Penny Watson's Blog, page 43

Beard of the Day

This is more like Scruff of the Day, but I'm giving Bruce Willis a little bit of leeway since he's so darned cute. The bald head, the scruffy face, the mischievous expression, great eyes. I really love this guy. He's a guy's guy for sure.
Some weird stuff about Bruce....
1. He was born in West Germany.2. He worked as a security guard at a nuclear power plant.3. He once said "Yippee-Ki-Yay Motherfucker" during a live interview. Hee hee!
Happy Beardy Friday,Penelope

Penny Gets Peeved

You know those old cartoons that show someone getting pissed off, and you can hear the sounds of a steam engine, and suddenly steam starts pouring out of the person's ears and nose and mouth until the top of his head flies off?

Yep.

Well, that was me yesterday due to some unfortunate carpool angst. Which is so asinine, it's not worth getting into. But the interesting thing about this situation is that 1.) Even though I knew I shouldn't, I still wrote a pissy-ass email to all parties involved, a...

Open Call: Penny's Octogenarian Street Team

Open Call for Penny Watson' Octogenarian Street Team.....



Requirements:

*Must be at least 80 years old.
*Must be a firm supporter of The Phantom Menace and the ramifications pertaining to that statement.
*Must approve of facial hair.
*Must believe in Santa Claus, or at the very least, be a fan of the movie Elf.
*The ability to read, with or without bifocals, would be extremely helpful.


Alternate member requirements:
*All dachshunds are conferred honorary membership. No AKC papers are necessary.


Your d...

Linkies and Twinkies

These are the twinkies. Now for the linkies.....

1. Check out this hilarious video Steph posted on Winged Effigy...it has a bearded fireman and tequila. My favorite part is when his shirt mysteriously disappears for a few seconds, then reappears. Hee hee!

2. I discovered a new-to-me blog that is freakin' hilarious! The Romance Man. This blog post called 50 Shades of Attempted Murder is brilliant. (Warning: it's also naughty).

3. Scott Fiander was inspired by my recent announcement about writing...

A. New. Me.

Standing on the edge of the precipice.

With the wind whipping around me, tugging me forward.

Laughing with wild abandon as I take. One. Step. Forward.

Is rebirth always this exhilarating? Wind-whipped and wild?

I fall.

Into. A. New. Me.


Falling happily into the precipice,
Penelope

The Martini Club Welcomes Judith Arnold

It's Sunday! You know what that means....church, laundry and cocktails with Penny! Today's guest is a fellow NECRWA member who writes well-beloved contemporary romance----Judith Arnold. I must admit reading her description about Goodbye to All That has me intrigued. And I love the scene with the margarita and running mascara. That's my kind of bar scene! Big thanks to Judith for this entertaining post and her California-style strawberry daiquiri recipe. Yum! Here's Judith.......


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Strictly Romance

One of the greatest, quirkiest, most romantic films ever.... Strictly Ballroom .

Sigh. Swoon. Sigh. Swoon.

This film has got it all...hilarious humor, true romance, great music. It's in my Top 5 List (w/ Moonstruck, Aliens 2, Willy Wonka-the original, and Jaws).

This scene is one of the greatest final movie scenes ever. LOVE IT! Enjoy.



Hope you have a romantic Saturday. Don't forget to stop by tomorrow for The Martini Club...Judith Arnold will be here talking strawberry daiquiris and funny bar scen...

Beard of the Day

Thank to Ruthie Knox's hilarious blog post yesterday ( The Sexual-Romantic Politics of Star Trek ), I was inspired to post this de-licious photo of Jean Luc, I mean Patrick Stewart.

Let's just have a moment of silence to enjoy Jean Luc, I mean Patrick Stewart.

*silence*

Sigh. The bald head! The glasses! The salt and pepper beard! Bah, bah, bah........

Patrick Stewart can captain my spaceship any old day.

So five-card stud, nothing wild. And the sky's the limit,
Penelope

Review of Paris in Love: A Memoir by Eloisa James

Review of Paris in Love by Eloisa James

It's not often that I splurge on a Kindle book over $10. And this one was $12.99. It is an extremely rare occurrence. But word-on-the-street was that this book was fabulous. And so I splurged. With just the slightest of guilty pangs as I pushed the one-click button at Amazon.

When I started to read it, and I realized that it was Facebook status updates strung together, I was pissed! (Just ask Julia Barrett, who was my roommate in Salem). "What is this!" I...

Out-Of-Context-Tweets R Us

Inspired by Eloisa James' book Paris in Love (which so far is a string of random tweets and Facebook observations about her time in Paris), I am posting totally random favorite tweets. Here ya go!


Everyone I know is reading a dirty book. It's kind of fantastic. (Alice Clayton)

Is it bad that I look at the filthy house and think maybe I'll read a book today? (Sarah Grimm)

I love my mother to death but I just do not get her sometimes. (anon)

Just read description of BDSM novel where heroine's safew...