Hey, Kiera!
1 - I built a hang glider with a friend in high school, out of bamboo carpet rods and plastic sheeting. It didn't fly well, but it flew.
2 - After college I hitch-hiked from Iowa to NYC, via Canada. Took about two weeks.
3 - I own a REALLY nice telescope.
If it's 2 a.m. and I am awake I am CERTAIN to be listening to Coast to Coast on the radio - this dumb show about UFOs and cyptids and lizard people and the hollow earth. It's my go-to when insomnia strikes.
If you go to Duotrope--$50 a year--you can search for anyone who will publish any genre, including erotica. Some of them pay well. You can search by pay rate too, and length of story, and a bunch of other stuff.
I haven't been published too many times, but when I have it's by using Duotrope.
HUGS
Hey Marvin, Bill, and the lovely triumvirate of Setters-Up.
Alyx, put your fingers in your ears for just a sec while I talk sports.
I'll take one of those donuts, Carl. I see your Royals started an ex-Met pitcher, Matt Harvey, the Dark Knight of the 2015 World Series team, just made a start for your guys. Hint: the minute he has a runner on base, PULL HIM! Trust me on this.
The Mets themselves have Covid-19. Yesterday's game cancelled, today's game (AGAINST THE YANKEES!) also canceled. Who knows what happens after that.
Okay, Alyx, you may unplug your ears.
Ping (excuse me, KENNY), no good movies playing this weekend, so I suspect LJ and I will binge through the last season of Justified the next few days.
Not much else gong on. It was nice to see Biden didn't say anything goofy last night - I was worried. <frantically deleting my other political musings because everyone's sick of politics>
Coffee would be a shining sun in the blue sky of my day.
HUGS
Hey, Fuzzy, sorry you got swept in a double header. Ouch! At least they were only 7 inning games. Mete won again, and are approaching. 500 ball.
Sorry for the string family illnesses and deaths, Tonya. We went through a string of those about a decade ago, and it shook both my daughters, but they were resilient. I am sure your littley will be too.
Glad you are setting into Paris, Martin.
Cool turtle adventures, TG! I have a RL story concerning sea turtles and LJ and jealousy on my part at the VERY beginning of our relationship, but it's too long to recount (and besides, I look bad in it).
Hey Chris and Jonathan. Thanks for the set up, Curves. Sara, my Mets are nipping at your Braves heels.
Coffee would be a soothing refreshment.
HUGS
Hello all. Sorry about your Royals, Fuzz, and sorrier there are no donuts. Mets have won two in a row and are no longer in last place.
Ping (excuse me, KENNY), yeah, we are already adjusting to life after Justified. I am glad to hear they bring it to a satisfying conclusion. I have a prediction on a character death which I will not say here, so as not to spoil things. We may well try The Americans next, LJ loves Keri Russel (all I know about her is she had cool hair back in the Felicity days.
Tonya, you well deserve some you time.
Sent off the endless horror/sci-fi story last night, after ten thousand frikkin drafts. I was getting a little sick of it. I'll know Sept 1 if they took it. Writing a short, simple ghost story now. I hope it stays simple.
Michelle Obama ROCKED last night. I wish I could vote for her.
Coffee would be appreciated.
HUGS to everyone in these trying times.
Simmy, know we are waiting with you as you count down the 14 days.
V-Ness, hope your husband is improving. And that they let you see him finally.
TG, I tried getting my stories pulled from other sites, back when I was writing erotica steadily. They just keep coming back - like weeds. Look on it as free advertising for your own writing.
We saw Iron Man in the theater this weekend. Really fun - and the movie held up really well. Much less bloated than some of the later entries in the Marvel Universe.
We also saw Shirley on Hulu, loosely based on Shirley Jackson while she was writing Hangsaman. Really really good. And, finished season 5 of Justified. I like Michael Rappaport, but man, his southern accent slides in and out faster than <insert appropriate simile here>. Still, a gut-wrenching season, setting us up for the final season. Ping (excuse me, KENNY), your thoughts?
Not much else. Standard Monday complaints about getting my head into the workday.
Coffee would be a mercy.
Just saw Shirley on Hulu. It was excellent! Really enjoyed it. it's about Shirley Jackson (Haunting of Hill House, The Lottery) but strays quite a bit from the facts of her actual life. It still groks Shirley Jackson really well. A-MAZING performance by Elisabeth Moss, who is slowly becoming one of my very favorite actresses. And the guy playing her batshit crazy husband is just as good. Highly recommend.
HUGS
Hello? Is this thing on? Testing, testing.
We are going to an actual movie this weekend. They are playing "classics" at the movie theater, $5 seats and $5 popcorn. Ferris Buehler here we come!
Red Rocks amphitheater is also doing a drive-in night, and while it is the coolest concert venue in the world, tickets are SIXTY BUCKS! I think not.
Glad your Royals did well, Fuzz, and thanks for the resultant donuts. I'll just lick the sprinkles from the bottom of the box. The Mets won too.
Safe trip Sara. I hate airports.
Chris: you lost 3000 words? I think I would have cried.
I heard Kamala's speech yesterday, while taking my afternoon walk, and felt a small swell of hope in my heart.
Coffee.