting into self-publishing last year around this time I made a point of saying it was going to be a humble venture. One year later, four self-published books later, it still i...