The ‘pucker-up’ factor?

I’m amused to read that a Taiwanese woman’s ambitions are provoking mixed reactions in her homeland. According to France 24: A Taiwanese woman’s ambition to kiss 100 men in Paris has become an overnight web sensation after she provided details of the quest on her much-visited blog. Yang Ya-ching, a 27-year-old music major living in… Continue reading The ‘pucker-up’ factor?

‘Feral houses’ in Detroit

Via a link on Murdoc Online, I was introduced to Sweet Juniper!, a blog by a Detroit husband-and-wife team. It makes for interesting reading. One of their recent posts dealt with what they call ‘feral houses‘. As the author put it: I’ve seen “feral” used to describe dogs, cats, even goats. But I have wondered… Continue reading ‘Feral houses’ in Detroit

A side-splitting conversation

I’m still laughing at a conversation reported by The Blogess (whose motto is ‘Like Mother Teresa, only better’). She’s speaking by telephone with her husband, having lost her way on the road (seemingly for the umpteenth time). An excerpt: Me: Hello? Victor: Where are you?! You’ve been gone an hour. Me: I’m lost. Don’t yell… Continue reading A side-splitting conversation

Brigid has some good advice

Over at Home On The Range, Brigid dispenses some hard-learned wisdom about personal security and how to do your best to make sure you’ve got it. I can understand and sympathize with the incident she reports that brought the article to mind: Someone I testified against, just got out of prison. Some threats were made.… Continue reading Brigid has some good advice

Blogger get-together in Texas

I apologize for the lack of posting last night, but I was at a small blogger get-together in Denton, TX. Present were the following: From left to right, Holly, Phlegm Fatale, Lawdog and the Expert Witness. Yours truly, as the photographer, isn’t in frame. (Lawdog’s face is obscured because he’s an active-duty law enforcement officer,… Continue reading Blogger get-together in Texas

Monster Hunter International

I’ve blogged before about the novel Monster Hunter International, written by my online buddy, Larry Correia. I had the pleasure, this afternoon, of walking into our local Books-a-Million store and finding it on the shelves, published now by Baen Books (Larry initially self-published it). Of course, I bought a copy, and took it home to… Continue reading Monster Hunter International