Happy Holidays

Come On Over

I'm over at Romance Magician's blog today, talking about PETER PAN.

Thankful Friday

I'm thankful that General Hospital is still on the air. They bring so many hunks to my world and help me write books. Though he's not smiling in these, he's got a killer smile. Wish I could've found the usual soap opera shirtless shot. LOL! I'm such a dirty old woman.

A Greater Power

When I use to teach sunday school, I would ask if anyone had any special requests for our opening prayer. We always had a few ladies who would mention a sick child or friend or maybe a relative's surgery. Occasionally they would include someone looking for a job or needing guidance in their marriage or faith. I could only remember once mentioning my need for prayer and that was for a skin condition I had that made life a misery (turned out to be allergy medicine causing the problem), but I never asked for anything to do with my job or finances. Though there were times I could've used the help. I just figured others needed help in that area more than me. Plus I was fortunate that my children were healthy and normal, and that was more important.

Well, today, I would like to send out a request for everyone to pray for my daughter to get a job she's interviewing for tomorrow. She's tried for the same position once before and they hired someone from the outside. That person didn't last three months.

I know of other people are applying for the job, but I have to say my daughter deserves the job more than anyone else in the company. I know that sounds selfish, but sometimes you have to put your foot down and believe just as others deserve good things, your own children do too. She works hard, and the extra funds it would bring in would go a long ways. While the job to another person I know who applied would only mean a lateral move and they've had a lot of things handed to them. I know. I've heard.

But one thing I've learned in the business world, the one who deserves it more doesn't always get it. It's usually who you know.

But I also know there is a greater power that rules over it all, God. Through prayer I know anything can be accomplished.

Wisdom From A Soap Opera

On my favorite soap opera, General Hospital, one of the characters said that doing something over and over again, while expecting a different result, was a sign of being crazy. I had heard that before but this time it really struck me. I wonder, is that where I'm going wrong on my writing?

Hmm, something to think long and hard on.

Oldies

On the Alabama Public t.v. channel, they're advertising a CD collection of guests who were on Ed Sullivan's Show during the 1960's. On an odd occasion I enjoy listening to the songs I grew up with. It brought back so many memories. Thankfully a lot of good ones. Wow! The guys were so young. Of course at the time, I was a kid and so they looked "adult" to me then. LOL! Anyway, I watched THE ANIMALS sing a favorite song of mine, House of the Rising Sun. Check it out.



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Saturday Night Live Lives

I'm not sure, but Saturday Night Live has some new writers. They have some very funny clips. Check them out. Click here. And here.

The first one was a parody of Tiger Woods cheating on his wife and her attacking him (I don't blame her). And then the next one is the way a couple snuck into a private and heavily guarded party with the president and vice president attending. In this case, they sneak into a press conference. So funny.

One of The Family

When I was a kid, my family owned a beautiful Boxer. He looked a lot like the dog in the picture. As one website said, they make great companions and interact well with children. That was so true. We called him Man. Yep. I’m not kidding. His full name on the papers was Man O’War. I loved that name.

At the time, I was a big fan of horses and read every book I could on them. One I found fascinating was about the racehorse from the nineteen twenties called Man O’War and nicknamed Big Red. He’d won all but one race and from what I read that one could’ve been thrown on purpose. Anyway, I always thought it was a great name for such a sweet dog.

Back to talking about my dog. He was so gentle, he would let me use him as a pillow as I would stared up at sky, imagining cloud animal shapes. He loved snapping at and swallowing honey bees. He would jump and twist his compact body in the air, whining and growling. We use to think he liked them for the honey on their legs, but it might be more along the line of how people like jalapeños peppers. They had a sweet taste and a great kick.

The only bad habit he had was he loved to jump the fence and go looking for a new girlfriend. He found one in a neighbor’s collie. Needless to say, the neighbor didn’t want a boxer-collie mix and complained long and hard to Dad. Dad did try to keep Man home by chaining him. No matter how long the chain, that can be so cruel. Sure we could’ve “fixed” our dog and that would probably have taken care of the problem, but we had bred Man once and planned to do it again.

Well, one day Dad asked me if I wanted to go with him to hunt for Man as he was out of the fence again. I didn’t think about it until years later, but I figured there was a good reason he wanted me to go along. It appears the man with the collie at called Dad to come and pick up his dog. Only thing was Man was dead. He’d been poisoned. Dad had suspected the neighbor but couldn’t prove it. I wondered years later if the neighbor regretted his actions at all when he saw an eight year old girl bawling out her eyes over the death of her beloved dog.

I’m one of those people who understand how a person can be so upset when their dog is sick or dies. Animals can be so much part of the family.

For Thankful Friday: I'm thankful for all the dogs, cats, rabbits, guinea pigs, etc. that I had growing up. Taught me responsibility and true love (as in how my pets loved me).

Good Information

Hey, the other day I watched a great special on the History Channel called THE LEGACY OF STAR WARS. Lots of info can be used in writing stories. Click here to check it out. They talk alot about the Hero's Journey. I'm not sure if the whole video is there, but lots of clips.

Wow! I'm Glad It Wasn't Me

Feeling low? Feeling like a loser? Need a pick me up? Check out the top 10 movie flops of the decade. Sad, but there has to be a silver lining somewhere. Makes any wrong decisions I make appear minor in comparison.

The biggy was Eddie Murphy's THE ADVENTURES OF PLUTO NASH. They spent $100 million dollars and it made domestically only $4.4 million. Wow!