Ray Palla's Blog, page 10
February 7, 2016
Three Phases of Love
Sharing
Depending on which phase of love...
Three Phases of Love
Sharing
Depending on which phase of love you find yourself in, on Valentine’s Day,
Slather with Peanut Butter
Wrap in a great book
Happy Valentine’s Day from the staff of RPalla.com
Three Phases of Love
PassionDepending on which phase of love...
Three Phases of Love
Passion
Depending on which phase of love you find yourself in, on Valentine’s Day,
Cover in Chocolate
Slather with Peanut Butter
Wrap in a great bookHappy Valentine’s Day from the staff of RPalla.com
January 30, 2016
Three Phases of Love
Passion Sharing FORGIVENESS - for...
Three Phases of Love
Passion
Sharing
FORGIVENESS - for how we look in our Halloween selfies
Depending on which phase of love you find yourself in, on Valentine’s Day,
Cover in Chocolate
Slather with Peanut Butter (or)
Wrap in a great book
Happy Valentine’s Day from the staff of RPalla.com
Three Phases of Love
Passion Sharing ...
Three Phases of Love
Passion
Sharing
Forgiveness
Depending on which phase of love you find yourself in, on Valentine’s Day,
Cover in Chocolate
Slather with Peanut Butter (or)
Wrap in a great book
Happy Valentine’s Day from the staff of RPalla.com
Three Stages of Love
Passion Sharing ...
Three Stages of Love
Passion
Sharing
Forgiveness
Depending on the stage of love you find yourself in on Valentines Day,
Cover yourself in Chocolate
Cover yourself in Peanut Butter (or)
Wrap yourself in a great book
Happy Valentines Day from the staff of RPalla.com
December 23, 2015
TOP-10 Phrases and Clichés that NEED to RETIRE in 2016
10: “In...
TOP-10 Phrases and Clichés that NEED to RETIRE in 2016
10: “In other news…” When the topic has been about weather, trivia/entertainment, or human interest, the phrase should be, “…and in the news.”
9: “Torrential rain” is tired. Try “downpour,” “deluge,” “cloudburst,” “inundation,” “monsoon,” or just plain “rainstorm.”
8: Also, during floods, “Turn around, don’t drown” can make the audience feel like you’re talking down to them. Not everyone is seven years old, and kids don’t drive.
7: “LOL.” Can we just let this one go? No one is actually laughing at that lame joke.
6: “Blockbuster Movie” — this ain’t the ‘80s. A film may be breaking records at the box office, but the present term should be more like, “Campout Show.” Also, the “block” has become a large Cineplex parking lot.
5: “Think outside the box” — exactly, where is this box, and can we burn it? If the box is in our head, we likely can’t think outside of it without suffering a brain hemorrhage.
4: What about the great American “melting pot?” Need I say, “We’re not making people fondue here?”
3: “Terrorist threat” is an oxymoron (two contradictory terms); it’s redundant.
It’s also confusing. Is the threat “to” or “from” the terrorist? For my twisted mind the threat is “to” the terrorist, as in “Hey, Mr. Terrorist, come to my house, I have a bullet with your name on it.”
2: “Synergy” is overused. Can’t this just be “cooperation” or “unity?” When did we become so evolved that we can share personal energy?
…And the NUMBER ONE PHRASE that SHOULD be RETIRED AFTER 2015:
1: Shop our (seventeenth) “Final going out of business sale! Everything must go!” - Puuuhlease… Shut the darn thing down already. Nobody wants to buy that stuff anyway.
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
“Boots on the ground”! Why not just say “ground support” or “ground force?” Two or three syllables beat four any day. —Steve Weldon
“Actually” I mean, like, if they did it, they actually did it, and there’s no reason to like, say actually. “Like” is another useless word, in case you, like, didn’t notice. —Buddy Sadler
“Literally” I’m literally sick of hearing the word “literally.” —Ranger Wordsmith
“Politically Correct” This has become mockingly derisive for use by anyone grasping for language justifying pompous departures from standards of civility. —Derrill Holly
“On fleek” — if you’re over age twenty-five you have no licenses to use the term “on fleek.”
WISHING a HAPPY and LINGUISTIC 2016 to ALL.
December 16, 2015
“H” Oilfield Worker Research
Research for the new...
“H” Oilfield Worker Research
Research for the new thriller novel H: Infidels of Oil is going especially well. I was interested in knowing what oilfield workers might do for fun on the weekends in the harsh west Texas desert and discovered Monahans Sandhills State Park, just off I-20.
The park consists of some 3,840 acres of sand dunes, some up to 70 feet high, in Ward and Winkler counties, about a half-hour’s drive west of Odessa.
More than 400 years ago, Spanish explorers were the first Europeans to report the vast hills of sand. Native Americans were present in this area as far back as 12,000 years ago. Various Indian tribes used the area for temporary campgrounds and a meeting place, finding game, abundant fresh water beneath the sands, acorns, and mesquite beans for grinding into paste with their stone tools.
The area remained a favorable environment for Indians until the 1880s, when the Texas and Pacific Railroad selected Monahans as a water stop between the Pecos River and the town of Big Spring. In the late 1920s, oil production began in the area, now commonly known as the Permian Basin, and today Monahans is a marketing center for more than 800 square miles of oil and cattle country.
You can totally imagine that millions of years ago this land was beachfront property.
With many hooks, H is based on what just may be the most interesting story in the world today, the back roads to the Hydrogen Highway.
“H” is coming in 2016 from author, Ray Palla.
November 29, 2015
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November 26, 2015
Happy and Safe Holidays to All!
To you and yours, may the season...
Happy and Safe Holidays to All!
To you and yours, may the season bring cheer and health.
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November 14, 2015
Now at Book People
Copies of both SIMPLE TRIPLE STANDARD and...
Now at Book People
Copies of both SIMPLE TRIPLE STANDARD and KRILL AMERICA are now on the shelves at the largest independent book store in Texas just in time for the holidays. Get your own author signed copy and gift another at Book People, 603 N. Lamar in Austin.
