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Stan Lee and Merle of The Walking Dead Knock It Out of the Park!

So we went to a San Francisco Giants game on Saturday night. Usually one of my favorite activities and it was this time– yes and no. (Innings 2-6 were kinda boring.)

When we arrived I asked about the giveaway and I was told it was Superhero socks! I so wanted a pair of Superhero socks! But they were only for kids. So I tried ye olde– “My kid is sick but she’d really like a pair. Please? Please?” But the giveaway person didn’t buy it.

Dang! Reminded me of when same said kid was too lazy to go tr...

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Mari never expects to find herself cagedin a cargo hold on a spaceship. She quickly learns from her captors she’s headed to the meat market. When they try to return her to hypersleep, she resists. After allowing her to stay awake, Mari realizes her survival depends on connecting with the male in charge, Ekkatt. She must make him see h...

The Twilight Zone Theme. Oh the horror!

Once upon a time my husband owned a watch which played the Twilight Zone theme. That was the alarm. The Twilight Zone theme.

He’d owned the watch for severalyears.

As soon as he moved in with me, the very first night in fact, the watch began to alarm at all hours with that awful Twilight Zone theme. It didn’t matter how he set it, all night long, every few hours… Twilight Zone.

The dang thingwas frackin’ possessed, that’s what it was! I made him throw it away. Didn’t want a devil possessed watch...

Welcome to Tuesday’s Pork Butt.

As a former vegetarian… maybe I should say as a reformed vegetarian, I admit it. I enjoya good pork butt. My daughter introduced me to pork. She loooooves pork.

Now you know a pork butt is not really a pork butt, right? A pork butt is a pork shoulder. It’s an amazing cut of meat that, if properly prepared, melts in your mouth.

Pork Butt/Shoulder

It’s so good smoked, barbecued, or even the way I make it– slow cooked– I use my slow cooker because I don’t have a smoker and my grill is too hot and t...

What do women really really really want?

Oh you poor poor men.

BDSM. Fifty Shades of Grey.

Caughtbetween the borderline questionably mysoginistic Fifty Shades of Grey and the demands of the politically correct apologists.

The most sensitive man in the world.

Must be paralyzing.

I can’t speak for anyone else, but I know what I really really really want.

Why am I still sexually attracted to the man I’ve been sexually attracted to since I was fourteen years old and to whom I am currently married? The man who is the father of my three childre...

Weekend Rant! Other people suck!

I’m sorry but I have to get this off my chest. No, I’m not sorry.

So today I turned from the main road leading to my part of townonto a side street which enters into my neighborhood. It’s like the primary routeinto my neighborhood… Right? Got that? No brainer. The street is one of two primary access points into my neighborhood.

The main road is a 40 mph road. As I approached my right turn I slowed down. I always slow down because I am turning from a 40 mph road onto a 25 mph road AND it’s a bli...

Regrets? Who has regrets?

So I read an article just the other day, a valid and timely article I’m sure: From The Mind Unleashed:

Nurse reveals the top 5 regrets people make on their death bed.

I’ve worked as a hospice nurse for 12+ years. I’m going to say something. You might get mad at me, you might think I’m full of it, but I’m going to say it anyway.

Not a single patient in my practice has ever uttered a single regret on his or her deathbed.

I’m notreferring tothe experiences of any other nurse, doctor, volunteer, chap...

Favorite new word:

Anamnesis: Making the past present.

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Under the Bed.

I swear sometimes a door opens and you see things you aren’t supposed to see.

Like little monsters under the bed.

Little monsters are about a million times scarier than big monsters. Am I right? You know I’m right.

For as long as I can remember, and I can remember a lot, I’ve been bedeviled by a recurring nightmare of a little monster with sharp teeth. Which is one reasonI’ve never watcheda ‘Chucky’ movie. Can’t even watch the trailers. I didn’t have dollsas a kid and I didn’t buy my daughters d...

Winnerland.

Announcing a new cover!

Heftzi-bah. (I desire her.) Had to throw a little Hebrew in there. I desired a cover that better reflectedthe stark story.

I didn’t dare hope for reviews so soon- never send out ARCs for review. Of course there are only three reviews so far, nevertheless they areamazing! Here, click and read: WINNERLAND(I can’t quote- Amazon reviews belong to the reviewers.)

The cover~

Thanks for reading! Julia

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