Wordz from Friendz VI

The lovely @jcubed1 said...

"I love your stuff BBB!" (bbb=bigbadbob)

[Thank ya, darlin!']

wakey waking the dead

o the night, *beginning of the night*

Love at First Laugh

Image by State Library of New South Wales collection via Flickr

She giggles...
and you know--
you just know--
that you want that sound
in your life.
As often as possible.
The sound,
love at first...
laugh.
Because there's comfort enough,
for doubled-over,
knee-slapping,
soda-out-the-nose
hilarity.
The best medicine.
Thank you, ma'am,
may I have another...
smile in a snapshot?
Pour our hearts out,
arms entwined,
toast to two cups of love.
LAST CALL!
"When I drink this,
it'll be with me forever."
To go.
"I know," she agrees,
and pounds her cup.
"No time like the present," I say,
and drink it down.
"Ready?" I ask,
Her answer comes in a tightly wrapped
arm around my own.
"Thank you," she whispers,
and I feel her heart closer to mine.

Book Update: Loooooooove!

Spent a few hours making edits that were provided by a friend of the family... like six months ago. And, her version was really old, so it was a PITA to locate the sections and determine if they'd already been rewritten. Oh well, edits are edits--all good!

Now, if I could just get my Editor TO WORK! (said in the hope that he's checking my blog... I know, I know, saving kids' lives.)

I've not been feeling that great lately, and it may have been because my body was telling me to get back to work on the first book, instead of blowing out thousands of words on the next two. Maybe? Ya think? I hope... feeling like arse stinks.

Stay warm, my friends.

Dear Solemn...

Dear Solemn,

Image by silentinfamy via Flickr

I thought of you today, sober and serious, as I lay sprawled out on the floor watching a movie about a man whose finest hour was one in which he admitted his failures. I must admit that having you on my mind didn’t make me smile, not at all, nary a chuckle, giggle, or laugh crossed my mind.

But don’t get me wrong; you are sometimes missed. Without you, I would not cherish the feeling that your antonyms provide. So, I can only do the most somber thing that comes to mind—thank you. I thank you from the bottom of my heart, and will thank you to the grave, for giving us a place from which we can crawl out of or climb back from. Without the ability to crash, we’d never be able to miraculously survive.

You are important to us—don’t you forget it.

Sincerely,
BBB

Hot Cocoa

Homemade by MeeMaw!

Books 44, 45, 46... Six to go!

Book #46 = "The Shack" by William Young, 3/5 Stars

Mack's conversation with Sarayu at the end of the book really saved it from getting one or two stars, because the core of my own belief rests much on what she said: verbs are action, nouns are dead, rules don't answer emotional questions (and the emotional questions are the ones with the verbs in them), and this quote...

"Religion must use law to empower itself and control the people they need in order to survive. I give you an ability to respond and your response is to be free to love and serve in every situation, and therefore each moment is different and unique and wonderful."

Aside from that, I felt that Mack needed a gentle bonk on the head to shake himself out of the fog of being such a simpleton, but maybe that's why this book resonates with much of America.

Also read:
Book #45 = "The Little Prince" by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, 3.5/5 Stars
Book #44 = "The Prince" by Niccolo Machiavelli, 1/5 Stars

GOAL: 52 books in 52 weeks!

Book #43 = "Highlighted in Yellow" by H. Jackson Brown, 3.5/5 Stars
Book #42 = "Warrior of the Light: A Manual" by Paulo Coelho, 5/5 Stars
Book #41 = "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd, 1/5 Stars
Book #40 = "It's Not About the Bike" by Lance Armstrong, 2/5 Stars
Book #39 = "Dragonfly" by K.R. Dwyer (Dean Koontz), 3/5 Stars
Book #38 = "Teaching a Stone to Talk" by Annie Dillard, 1/5 Stars
Book #37 = "Something Wicked This Way Comes" by Ray Bradbury, 5/5 Stars
Book #36 = "The Illustrated Man" by Ray Bradbury, 2/5 Stars
Book #35 = "The Old Man and the Sea" by Ernest Hemingway, 3/5 Stars
Book #34 = "Now & Forever" by Ray Bradbury, 4/5 Stars
Book #33 = "Coincidence" by David Ambrose, 2/5 Stars
Book #32 = "The Discreet Charm of Charlie Monk" by David Ambrose, 2/5 Stars
Book #31 = "Fish" by Lundin, Paul, Christensen, & Blanchard, 4/5 Stars
Book #30 = "Purple Cow" by Seth Godin, 3/5 Stars
Book #29 = "The System's Bitch" by John Wright, 3/5 Stars
Book #28 = "Twitter Power" by Joel Comm, 3/5 Stars
Book #27 = "The Cluetrain Manifesto" by LLSW, 3/5 Stars
Book #26 = "What Kind of World Do You Want?" by Jim Lord, 5/5 Stars
Book #25 = "The New Rules of Marketing & PR" by David Meerman Scott, 4/5 Stars
Book #24 = "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell, 3/5 Stars
Book #23 = "Lisey's Story" by Stephen King, 1/5 Stars
Book #22 = "My Favorite Place on Earth" by Jerry Camarillo Dunn, 4/5 Stars
Book #21 = "Wisdom 2.0" by Soren Gordhamer, 4/5 Stars
Book #20 = "Oath Of Gold" by Elizabeth Moon, 5/5 Stars
Book #19 = "The Age Of Engage" by Denise Shiffman, 3/5 Stars
Book #18 = "What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20" by Tina Seelig, 4/5 Stars
Book #17 = "Animal Farm" by George Orwell, 4/5 Stars
Book #16 = "Divided Allegiance" by Elizabeth Moon, 3/5 Stars
Book #15 = "The Curious Incident of the Dog..." by Mark Haddon, 2/5 Stars
Book #14 = "The Sheepfarmer's Daughter" by Elizabeth Moon, 3.5/5 Stars
Book #13 = "Love Is The Killer App" by Tim Sanders, 4/5 Stars
Book #12 = "Fight Club" by Chuck Palahniuk, 4.5/5 Stars
Book #11 = "The Time Traveler's Wife" by Audrey Niffenegger, 5/5 Stars
Book #10 = "The Finder" by Colin Harrison, 3.5/5 Stars
Book #9 = "Veronika Decides To Die" by Paulo Coelho, 1/5 Stars
Book #8 = "By The River Piedra I Sat Down & Wept" by Paulo Coelho, 3/5 Stars
Book #7 = "Stiff" by Mary Roach, 2/5 Stars
Book #6 = "Love in the Time of Cholera" by Gabriel Garcia-Marquez, 1/5 Stars
Book #5 = "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy, 3/5 Stars
Book #4 = "Eleven Minutes" by Paulo Coelho, 2/5 Stars
Book #3 = "The Good Guy" by Dean Koontz, 3/5 Stars
Book #2 = "My Ishmael" by Dan Quinn, 2/5 Stars
Book #1 = "The Zahir" by Paulo Coelho, 3.5/5 Stars

Wordz from Friendz V

A1 said,
"Very deep and I completely relate to your emotions.... you must keep doing what you obviously do best..... dream and tell THE WORLD!

A2 said,
"IF U wr not U & i was not alreaddy shattered in the universe, i wld say "come w/ me...and B my luv."

H said,
"I love that you are so observant and soak in your surroundings... details and passion of how you live, breathe and cherish each day. Bravo!"

L said,
"Whatever else you do, you must keep on writing!"

D said,
"That was brilliant. I hope you get an advance that is embarrassingly large, so that you can stay in the water until you're a prune."

Evolution of Blog

I archived my blog posts the other night, backing them up in word documents that serve as storage for poetry, -isms, dreams, and quips. Someday, should I want to turn them into books, they will be much easier to work on from those docs. While doing so, I noticed that it has undergone quite a change from my first post, which took place on March 18, 2004. It said:

"Aces in the world, but sometimes difficult to find and sometimes the ace you find is 'The Bullet.'"

At the time, it was an anomaly, most of the posts following it were funny things on the web, marketing articles, or thoughts about ad campaigns that I saw in the world. Now, I'm actually writing, not pointing at other places.

My new passion, not my old passion.

And, I must say, I like it this way--thoughts on life and love--so much more than the old way.

Thank you for your continued reading!