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Monday, May 26, 2008Peanuts, Cracker Jacks, And A Whole Lotta Beer Pudge Rodriguez Is Thinking: "What the hell? There's that crazy woman in the cape and tiara again. Every year, it's the same story here in Anaheim. I'm in the on-deck circle, minding my business, and there's that crazy woman waving her panties in the air and starring at my spectacular That's right Pudge! Despite the exorbitant cost of alcohol at the ball park, I very likely will be more drunk this year. Cuz, you Tigers are really starting to yank my chain. And not in a good way. I'd boycott attending the game today, but dang I paid too much for the tickets not to use them and I never miss the opportunity to look at your fine backside in person. Yeah, I really can be this shallow. Hey, what do you want from me? Y'all are playing like shit. I have to have something to look forward to, and your butt is it pretty boy. And crap on a cracker - Kenny Rogers is pitching. That's it. I'm chugging a six-pack in the parking lot. Viva la Memorial Day! Friday, May 23, 2008Everything You Were Afraid To AskHappy Memorial Day Weekend all of you living in the States! Just in time for the holiday, Southern California weather wigged-out. No joke. It was 100+ degrees last weekend, and today? 60. Maybe. We even got some rain. Just plain wacky. I sort of checked-out today and didn't hop on my e-mail until late this afternoon, only to discover I had 200 messages. Eep. While wading through them I discovered that Sybil posted my review of His Secret Past by Ellen Hartman, another outstanding May title from Harlequin SuperRomance. Really, it's fantastic. Check it out. Also, the delightful Sherry Thomas posted an interview with yours truly. Sherry asked me months ago to do this interview for an RWR (that would be RWA's members-only newsletter) article she was writing, and today she posted my interview on her blog. 'Tis a long interview, but if you ever wanted to know some details about my job? Head on over. Wednesday, May 21, 2008Strange Bedfellows My library's Interlibrary Loan department is right across the hall from my office. Incidentally, they have the most well-stocked candy dish in the entire building. So when I go over there to get my Hershey Kisses fix, I also like to take a look to see what our patrons are requesting from other libraries around the country.Today I saw several sweet, chaste, innocent-looking Regency romances by Marion Chesney sitting next to a less-than-innocent-looking Connie Mason romance. I can't imagine anyone besides a fellow romance reader will understand, but I found this rather amusing. Tomorrow, I get a life. Hacker Gate Update - My Amazon account is back in business! Which means I think I've mopped up this entire mess in six days. At least I'm hoping.... Tuesday, May 20, 2008Of Bats And MenOver the weekend The Boyfriend and I saw Iron Man. He loved it. Of course, it's only natural he would. Notorious playboy, who manufactures weapons for a living, and invents an "iron" suit that allows him to fly and kick ass. I mean, what red-blooded, testosterone-laden man wouldn't love that concept? So enchanted was The Boyfriend by this movie that he told me he liked it better than Batman Begins. Put on the brakes there Iron Boy. I did enjoy Iron Man. For a superhero movie it was pretty darn good. Now that Robert Downey Jr. has stopped ingesting junk for a living, it's really shown in his work. I thought he was fabulous in the understated Zodiac, and he's got a charming, rascal-y quality to him in Iron Man. I liked it more than any of the Spider-Man movies, certainly better than Superman Returns, and even a little better than the X-Men movies. But better than Batman? Um, no. To illustrate my point, one of the previews to Iron Man was a new Dark Knight trailer I hadn't seen yet. Oh man, I am desperate to see this movie. The Joker! Harvey Dent! Christian Bale looking scrumptious! I don't think Maggie Gyllenhaal is quite "pretty" enough to play Rachel Dawes, but she's certainly a better actress and not nearly as annoying as Tom Cruise's personal robot, Katie Holmes. So major props there. Sigh, it is depressing though to watch Heath Ledger swagger his way though these clips as The Joker. You could make the argument that Brokeback Mountain already "made" him - but this movie would have launched his career into the stratosphere, says I. There's no other way to slice it - it's so damn depressing and such a god-awful waste. Monday, May 19, 2008Vodka, Vodka, Who's Got The Vodka? It's been a rough week here at the Bat Cave and it's only Monday. Besides the whole being hacked thing (which I'll learn to let go of, eventually, promise) my Detroit Tigers are playing like In other happier, sunshiner news - head on over to The Good The Bad The Unread today for more Harlequin SuperRomance madness with a guest post by Ellen Hartman! And yep, another chance to win free books! This one will be of great interest for you baby haters out there. These two books we're giving away? Not a baby in sight. Check it out. Sunday, May 18, 2008Mystery Solved? I'm trying to move on with my life after being hacked. For those of you keeping score at home, this ass munch got into my e-mail, Amazon and eBay accounts. PayPal was untouched thanks to the fact that I wasn't a moron and had a different password over there (which I changed anyway). As far as customer service efforts - once I found Yahoo's phone number (which took some doing) they were extremely helpful, as was eBay. So major props there. Amazon? Um yeah - not so much. I still do not have access to my Amazon account (for selling or buying) and I was informed via generic e-mail that they would call me. Yeah, that's not going to work. So on Monday I plan on calling them and demanding satisfaction.The lesson in all this is to not be an idiot like me. I'm a librarian. I should have known better. But I used the same password for almost everything. Dumb, dumb, really What really bothers me about all of this is I don't know "why" I was targeted. I mean, I'm smart enough to not fall for phishing scams, so how? A computer virus? Sheer dumb luck? But while talking to my Lil' Sis today she suggested another possibility. Wireless. Yep, The Boyfriend has a lap top with a wireless card and I used it a couple of weeks ago. Now, that's some serious lag time if that's how the hacker found me - but it's the only viable "reason" I've come up with so far. So now I have to nag The Boyfriend to verify that his laptop has the necessary security features, and we need to make sure we're dumping our history and cookie files. What a pain in the ass. Of course it could not be that at all and merely my bad karma. So who knows? Maybe it really was just that random? In other news, I had a very enjoyable day at the spa where I had the works done. I'm talking everything. I have cute hands and feet now. I had a facial that was so fantastic I almost asked the woman to marry me. And the massage? Seriously, I have a theory that if you're a woman, and you're feeling blue, all you need is a massage and a trip to the gay bar. You'll be feeling fabulous in no time. Friday, May 16, 2008I Earned It! Little did I know that when I made an appointment to go to the spa today that I was going to need it so desperately. I'm still persona non grata over at Amazon, but I'm hoping someone will eventually answer the e-mail I was instructed by their customer service department to send. In the meantime, I apparently "broke the rules" when it came to posting items for sale and those have been deleted. Well, gee - ya think? It was all stuff the idiot hacker posted to my account!And can I just whine about what a bitch it is to think up entirely new nonsensical passwords? Hopefully the entire day I have planned at the spa will restore well-being. This was another one of my awesome Christmas gifts from The Boyfriend. Yeah, I'm just getting around to using it. And did I mention how much I need this today? In the meantime, while I'm getting pampered and hopefully finding myself in a better, less blood-thirsty mood, head on over to The Good The Bad The Unread, where the Harlequin SuperRomance Spotlight rolls on. Today, it's an interview with Debra Salonen. |
