tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2432266276667017072024-03-05T07:18:38.113-06:00Untroubled Kingdom of Laila KnightSocrates believed that the gods provided us with a type of insanity. The illness was responsible for poetry, mysticism, love, and philosophy. He called it Divine Madness. We call it intuition, inspiration, the muse. Regardless, I have been contaminated. This blog is an attempt to share the ramblings in my head by the subtle stroking of keys. I'm going to touch upon those situations that move me and define me as human.Laila Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08430076999393883312noreply@blogger.comBlogger114125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243226627666701707.post-19531807883496400822012-02-28T05:02:00.002-06:002012-02-28T05:02:00.947-06:00Let's give it up for Alex! CASSAFIRE<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hello all fantastic bloggers out there!</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today I'm going to sing my praises to a blogger bud I met about 8 months ago...seriously, it hasn't been that long since I've been blogging.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway, let's have a round of applause for my favorite Ninja: </span><a href="http://alexjcavanaugh.blogspot.com/2012/02/final-countdown.html"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Alex J Cavanaugh</span></a><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Not only is he a fabulous guy, highly committed to his bloggie crowds of followers, and crazy-informative when it comes to best movies, his second book is launching....see below.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" closure_uid_z2anu9="3" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY3ayOKJ6t4riU1-pdy5DWAPc3HgfiSUHG04UaAb8ix-AXgTOlVRKW61_pZB2jPDg32ARhqpOSAb71EzlUZMneZrdFs4qBDYPvoOO9TPcDeCCtjP4W7_DGjVUcj2RhzIMQOJyi8AYzhaA/s200/Catch+Fire2.jpg" width="160" /></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Come join the party and be part of his blog tour, which runs from February 27 through March 9. Anyone who comments on his blog posts during that time can win a prize: A copy of CassaFire (cool), and CassaStar (already have in ebook format), a tote bag (nifty), and a mug (oh I do love mugs)</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here's a hint to Alex--any chance you can post a pic of yourself on your blog? I keep picturing you as a space ship.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Remember to post the CATCH FIRE info on February 28 to win prizes.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img alt="" height="135" id="Image96_img" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaY9rPtQMNTQo-NjszcMb4RjFMJKETedANwMinmpYFd36wikJ0KOH1E9B0GxHBxrTR7khQZYwonMrHpbsN0owV6lyhY-KtPGuf_lFNUZ3Mu6tUdcUzA0ri-It-L-mYqtS90uBBzmUeCsA/s170/atoz-cass-smll.JPG" style="visibility: visible;" width="135" /></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Alex, I really do hope you took the day off. I wish you the best of luck always!!!</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">....^-^.....</span>Laila Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08430076999393883312noreply@blogger.com45tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243226627666701707.post-12302301007451005952012-02-14T05:00:00.002-06:002012-02-14T14:47:24.571-06:00HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Many of you have stopped by or emailed me asking where I'm hiding. Thank you for thinking of me. My life has gotten just a little complicated, and I can't seem to find time for much of anything. I'm blaming the day job.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In light of one of my favorite holidays, Valentine's, here's a pretty heart fairy. </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My warmest wishes to all of you. Enjoy a day with all your loved ones.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Hope to see everyone soon.</span><br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhizuewgIsfnD5uwIfUrsy3yy8qb9_k2SDCO0qsKZrmWDp6ZjnC8HYuteNUNSFkyLWaukVEDsB2mxLYOE2DHuhTAX2S7TvqZF_Q4ZIXE-983vrIb67SK_vWJpUT6N248JsjCAW483rpEew/s1600/valentines_heart600.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="320" sda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhizuewgIsfnD5uwIfUrsy3yy8qb9_k2SDCO0qsKZrmWDp6ZjnC8HYuteNUNSFkyLWaukVEDsB2mxLYOE2DHuhTAX2S7TvqZF_Q4ZIXE-983vrIb67SK_vWJpUT6N248JsjCAW483rpEew/s320/valentines_heart600.jpg" width="248" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...^-^...</div>Laila Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08430076999393883312noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243226627666701707.post-37889926788315881802011-12-14T06:00:00.057-06:002011-12-14T07:35:01.120-06:00WE'RE BEING INVADED.<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Good morning Blogger Buds on this my last post for the year.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">By now many of you have heard of NASA discovering my home planet, which they have erroneously dubbed, Kepler22b.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6n_wwprLGzPxBMCjsS-rMS-_SpZCLQFi896T2zZGsClOXgCagxeusMZVb87Kah81ALk-AdZHvfa_hSSjp5CS7MDG4R2QRYl9BM44Pep6o1P6vLI85GOXfmucgov4sF6hhZ8qhVQys7Io/s1600/Kepler22b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="198" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6n_wwprLGzPxBMCjsS-rMS-_SpZCLQFi896T2zZGsClOXgCagxeusMZVb87Kah81ALk-AdZHvfa_hSSjp5CS7MDG4R2QRYl9BM44Pep6o1P6vLI85GOXfmucgov4sF6hhZ8qhVQys7Io/s320/Kepler22b.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My people are in an uproar. What if Earthlings decide to visit? Even years from now the people of Earth won't be prepared to set foot on a planet like Kepler22b. After speaking to fellow writer and friend, Joylene Butler at </span><a href="http://cluculzwriter.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://cluculzwriter.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, we decided that this discussion would be better tackled by a representative from each of our planets.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've selected someone who knows me all-too-well, the protagonist of my novel, Theodora. To check out Theodora's argument, please visit Joylene's blog listed above.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiswDhEImZ2hTM4bm3-hR68C180yd0HmvaWw2zP_c666eORs_poHKIpJRUVLdkrqg2Ita6W8xnURjBSi03EPQzhe3bJmKlNMNE4n_yBhrNblSSdzZyZHQ3RbZU5gnmoFP6WeHDqCfSdcXM/s1600/Theodora.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiswDhEImZ2hTM4bm3-hR68C180yd0HmvaWw2zP_c666eORs_poHKIpJRUVLdkrqg2Ita6W8xnURjBSi03EPQzhe3bJmKlNMNE4n_yBhrNblSSdzZyZHQ3RbZU5gnmoFP6WeHDqCfSdcXM/s320/Theodora.jpg" width="212" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To plead this case on behalf of Earth, Joylene has elected the protagonist from her novel, Valerie McCormick.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlQPZxqilHyi46XlkI9uOK_oOxbGXvllrNsQ0KgTKkvGW6YGLCADdn4oHmP759MCLtw6Ne163u-ZEtK-j3dD3r8A-_s5vjcZ-cr3v6fy1r3HR1dZkIRt709rlwocqtjhgjqRQ1emmK-Rg/s1600/Valerie+McCormick.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlQPZxqilHyi46XlkI9uOK_oOxbGXvllrNsQ0KgTKkvGW6YGLCADdn4oHmP759MCLtw6Ne163u-ZEtK-j3dD3r8A-_s5vjcZ-cr3v6fy1r3HR1dZkIRt709rlwocqtjhgjqRQ1emmK-Rg/s1600/Valerie+McCormick.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: purple;"><strong>Thea:</strong></span> <strong>Valerie, tell me a little about yourself. How did Joylene come up with you? And why are you qualified to speak on behalf of Joylene and the Earthling race?</strong></span></div><b><span style="color: #4141ff;"><span style="color: #4141ff;"></span></span></b><br />
<b></b><br />
<b></b><br />
<b></b><br />
<b></b><br />
<div dir="ltr"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Valerie:</span> My name is Valerie McCormick, I'm a mother, wife, bookkeeper, and girls' baseball coach. Joylene says I just showed up one day. That's probably true. It's been a few decades. I think I'm qualified to speak on her behalf because I understand her better than most. It's been my experience that people tend to make life more complicated than it needs to be, and generally the answer is right in front of their face but they don't see it. I actually like that about Joylene. Even with age, she's still ready to believe people are innately good.</span><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: purple;">Thea:</span> I see. That is a fabulous quality. You obviously like her a great deal, but what about the rest of the Earthlings? In your opinion, what makes Earthlings so special? What can you as a species contribute to our society.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><b><span style="color: #4141ff;"><span style="color: #4141ff;"><div dir="ltr"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Valerie:</span> Human beings by their very nature are capable of great love, joy and kindness. Most of them. For instance Joylene has made me a worker. I don't judge. I don't pine. I don't abuse. If you need help, I'm willing. If you need an ear, I will listen. I'm not a mystery and I don't have an agenda. For instance, you're very unusual. I like that.</span><br />
<br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div></span></span><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: purple;">Thea:</span> Well, thank you. That's one of my better qualities. Kudos for not staring at my cleavage, btw. Now, your creator writes thrillers. As a race, the people of Kepler22b are fascinated by writers. What made Joylene decide on that genre? Tell me the name of her current book and where it's available for purchase. And is there a character, aside from you, that she is particularly fond of, and why?</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><b><span style="color: #4141ff;"><span style="color: #4141ff;"><div dir="ltr"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Valerie:</span> Joylene has a dark side that I think embarrasses her. So she writes about those dark thoughts in fiction instead. Recently a friend asked her if she'd write a comedy or a child's book. She's convinced she can't be funny on paper, but she does have a story for children called "Spirit Eagle." </span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think it would be good for her to lighten up a bit. Although from what I can see, even the children's story is about moral issues. </span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Her most current novel centers around a woman terrorized by her stalker, but who, when push comes to shove, takes back her power. </span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Joylene's most recently completed manuscript is also mental abuse and how a policeman grapples over whether to charge a suspect in a murder case because she was horribly abused by the victim. </span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Actually I'm partially right. It just occurred to me that all Joylene's novels are about the complexities of the parent-child relationship and how abuse leaves lasting scars that can't always be treated. </span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Joylene loves all her characters equally; though, if I'm not mistaken, she does have strong fondness for Corporal Danny Killian of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Danny's cute, a widower, and an Aboriginal man in a white man's police force. Not an easy life, but he carries on his duty with dignity. Joylene appreciates people like that. </span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div></span></span><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: purple;">Thea:</span> Hmm, your creator sounds fascinating. You obviously know her well. As for this Danny character, seems like he'd fit in with Craven's crew perfectly. Tell me, if you could use one word to describe Joylene, what would it be?</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><b><span style="color: #4141ff;"><span style="color: #4141ff;"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;">Loyal.</span> </span></div></span></span><div dir="ltr"><br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: purple;">Thea:</span> Very nice. And finally, on your behalf, I will deliver a message to the people of Kepler22b. What would you like to tell them?</span></div><b><span style="color: #4141ff;"><span style="color: #4141ff;"><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Valerie:</span> Please extend them an invitation to read and enjoy Joylene's novels. She's a storyteller with an unique take on the human condition. I find her stories captivating. I think the people of Kepler22b will understand the human condition better through her novels. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana;"></span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: purple;">Thea:</span> <span style="color: black;">Wonderful! Thank you for your time.</span> <span style="color: black;">I will deliver this information exactly how you've worded it. Laila's people will give careful consideration to your words. </span></span><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To the rest of you, please see Joylene's book below. The first five chapters are now available as a sample from Amazon.</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVLxLa1XhGvUO6pQV8uU6T2eWsJW44bNkgJHjLEdzEIL4iZWo75qiW4qB1ZWpt49A43WMUpmuaefTE9e3tOOBmBHT51HSQ6tY3tG6F2W7K4ixAlOOyQz8ZR1sXgjfgsvQiT7cQntY4y0s/s1600/Joylene.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVLxLa1XhGvUO6pQV8uU6T2eWsJW44bNkgJHjLEdzEIL4iZWo75qiW4qB1ZWpt49A43WMUpmuaefTE9e3tOOBmBHT51HSQ6tY3tG6F2W7K4ixAlOOyQz8ZR1sXgjfgsvQiT7cQntY4y0s/s1600/Joylene.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Author of <a href="http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/Dead-Witness-Joylene-Butler/9780981030500-item.html?__lang=" rel="nofollow" style="font-style: normal;" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1323732427_0"><span style="color: #234786; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dead Witness</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, </span><a href="http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/Broken-But-Not-Dead/9781926886169-item.html?ref=item_page:richrel" rel="nofollow" style="font-style: normal;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #234786;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1323732427_1">Broken But Not Dead</span> </span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, and the e-book version of </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dead-Witness-ebook/dp/B0062QP5XS/ref=sr_1_64?ie=UTF8&qid=1323705225&sr=8-64" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #234786; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dead Witness</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Man's heart away from nature becomes hard." Standing Bear</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">blog - </span><a href="http://cluculzwriter.blogspot.com/" id="yui_3_2_0_1_1323732435925351" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1323732427_2"><span style="color: #234786; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://cluculzwriter.blogspot.com</span></span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">webpage - </span><a href="http://joylenenowellbutler.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1323732427_3"><span style="color: #234786; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://joylenenowellbutler.com</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="color: red;"><strong>AND NOW FOR SOME WORDS FROM OUR SPONSOR.....</strong></span><br />
<br />
<strong><span style="color: black;">1. I hope everyone enjoyed the interview. We thought it would be a fun way to tell a little more about each other and our writing. Learn more about the people of Kepler22b and me at Joylene's site listed above.</span></strong><br />
<br />
<span style="color: black;">Sia over at <a href="http://siamckye.blogspot.com/">http://siamckye.blogspot.com/</a> will be posting some during the last two weeks of this month. Feel free to go check them out. She's a nice lady. I mentioned I might be able to supply her with one of mine...but that still remains to be seen since I'm up to my neck with other left-brained stuff and the only whispering my muses are doing involves cursing.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: black;">3. I won't see you guys till after the first of the year. And New Year's being my favorite holiday and all, I felt I should leave you with a parting chuckle. </span><br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="color: red;"> Watch what you say, Santa. </span><br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGgMuoqlPOwv_RDWR5TPamdtcwfimMETIzYSR7X6V3CVopqedrHpc8SzCZv8XDIU8zfXR-Gcd_MhVM42I52yUt9z40U9u2CNOmpa8RgIalXHiPf751k6cyJlZnbZqkvlcA6UiCdf40hJc/s1600/funny+santa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGgMuoqlPOwv_RDWR5TPamdtcwfimMETIzYSR7X6V3CVopqedrHpc8SzCZv8XDIU8zfXR-Gcd_MhVM42I52yUt9z40U9u2CNOmpa8RgIalXHiPf751k6cyJlZnbZqkvlcA6UiCdf40hJc/s320/funny+santa.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;">It's a good thing the elves aren't around. I guess even Santa has needs.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1gfPg0XWG5H7i1UIGqlGM8kAyboB1mNjwpEzc66UaDxSYNuI2kHGI-a54dK48_rvH3_QaQkw3LCZdhHqtSAZ7LPJ4ej1gNhyGL-ZkWLXB7KvX5Hiq5KH92phrQDNvimnX4DKPri5XjKk/s1600/funny+santa+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1gfPg0XWG5H7i1UIGqlGM8kAyboB1mNjwpEzc66UaDxSYNuI2kHGI-a54dK48_rvH3_QaQkw3LCZdhHqtSAZ7LPJ4ej1gNhyGL-ZkWLXB7KvX5Hiq5KH92phrQDNvimnX4DKPri5XjKk/s1600/funny+santa+2.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1E7JDc2nI1pbFRDTJs7blAIazDJc-EtmbUP7QIROo2V4JfdlIOFSdLuITFv7UXicnN1I_GkvjDN8pnHRCGCp5exA3akvfXHda9QfEBfBpAX9v-Ru77TvtFoJxATEUVSXabpbi4iwF0PE/s1600/funny+santa+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1E7JDc2nI1pbFRDTJs7blAIazDJc-EtmbUP7QIROo2V4JfdlIOFSdLuITFv7UXicnN1I_GkvjDN8pnHRCGCp5exA3akvfXHda9QfEBfBpAX9v-Ru77TvtFoJxATEUVSXabpbi4iwF0PE/s1600/funny+santa+2.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;">So that's what happened to the cat. Milk and cookies weren't enough?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCKbY8Y6h2sTkmjZ9aiTEKWNd7JKXLiXGAiZeEnEEbrG-SvoFW_VwIEU4CYc1mYPHko3d30hjBHc97LEt-Gg2xZqwtCzh3xR3tEuTUN1bhkW4WjG1CaIOOyTq6pY2wyeYZOi0yk1-fHjI/s1600/cute+santa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCKbY8Y6h2sTkmjZ9aiTEKWNd7JKXLiXGAiZeEnEEbrG-SvoFW_VwIEU4CYc1mYPHko3d30hjBHc97LEt-Gg2xZqwtCzh3xR3tEuTUN1bhkW4WjG1CaIOOyTq6pY2wyeYZOi0yk1-fHjI/s1600/cute+santa.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;">The day after Christmas. Move over Santa. This is what I'll be doing.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTRrlziyTUZ3pH67vmpBLWyXSMiK_7uPxe1n_SEM4VP7Pj9btoCvloqpTpvRakyWTcD21ZjY-yr4L5OBJnDeWjdxrolYtOB-U51dBsSqhZnKYU-0cSE-1hZ-2NgoM0g6ZWojSeEwAPKLU/s1600/funny+santa+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTRrlziyTUZ3pH67vmpBLWyXSMiK_7uPxe1n_SEM4VP7Pj9btoCvloqpTpvRakyWTcD21ZjY-yr4L5OBJnDeWjdxrolYtOB-U51dBsSqhZnKYU-0cSE-1hZ-2NgoM0g6ZWojSeEwAPKLU/s1600/funny+santa+3.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;">MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;">...^-^...</span></div><br />
</span></span></span></b></b></b></b>Laila Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08430076999393883312noreply@blogger.com39tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243226627666701707.post-15916410830797134832011-12-05T20:09:00.002-06:002011-12-05T20:09:00.318-06:00EASILY FLUSHED BLOG HOP.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdlArIgsUas-78NJzMxzSW9dRbLCSVX_zWNQekkH66GaQYmmBoCz6pR-t_0-3rWrx1qI0a4Sx-r5_SnneZIpbXt7QSWNfHPPFQA2ZM_ryDkRaLtaGAJ8J0YE27ekdCY7We5X-IdtVDOccy/s1600/Embearassed-bear_SXsXT_r.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" closure_uid_rn3rs9="2" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdlArIgsUas-78NJzMxzSW9dRbLCSVX_zWNQekkH66GaQYmmBoCz6pR-t_0-3rWrx1qI0a4Sx-r5_SnneZIpbXt7QSWNfHPPFQA2ZM_ryDkRaLtaGAJ8J0YE27ekdCY7We5X-IdtVDOccy/s320/Embearassed-bear_SXsXT_r.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dec 6</span><br />
<br />
<br />
<div dir="ltr"><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Before I begin this most embarrassing story, I'd like to remind everyone that I am older than I look.</strong></span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This in fact happened when I had just turned 20.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was working as a security guard in an office building tower in Florida. It had like 30 floors. The guards were given keys to get into the bathroom as well as other chambers. Well, my security buddy at the time decided he was going to the gas station for some snacks and left me all by myself.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Time passed and he still didn't show. Well, I had to pee. So I went into the building and discovered I couldn't get into the bathrooms. Well, of course not...I didn't have the key.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, I certainly wasn't going to go outside and squat behind a bush. I had a reputation to uphold. What if someone saw me? </span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Next thing I knew, I found myself in the laundry room.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They have these humongous sinks in there, could very well be confused with a tub. There was no one around. It was perfect. A man would do it in my place. </span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So I dropped my camouflage pants clear to my ankles and climbed on the sink. </span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the middle of tinkling, with butt in the sink, I hear a shuffling of feet outside. </span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then the door opens.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And the paper guy follows, his eyes as round as saucers.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I hopped off the sink, pulled up my pants, looked him square in the face and said, "Oh, you caught me."</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And he got the hell out of there.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Five minutes later, after I had sort of composed myself, I went outside. </span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My guard buddy was leaning against the car, crying and doubling over with laughter. </span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The bastard. </span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And all I could do was laugh with him. I never went back to security after that.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's probably a good thing.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There you have it. One of my most embarrassing moments. And I do have a few. See you all on Wednesday for Insecure Writer's Day.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">...^-^...</span>Laila Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08430076999393883312noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243226627666701707.post-11828206078649483732011-12-01T04:50:00.011-06:002011-12-01T04:50:00.643-06:00I LIKE MY WOOD.<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Good morning everyone, and Happy 1st of December!</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Last month I posted about all my immediate plans for the future. Among these was the wooden floor. Well it's finished and it's cool, and since I love to share, here are a few pics.</span><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtcVdZNcZBtBOcZ0gAoozCGGX7wOCK98W3TiH7DEhxGk_b_tVjYmVCMgx6_8ik5hkFhK6v9mttqAUW4KdQQ6PgBejgtY_Jf2UL070lDRdyrieAOq_BUcQqjva2mQ7-ofmgYY5F7GGECVc/s1600/DSCF2090%255B1%255D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtcVdZNcZBtBOcZ0gAoozCGGX7wOCK98W3TiH7DEhxGk_b_tVjYmVCMgx6_8ik5hkFhK6v9mttqAUW4KdQQ6PgBejgtY_Jf2UL070lDRdyrieAOq_BUcQqjva2mQ7-ofmgYY5F7GGECVc/s400/DSCF2090%255B1%255D.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The poochies weren't too pleased at having to wear the booties for a few days, but I got a kick out of it. Pink for Deedra, blue for Stryker. :)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUs7KTbZtIOl-1fU6S4zD-lDaqglArGwDWNjd2W49OY-GEjqXcc13Ya9fgZEni94WJafpZJVsrhV7Xpj0fl9nbZ2QBnu2fNNpdYRuZztinwZ_Mu4SNbtS6XNlhkFacllV9Vdw60sqc2MQ/s1600/DSCF2093%255B1%255D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUs7KTbZtIOl-1fU6S4zD-lDaqglArGwDWNjd2W49OY-GEjqXcc13Ya9fgZEni94WJafpZJVsrhV7Xpj0fl9nbZ2QBnu2fNNpdYRuZztinwZ_Mu4SNbtS6XNlhkFacllV9Vdw60sqc2MQ/s400/DSCF2093%255B1%255D.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">One more just for heck of it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI-qwnXEuFDfs7_VA6Dxi0pr9U4yahlHduewtkARTwQyV95pASnmBP35uFyQw6jymAQHZt5Jm6CYAdI5JuiaATFSiGuHX0F4oDRt2S9mFTXJ0LxFj6NNeaCEwkZ8zwM4GLfJ6BtSAxdiw/s1600/DSCF2104%255B1%255D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI-qwnXEuFDfs7_VA6Dxi0pr9U4yahlHduewtkARTwQyV95pASnmBP35uFyQw6jymAQHZt5Jm6CYAdI5JuiaATFSiGuHX0F4oDRt2S9mFTXJ0LxFj6NNeaCEwkZ8zwM4GLfJ6BtSAxdiw/s400/DSCF2104%255B1%255D.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This would be our entryway and my cool eggplant curtain. All that's missing is the rug, but we have to wait a few more days before laying it out.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcvhRn3UmcglEWEmT2Adi4fmSpeAOtAbhnMAc6Pa04kgsXHDEKUwEe5IzPFGcAewXASAaWWtsvwtzpqhhx0ts4IaVFct_JyUWZeKsWnCkfUcnPTRcX77Eo6qfj6StRKyxH-jZ9XhVc6Eo/s1600/DSCF2100%255B1%255D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcvhRn3UmcglEWEmT2Adi4fmSpeAOtAbhnMAc6Pa04kgsXHDEKUwEe5IzPFGcAewXASAaWWtsvwtzpqhhx0ts4IaVFct_JyUWZeKsWnCkfUcnPTRcX77Eo6qfj6StRKyxH-jZ9XhVc6Eo/s400/DSCF2100%255B1%255D.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Ah, I like this angle better...shows off the art and my plants :)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My stepson said the walls were an icecream green...so we're a light green and mixed purples throughout. The colors complement each other well.</span></div><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The funny thing is I've always liked my furniture a bit on the futuristic side. Years spent with my husband have taught me an appreciation for wood. I guess that's to be expected. Men do tend to rub off. </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Now we just have to tackle our bathroom and change the carpet and we're good to go.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">So, any of you guys hot for wood? </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">I knew someone who had their whole house decorated in glass...that was actually pretty cool.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Everyone have a great weekend! I will be hopping.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Might post more often next week due to some activities I've joined...if I can remember what they are now.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">...^-^...</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Also, don't forget Dec 6, Cassie at <a href="http://readingwritingandlovinit.blogspot.com/">http://readingwritingandlovinit.blogspot.com/</a> is hosting a bloghop...see explanation below.</span><br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdlArIgsUas-78NJzMxzSW9dRbLCSVX_zWNQekkH66GaQYmmBoCz6pR-t_0-3rWrx1qI0a4Sx-r5_SnneZIpbXt7QSWNfHPPFQA2ZM_ryDkRaLtaGAJ8J0YE27ekdCY7We5X-IdtVDOccy/s1600/Embearassed-bear_SXsXT_r.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" closure_uid_rn3rs9="2" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdlArIgsUas-78NJzMxzSW9dRbLCSVX_zWNQekkH66GaQYmmBoCz6pR-t_0-3rWrx1qI0a4Sx-r5_SnneZIpbXt7QSWNfHPPFQA2ZM_ryDkRaLtaGAJ8J0YE27ekdCY7We5X-IdtVDOccy/s320/Embearassed-bear_SXsXT_r.jpeg" width="320" /></a><br />
<br />
The idea is to reveal an emberrasing moment you've gone through...or one of your characters has gone through. Come on, dare to put yourself on the line and share a blushing moment.<br />
<br />
And of coure dont forget the Insecure Writer's is just around the corner. Dec 7. at <a href="http://alexjcavanaugh.blogspot.com/">http://alexjcavanaugh.blogspot.com/</a> You know what's crazy...I'm not feeling very insecure. All this blog therapy must be working. <br />
<br />
<a href="http://alexjcavanaugh.blogspot.com/p/insecure-writers-support-group.html"><img alt="First Wednesday of Every Month" height="272" id="Image78_img" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZI1DqznSbeWFYPo_teyHVVPYi2eTsiDf5wp8Pf8FjnOwgz8DZNTNB-tY3VZbZc_zJqQnVOy98tjDzavbPWuG0nnrXNPTQcRIQk02SJD58CgruFXGYZhpwwITB_nLd-emmVY-ECZ0o29U/s320/InsecureWritersSupportGroup.jpg" style="visibility: visible;" width="320" /></a><br />
<br />
Also, will probably host a guest blog on Dec 6. Will post more about it on Monday.<br />
<br />
Didn't mean to be long winded. Take care, everyone. :)Laila Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08430076999393883312noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243226627666701707.post-80023345736126682842011-11-28T13:50:00.000-06:002011-11-28T13:50:16.140-06:00I'M BACK!!!<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hello there bloggeroos and Happy Monday!</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I can say those words with glee because I decided to give myself an extra vacation day today. That's right. I'm still home. As a matter of fact, I shamefully rolled out of bed at 10AM. I haven't done that in ages.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now you'd think I've been partying all this time. In reality I've been staying up late watching Christmas movies. Now that we have Direct TV (and they should pay me for this free advertizement) we have Hallmark Channel along with Lifetime and all those other cool stations that are showing tear-jerker Christmas movies.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'll be hopping around and visiting in just a few minutes, but first I think this is the perfect moment to give everyone...well, the bird.</span><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg35mgN910WiPfLU4pJbtapvXJZnltI-f-CUR6Xtwk2ojL-zQTOMt1ZuYV3CYSP2F0UNPo0HWDrkLo8Bev6NnQq7LqIPPaJOzRE_vUgyOGl75IIx_tdfvNTCZzBZeHOTTXht1c5o_7lGA4/s1600/turkey.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg35mgN910WiPfLU4pJbtapvXJZnltI-f-CUR6Xtwk2ojL-zQTOMt1ZuYV3CYSP2F0UNPo0HWDrkLo8Bev6NnQq7LqIPPaJOzRE_vUgyOGl75IIx_tdfvNTCZzBZeHOTTXht1c5o_7lGA4/s1600/turkey.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">MY RECIPE FOR DRUNKEN TURKEY</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">14LB TURKEY</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2 TBSP PARSLEY</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2 TBSP ROSEMARY</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2 TBSP THYME</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2 TBSP BASIL</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2 TBSP SAGE</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2 CELERY STALKS CHOPPED</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 ONION CHOPPED</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 ORANGE CUT IN WEDGES</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">CRAM IT ALL UP THE BIRD'S...CAVITY</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">FOLLOWED BY AS MUCH CHAMPAGNE AS YOU CAN FIT IN THERE.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">POUR THE REST OF THE CHAMPAGNE OVER THE BIRD.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">FEEL FREE TO SAMPLE SOME.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">COAT BIRD WITH LIGHT BUTTER SPRAY</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">SEASON WITH LEMON PEPPER AND ALL SEASON SALT.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">BAKE AT 325 FOR ABOUT 3 HOURS OR UNTIL THERMOMETER POPS OUT.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">BASTE OFTEN. I PREFER THE FLIP THE BIRD OVER METHOD MYSELF.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">...^-^...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">NEXT...SUPER AWESOME SWEET WINE ALERT.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><table border="1" cellpadding="7" cellspacing="2" id="Table1" style="border-style: solid; height: 65px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><tbody><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span>
<tr style="height: 42px;"><td valign="top"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Nightie Knight - $12.95</span></div></td><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><td valign="top"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Red</span></div></td><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><td><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px;"><span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A super sweet, grapey red wine. Perfect for those cold nights curled up in front of the fireplace. Made with the sweet wine lover in mind.</span></span></div></td></tr>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></tbody><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></table><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_LeKYztJ0PLO-kqo9jBL54DVq3QIUl_UGiZXX30fniGPNrWE4jh9eP7Ndt84KFCP-hn2NbLuwha104C5Sq6ssqLXS1uHDO79hjXxorqMwwoT-t24dSeiYPx5HjPKbLbQhrQUaO1nOEtk/s1600/king.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="137" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_LeKYztJ0PLO-kqo9jBL54DVq3QIUl_UGiZXX30fniGPNrWE4jh9eP7Ndt84KFCP-hn2NbLuwha104C5Sq6ssqLXS1uHDO79hjXxorqMwwoT-t24dSeiYPx5HjPKbLbQhrQUaO1nOEtk/s640/king.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For those of you who live in Nebraska, it is sold at the Council Bluffs Hyvee as well as the above listed winery. Sorry for all of you who will be missing out. Trivia: Did you know dessert wines although very sweet actually have the highest percentage of alcohol. Not to worry...you can't even taste the stuff. :)</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">WAY COOL STUFF:</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Remember that Holiday Blog Hop I entered, which was highly entertaining. Well, I won this.</span><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4dYsaiTxmJBI3aATi4C4fFsNu6HI9_eA0QKqrqWjjw4uhpanpGD1mazjUwkCAhznDr85rIKP631nKD7kHTQwAdJkOSJFxB_EfkWGgiIhJ6KWh5k5hv5ypi2NMGPrAs3pXVPddXsgBrBk/s1600/DEAR+BULLY.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4dYsaiTxmJBI3aATi4C4fFsNu6HI9_eA0QKqrqWjjw4uhpanpGD1mazjUwkCAhznDr85rIKP631nKD7kHTQwAdJkOSJFxB_EfkWGgiIhJ6KWh5k5hv5ypi2NMGPrAs3pXVPddXsgBrBk/s1600/DEAR+BULLY.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="content"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><div id="outer_postBodyPS" style="height: auto; overflow: hidden; z-index: 1;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><div id="postBodyPS"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You are not alone </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Discover how Lauren Kate transformed the feeling of that one mean girl getting under her skin into her first novel, how Lauren Oliver learned to celebrate ambiguity in her classmates and in herself, and how R.L. Stine turned being the “funny guy” into the best defense against the bullies in his class. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today’s top authors for teens come together to share their stories about bullying—as silent observers on the sidelines of high school, as victims, and as perpetrators—in a collection at turns moving and self-effacing, but always deeply personal. </span></div></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><div class="psGradient" id="psGradient" style="display: none;"></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><div id="psPlaceHolder" style="display: none; height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><div id="expandPS" style="display: none; z-index: 3;"><span class="swSprite s_expandChevron"></span><a class="showMore" href="http://www.amazon.com/Dear-Bully-Seventy-Authors-Stories/dp/0062060988#"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Show More</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><div id="collapsePS" style="display: none; padding-top: 3px;"><span class="swSprite s_collapseChevron"></span><a class="showLess" href="http://www.amazon.com/Dear-Bully-Seventy-Authors-Stories/dp/0062060988#"><span style="color: #003399; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Show Less</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div><noscript></noscript></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
<font face="Verdana, sans-serif">
function amz_expandPostBodyDescription(id, objects) {
amznJQ.onReady('jQuery', function() {
for (var i = 0; i < objects.length; i++) {
jQuery("#" + objects[i]).hide();
}
jQuery("#outer_postBody" + id).animate({height: jQuery("#postBody" + id).height()}, 500);
jQuery("#expand" +id).hide();
jQuery("#collapse" +id).show();
jQuery.ajax({
url: "/gp/product/utility/ajax/impression-tracking.html",
data: {a: "0062060988", ref: "dp_pd_showmore_b"}
});
});
}
function amz_collapsePostBodyDescription(id, objects) {
amznJQ.onReady('jQuery',function (){
for (var i = 0; i < objects.length; i++) {
jQuery("#" + objects[i]).show();
}
jQuery("#outer_postBody" + id).animate({height: 200}, 500);
jQuery("#collapse" +id).hide();
jQuery("#expand" +id).show();
jQuery.ajax({
url: "/gp/product/utility/ajax/impression-tracking.html",
data: {a: "0062060988", ref: "dp_pd_showless_b"}
});
});
}
amznJQ.onReady('jQuery', function() {
var psTotalHeight = jQuery('#postBodyPS').height();
if (psTotalHeight > 200) {
jQuery('#outer_postBodyPS').css("display", "block").css("height", 200);
jQuery('#psPlaceHolder').css("display", "block");
jQuery('#expandPS').css("display", "block");
jQuery('#psGradient').css("display", "block");
} else {
jQuery('#outer_postBodyPS').css("height", "auto");
jQuery('#psGradient').hide();
jQuery('#psPlaceHolder').hide();
}
});
</font>
</script><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><hr class="bucketDivider" /></span><br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Is that cool or what? I plan on reading it immediately. Thank you to Jenny at </span><a href="http://jennysimaginaryworld.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://jennysimaginaryworld.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> and Megan at </span><a href="http://megandolan.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://megandolan.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> and to all the participants who made the bloghop so much fun.</span><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ALSO:</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">TODAY IS CYBER MONDAY...which turns me into a complete cyber whore...another reason why I'm late this morning. So I bought cute little KINDLE.</span><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlhbS2H-Wd9bZXPa55jrXtShWcP0qwGBA40ioxy-1_1AOi6EwfjjCKC0KMvq5Me4pSlWqI_2AlhbUhjanX3JA_Z3ICT0vuJqf0O97xt_bVHB_aixDP9qYdnT0wGHvWAm1Yph8cGq65gis/s1600/kindle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlhbS2H-Wd9bZXPa55jrXtShWcP0qwGBA40ioxy-1_1AOi6EwfjjCKC0KMvq5Me4pSlWqI_2AlhbUhjanX3JA_Z3ICT0vuJqf0O97xt_bVHB_aixDP9qYdnT0wGHvWAm1Yph8cGq65gis/s320/kindle.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This means I can finally read all of your books without straining my eyes on my laptop.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">YAY ME!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">FINALLY: And I will not take up more of anyone's time. Unikorna asked to see a picture of me cooking the turkey at my kitchen. Unfortunately, I didn't get her comment until after Thanksgiving and no pictures were taken. I will, however, give it my best for Christmas.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So how about a cute pic of me and hubs at fancy smansy piano bar instead.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEYrpMqNKX7RrdkqYPZbNnkbUUUNX-zOEX-DJ8oappLX_X0hI7nAcyaai9yZMeg_AWUzNK5d49Cd9qXQ81KIJfm40ERC-rnwI1wcfdQGwAuhn6sn-Ktxz5tgRjHD6ASOE_Cvew0x6T1h4/s1600/piano+bar+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEYrpMqNKX7RrdkqYPZbNnkbUUUNX-zOEX-DJ8oappLX_X0hI7nAcyaai9yZMeg_AWUzNK5d49Cd9qXQ81KIJfm40ERC-rnwI1wcfdQGwAuhn6sn-Ktxz5tgRjHD6ASOE_Cvew0x6T1h4/s320/piano+bar+2.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">No he doesn't play the piano, but each time I see this picture I like to pretend.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">See you all around. Hope everyone has a wonderful week!</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Did anyone do Black Friday?</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">...^-^...</span></div>Laila Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08430076999393883312noreply@blogger.com38tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243226627666701707.post-69290953106001048992011-11-18T13:18:00.000-06:002011-11-18T13:18:53.259-06:00HAPPY THANKSGIVING!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfofML6gaOAEXZTb7IZPN8-QZrtVa2Yihvx9MV03QoAxwNCgrrVwh6KYJfgLbAOXqNvYCrWimFC9fecYPfm28ngWoRTY5oFmJ5fd7psBWaNcb3aFjHpZg-Cbo2f2ZR1UcbV4weojosLaU/s1600/turkey.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfofML6gaOAEXZTb7IZPN8-QZrtVa2Yihvx9MV03QoAxwNCgrrVwh6KYJfgLbAOXqNvYCrWimFC9fecYPfm28ngWoRTY5oFmJ5fd7psBWaNcb3aFjHpZg-Cbo2f2ZR1UcbV4weojosLaU/s320/turkey.jpg" width="261" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Are you really going to eat me?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWEsOyXqGBAxJJ9MVdhCkLRvBRo6wrLCyBE4zPSF1skKGYPN2WFilmYlCRB143aIA9NSJ8v36B9tIG7-iDtvO5Sa4wv-uafw6Q5Rkd3iXxUSkFFSDRz-rRnjUS6o10fkxBaVzRcfFxWts/s1600/baby+chick.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWEsOyXqGBAxJJ9MVdhCkLRvBRo6wrLCyBE4zPSF1skKGYPN2WFilmYlCRB143aIA9NSJ8v36B9tIG7-iDtvO5Sa4wv-uafw6Q5Rkd3iXxUSkFFSDRz-rRnjUS6o10fkxBaVzRcfFxWts/s320/baby+chick.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">YUP.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbM-m1QPNy-b_bidLXpTIOjF2kj90gvjPyONshYkYu6A8fhZ3md8mqLyq1TDflcq0A4UrO4SBouS65xzp3sQZKFat8TdlquS4O4tcQRg-NS9g7lxsSbJKtH6bWnQbAnw_PA0k-KGZikpI/s1600/turkey+day.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><img border="0" hda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbM-m1QPNy-b_bidLXpTIOjF2kj90gvjPyONshYkYu6A8fhZ3md8mqLyq1TDflcq0A4UrO4SBouS65xzp3sQZKFat8TdlquS4O4tcQRg-NS9g7lxsSbJKtH6bWnQbAnw_PA0k-KGZikpI/s1600/turkey+day.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Short and sweet here. I'm taking Thanksgiving week off. Everyone have a good one and enjoy time with your families. I will have tons to say when I return.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">...^-^...</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span>Laila Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08430076999393883312noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243226627666701707.post-30369537680250696682011-11-13T21:09:00.000-06:002011-11-13T21:09:22.051-06:00HOLIDAY BLOG HOP<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hello fellow bloggers. First of all I'd like to thank all of you for all your well wishes and emails. You are all too awesome for words!!!</span><br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMMoH-Ee62-tWI-fdflVQW3DDE9yt2BfewN2QTFC-WT0iDrO_nd1bEALkbRiBoe4L3WAFuoEHkjTLsLTMyVhAP2I1XRKI5Gv9YroL59FrDtx-NnF04LE6B6Aq4k60lQnezUN0CCZvW-DE/s1600/heart+pic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMMoH-Ee62-tWI-fdflVQW3DDE9yt2BfewN2QTFC-WT0iDrO_nd1bEALkbRiBoe4L3WAFuoEHkjTLsLTMyVhAP2I1XRKI5Gv9YroL59FrDtx-NnF04LE6B6Aq4k60lQnezUN0CCZvW-DE/s200/heart+pic.jpg" width="176" /></a></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now on to the blog hop.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Jenny from </span><a href="http://jennysimaginaryworld.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Jenny's Imaginary World</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> is having this blog hop. I'm posting this a little early. It's not till the 15th. 250-words of a cute holiday story. I cheated, couldn't get my top muse to shut up. And I try not to butt heads with Helen. Anyway, I'm close to 500-words, which kinda disqualifies me, but this is for fun, to meet new bloggers, and to encourage everyone to check out Jenny's blog.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway, nothing spells warm and fuzzy like family, friendship, and kids. And because I just couldn't help myself, I tossed in a fantastical twist. Hope you all like it.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<a href="http://jennysimaginaryworld.blogspot.com/p/holiday-blog-hop-contest-info.html"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIIo1a0HN8f-ZyCu-5j2Jycg2ME8TUaS0pWWQJd7SWDEe-nQCknF3enyr5lrzzlSftlXwYcfwJ7TB_cphM7tNjKqAAhn-k0YDix9j2vZm5gtRlW4PJ4g80PYz1vpqe17y8LqCYv9ZhpSYs/s320/Holiday+Blog+Hop+Poster.jpg" width="247" /></span></a><br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helv; mso-bidi-font-family: Helv;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Devin leaned against the window sill while fingering the rim of his baseball cap, his sole focus the sound of the children outside.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There were three girls about his age, playing hide-and-seek.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of them laughed, and the sound evoked a similar bubbling in his throat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her two friends ran and hid as she counted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He held his breath, waiting for her to give chase and aching to join them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>More than anything, he needed a friend.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helv; mso-bidi-font-family: Helv;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Dad, why did we move?"</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helv; mso-bidi-font-family: Helv;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The older man fussed with the pages of the morning paper before setting it down on the table.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>"Devin, you've asked me that question every day for a month.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And my answer is still the same.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You're ten now, and that means you're starting to show.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have to keep the secret.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At least here we have a chance at a fresh beginning, with new people."</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helv; mso-bidi-font-family: Helv;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"But we're so alone."</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helv; mso-bidi-font-family: Helv;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Just give it time, son.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Look, the season is changing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Soon we'll see snow on the ground and the holidays will be upon us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They celebrate something called Christmas here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You get presents and..."</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helv; mso-bidi-font-family: Helv;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Devin tuned out the rest of the conversation because the redheaded girl laughed again, a musical sound that reminded him of his big sister--before she was captured.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He had to meet her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Placing the baseball cap on his head, he crammed down his antennas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then he hurried outside, running smack into the girl and sending the baseball cap flying.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helv; mso-bidi-font-family: Helv;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He watched her lips part with surprise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A million thoughts raced through his head, but no excuse or lie could cover the dangling proof of his ancestry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe they could make her forget like they did the others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a simple procedure.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helv; mso-bidi-font-family: Helv;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Oh, you're one of us," the girl said.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helv; mso-bidi-font-family: Helv;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"What?"<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He searched her head for signs of antennae, but there were none.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>"You look nothing like me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You're not even green."</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helv; mso-bidi-font-family: Helv;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"But I am like you."<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With delicate fingers she brushed fine crimson locks aside, revealing a set of pointed ears.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>"After a year we transform on this planet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is all that's left of my antennas."</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helv; mso-bidi-font-family: Helv;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"You're a darkling too?"</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helv; mso-bidi-font-family: Helv;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She smiled, revealing two rows of pearly-white teeth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>"The natives call us fairies."<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helv; mso-bidi-font-family: Helv;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A knot formed in his throat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>"I'm Devin," he said, lifting his hand to touch her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helv; mso-bidi-font-family: Helv;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She reached out her hand and brushed the tips of his fingers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>"I'm Ivy."</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helv; mso-bidi-font-family: Helv;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The other two girls came out of hiding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They studied the pea-colored boy on the ground and sent their friend matching inquisitive glances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helv; mso-bidi-font-family: Helv;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ivy laced her fingers with Devin's and said, "These are my sisters, Axia and Nola."<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To her sisters she said, "This is Devin, my new friend." </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helv; mso-bidi-font-family: Helv;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They bunched around him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their proximity enveloped him like a cozy blanket, reminding him of home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ivy hugged him.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helv; mso-bidi-font-family: Helv;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And his heart grew wings.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoWPhfmEIvxgXxyrunqwzsXQ0jX6izgZ4p0LxP1iIKCaNgwliRfJyYNoLg20CU59YvENfUATYeMnsbA039OfLE3qtu25vduj1Ofm2Jx1MR-tAc2BDJkh3bXiTfmOddpV4rW1OzJGDW36M/s1600/see+saw.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoWPhfmEIvxgXxyrunqwzsXQ0jX6izgZ4p0LxP1iIKCaNgwliRfJyYNoLg20CU59YvENfUATYeMnsbA039OfLE3qtu25vduj1Ofm2Jx1MR-tAc2BDJkh3bXiTfmOddpV4rW1OzJGDW36M/s200/see+saw.bmp" width="200" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Happy Holidays to all my blogger friends who help give my heart wings!</span>Laila Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08430076999393883312noreply@blogger.com49tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243226627666701707.post-56183079579246927212011-10-29T19:02:00.000-05:002011-10-29T19:02:18.727-05:00IF I HAD ALL THE MAGIC IN THE WORLD.<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Hey there fellow bloggers. This is Monday's post. I signed up for Elizabeth Mueller's book launch. Check it out. It looks like an awesome read.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-- </span><br />
<b><div><b><span style="color: #ff6600;"><a href="http://elizabethmueller.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1319931829_1"><span style="color: #234786; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">♥.•*¨Elizabeth¨*•.♥</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">award winning author</span></b></div></b><b><div style="display: inline;"><b><div style="display: inline;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Can Alex save Winter from the darkness that hunts her?</span></div></b></div></b><div id="yui_3_2_0_1_1319931825973112"><b></b><b><div style="display: inline;"><b><div style="display: inline;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">YA Paranormal Romance, </span><a href="http://www.authorelizabethmueller.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><i><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1319931829_2"><span style="color: #234786; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Darkspell</span></span></i></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> releases Halloween 2011!</span></span></div></b></div></b><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></b></div><div><span id="yui_3_2_0_1_1319931825973110" style="color: #ff6600;"><span id="yui_3_2_0_1_1319931825973109" style="font-weight: 800;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img height="320" id="yui_3_2_0_1_1319931825973108" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_OwHYLRYPCItBz_l29cFbqjf9Re7nKYL258QA1x1bEumAhuKlJ7ACA7V3A7nwed3GnyWqJSU7yMvSkpKB2F6f6YV44Im-D8Oi429a1F3jKLQEMSckHkwisn44gw6hoG5lNmv7G4eumY4/s320/DARKSPELLEMuellerthumb.jpg" width="211" /> You can purchase the book form Amazon at this link. </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Darkspell-Elizabeth-Mueller/dp/1617520802/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://www.amazon.com/Darkspell-Elizabeth-Mueller/dp/1617520802/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top</span></a></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 800;"></span></span> </div><div><span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 800;">Now, our spectacular author asked us to answer one question. If we had all the magic in the world, what would we do with it?</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 800;"></span></span> </div><div><span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 800;">Well, I'm sitting here on a Saturday night writing this, on my bed, with a severe attack of plantar fasciitis (like walking on knives), and this is what I could come up with.</span></span></div></div><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipTTrRye-YQvrDE5_Va53vAcYbLFTkX6A0mOfAOa9qfoun66Rin9eBALqxD9Skc6jsrCizAYe1zAsPOU6qwj7iUTRxxEPvOGl9sTv_ihA2leT4ScN2hY6PC7zdMhamxrW1cRhC740SIBM/s1600/wand.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipTTrRye-YQvrDE5_Va53vAcYbLFTkX6A0mOfAOa9qfoun66Rin9eBALqxD9Skc6jsrCizAYe1zAsPOU6qwj7iUTRxxEPvOGl9sTv_ihA2leT4ScN2hY6PC7zdMhamxrW1cRhC740SIBM/s320/wand.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If I had all the magic in the world I’d conjure up a pair of wings and take a flight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d navigate the airways like a pro.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d wave hello to angels and spear through stormy clouds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s if I had all the magic in the world.</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If I had all the magic in the world I’d bring back the unicorn and take it for a ride near crystal waters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once there I’d yell a loud hurray, a summons to gnomes and fairies to come and play.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s if I had all the magic in the world.</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If I had all the magic in the world I’d use it to travel back in time and play the damsel in distress in King Arthur’s kingdom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d wear a lovely dress, make use of my duress, and ensnare a handsome knight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s if I had all the magic in the world.</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If I had all the magic in the world I’d fabricate a dragon from a ball of clay and teach it to eat kibble and play fetch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d make myself a hammock from his wing and name him Teddy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s if I had all the magic in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If I had all the magic in the world I’d banish all the barriers between realms and play Parcheesi with an elf, Backgammon with a nymph, and Chess with a Satyr.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s if I had all the magic in the world.</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If I had all the magic in the world I’d send out a homing beacon to other planets to lure friendly aliens out of hiding. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then we’d sit and drink some tea while discussing the state of the galaxy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s if I had all the magic in the world.</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If I had all the magic in the world I would do much…but I don’t have all the magic in the world. so I’ll be human for just a little while and wield my only power, that of love, and hope I can <em>give</em> magic to the world.</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><a href="http://elizabethmueller.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://elizabethmueller.blogspot.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Check out her site for other entries. Will be blog hopping this week, visiting friends I've been neglecting, and posting on Wednesday, which I think is Insecure Writers Day. Happy week!</span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">...^-^....</span></o:p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Anybody know an instant cure for plantar fasciitis? I'm in tears here.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvLgqfxuwMaqEsi3eFRk2PM24V_UwI2oJBSxsUXWOasC16McbqNYydNXrenC9Kuq6ek8t1-TlLnAg-PH4i1j2SjBx6VvvZKDA59U2ddCfOKWjPbaEZkxqtvdGdnB_JPyGH2LjDRpflQUU/s1600/bunny.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvLgqfxuwMaqEsi3eFRk2PM24V_UwI2oJBSxsUXWOasC16McbqNYydNXrenC9Kuq6ek8t1-TlLnAg-PH4i1j2SjBx6VvvZKDA59U2ddCfOKWjPbaEZkxqtvdGdnB_JPyGH2LjDRpflQUU/s320/bunny.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span>Laila Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08430076999393883312noreply@blogger.com39tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243226627666701707.post-51385603885158346632011-10-25T15:04:00.000-05:002011-10-25T15:04:54.273-05:00CASTING CALL<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Hello all!</span> </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was plain lazy when I returned from my trip and didn't even turn on my PC. Heck, I haven't even been writing. </span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But never fear, I've hopped around to visit a few of you and will be making my rounds soon. </span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well it seems it's already the week of the 24th, and time for this...</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span><br />
<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Which is being hosted by Carrie at <a href="http://soyoureawriter.blogspot.com/">http://soyoureawriter.blogspot.com/</a> Lisa at <a href="http://lisalregan.blogspot.com/">http://lisalregan.blogspot.com/</a> and Melodie at <a href="http://www.foreverrewrighting.blogspot.com/">http://www.foreverrewrighting.blogspot.com/</a></span><br />
<br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Please visit their sites to check out the other posts.</span><br />
<br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have a clear picture in my head of what my main characters look like, for that reason it was really hard to find matching photos on the net. Still, I gave it my best. Here they are.</span><br />
<br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">CRAVEN</span>: King of Pantheas, a planet in another realm. He possesses the power to travel the psyche. His ambition: to lead his people into evolution while combatting a physical threat, fretting over the woman who broke his heart and another mind-bloggling female who's connected to him in ways he can't begin to image. He's not quite human, but if he were...hmm.</span><br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWhNIZzvqnGE2iCJQS_hn_jSfQH05mDXdtAfPKdFsTGvi1IBfAHOorX-F3a_AQpTqoddYxk2AObtpoW6IHrJCguuo6eXv1vGjswM0GegvXPuwrOUeZhfL15LAgbzTN_qaPikFY7xI1XGI/s1600/Craven+eyes+Better.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWhNIZzvqnGE2iCJQS_hn_jSfQH05mDXdtAfPKdFsTGvi1IBfAHOorX-F3a_AQpTqoddYxk2AObtpoW6IHrJCguuo6eXv1vGjswM0GegvXPuwrOUeZhfL15LAgbzTN_qaPikFY7xI1XGI/s1600/Craven+eyes+Better.bmp" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZu1Tv6J4jjyIZgUCglO90HMV6GBi2Cv_49u_SSJwTomsUUl5DojdSqRncZyBS1DQJHB2ywVfp25cEktV_gXy-Rgqk06nWiiGL1pJHEDS43lLYKJHXVGOFgP9_DrY-h9Iv4-8spkxv7yM/s1600/Craven+body.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZu1Tv6J4jjyIZgUCglO90HMV6GBi2Cv_49u_SSJwTomsUUl5DojdSqRncZyBS1DQJHB2ywVfp25cEktV_gXy-Rgqk06nWiiGL1pJHEDS43lLYKJHXVGOFgP9_DrY-h9Iv4-8spkxv7yM/s1600/Craven+body.bmp" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTe8NOf56whbdMH8IkO0EfIXiWMhPbNDkjkHiCssvBQfJsJYDO5pMCiZv5X08_bK-NEpFHWa_v_56eOm85bhc3x9_vjw2MprDRqiJESGq5dVBGOHUDagQSwG0ozj3l7tkvha8ziREyAY8/s1600/craven.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTe8NOf56whbdMH8IkO0EfIXiWMhPbNDkjkHiCssvBQfJsJYDO5pMCiZv5X08_bK-NEpFHWa_v_56eOm85bhc3x9_vjw2MprDRqiJESGq5dVBGOHUDagQSwG0ozj3l7tkvha8ziREyAY8/s320/craven.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Take the green eyes from guy #1 (ditch the skinny physique), replace with the brawn from guy #2 (except someone needs to put some hair on his chest. What's the infatuation with men going hairless?), add the sheer manliness of Antonio Banderas, but make him really tall. Throw in a few spots in select areas. Voila.</span><br />
<br />
<br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">THEODORA</span>: Primary soul and angel pupil. Harbors a clear obsession for Craven and the people of his realm. Her goal: to keep him from harm and eventually claim a place at his side as his queen. She's human most of the time, but I haven't given her a face. If you've read my story you'd understand why I feel it's not fair to do so. I even considered opting for this...</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div class="separator" dir="ltr" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiURpwlb7neNhBOxHE-79X0Y0YILdYHzTMRrhCrPEkmBeL8nSgPATWN2oLizW2LtVvMm_YdeTwwo4fA-e2d-T9jqxwVSn1BPeNB1nZ-Mmknl1TrW6p2MR_Bbnq20HsGqvMta91Ko9bU5Oc/s1600/Theodora.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiURpwlb7neNhBOxHE-79X0Y0YILdYHzTMRrhCrPEkmBeL8nSgPATWN2oLizW2LtVvMm_YdeTwwo4fA-e2d-T9jqxwVSn1BPeNB1nZ-Mmknl1TrW6p2MR_Bbnq20HsGqvMta91Ko9bU5Oc/s320/Theodora.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But if I made her look like someone, she would be average, nothing terribly special to make her stand out. She'd be someone everyone could relate to...a woman with a lot of good and a little bit of darkness. (After all, she was a self-professed goddess at one time.) This is the best I could come up with.</span><br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhetAzdbEuetTul-KFe-iV1-lUQx3nTlPDnzwt-l6gmwGurNc-69xXWRVmC4M_1rL0JPICRFq0Ul1sC748oRJUX3dMKanHk6CMPhcabUL30i3BynHcEC18Qibmnr1PRjcAsQ8AwcX1lqCE/s1600/Theodora+good.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhetAzdbEuetTul-KFe-iV1-lUQx3nTlPDnzwt-l6gmwGurNc-69xXWRVmC4M_1rL0JPICRFq0Ul1sC748oRJUX3dMKanHk6CMPhcabUL30i3BynHcEC18Qibmnr1PRjcAsQ8AwcX1lqCE/s200/Theodora+good.jpg" width="132" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So there you have it. I'd like to thank the ladies who hosted this blog hop. It was really fun. And I will visit everyone else by Thursday.</span><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Have a great week! ...^-^...</span></div><br />
<div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Pc64rBmxtJunGOo6ozOiutqep7XF3G3hiQD2LsqgsOWhyphenhyphensDxO4DgpYpkTyV0liUUA-PfixaxsY1sHwilXnFnj-op28LqvmolQjvVCSz_ttLtaBhGlWuFzR_kkzCZFpM7nG1kf4ANTs8/s1600/Casting+call.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="283" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Pc64rBmxtJunGOo6ozOiutqep7XF3G3hiQD2LsqgsOWhyphenhyphensDxO4DgpYpkTyV0liUUA-PfixaxsY1sHwilXnFnj-op28LqvmolQjvVCSz_ttLtaBhGlWuFzR_kkzCZFpM7nG1kf4ANTs8/s320/Casting+call.png" width="320" /></a></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div>Laila Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08430076999393883312noreply@blogger.com34tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243226627666701707.post-77599206899183626652011-10-20T20:48:00.000-05:002011-10-20T20:48:45.817-05:00A QUICK VISIT.<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hey there bloggeroos!!! Hope everyone is having a splendid week! </span><br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj83uryZetP-gd0sg299Y2D7EWYp-9IiMz7o1k2J59vIZeJNsRQthqAp1nwFDuFs96WIdozg6AcZmDzM-RmkklOHmJgj8HdmSw8GPk7wdYTSUNG-u8DVu21ZVIAySef-ssB0U0UqGEvjQo/s1600/fantastic-kickass-women-warriors-18%255B1%255D.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="219" rda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj83uryZetP-gd0sg299Y2D7EWYp-9IiMz7o1k2J59vIZeJNsRQthqAp1nwFDuFs96WIdozg6AcZmDzM-RmkklOHmJgj8HdmSw8GPk7wdYTSUNG-u8DVu21ZVIAySef-ssB0U0UqGEvjQo/s320/fantastic-kickass-women-warriors-18%255B1%255D.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you've noticed I've been messing with my blog design to insert all the awards I've been receiving lately...yup, I finally figured out how to stick them in there. Except I can't get my Twitter link to work right. Oh well, will figure that one out when I have more time.</span><br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdn_VWxBc49vNcBo3_W9VGmYlGHFQ93_gpoNa3M1xn14Q3t5SDRWM226OpvGaC8aieN6uTuRRf4e6zvE7vUnGa0zqeWgZxzojJictE6J3KsRBLb9dwQ_ZX8yb9_UeHHoBfgoa_5QOp6iU/s1600/pink+light.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" rda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdn_VWxBc49vNcBo3_W9VGmYlGHFQ93_gpoNa3M1xn14Q3t5SDRWM226OpvGaC8aieN6uTuRRf4e6zvE7vUnGa0zqeWgZxzojJictE6J3KsRBLb9dwQ_ZX8yb9_UeHHoBfgoa_5QOp6iU/s1600/pink+light.jpg" /></span></a></div><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now, on to cool stuff:</span><br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnIEkCzIhZVSy1O9edH8Ty3ZPh1mokpiGhcHh0IM6PNCsfUy4q2uAt3JDCX7_qpbhNDFDB6yTlvYJw_z-WAytWeOWu8lc-ZMlOiOyCddoM6-cnJadqENLCGKIoNf6pJf8DQl4zovQi2zQ/s1600/snowflake.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" rda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnIEkCzIhZVSy1O9edH8Ty3ZPh1mokpiGhcHh0IM6PNCsfUy4q2uAt3JDCX7_qpbhNDFDB6yTlvYJw_z-WAytWeOWu8lc-ZMlOiOyCddoM6-cnJadqENLCGKIoNf6pJf8DQl4zovQi2zQ/s1600/snowflake.jpg" /></span></a></div><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Did anybody read this article?</span><br />
<br />
<br />
<b></b><br />
<b><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">OMAHA, Neb.</span> -- </span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Several people from the Omaha area called KETV to report seeing the object about 3:24 a.m. A security camera at the Lincoln airport seemed to capture the <span style="color: purple;">mystery object moving at a fast rate</span> above the horizon. </span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">People also called the Lancaster County Sheriff's Office after the <span style="color: purple;">object appeared and then disappeared in the sky. </span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"There was a <span style="color: purple;">large flash of light</span>. The caller thought it might be a meteorite of some sort. And we got a couple of different calls on the object," Sheriff Terry Wagner said. </span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Deputies rushed to where callers thought the object may have landed -- some six miles outside of Lincoln. </span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"[We] were <span style="color: purple;">unable to locate any debris</span> or damage," Wagner said. </span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There were reports that the object was seen as far away as southwest Minnesota.</span></div><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Of course they didn't locate any debris...it's just my relatives visiting. They're sitting on my sofa write now. And I'll tell you, folks form the home planet really love ice cream.</span><br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFUFDvxGzGIL0JJd7BIgwP7TSm_hyphenhyphentEdiYdK4OEeopnH_UVZOxhnc-pHK1ebwv8b20b1RDfnesVnMghNMlK1aoJH-K00UZZIMcEzbE3Dd9eiKt4MBiatVZxLA1ayPv-NEskxM1TYILzNg/s1600/aliens+ice+cream.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" rda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFUFDvxGzGIL0JJd7BIgwP7TSm_hyphenhyphentEdiYdK4OEeopnH_UVZOxhnc-pHK1ebwv8b20b1RDfnesVnMghNMlK1aoJH-K00UZZIMcEzbE3Dd9eiKt4MBiatVZxLA1ayPv-NEskxM1TYILzNg/s1600/aliens+ice+cream.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Also a quick note to let you all know I will be on a tour tomorrow. <span style="color: purple;">I will not have access to a PC till probably sometime on Monday. </span> To all of those who normally post on Fridays...sorry, I won't be here but I will catch up when I get back.</span><br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ1LPa3uPPq6H1UGXZu_JkWPMZjZMGN6IqyTJOFxcfNeYzlAYneL8OSrk-uEK00Bq_mveYRKWMziR8HdIMWfCoBRUFSHYGxe6bKcaSAmXbAqEi6MZAT9eNNkPLsRfCYvtkmsM3WcGtuBs/s1600/fun+bus.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" rda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ1LPa3uPPq6H1UGXZu_JkWPMZjZMGN6IqyTJOFxcfNeYzlAYneL8OSrk-uEK00Bq_mveYRKWMziR8HdIMWfCoBRUFSHYGxe6bKcaSAmXbAqEi6MZAT9eNNkPLsRfCYvtkmsM3WcGtuBs/s1600/fun+bus.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And finally. Many of you have requested I post a pic of this guy. (<span style="color: #274e13;">Little hairy guy on my desk who now looks like Boy George.) Here he is.</span></span><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrLUIchjmb7_yRbmQl0BzClNDCkl8HrJsR_iGouhf-ETaur4RjDFj1rPIAr_Al1-ZNYMdqOcmFh5uJsG0A2RWL_PSaEe86TBK4hyphenhyphen9eMVfz9xeCP_DjBfILlKJmC1d8UOJv75Si6FzoliU/s1600/Snapshot_20111020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrLUIchjmb7_yRbmQl0BzClNDCkl8HrJsR_iGouhf-ETaur4RjDFj1rPIAr_Al1-ZNYMdqOcmFh5uJsG0A2RWL_PSaEe86TBK4hyphenhyphen9eMVfz9xeCP_DjBfILlKJmC1d8UOJv75Si6FzoliU/s320/Snapshot_20111020.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'll be seeing you all next week.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Have an awesome weekend! ...^-^...</span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Many people reported seeing a <span style="color: purple;">bright flash of light moving across the sky</span> early Wednesday, but it's unclear what it was exactly. </span>Laila Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08430076999393883312noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243226627666701707.post-56208850236305850822011-10-16T18:52:00.001-05:002011-10-17T05:53:18.965-05:00PASSING ON AWARDS<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hey there blogger buds. I've been so busy lately I've neglected to pass on way cool awards. Where are my manners?</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Aldrea at </span><a href="http://thardrandia.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://thardrandia.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> gave me this. Hmm, yummy, but strawberries go better with chocolate.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thank you.</span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjRCqKy8HsA_A6D1oYVaFaiaCpLqLAAVn4QB-9-cyu35QvTZ0DaMFHyhtYkyyHslcpWRnrRuWkJnMRrBu_LFbZU3GZFsyplH6rV3hYKNBIM3JwFGPfs3PDNOvjpXBTEJsD0ZwzVyBdR00/s1600/Irr+Sweet+Blogger+Award.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" closure_uid_lfbmza="5" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjRCqKy8HsA_A6D1oYVaFaiaCpLqLAAVn4QB-9-cyu35QvTZ0DaMFHyhtYkyyHslcpWRnrRuWkJnMRrBu_LFbZU3GZFsyplH6rV3hYKNBIM3JwFGPfs3PDNOvjpXBTEJsD0ZwzVyBdR00/s1600/Irr+Sweet+Blogger+Award.png" /></span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">E. Arroyo at </span><a href="http://chandarawrites.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://chandarawrites.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> gave me this. And I do love blogging...to a point. I'm happy to have met all of you.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thank you.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" closure_uid_it8b8v="8" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7lvzEQgaPh2kwaM2MzqYSzMaOfn_JQlxnph1CmIrcis86sSZbjEmCUmH9KLuS6epzoDASoQrXLfcDS5ei4PkS6z4CKLMPhxazKpPOuUskv5PkiWVoC3LbVTDTX14PmPustkMSGa77lcQ/s200/blogging-done-right.jpg" width="200" /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Julie at </span><a href="http://gypsyjulesinmysoul.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://gypsyjulesinmysoul.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> gave me this. I could describe the different attributes of fire, but fire just makes me hungry...so it's only fitting I offer a recipe on this one. </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thank you.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUfZtg-cPYRIXT8JJpPbwvJkdD5JyC0MsOlaCEwVeHfk4kgqtqrOxh2LKYjgHjmFf_dEOxvqceBrR5wEgVAy08nKK04NakBTsrSubWEAfi4XVqECydfNxM_dSIXjC_ypSBcbAtN9cLdgjS/s1600/fire+clip+-+Copy+-+Copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" closure_uid_2toz16="31" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUfZtg-cPYRIXT8JJpPbwvJkdD5JyC0MsOlaCEwVeHfk4kgqtqrOxh2LKYjgHjmFf_dEOxvqceBrR5wEgVAy08nKK04NakBTsrSubWEAfi4XVqECydfNxM_dSIXjC_ypSBcbAtN9cLdgjS/s320/fire+clip+-+Copy+-+Copy.jpg" width="317" /></span></a><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Alternate Recipe to Beef Stew.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1/2 lb meat</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2 or 3 potatoes (depends of how much you like potatoes)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">10 sliced Spanish olives</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1/2 sliced onion</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5 to 7 cloves of garlic</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1/2 to a whole green pepper</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1/4 cup red wine vinegar</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1/2 cup white cooking wine (taste remainder, toss in a little extra squirt for good measures)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">squirt of olive oil</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cover with a layer of:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All season salt</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cumin</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Parsley</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Basil</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">salt and pepper to taste</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 can of 8 oz tomato sauce</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mix in large pot and let cook until meat and potatoes are tender.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Serve over white rice. Good for seconds. Hubs swears by it.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tara at </span><a href="http://taratylertalks.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://taratylertalks.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> tagged me. She gave me this. I always get a kick out of being tagged because I never know what to do with it. So in a little bit I'll tell you more deep dark secrets about myself.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" closure_uid_6o4swi="11" height="124" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJIxxKw9lxeG4sDgZf1B1L3g5DU_W-fngs4Qvw3WztKw-MYn9GuF5-M22tduqvR5i7kiIXCQAHC-iPxUabRAc4Gd32VcGkCCJDNoOmDiY-tetVzfTnb6Gx4xd_0cepcSqPWITgYTvkllP1/s200/blog+tag.jpg" width="200" /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sia McKye at </span><a href="http://siamckye.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://siamckye.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> stopped by to let me know I won a $10.00 gift card to Amazon.com. I've yet to get my butt over there and collect the card.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thank you.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First, I'm mentioning 15 blogs I frequent because I have the privilege to consider these people friends. I'm not mentioning anyone I mentioned on the blog hop. For those of you I left off the list, please accept my apologies. I will mention you next time.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. Unikorna </span><a href="http://unikorna.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://unikorna.blogspot.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I love her honesty and her ability to speak her mind.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. Mary </span><a href="http://mpaxauthor.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://mpaxauthor.blogspot.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Every visit to her blog makes me feel like I'm out in space.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3. Botanist </span><a href="http://thebaldpatch.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://thebaldpatch.blogspot.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> He's a great Sci-Fi writer and an awesome artist.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4. Lydia </span><a href="http://lydiakang.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://lydiakang.blogspot.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> She offers the most fascinating interviews.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5. Shelly </span><a href="http://shellysnovicewritings.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://shellysnovicewritings.blogspot.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Her posts offer variety...not all about writing.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6. Eve <a href="http://thedesertrocks.blogspot.com/">http://thedesertrocks.blogspot.com</a></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Special lady alert. We visit each other through email.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">7. Bryce </span><a href="http://brycedaniels.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://brycedaniels.blogspot.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Bryce shares his body with a poet.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">8. Rusty </span><a href="http://rustywebb.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://rustywebb.blogspot.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> His blogs are highly informative.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">9. Madeleine </span><a href="http://rustywebb.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://rustywebb.blogspot.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I love her romance.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">10. Al </span><a href="http://alpenwasser.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://alpenwasser.blogspot.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> He has a great sense of humor. Seriously, he cracks me up, and such a funny commenter.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">11. laughinwolf </span><a href="http://laughing1wolf.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://laughing1wolf.blogspot.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> The blog speaks for itself. He's funny.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">12. Mike </span><a href="http://protecttherisen.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://protecttherisen.blogspot.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> He's been absent from the blogging world for a while, but I'm sure he'll be back. Mike's cool and a gifted writer.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">13. PK </span><a href="http://pk-hrezo.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://pk-hrezo.blogspot.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Great fun lady. Blogs about her progress.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">14. Doralynn </span><a href="http://dlynnkennedy.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://dlynnkennedy.blogspot.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Last I heard she was a little under the weather, but she's writes a pretty awesome blog.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">15. Heather </span><a href="http://littleredhenry.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://littleredhenry.blogspot.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> She a wonderful artist, a sweet person, and a pleasure to be around.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now some stuff about me.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. I've recently pondered the idea of having a baby. Hubs vetoed my suggestion to send off to the homeworld for a specimen capsule, stating that he is more than capable of doing the deed. He also refuses to let me have a cat. Negotiations are in process.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. I write because I love it. There was a time I needed the success and the glory. The thing that pushed me was the idea that I would one day be a published author. Now I find myself thinking how wonderful it is that I just write and that one day others will read my stories, but also how wonderful it is that I'm surrounded by a wonderful family, that I get to see the sunrise or stare at the starts at night. I couldn't imagine making it through a single day without smiling at the sound of a barking dog. Life is entirely lovely.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3. I'm remodeling my house. It's funny but somehow when you reach a certain age there are things that need to be done. So I'm stripping carpet, tiling, wooden floors, the works. And I just bought the coolest sofa and love seat ever.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4. I find comfort in the color of an eggplant.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5. I don't eat red meat. (The stew above can also be made with chicken.)</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6. I always wanted to get lost in the Bermuda Triangle secretly hoping it led to an alternate plane of existence.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">7. I have a hairy guy on a stick on my desk. When you press down on him, he says, "Boy, do I feel great. It's going to be a stress free day today." The spite the little bastard I put makeup on him. Now he looks like Boy George.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, that's it blogger buds. Hope everyone has a wonderful week. I will be stopping by to say hi.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">...^-^... </span>Laila Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08430076999393883312noreply@blogger.com34tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243226627666701707.post-83000614888169868732011-10-13T20:00:00.000-05:002011-10-13T20:00:02.578-05:00PAY IT FORWARD BLOG HOP.<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Hey there fellow bloggeroos! Hope everyone had a wonderful week. Thank you all for being so patient during my critiquing period. For those of you that left me a comment anyway, you are so sweet! I do appreciate it. For those of you who decided to follow me, big welcome! If I have not followed you back yet, please leave me a comment to set me straight.</span><br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfbRne22lwR60kqL2EYkGC_7GGX2xXSY8k833DKyH8FnGqhHbLQC2VoQ7AT64xNqitk-VgtPVpauK8FsIimkEphnoJURV3paNtD8wk9w_2mSxgo_c5xWs3dJV9CuH5EQ1dgwTkTMFBu4I/s1600/butterfly16_thumb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="151" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfbRne22lwR60kqL2EYkGC_7GGX2xXSY8k833DKyH8FnGqhHbLQC2VoQ7AT64xNqitk-VgtPVpauK8FsIimkEphnoJURV3paNtD8wk9w_2mSxgo_c5xWs3dJV9CuH5EQ1dgwTkTMFBu4I/s200/butterfly16_thumb.jpg" width="200" /></span></a></div><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I started off the morning with a chuckle so I thought I'd share it. I keep my cell phone on my desk. My ringer is set to the Pink Panther theme for everybody. I was sitting here minding my own business when the phone rang. Hubs always calls me a few times throughout the day to get his Laila fix. Well, I grabbed the phone and in my best hot porn star voice said, "Hello there sexy." There was a brief pause on the other end of the line. Then a woman giggled and said, "I'm sorry, I have the wrong number." And we laughed. I added two years to her life and mine. At this rate I'll live forever.</span><br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgjPEUrrlCFc1LVcqXfwSicloBJCdQ_O5eSsVIjAiA-qnfOFxKCp1Rr-nAhwnTE1Rti0kUAYx7njEchxhzBQr2nidVKj2FgTNmNeu7u6HT0Ul8PpYDqlqzKEsKN9KcKn2AbkOKrwAQqMg/s1600/butterfly1_thumb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="140" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgjPEUrrlCFc1LVcqXfwSicloBJCdQ_O5eSsVIjAiA-qnfOFxKCp1Rr-nAhwnTE1Rti0kUAYx7njEchxhzBQr2nidVKj2FgTNmNeu7u6HT0Ul8PpYDqlqzKEsKN9KcKn2AbkOKrwAQqMg/s200/butterfly1_thumb.jpg" width="200" /></span></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Now to the matter at hand.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">These two highly intelligent manly specimens:</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Alex at </span><a href="http://alexjcavanaugh.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">http://alexjcavanaugh.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> and Matthew at </span><a href="http://theqqqe.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">http://theqqqe.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> devised a plan that would enable us to meet other bloggers and ride up the ladder to bloggingdom. They came up with this blog fest.</span><br />
<br />
<br />
<a href="http://alexjcavanaugh.blogspot.com/2011/09/paying-it-forward.html"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><img alt="" height="315" id="Image84_img" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHobPgy3yQLRk3xArSqAJOxBnPMRO-vDzCgumrF1pB_gGzF-8Brx7KqFYDYRjsk7YTuH1bjK7ry5vW-s7EtcwOI685eTEh1PHBcjO0UFGH_RwqLUGXO_Tu9qFHBPIcj5GeoCjMwfwm9gs/s320/PayItForward.jpg" style="visibility: visible;" width="320" /></span></a><br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'm supposed to list three blogs I visit and enjoy. Well, I visit a heck of a lot more than three, so here's what I'm doing. Today (pretend it's Friday already) I will list the three manned by the ladies who have been a great inspiration in my writerly life. Besides, we've exchanged the occasional email and that's pretty cool. In alphabetical order by last name I give you....</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Carrie Butler from </span><a href="http://soyoureawriter.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">http://soyoureawriter.blogspot.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> Carrie is smarter than heck and she writes the best flowing conversations I've ever read.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Lisa Regan at </span><a href="http://lisalregan.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">http://lisalregan.blogspot.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> Lisa is a highly talented agented writer waiting to find her novel a home. She has tons of knowledge to offer.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Apparently, these two ladies have teamed up with a third party to host the blog hop below. Check out Carrie's blog for more info.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And last but not least, Nancy Thompson at </span><a href="http://nancysthompson.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">http://nancysthompson.blogspot.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> Nancy focuses on her journey to getting published. She gives us hope, and she is an awesome writer. She's also responsible for the fact that I am now following people on Twitter. I'll have to do a practice run. :) Great Heavens!</span><br />
<br />
<a href="http://soyoureawriter.blogspot.com/2011/10/casting-call.html"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ7JrTiT3p72AqrWjUvafktgfPc7URnxC4NvksVyNpien1KW1ISmOJn66cPuJNXj1EjYBXItZiF-anZYTw8izWg_OZnhkmh92faT5lp8qM6Z6WD89aC4nHw_rbF9kHVo1G2htepdreFcUV/s1600/CastingCallLarge.png" /></span></a><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Next week, I will possibly participate on the above blog hop and pass on a few awards. In that way I can name a ton of other blogs that I have missed.</span><br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiorW9v75jVX0n6wDPdnqmIfLvBGqhyphenhyphenYw_SKA8kg0oW-m5ZgCMFKD91d6vGU1JFlQUZC1Hw0RaxOTDgUyBZefI-5_sFe-_OOCObo5Q833uU9aADgqut0BW-WMwb4feScAgcu7HYxVWIadA/s1600/butterfly29_thumb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="148" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiorW9v75jVX0n6wDPdnqmIfLvBGqhyphenhyphenYw_SKA8kg0oW-m5ZgCMFKD91d6vGU1JFlQUZC1Hw0RaxOTDgUyBZefI-5_sFe-_OOCObo5Q833uU9aADgqut0BW-WMwb4feScAgcu7HYxVWIadA/s200/butterfly29_thumb.jpg" width="200" /></span></a></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Have a great weekend everyone! I'll be around following and visiting. ...^-^...</span>Laila Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08430076999393883312noreply@blogger.com41tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243226627666701707.post-9408402333286471022011-10-09T19:31:00.000-05:002011-10-09T19:31:47.310-05:00THIS WEEK.<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Fellow Bloggers Buds, I'm taking the week away from Blogger for critiquing purposes. Please excuse my absence. I will be back next week. I will miss you all. And to all my new followers, welcome. I look forward to getting to know all of you.</span><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFXvieKVvxsMgcXqlg1ShW0YMpuv50f0_dtsgLIP0N8GZs-TSJStGTqyzvt-YcwNgYJTB6VC2Rkp-2XkdHwR5wlyGEC62N-L5vsYAAtQYIOlmVwLkqRPNb2xy_Ax9LDiG_354804bPcG4/s1600/parrot+fantasy.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFXvieKVvxsMgcXqlg1ShW0YMpuv50f0_dtsgLIP0N8GZs-TSJStGTqyzvt-YcwNgYJTB6VC2Rkp-2XkdHwR5wlyGEC62N-L5vsYAAtQYIOlmVwLkqRPNb2xy_Ax9LDiG_354804bPcG4/s400/parrot+fantasy.gif" width="400" /></span></a></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> May your days be filled with magic. ....^-^.....</span>Laila Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08430076999393883312noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243226627666701707.post-8673727620443964722011-09-29T06:00:00.001-05:002011-09-29T06:00:02.773-05:00WHAT I'VE BEEN UP TO LATELY.<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Happy prelude to Friday!</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have a few things on my agenda for today. </span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First and foremost I'd like to take a moment and thank the three ladies who have served as my critique partners. You have made such a difference in my writing. I admire you, respect you, really like you, and am proud to share this journey with you. It's not easy to critique. Heck, it's not easy to take the time to read someone else's work when there's so much going on in life. The generosity of the writing world continues to warm my heart. Thank you all so much!</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For those I have critiqued, you have amazed me with your verbiage and your imagination. I am blown away. I shudder when I visualize the world we could create if we ever put our heads together.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Next:</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I won this book! </span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3JmoLCjfCjDRyPxPggAMRNrwl8Dxnz-iA8R6kaiIvE7ov5qY_yh9kTlG37MnzVgRSqOYsDso2ONFFiO08k9bErY2F5bpW57PO0vO1CLkpvyHPDQEWGUnbe32MMlvkeZ10jzT9lT60ahs/s1600/Heaven+Can+Wait..bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3JmoLCjfCjDRyPxPggAMRNrwl8Dxnz-iA8R6kaiIvE7ov5qY_yh9kTlG37MnzVgRSqOYsDso2ONFFiO08k9bErY2F5bpW57PO0vO1CLkpvyHPDQEWGUnbe32MMlvkeZ10jzT9lT60ahs/s1600/Heaven+Can+Wait..bmp" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="caption">Tom has fallen for the daughter of the man who killed him, and the Non-Agency will stop at nothing to keep them apart.</span> </span><br />
<br />
<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Please visit Rik Davball at </span><a href="http://itsthefuturestupid.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's the future stupid</span></a></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I absolutely love winning! Now I just have to claim it...still working on that. First I dragged my feet because I don't have an e-reader yet and it hurts my eyes to read on the laptop. Then I misplaced the darn code and had to email the fabulous author. I have a huge list of books waiting to be downloaded...most of them from you guys. (Here's the time to suggest a good e-reader.)</span></div><br />
<br />
<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Also:</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have been liebsterized again. Bloody hell, but much appreciated. For a while there it felt like an epidemic of awards. I considered the possibility that the rumor about my alien powers had leaked out. Caution: You'll never take me alive! Anyway, I'm not forcing anyone to pass this award on. What I'm doing instead is mentioning a few blogs I have thoroughly enjoyed reading lately and slipping in a few random facts about me.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Blogs of note:</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><a href="http://unikorna.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Why I wake up every day.</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Pay unikorna a visit. She is a unique exceptional fairy.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="http://thegoldeneaglesblog.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Eagles Aerial Perspective</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Visit Eagle. I've never known anyone who reads so much. She's a guru.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="http://nocestories.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mark Noce Stories</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Visit mark. He's a great writer who just spent two weeks in Hawaii.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="http://mpaxauthor.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wistful Nebulae</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Go say hi to M Pax. This sci-fi lady rocks.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="http://lafotografiaefectistaabstracta.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Abstract Pictures</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Go check out Leovi. His pictures take my breath away. (Yes I translated and shortened the name of his blog.)</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Some brief facts about me:</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. I almost drowned when I was 2, lifted my hands up, saw the light at my fingertips and was pulled out of the water by my father just in time.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. I have a thing for older men, result of spending years reading historical romances...hence the 10 year age difference between my husband and myself. I still don't get cougars. </span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3. I like walking barefoot, so much in fact I've developed a few callouses. My wedding video included an unwarranted closeup of my feet.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4. When I was 10 my father was mugged and left for dead. He's alive, but I haven't been comfortable with going out on my own since then.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5. I have the tendency of being too honest. And sometimes people don't want to hear the truth.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This liebster was brought to you by:</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEJHC8r2JQpnS-dOg0ju9Gkj33QRBc15cjQ7YC5LNRbHS5bR56kFHlZN48VH1GjzLLnXKl06lKngiheENGnghh_FEuNmmT2GP_sniOyitfbU70NoMJ9P3uaXcneXIZaKQZk5M-oFUFUBPK/s1600/Liebster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" closure_uid_u3yt0j="5" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEJHC8r2JQpnS-dOg0ju9Gkj33QRBc15cjQ7YC5LNRbHS5bR56kFHlZN48VH1GjzLLnXKl06lKngiheENGnghh_FEuNmmT2GP_sniOyitfbU70NoMJ9P3uaXcneXIZaKQZk5M-oFUFUBPK/s1600/Liebster.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kathy at </span><a href="http://imagine-today1.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://imagine-today1.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Finally:</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Next week I will be posting only on Wednesday...because that is "Insecure Writer's Day." </span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><a href="http://alexjcavanaugh.blogspot.com/p/insecure-writers-support-group.html"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img alt="First Wednesday of Every Month" height="128" id="Image78_img" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZI1DqznSbeWFYPo_teyHVVPYi2eTsiDf5wp8Pf8FjnOwgz8DZNTNB-tY3VZbZc_zJqQnVOy98tjDzavbPWuG0nnrXNPTQcRIQk02SJD58CgruFXGYZhpwwITB_nLd-emmVY-ECZ0o29U/s170/InsecureWritersSupportGroup.jpg" width="150" /></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Hosted by the great </span><a href="http://alexjcavanaugh.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Alex J Cavanaugh</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. (Funny fact: Alex's is the only guy's blog my husband ever remembers me visiting.)</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I wasn't able to participate in the session due to the partying week I took off on my birthday. Not only am I looking forward to my own "begging for empathy session", I'm real eager to read what's bugging every other writer out there. Alex, I hope you have the links posted on your site...I might not be following everyone yet.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Oh, and if anyone isn't following Alex yet, please do. I'm dying to know if he'll keel over once he reaches 1000 followers. :)</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">See you all Wednesday. Have a great weekend! Keep living the dream! </span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">...^-^.... </span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I wish you all tons of inspiration. Here's a lovely picture to send you on your way.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaEk4if1b-2-uS-nD2aggJWM0yDACndAluDnP6qSLT64hSk2alSa1D0GUVg_Zbu_LqttKSrdB6FHX_zNbWE3fSKoqWUyTOzt9Id2EhAiyjOwhBwJyWwdTzFTUitKCPpfiL2ThbIu3B9nI/s1600/beauty+angel.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaEk4if1b-2-uS-nD2aggJWM0yDACndAluDnP6qSLT64hSk2alSa1D0GUVg_Zbu_LqttKSrdB6FHX_zNbWE3fSKoqWUyTOzt9Id2EhAiyjOwhBwJyWwdTzFTUitKCPpfiL2ThbIu3B9nI/s1600/beauty+angel.gif" /></span></a></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div>Laila Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08430076999393883312noreply@blogger.com33tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243226627666701707.post-23981914026958262712011-09-26T04:00:00.021-05:002011-09-26T04:00:07.875-05:00DOGGIE DILEMMA<div dir="ltr"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsLcvkqG2IinRFd4uJtMeJ7gZxnxtIgV3XAxbC2S1JN0MFs77FmmJ56ikNyJBsQuWa00qjVmIJfWcCox0Y5FGsYIlT8XSKnqjH10QSbz-Ysye_jOdEJAWm9q0ZRDhR6jjLlMy9q56L420/s1600/IMG_0415.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hca="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsLcvkqG2IinRFd4uJtMeJ7gZxnxtIgV3XAxbC2S1JN0MFs77FmmJ56ikNyJBsQuWa00qjVmIJfWcCox0Y5FGsYIlT8XSKnqjH10QSbz-Ysye_jOdEJAWm9q0ZRDhR6jjLlMy9q56L420/s320/IMG_0415.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">PROFILE: DeeDee. Golden Sheltie. AKA: Princess Deedra, Flower Pot, Butterscotch Cutie, Buttercup, and the occasional poop head. Loves to lay out in the yard. Kisses have been known to taste like poop and candy. Guilty of: Ripping up tissue, eating receipts, and pooping on the carpet right in front of Pet-human and Man-servant for failure to decipher canine dialect. Averted punishment by accurate usage of puppy-dog-eye technique. Alpha dog, but I won't hike my leg.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">PROFILE: Stryker. By-black Sheltie. AKA: Nasty little crotch sniffer, indecent leg licker, little poop head, Spud, Hairy little turd butt, and others. Loves to be cuddled at all times. Has been known to try and tongue-bathe Pet-human. Guilty of: Stealing chicken bones out of the garbage. Licking the wooden floor. Emitting loud hacking noises that have caused Pet-human to shoot out of bed to preserves what's left of the carpet. Averted punishment by accurate usage of rub-belly technique. Beta dog, and proud of it.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">DOGGIE DILEMMA: Enter Dogs.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">DEEDRA: Attention Bloggers, our pet-human is SOL.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">STRYKER: You mean MIA.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">DEEDRA: I mean SOL. You used your body to trip her. She nearly fell down the stairs.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">STRYKER: Don't say that out loud! Besides, it was the only way I could keep her away from the computer.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">DEEDRA: Quiet. I have to tell them about the "C" word.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">STRYKER: You mean the cat?</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">DEEDRA: We don't have a cat.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">STRYKER: Well we should. The scent of feline anus is a delicacy.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">DEEDRA: Cat-ass-sniffer. No wonder we found you at the pound.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">STRYKER: You eat poop. Ow!</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">DEEDRA: Cholesterol. The word is cholesterol.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">STRYKER: I still don't know what it is.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">DEEDRA: Me neither, but apparently it happens when you consume too much pizza and wine. Pet-human had a test done because she's obsessed with being healthy. And hers is up by four points.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">STRYKER: I don't know what the deal is. The man-servant's is much higher and he doesn't complain.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">DEEDRA: Of course not, he's male. Anyway, pet-human needs to eat healthier.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">STRYKER: But she gives us the crust...</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">DEEDRA: And we have forced her to move her regular Friday post to Thursdays so she can resume her rigorous exercise regiment...with the exception of Insecure Writer's day on October 5th. There, I've said it all. Now for a few words from out sponsor. Pet-human wrote this for the campaign challenge. She didn't enter the contest but wrote it just for fun. And they made her use some weird words. (imago, miasma, lacuna, oscitate, synchronicity, and mirror.) 200 WORDS. Check it out.</span></div><div dir="ltr"> ***<br />
<br />
FURRY IMAGO</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Knee deep in swamp water, Troy boded his time. The miasma cleared forming a mirror in the chilling stream. He didn’t dare look down and face the reflection of his furry imago. Saliva spilled from the corner of his mouth. The swing moved, hypnotizing him with the sight of the lithe girl kicking up her toes. He licked his lips. An unnatural whine oozed from his throat. He swallowed it. It was happening again. He was losing control of his human side. As leader of the pack he was expected to show restraint when it came to eating humans, but the hunger lured him like the harvest moon. All sense of guilt or propriety laid buried deep within a minuscule lacuna in his brain. </span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The girl leaped off the swing, making him oscitate. He darted toward her, landing at her feet—sparing a moment of adoration before trapping her in his embrace. Teeth sunk into flesh, muffling a scream. The fierce synchronicity became a type of music. Once again he gorged on human elixir, denying his upbringing, favoring the wolf. No matter, the others would never find out. He shook the dew from his fur and returned to his pack. </span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> ***</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">DEEDRA: Hope you liked it. She wrote if with us in mind.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">STRYKER: Tell them the trivia.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">DEEDRA: Fun facts. It has been scientifically proven that all dogs evolved from wolves. Selective breeding provided the physical variety.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">STRYKER: Uh-oh, here she comes!</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">DEEDRA: Run!</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Exit dogs, tails curled behind them in a wagging frenzy as they proceed to run the fence line.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Have a great week everyone! ...^-^... See you Thursday. Love your poochies.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixdam57IpW9iKijn_ma8rHyTSdmfjv36xDIpgj7MnUrgBto5dOKB0suuqFyOvApuBFe_zhAcTZl79Npi-ZWxCHiv2dWzVNg_i3U_ej09dq3NPotSnIIwOgULWUCnmvqbuEfBr0IhcoLvM/s1600/pretty+shelties.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hca="true" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixdam57IpW9iKijn_ma8rHyTSdmfjv36xDIpgj7MnUrgBto5dOKB0suuqFyOvApuBFe_zhAcTZl79Npi-ZWxCHiv2dWzVNg_i3U_ej09dq3NPotSnIIwOgULWUCnmvqbuEfBr0IhcoLvM/s320/pretty+shelties.bmp" width="320" /></a></div><div align="left" dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><br />
<div dir="ltr"> </div>Laila Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08430076999393883312noreply@blogger.com34tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243226627666701707.post-76776112204993629082011-09-22T13:12:00.000-05:002011-09-22T13:12:48.391-05:00FABULOUS FAKE FRIDAY<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You are not trapped in time loop. This is Friday's post. </span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You guys should know by now that I get tired of following my own rules. Besides, it's kinda fun to create confusion. Did you ever have something stuck in your head and you couldn't stop thinking about it until you wrote it down? Well, here you have it. Welcome to my brain. Ooh, and check out my cartoon self. Yup, that is definitely what I look like in my otherworldly state.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOyWoLXCucVEc50EtdI9Wlpiu-ew1VX-tLk_mGSdj_1Omguc2Sw-cLGX68WSsfVmG22Gwo2et8RcRJ_bkXCjqOM1xIYRhV_CJy3RJBCg5x1PHbjXkErsmxJFno4sHLV6v5WH_6G5T8gz4/s1600/blinking.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOyWoLXCucVEc50EtdI9Wlpiu-ew1VX-tLk_mGSdj_1Omguc2Sw-cLGX68WSsfVmG22Gwo2et8RcRJ_bkXCjqOM1xIYRhV_CJy3RJBCg5x1PHbjXkErsmxJFno4sHLV6v5WH_6G5T8gz4/s1600/blinking.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My husband called me "short" the other day. At his 6'5 stature the comment didn't come as a surprise. As a matter of fact, the sweet, cradle-robbing darling calls me <em>that</em> often, even though I've explained to him countless times that God crams us into small packages to hide the brilliance of our souls. (Hear that fun-sized people?) Of course he's in denial. Still, his remark brought to mind the memory of my trouble adapting to symbiosis. ( </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The <span style="color: #2f2f2f;"><span style="color: #2f2f2f;"><span style="color: #2f2f2f;">interaction between two different organisms living in close physical association, typically to the advantage of both.</span></span></span> AKA: Adapting to life as an Earthling.) </span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I once looked like this: Fabulous alien self.</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_sDEeR5hCOeKOEtFARHbwnr9NZyBvQWYCkle5DxcjZuANVTEFxcDeJNBP0dxslOP9-izr1fQwcJM_KPqwKVMIBoSF_t6ZwaxIV-pLQ8LIrIX2fVYu5nvdu7TvonLhcS9r-xkHXtLh7AI/s1600/my+symbiont.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" hca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_sDEeR5hCOeKOEtFARHbwnr9NZyBvQWYCkle5DxcjZuANVTEFxcDeJNBP0dxslOP9-izr1fQwcJM_KPqwKVMIBoSF_t6ZwaxIV-pLQ8LIrIX2fVYu5nvdu7TvonLhcS9r-xkHXtLh7AI/s1600/my+symbiont.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then I hopped into something that looked kinda like this: Couldn't find picture of baby Earthling self.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia3njpXavDlpGUifaRrTtYH446KDvfR9Cy9r-gxQXzjxGenxrPcAwG0wdcG8CLPXqXyZE_OBGXfdj0pRAPolfcTI3p0V_YVOm_yumtKCMB0luazkGI_WgToyJGAarmD1UdTZeFD3sH6dw/s1600/baby+girl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" hca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia3njpXavDlpGUifaRrTtYH446KDvfR9Cy9r-gxQXzjxGenxrPcAwG0wdcG8CLPXqXyZE_OBGXfdj0pRAPolfcTI3p0V_YVOm_yumtKCMB0luazkGI_WgToyJGAarmD1UdTZeFD3sH6dw/s1600/baby+girl.jpg" /></span></a></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">During the long, arduous adjustment period I looked a little something like this: Ugly duckling, which is actually remarkable cute.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh44ErAzbV-Rc-Bx5VV2gvIAnRnZA_tw-GLwPoA1S_U3Lam2qQ43cnUlzS7-_BzJSWNRWxY1vlW_Ivb003sL4i71St9XhkYfjO-chBAzqugeTsCuFzruavMOUe1osdSAVF_c1Gg6oblznw/s1600/duckling.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" hca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh44ErAzbV-Rc-Bx5VV2gvIAnRnZA_tw-GLwPoA1S_U3Lam2qQ43cnUlzS7-_BzJSWNRWxY1vlW_Ivb003sL4i71St9XhkYfjO-chBAzqugeTsCuFzruavMOUe1osdSAVF_c1Gg6oblznw/s1600/duckling.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="left" dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was the kid that got picked on, the loner, the one that didn't open her mouth from fear of being ridiculed. I had no sense of fashion, doubted myself beyond reason, and always did what I was told up to the point where I didn't do anything I wanted to do. Merging with a host is tricky business. I can clearly remember living in my head. And in there life was rich...so much in fact that it developed into a great Fantasy. And that Fantasy poured into books.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPp6stBfu-DnRaFR2a0n9Ejjt8rQT1N6Joo6ecWXmVPBVzPYYPHKZjTPoy_ZlUroKpWSDNoFl9rTI4gGLu1Mj0-EH12YzIvs709L6yalIWCuqPB1GKnJ4c84ZKl99YPEzZi3gq6ad9cw0/s1600/fantasy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" hca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPp6stBfu-DnRaFR2a0n9Ejjt8rQT1N6Joo6ecWXmVPBVzPYYPHKZjTPoy_ZlUroKpWSDNoFl9rTI4gGLu1Mj0-EH12YzIvs709L6yalIWCuqPB1GKnJ4c84ZKl99YPEzZi3gq6ad9cw0/s1600/fantasy.jpg" /></span></a></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><div dir="ltr">I've often been asked why I write Fantasy and not another genre that might allegedly make me more money. Oh, I could go into great detail, but the answer is real simple. A great story told in a fantastical way is the signature of my soul. And we all have our own unique signatures. We are as varying as the stars.</div></span><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYtsBen7SWI-xZUsvLf72-iN9QaBsMJOCOjSYIPKsD8LIycMda1fVXAlzWU255AOwIHZbgQC-FLvMdn0fvKOzBZcKwoDcESYBtxbH1awWhM4gYZxS19KaMu7xCB1i0Xp90hEgTxRBoKOo/s1600/shooting+star.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" hca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYtsBen7SWI-xZUsvLf72-iN9QaBsMJOCOjSYIPKsD8LIycMda1fVXAlzWU255AOwIHZbgQC-FLvMdn0fvKOzBZcKwoDcESYBtxbH1awWhM4gYZxS19KaMu7xCB1i0Xp90hEgTxRBoKOo/s1600/shooting+star.jpg" /></span></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So now that I'm most comfortable in my wonderful self, I'm going to cut this Friday post short and invite you all to celebrate being you. And in doing that, I'm leaving you one question to take with you and ponder.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What's the number one reason why you love being you? </span></div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-_RjG5XqOZDn_9xs3PR063zRVY3m_9eEUjhrSy53FR5uzeYntZuxou0ZVRwIdxvlnIXJEikWzutVAwRSyLPPsHXCrlfXFZcHMLJneNQm5VrAMKx1SnCR0SWgHHam-LJFZazyktOsgipo/s1600/fairy+dust.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" hca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-_RjG5XqOZDn_9xs3PR063zRVY3m_9eEUjhrSy53FR5uzeYntZuxou0ZVRwIdxvlnIXJEikWzutVAwRSyLPPsHXCrlfXFZcHMLJneNQm5VrAMKx1SnCR0SWgHHam-LJFZazyktOsgipo/s1600/fairy+dust.jpg" /></span></a></div><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now shine like a star.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Happy Friday everyone and an even better weekend. ...^-^...</span><br />
<div dir="ltr"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><br />
</div>Laila Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08430076999393883312noreply@blogger.com42tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243226627666701707.post-73197632924954516432011-09-19T04:00:00.008-05:002011-09-19T04:00:01.283-05:00WORST MOVIES EVER BLOGFEST<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" closure_uid_yo3kce="3" rba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi98FZPCwxMbKyp1K6wYXOUjQHCEBUhuE4AETJKT-MIhg3CLjWFQpNBefG7Abl4yxgBEu0Jf6WQabYo_1fFQGNdrOY-9hNrkK3kik-WnL0n9oxY7GIUgB4B3ia_oj6SwDtaBE75kS3m0Zk/s1600/WorstMoviesEverBlogfestButton2.jpg" /></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">This awesome blogfest is being hosted by Alex over at <a href="http://alexjcavanaugh.blogspot.com/">Alex J Cavanaugh</a></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I like to be entertained, and movies are a great way to achieve that goal. Still, some movies really suck. Here are a few that made me curse in several languages.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE.</span><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYkaTQXE4UaVssh-4yoLrxExvMnyxVMP9NjJmxbjKdI9C9rcJ6QUxEcHvOlBF9zBExTizyT0gKrcaipeLNQq4EL6x9pnUS_r5mr5IYR4BRzc6vu7w3NcufwKacNIdgMT7U3GcQSRvGQHw/s1600/Killer+Klowns.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYkaTQXE4UaVssh-4yoLrxExvMnyxVMP9NjJmxbjKdI9C9rcJ6QUxEcHvOlBF9zBExTizyT0gKrcaipeLNQq4EL6x9pnUS_r5mr5IYR4BRzc6vu7w3NcufwKacNIdgMT7U3GcQSRvGQHw/s320/Killer+Klowns.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Aliens who look like clowns come from outer space to terrorize a small town. Are you freakin kidding me? This was the most God-awful movie I've ever watched. </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. MARS ATTACKS.</span><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4FS92zTSOaHt29XkqzisUvnQJTLfbmnhfwaH9EiAhCT-w41V5jRHbNd1jGuWdi0HdKV_PUch_2panDfyVuMl6CkYRnWDpWfnrx5wrmXraEXXsBol9Q8VE52wteBwqpeQhecamUZaa8zI/s1600/Mars+Attack.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4FS92zTSOaHt29XkqzisUvnQJTLfbmnhfwaH9EiAhCT-w41V5jRHbNd1jGuWdi0HdKV_PUch_2panDfyVuMl6CkYRnWDpWfnrx5wrmXraEXXsBol9Q8VE52wteBwqpeQhecamUZaa8zI/s1600/Mars+Attack.png" /></span></a></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Earth is invaded my Martians. They torture and kill. Okay, I know a lot of people liked this movie, but I have to disagree. (My husband still makes me do the alien voices.) I don't care how many top paid actors or good-looking Pierce Brosnans you stick in there, I really hated this movie.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3. WORLD'S GREATEST DAD.</span><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCMcrLiFyaLxzcVDPZP0RMQRdkCtwt4hMLRZGYmRcpQebCntMx70vT0y82A-9PA8Nl498ht-pJt13fOHKG7-AwIqnJNgNyrWxcbI2MbRNNCRAuGZ9fU-6F8lOaM6nUpYaGdpXctPN-D0c/s1600/World%2527s+Greatest+Dad.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCMcrLiFyaLxzcVDPZP0RMQRdkCtwt4hMLRZGYmRcpQebCntMx70vT0y82A-9PA8Nl498ht-pJt13fOHKG7-AwIqnJNgNyrWxcbI2MbRNNCRAuGZ9fU-6F8lOaM6nUpYaGdpXctPN-D0c/s1600/World%2527s+Greatest+Dad.jpg" /></span></a></div><br />
<span class="st"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A comedy about a man who learns that the things you want most may not be the things that make you happy, and that being lonely is not necessarily the same as being alone. This is not a comedy. It is a depressing movie. I love Robin Williams in everything else except this. His son is obnoxious. The best part of the movie was the end because it's all about a writer who wants to be published. Seriously, if you're going to watch it, fastforward to the end.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4. Bewitched</span><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifz1pslDOkiAewAn-U7OuRfg3t87TKpiuxqgCFpFnYbmdBCbi_I6KXuSZCTSTi3qMJTC88iO2ipQT0bOTNG5929xWiVTLIRCOLoEX413hFhBHTaBXIQo6vtwffIrN-62GYS1hPH0XKeYo/s1600/Bewitched.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifz1pslDOkiAewAn-U7OuRfg3t87TKpiuxqgCFpFnYbmdBCbi_I6KXuSZCTSTi3qMJTC88iO2ipQT0bOTNG5929xWiVTLIRCOLoEX413hFhBHTaBXIQo6vtwffIrN-62GYS1hPH0XKeYo/s1600/Bewitched.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Everyone knows the show, right? The cute witch marries the human. I loved the show. Then they went and made this movie with Will Ferrell acting like an idiot. The witch wasn't even called Samantha. Pisses me off when they mess with a good thing. The only plus of this movie was Shirley MacLain as Andora, but I like her in all her movies.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5. INDECENT PROPOSAL.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb5VXIqZf_WyhaSpXSYalfwFCZ9OAqzKEOoqqD-vmmNJa5v-rH_RJ9KbtJeSFu9EvUArs9ThvS4pg4-7KlNsrHwGJkfXlYLDWHnXAc-dxLYPjOlMfOEbmXls414APFrKYgR4npnaFBV0M/s1600/Indecent+Proposal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb5VXIqZf_WyhaSpXSYalfwFCZ9OAqzKEOoqqD-vmmNJa5v-rH_RJ9KbtJeSFu9EvUArs9ThvS4pg4-7KlNsrHwGJkfXlYLDWHnXAc-dxLYPjOlMfOEbmXls414APFrKYgR4npnaFBV0M/s1600/Indecent+Proposal.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A woman cheats on her husband for a million dollars. Seriously, this is supposed to be a cool movie? Granted there's a lot of money involved. And Robert Redford is hot, but come on. Then at the end she goes back to her husband and they start over like if nothing happened. The whore cheated on you and you agreed to it for money. You pimped her out you schmuck. Yeah, I did't care for this movie.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6. KINGPIN.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE10-jz6JEJVt2PNwzM3b2Gfwrg02q200KYXfNzD-ZBB8oNnYhCvvaF2VqmUoposPGTXOW5i4-UDLrtm78TgkIc32iHNym-FRXimLmlA7qmjCNEw8yIzPHV3FF6nzc4f7q9ES4kpypMgw/s1600/Kingpin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE10-jz6JEJVt2PNwzM3b2Gfwrg02q200KYXfNzD-ZBB8oNnYhCvvaF2VqmUoposPGTXOW5i4-UDLrtm78TgkIc32iHNym-FRXimLmlA7qmjCNEw8yIzPHV3FF6nzc4f7q9ES4kpypMgw/s1600/Kingpin.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A star bowler whose career was prematurely "cut off" hopes to ride a new prodigy to success and riches. All with me now. "Stupid. Stupid." I used to like Woody Harrelson until I was coersced into watching this movie. It was plain disgusting. How do writers come up with this crap? (Man, I'm a harsh critic.)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">7. THE CABLE GUY</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkZLpVHNT_O5uptfnxPPivSs64_PDQBrHtYzVHR7-P_lxdzn71LxGdpX5ZLUUrULsMvMjj0-gMPcLEAsv0tkdHJaHPNWyl6PCHlMB_8QYtZv7DwlrncQDwCEv0qSny5Ipjf5owJ6qtheE/s1600/The+Cable+Guy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkZLpVHNT_O5uptfnxPPivSs64_PDQBrHtYzVHR7-P_lxdzn71LxGdpX5ZLUUrULsMvMjj0-gMPcLEAsv0tkdHJaHPNWyl6PCHlMB_8QYtZv7DwlrncQDwCEv0qSny5Ipjf5owJ6qtheE/s1600/The+Cable+Guy.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A lonely and disturbed cable guy raised on television just wants a new friend, but his target, a designer, rejects him, with bad consequences. Let me start by saying that Jim Carrey usually makes me laugh, but I thought he was the biggest jackass in this movie, which probably means he played the part well. Still, the movie made my crap list.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">8. THE BROTHER FROM ANOTHER PLANET.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQhUzUdR-j3bTnh68CfK6oR5nZS1q2wzOf273WywtudNlYOg49hFDo0ig9dhZaAxJQza3f4kVbM8l7ID3MUuK1ADUA6pz3vLMPaCAmjZLgiUESTNmwDQzr9hcK9mU_qMgw2wJEWOdLRqQ/s1600/the+brother+from+another+planet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQhUzUdR-j3bTnh68CfK6oR5nZS1q2wzOf273WywtudNlYOg49hFDo0ig9dhZaAxJQza3f4kVbM8l7ID3MUuK1ADUA6pz3vLMPaCAmjZLgiUESTNmwDQzr9hcK9mU_qMgw2wJEWOdLRqQ/s1600/the+brother+from+another+planet.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A mute alien is chased by outer-space bounty hunters through the streets of Harlem in this thought-provoking cult classic. (Thought-provoking my ass.) Yeah, I was wondering why he couldn't talk, why an alien would be an idiot, and why the heck he snorted coke? As a sworn Sci-Fi lover, I felt betrayed.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">9. FREDDY GOT FINGERED.</span><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGOIe4eLdlrbRLJSob7d_H-P7ZIdnxcS5LvuIwvfE32McDh7qnI6OpthBorGmmtf9XWMYkQe5t61WyiD1VRyz5QZRzkoSAXIwNkEFAI5yzU_SBZJfoSIyVWcuC2SeTxjit3-tmt7StoME/s1600/Freddie+got+fingered.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGOIe4eLdlrbRLJSob7d_H-P7ZIdnxcS5LvuIwvfE32McDh7qnI6OpthBorGmmtf9XWMYkQe5t61WyiD1VRyz5QZRzkoSAXIwNkEFAI5yzU_SBZJfoSIyVWcuC2SeTxjit3-tmt7StoME/s1600/Freddie+got+fingered.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">An unemployed cartoonist moves back in with his parents and younger brother Freddy. When his parents demand he leave, he begins to spread rumors that his father is sexually abusing Freddy. This is just plain sick, and I value myself as having an open mind. I lasted five minutes with this movie and counted it as a not worthy of anything. I apologize for even mentioning it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">10. VAMPIRES SUCK.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA7teBn6InQP5QCj7j07f2X8U9Ji5A3GK2l0gkHFPkthyic_0_Qerb3thWyQeT_A_2OiafsS0nKxxCbbUBcWCQP3-oBAx-ufuAk1fTGct51lGxRWF_MZS_zTMm7DcBQjLC_4XJe_xGggw/s1600/Vampires+suck.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA7teBn6InQP5QCj7j07f2X8U9Ji5A3GK2l0gkHFPkthyic_0_Qerb3thWyQeT_A_2OiafsS0nKxxCbbUBcWCQP3-oBAx-ufuAk1fTGct51lGxRWF_MZS_zTMm7DcBQjLC_4XJe_xGggw/s1600/Vampires+suck.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A spoof of vampire-themed movies, where teenager Becca finds herself torn between two boys. As she and her friends wrestle with a number of different dramas, everything comes to a head at their prom. I normally like spoofs. This one sucked, literally. Of course, without Leslie Nielsen, no spoof will ever be the same again.</span><br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Well, that's all folks. Hope everyone enjoyed my picks. Hate on.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Have a Happy Monday. ...^-^...</span>Laila Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08430076999393883312noreply@blogger.com67tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243226627666701707.post-23382805169501512352011-09-16T04:00:00.001-05:002011-09-16T04:00:01.224-05:00My Gratitude<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hello all and Happy Friday!</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was hopping through the campaigners and it occured to me that many are selling, promoting, and building their numbers. I don't have a darn thing to offer except my friendship. Maybe it's just that life moves so fast, and I see Blogger in a different light. To me it's become an opportunity to meet like-minded people, writers that have set out on my same journey. I hate to rush it, strive for the numbers and not stop to get a feel for and get to know all of you as individuals. It seems a shame otherwise, but that's just me.</span><br />
</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So in my own mushy way I'd like to take this moment to recongnize a few of my oldest blogger friends who were with me from the beginning, and others who have touched my heart in one way or another. Don't worry, I'll try to keep it brief. (Swampland anybody?)</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cheryl over at </span><a href="http://www.kangaroosofthescrubbybush.com/2011/09/buster-blossoms-merrilyn-part-19.html"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kangaroos in the Scrubby Bush</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> (tells a tale of cute kangaroos) and Lisa at </span><a href="http://lisalregan.blogspot.com/2011/09/wherein-i-talk-about-flooding.html"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lisa L Regan</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> (awesome thriller writer) gave me this award. Thank you so much ladies. Sorry it's taken me so long to pass this on.<br />
<img border="0" nba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij_gqODenS6b6kQC4yF8JEF9vsz6ydjHT7huP2AnU_9-6Jeg7WEQqoGtsktnO_W-yxptow29CQMnwXb88cYzGMy_sPdUFPw1u-_UjEJgLUmUV-ciUAnak1o1nokbACDPsLHZFYkxdLkVI/s1600/7x7LinkAward.bmp" /><br />
<br />
And Cheryl (fellow Fantasy writer) over at </span><a href="http://offwithefairies.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://offwithefairies.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> also stuck me...er...gifted me with this one.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX5AAbpy8P4308XvIHyR95J38sTgBFOD5APkadDQXcTmrVU5vEa6c81YQZOli-ME-xpBPDc3xb5ETfQTZ-JnRB9dl0_vVqe3Os709gU-0EBmUat88hn-AMeWACKKz_dvLcxvwqEidT13sM/s1600/Versatile+Blogger.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX5AAbpy8P4308XvIHyR95J38sTgBFOD5APkadDQXcTmrVU5vEa6c81YQZOli-ME-xpBPDc3xb5ETfQTZ-JnRB9dl0_vVqe3Os709gU-0EBmUat88hn-AMeWACKKz_dvLcxvwqEidT13sM/s200/Versatile+Blogger.jpg" width="200" /></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm going to cheat like a wayward spouse and combine these all in the sake of hating long blogs. (There's no way I'm going through all this copy and paste again.)<br />
<br />
Most Beautiful : </span><a href="http://untroubledkingdomoflailaknight.blogspot.com/2011/08/cute-fridays.html"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Finnegan the Squirrel</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Captures the essence of nature. And he's a cute little booger.<br />
<br />
Most Controversial : </span><a href="http://untroubledkingdomoflailaknight.blogspot.com/2011/07/free-sex-adviceabout-your-writing.html"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Free Sex Advice</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> It was supposed to be advice on how to write sex scenes without being too explicit. It was inspired by the lovely Donna Weaver from </span><a href="http://weavingataleortwo.blogspot.com/2011/09/im-dead-oh-and-writer-beware.html"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Weavin a Tale or Two</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, and was also the time I thought I had scared Alex at </span><a href="http://alexjcavanaugh.blogspot.com/2011/09/if-i-could-be-anyone.html"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Alex J Cavanaugh</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> away for good. Thank you Donna. And Alex, I'm glad you came back. I'd miss you. You are both way cool.<br />
<br />
Most Popular : </span><a href="http://untroubledkingdomoflailaknight.blogspot.com/2011/09/happy-birthday-to-me.html"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Happy Birthday to Me.</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> 74 birthday wishes and counting made my day extra special. <br />
<br />
Most Helpful : </span><a href="http://untroubledkingdomoflailaknight.blogspot.com/2011/06/figuring-genre.html"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Genre Map</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> It's a clicky thingy that helps you determine your genre. (I hope the darn thing still works.)<br />
<br />
Most Surprisingly successful : </span><a href="http://untroubledkingdomoflailaknight.blogspot.com/2011/08/being-present.html#comments"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Being Present</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> All about spending time with your loved ones and giving yourself a break from the social media. With so many Blogger addicts here (myself included) I thought it would bomb. I appreciate your attention to this blog. <br />
<br />
Most Underrated : </span><a href="http://untroubledkingdomoflailaknight.blogspot.com/2011/08/panty-meme.html#comments"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Panty Meme</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Smutty as all hell, I admit it. I had fun with it. And plenty of you stopped by (fellow closet freaks). And it made it's way around like wild fire. Even L.G. over at </span><a href="http://bardsandprophets.blogspot.com/2011/09/award-stew-and-some-observations.html"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Barbs and Prophets</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> played and Carrie at </span><a href="http://soyoureawriter.blogspot.com/2011/09/1-tag-2-awards-100-followers.html"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So You're a Writer</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. Mike, I appreciated your participation the most. (Spidey) </span><a href="http://protecttherisen.blogspot.com/2011/08/ansirk-world-of-diar-part-2.html"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Protect the Risen</span></a><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Most Prideworthy : </span><a href="http://untroubledkingdomoflailaknight.blogspot.com/2011/07/crime-fiction-just-for-fun.html"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ginger (Crime Fiction)</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> It didn't get tons of hits, but I found it very special. It was also the first day Rusty at </span><a href="http://rustywebb.blogspot.com/2011/09/mia.html"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Blutonian Death Egg</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> stopped by my blog and tipped his hat to me. (Very cute comment.) I also appreciated seeing Lisa, above and Nancy at </span><a href="http://nancysthompson.blogspot.com/2011/09/insecure-writer-loses-her-mojo.html"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Nancy Thompson</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">.<br />
<br />
I'd like to pass on this award to all those mentioned above as well as to Eve at </span><a href="http://thedesertrocks.blogspot.com/2011/09/publisher-as-my-first-guest-blogger.html"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Desert Rock</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> and Bryce over at </span><a href="http://brycedaniels.blogspot.com/2011/09/first-write-campaign-challenge.html"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Preservation Society</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> eventhough he's AWOL. A lot of these people were with me when I had no one to come and comment. They stopped by to say hi. And they cared.<br />
<br />
I've met so many wonderful individuals since then like Botanist at </span><a href="http://thebaldpatch.blogspot.com/2011/09/lies-damned-lies-and-statistics.html?showComment=1316098981499#c299612796387846291"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Views from the Bald Patch</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, Roland at </span><a href="http://rolandyeomans.blogspot.com/2011/09/beware-french-quarter-nights.html"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Writing in the Crossairs</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, Joylene at </span><a href="http://cluculzwriter.blogspot.com/2011/09/my-host-vanderhoof-public-library.html"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Joylene Nowell Butler</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> , Isis at </span><a href="http://isisrushdan.blogspot.com/2011/09/if-i-could-be-anyone-id-be.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+IsisRushdan+%28Isis+Rushdan+Blog%29"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Isis Rushdan</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, PK at </span><a href="http://pk-hrezo.blogspot.com/2011/09/in-color.html"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pk Hrezo</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, Julie at </span><a href="http://gypsyjulesinmysoul.blogspot.com/2011/09/seven-things-you-didnt-really-want-to.html"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Gypsy in my Soul</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> ...I could go on and on. I am proud to call you my blogger buds. These awards go to each and everyone of you. You don't have to do a darn thing...just pay the three ladies up top a visit and say hi.<br />
<br />
Now, ten random facts about me and I will make them brief.<br />
<br />
1. My middle name is Angelica. (Bet you had no clue.)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. Most kids have a comfort toy. Mine was a long-haired blonde doll. I tore out her eyes and dragged her around by her hair. (Till this day I never had kids of my own.)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3. I had a baby chick once. Years later my mother told me I ate it in soup. (Scarred me for life)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4. I wear white socks with everything, unless I'm dressed up of course. I also carry a black purse. (Both go great with hot pink) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5. I'm a morning person, pisses people off, but they remark they miss me when I'm gone.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6. I like the dark. I will shut windows, turn off lights, tv, the works. (My inner vampire at work.)<br />
7. I don't believe in buying $300.00 shoes. There's starving people out there.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">8. I've seen my share of ghosts ever since I was three. (Scoff if you must.)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">9. I can't stand parties...not when there's so much more I'd rather be doing. (However, after a glass of wine I'm good to go and can BS with the best of them.)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">10. I secretly dream of being beamed out into a cool spaceship by sexy aliens. (Oh, wait, that's no secret.)</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There you have it. Hope everyone has a wonderful day and I'm looking forward to getting to know all my new followers. Happy blogging. </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">...^-^...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span> </div>Laila Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08430076999393883312noreply@blogger.com50tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243226627666701707.post-73692521584113254442011-09-12T04:00:00.003-05:002011-09-12T04:00:09.492-05:00TOP OF THE MORNING.<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Good morning fellow visionaries on this wonderful journey called life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to start by thanking all of you for all the birthday wishes. (BTW: I’m 4338 in alien years.) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And proud of it.</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I’d like to welcome all my new followers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I spent a few hours Saturday visiting you and getting to know you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Please email me if you’re following me but I’m not following you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A whole week without blogging can throw a person off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I’m sitting here sipping a glass of red wine on a Sunday, which by the way goes wonderfully with pizza, and reminding myself that this is in fact the last day of my vacation and this post will go public Monday morning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Soon I’ll be forced to use the left side of my brain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whose idea was it that we were only to have two-day weekends?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ugh, somebody pay me to be on vacation. </span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now, if you must know, I’m going to tell you anyway, I went camping.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And at this second I find that I miss communing with nature, reading a good book, cementing my hatred of mosquitoes, and going on long walks.</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I survived a whole week away from Blogger and remembered something about myself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I freaking love life and doing all the physical stuff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I’m eliminating my Wednesday posts with the exception of the Insecure Writer’s Group and other special functions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Suck it up...I'm still here.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This should give me more time for blog-hopping, writing, living life, and other stuff. </span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I will be posting Mondays and Fridays.</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On a second note, I learned a few things this week.</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<ol start="1" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Reading</st1:place></st1:city> does in fact spark creativity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I read two books.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Not naming titles.)</span></li>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></ol><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The first was a Fantasy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It had about a hundred characters in it. (Does anyone remember hearing that we should only have a few characters to make it easier for the reader to follow the story?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yup, still sounds like a load of crap to me.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don’t tell me what I can or can’t read.</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The second book was a Paranormal Romance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It started with a prologue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, I’ll say it again…pro-logue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also, it had sex galore.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I mean let-me-slap-you-across-the-face-with-it sex.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Eat your hearts out agents.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Worse still, I found myself so annoyed with the constant sex that I skimmed over some of it to read the other parts of the story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes me, I did that. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I must be getting old (4338 doesn’t seem that bad in theory) but heck, these people were going at it like bunnies. (Cute fuzzy critters that have the ability to hop and…never mind.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anyway, I’m feeling cheated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Granted, rules were meant to be broken, but if they’re going to set up literary rules, either apply them to everyone or shut up about it.</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<ol start="2" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now, before I go any further, I’d like to take a moment to thank Thomas Crapper. (The guy who was credited with inventing indoor plumbing.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I got home, lifted the toilet seat cover and there was nothing looking back at me, I felt elated. (Johnny on the Spot be dammed.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Special recognition to the Chinese for toilet paper.</span></li>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></ol><ol start="2" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Next, it has come to my attention that fish have evolved to the point where they use humans for sport.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They’ve obviously been injected with a wonder drug.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seriously, bluegills have a superior IQ.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They gather in groups around the lure and talk about us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A teacher fish instructs them in the ways of nipping at a curly tail without swallowing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They follow the lure around while laughing and calling us “stupid humans.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Occasionally, they will sacrifice themselves for the sake of a pathetically skinny Earthling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Needless to say, I didn’t catch a single one.</span></li>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></ol><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<ol start="4" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Finally and most important, there’s always room for a dog on a camping trip.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not only are they willing to taste my food to ensure I’m not poisoned, (with the exception of wine and chocolate) they will sleep at the foot of the bed to help perfect my night vision when I’m trying to find my way to the bathroom, consume large amounts of grass to teach me the importance of eating greens, and force me to wake up at 6:30AM to pick up their poop while getting some well-needed exercise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></li>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></ol><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hope my words of wisdom have given all of you a reason to wake up in the morning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I look forward to chatting with all of you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wish me luck.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After Monday, today, I might need another vacation. </span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> EXTRA CREDIT IF YOU READ THIS.</span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I joined the campaign and there seems to be this challenge thing going around, 200 words of flash fiction and it starts with opening a door.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> I'm a Fantasy writer, and I don't normally writer about fairies, but h</span>ere goes.</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> *** </span></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The door swung open.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Out walked Aura all dressed for battle. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For years they’d laughed at her wayward ideas and childish antics, not realizing it was all part of her power.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It took a rich level of whimsy to remain strong enough to battle the dream reapers, demons who captured human souls while they slept.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a fairy trapped in a mortal body she alone possessed the key that would lead her to the underworld where the souls were kept.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She surveyed the room focusing on all the familiar faces.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Who’s with me?”</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A green man-boy hobbled forward.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was a Zeleak, a dark fairy forced to squeeze himself inside a fleshy being to repay past mistakes.</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“I’m Neffle,” he said.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“I’ll go with you.”</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She reached out and took his hand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Brave boy, you and I will scour the underworld together and free these people from the tyranny of the Moors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When we return our debt will be repaid.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll be free to sink into the Earth and become part of nature.”</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They walked out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Silence followed like a flag of truce.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The door closed.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">***</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> My PC insists that was 200 words.</span></o:p></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bloody hell, whose idea was it that I give up Wednesdays anyway?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This makes for a long blog with no pictures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Hmm, I'll take care of that.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmEd4zaWeMB6BSGNQ4sJkbJxeUWhCNwf8XEML9pu5JiVys2ZK9hjRDf9CmsUhvtezbOYvE9XGUgfjPaLa3qes6wF_ukWPGNyy99Zugrn_W0x5pqaPzzaYV9fKZhb9x27o-DFiy-N9snfc/s1600/hummingbird.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmEd4zaWeMB6BSGNQ4sJkbJxeUWhCNwf8XEML9pu5JiVys2ZK9hjRDf9CmsUhvtezbOYvE9XGUgfjPaLa3qes6wF_ukWPGNyy99Zugrn_W0x5pqaPzzaYV9fKZhb9x27o-DFiy-N9snfc/s1600/hummingbird.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There now. Don’t hate, pollinate, and when that fails just copulate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a great stress reliever.</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Have a great one, and cheers!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>…^-^…</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span>Laila Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08430076999393883312noreply@blogger.com47tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243226627666701707.post-22620916752326344862011-09-02T04:00:00.004-05:002011-09-02T04:00:05.355-05:00HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDLwT1rSb48ZekBBDrPuTNHrmEN6ZWkjooDF1y1sFQjXPrsCZtHKJFvendZdL2zcIRKwND040PLYmCrB3g-1sxVp_CqMHqbeFdaUy2OCqtcjhxFLgSLLmT0FAl2LzjB5fLTwOWemcWDEg/s1600/birthday+cake.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDLwT1rSb48ZekBBDrPuTNHrmEN6ZWkjooDF1y1sFQjXPrsCZtHKJFvendZdL2zcIRKwND040PLYmCrB3g-1sxVp_CqMHqbeFdaUy2OCqtcjhxFLgSLLmT0FAl2LzjB5fLTwOWemcWDEg/s1600/birthday+cake.jpg" xaa="true" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Stop counting my candles.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yes, yes, it's true. Several years ago today, the Earth and I came to an agreement that she would let those Aliens drop me off and bless her with my presence.</span><br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3IKqHwCORHoH3pK0JGpKORqumsGqLFkOCx5r098P8BhMAK9Ve5nzvm9RMCQ6Z2vQp5O8oRNkyplPex1hSxR_Iz69XDNIb1GsdpcWizi-1IH8vM-IX28uoWUL2psfJtswR9cEfqioNhls/s1600/gothic_arch_l.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3IKqHwCORHoH3pK0JGpKORqumsGqLFkOCx5r098P8BhMAK9Ve5nzvm9RMCQ6Z2vQp5O8oRNkyplPex1hSxR_Iz69XDNIb1GsdpcWizi-1IH8vM-IX28uoWUL2psfJtswR9cEfqioNhls/s320/gothic_arch_l.jpg" width="320" xaa="true" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My Earth parents are still not buying the story. My mother insists the hours of premature labor and c-section were not imaginary. I explained to her that my alien physiology wouldn't allow her body to carry me to full term. And there is the difference in blood type. (XXX) No wait, that's not blood.</span><br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj474WQUUrtezG9mheqw-8Igj3ziR6yzLDyH_Javczm2Ze0bwcVqcIE867Od8ba7AczOri9N7NoCpfE6o6HSwqm0ZiO7h7lhBXY5ITlRlRSRXCunF8rxnOXyzcg0J_djlCI-iYxf-fLxhU/s1600/cartoon+pup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj474WQUUrtezG9mheqw-8Igj3ziR6yzLDyH_Javczm2Ze0bwcVqcIE867Od8ba7AczOri9N7NoCpfE6o6HSwqm0ZiO7h7lhBXY5ITlRlRSRXCunF8rxnOXyzcg0J_djlCI-iYxf-fLxhU/s200/cartoon+pup.jpg" width="200" xaa="true" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway, wish me happy birthday. I'll get so excited I might pee my pants...but let's hope not. </span><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxvCeMK-II9Z9Vd6oW3_e9ecvJx0L4-iVTe2XqoXHXpFsCaxz56Ul6XqVckUFJxbDfH-VGKDaNa0zvutCx9nXLDyO4hm82w9yEQEU9i7apmcRz-gIA7y5J40af5GET1r-AAMms3VM_7dg/s1600/tiger5.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxvCeMK-II9Z9Vd6oW3_e9ecvJx0L4-iVTe2XqoXHXpFsCaxz56Ul6XqVckUFJxbDfH-VGKDaNa0zvutCx9nXLDyO4hm82w9yEQEU9i7apmcRz-gIA7y5J40af5GET1r-AAMms3VM_7dg/s1600/tiger5.gif" xaa="true" /></span></a></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">IMPORTANT: I WILL BE OFF NEXT WEEK. YOU WILL NOT SEE ME AT ALL. I WILL NOT BE POSTING. I'M TAKING THE WHOLE WEEK AWAY FROM HERE AND WORK TO CELEBRATE MY BIRTHDAY. I WILL MISS YOU ALL. </span><br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzpmU9IiIU2X_XlRsEXC_KL6EbrUoKGxQuIM8UCaqTe3xGj3efz-eDq_LfNminpCG-npcI3Rqki0PwmmrmEl6zc31-ZDRSj4z_xpEGL4ZcV_OWJIR_aF6e2z6D0KprkUalYs96XSsnKj0/s1600/heart+pic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzpmU9IiIU2X_XlRsEXC_KL6EbrUoKGxQuIM8UCaqTe3xGj3efz-eDq_LfNminpCG-npcI3Rqki0PwmmrmEl6zc31-ZDRSj4z_xpEGL4ZcV_OWJIR_aF6e2z6D0KprkUalYs96XSsnKj0/s200/heart+pic.jpg" width="176" xaa="true" /></span></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">REASONS TO EMAIL ME:</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. You're reading my book. (Please do email me.)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. I'm reading your book. (Ditto)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3. You like me. (Sure.)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4. Something incredibly cool is happening and I need to know right away. (Please do.)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5. You heard a funny joke or feel like chatting and can't stand another day without me. (Ok,if you really must...)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6. My bloggerly presence makes you horny. (Not a good idea. Hubs wouldn't like it.) </span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIFN0We0JO6rIp2mEbOlZpU1P6B7998qFPw2SKhJcF7cOv0xAqXnGaWIlvcbWHnwMSOP5LqifWqXyfzkkjgs-7nQ4-SxvPVV96LtctvlFThwWS1UVBiX4is7iCuYiw1z8fqFcmyf0eSjc/s1600/toad.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIFN0We0JO6rIp2mEbOlZpU1P6B7998qFPw2SKhJcF7cOv0xAqXnGaWIlvcbWHnwMSOP5LqifWqXyfzkkjgs-7nQ4-SxvPVV96LtctvlFThwWS1UVBiX4is7iCuYiw1z8fqFcmyf0eSjc/s1600/toad.jpg" xaa="true" /></span></a></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">SERIOUSLY, IF BY SOME CHANCE YOU WOULD LIKE TO CONTACT ME, SEND ME AN EMAIL. I LOVE EMAILS AND DO CHECK MY PHONE ON A REGULAR BASIS.</span><br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Have a fantastic week!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> ...^-^...</span></strong>Laila Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08430076999393883312noreply@blogger.com73tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243226627666701707.post-2091183203116176362011-08-31T04:00:00.002-05:002011-08-31T04:00:05.902-05:00TO THE DOGS.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn96dpq6_xNfnt7wqOrvLDz_y4GoriC0_nFLjARHQQ2VOWROPS3vnGBZKp3YAH498Rd-7c-H5rxDEbExbWrxUAJzXaZNKB0cVbUS3YvEHmc47H9-sxCQRS9D-sT4MA3xSxFthnTDzyKgQ/s1600/IMG_1258.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn96dpq6_xNfnt7wqOrvLDz_y4GoriC0_nFLjARHQQ2VOWROPS3vnGBZKp3YAH498Rd-7c-H5rxDEbExbWrxUAJzXaZNKB0cVbUS3YvEHmc47H9-sxCQRS9D-sT4MA3xSxFthnTDzyKgQ/s320/IMG_1258.JPG" width="320" xaa="true" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dear Bloggers:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our pet human has contracted a unique strand of Lycanthropy that transforms her from human to bitch without the bone popping furry consequesces. She foolishly keeps refering to it as a cold, but we know better. She reeks of aspirin and citrus.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hide the biscuits!</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The man servant has been hiding out in the basement, undoubtedly too frightened to show his head. </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We have demanded that she relinquish command of this post to us until the symptoms subside and have sent her blog hopping. If you see her, please be kind. She's not contagious. And pretty soon she'll be back to her delightfully stinky self, just how we like her.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Also, don't be angry if your canine counterpart can't type. We're smarter than we look, but if you knew the truth, that would put an end to our perfect lives. </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sincerely,</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Deedra and Stryker,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pooch Patrol</span>Laila Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08430076999393883312noreply@blogger.com41tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243226627666701707.post-56362991529629550152011-08-29T04:00:00.000-05:002011-08-29T04:00:01.151-05:00Hurray for Mondays and Bloggerly Love!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdnsTGKL0yO6Yj7q3cZOXBFN8qpmuxF_fd7jcjxXbztKNdk-IkYcLDBKa5_2hTb-fLeRykiu4ryAHe2FaOQGPXuXjtVVO01zy5zhuEwRPAU0qFacmj8dgydRu5ET2OYQPcfL1xBwL-0Ac/s1600/I%2527m+a+platform-building+campaigner+badge%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdnsTGKL0yO6Yj7q3cZOXBFN8qpmuxF_fd7jcjxXbztKNdk-IkYcLDBKa5_2hTb-fLeRykiu4ryAHe2FaOQGPXuXjtVVO01zy5zhuEwRPAU0qFacmj8dgydRu5ET2OYQPcfL1xBwL-0Ac/s1600/I%2527m+a+platform-building+campaigner+badge%25281%2529.jpg" /></span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Good morning space cadets. :) It's a glorious Monday and four days till the weekend, at least for me.</span><br />
<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">FRIENDLY REMINDER. IF YOU'RE FOLLOWING ME BUT I'M NOT FOLLOWING YOU, IT'S BECAUSE I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOUR BLOG OR SITE IT. SEND ME AN EMAIL OR LEAVE ME A COMMENT PLEASE. I HATE NOT FOLLOWING MY FOLLOWERS.</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I thought I would start this day by mentioning the above seal. I became a campaigner last week and didn't post the seal until today. Figured this would make it more of a last minute reminder. So hurry up and join Rachael Harrie at </span><a href="http://rachaelharrie.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rach Writes</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> to get to know more fabulous blogs and fantastic writers.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Also, I have received this:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRJ7ZUmNienpvh_dC5Tg3eYJudGG5SflW6dgrDOs6Aq5uKkz_h6z9fxY4Ol8C-AR42Y_1Bjq2-BQ7RP0j1MGvAYSsfSUXVeAJBfbNo6KEid2PnEVo4nlxCMi5srXBFasbk2crFHBdgUJwH/s250/theversatile_blogger_award.jpg" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">AND</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1eB84edPqStIMx0haQZADAzuCHXDcQwVm2rAtb3AWaNreKOCzmaX425rUdqV5qtp4fercX5ba_PJauh_aHGNw_ggd4GeTro4PR5m8H0QRU558z79u8praxmk5WInrz8uguPYjHFC5OOAM/s250/blog+award%252C+sweet.png" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These awards came fromValentina Hepburn over at </span><a href="http://lettersfromvalentinahepburn.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Letters from Valentina</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. Isn't that an great name...like an exotic actress who takes time to stir her pasta while hunky guy fans her with a fan made of feathers. :) Stop by and say hi to her, Suzy, and Lily.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I guess this means I have to pass these on.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here are the rules.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thank and link to the person who nominates you...check.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Share seven random facts about you.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pass award to 5 new found blogging friends.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Contact and congratulate the awarded Blogeroos.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What the heck can I tell you guys that you don't already know?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. I enjoy having spooky nightmares because in them I usually see myself beating up on the villain.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. I grew up in Florida but after years of watching sharkweek I'm scared each time I go swimming in the ocean. Dipping my toes is cool though. I'm also alergic to crustaceans.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3. I'd rather be stuck in a petting zoo for hours than at a party.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4. I like red wine and dark chocolate.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5. I'm a naturalist...see myself connected to all of nature....that made Avatar the best movie ever.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6. I love every single type of bread there is, and I don't eat any of them often...they'd be stuck to my ass if I did. (What, that word is in the Bible.)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">7. I collect angels...so I always wanted to have a sunroom with angels, a pond with a makeshift waterfall, and in the center a pretty bench with a harp. It's the place I disappear to when I'm meditating. All things are real in my mind.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now, passing these babies on to five lucky appreciated bloggers that I have not targetted before but have come around to make my day. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">NEW PEOPLE</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. Libby Heily. She's funny, has one heck of a muse, and I find her writing extremely entertaining. She also reminds me of one of my nieces. Go say hi to Libby. </span><a href="http://libbyheily.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://libbyheily.blogspot.com</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. Jeff King. He's a great writer. So far his story seems pretty intense. Like many of us, he'd love to to this stuff for a living. Go pay him a visit. </span><a href="http://authorsunion.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://authorsunion.blogspot.com</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3. Jessica. She's 14, and wow does she have an amazing imagination. Check out her blog, especially that poem she wrote on Saturday. </span><a href="http://writeskatedream-jmckendry.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://writeskatedream-jmckendry.blogspot.com</span></a><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4. Danette. She's got that wandering mind, dreams of a place at the end of the world. Hmm, I think we've been dreaming of the same place. Check her out. </span><a href="http://conch-to-be.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://conch-to-be.blogspot.com/</span></a><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5. Prerna. She writes Paranormal Romance. Well me too, when I'm not neck deep in Fantasy. I just met her through the Campaign and would like to know more about her. Go say hi. </span><a href="http://prernapickett.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://prernapickett.blogspot.com</span></a><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now that will be all Bloggeroos. Know that I love you all, but I can't pass on these awards to everybody. I'd be here for weeks. Have an awesome day! ....^-^....</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
</div>Laila Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08430076999393883312noreply@blogger.com37tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243226627666701707.post-14786276020220329152011-08-24T05:00:00.001-05:002011-08-24T05:00:02.177-05:00A Little Wednesday Fun<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Good morning bloggeroos.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Since I'm still exhausted from Monday, I thought today we could have a little fun in the form of roleplaying. This game will require you to answer one very simple question and offer some brief eye candy.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Let's say you know you're going to be stranded here.</span><br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjwkRgJ_sJIEEz7ibuFstY-QvGHxZTPkA_xXsyYRe92oiRvwSOGdpB691SqwPmUn2Ph5euKwS3G5Zwz2FfuE0tmUkzTk9hyQYROFRL8ArA0Z0OZotKsYSSlmVp0wsFG94OMJ90qbwx6g8/s1600/island.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjwkRgJ_sJIEEz7ibuFstY-QvGHxZTPkA_xXsyYRe92oiRvwSOGdpB691SqwPmUn2Ph5euKwS3G5Zwz2FfuE0tmUkzTk9hyQYROFRL8ArA0Z0OZotKsYSSlmVp0wsFG94OMJ90qbwx6g8/s400/island.png" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Not to worry. I've allowed for a bit of companionship.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Ladies</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">You will be stranded with this guy.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Minus the armor.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBM8yT5vN9vkXilQBBsdWrzJTmhl6Evq5EWAJdACtCqwUoLnwskknkwnT8yMzog9cEGAQwZsT1nESFxl0MkmtL93bkT2zpIKOvFwpWlWZErnfHJdionTrFEzpVN5IAxv3h00NC7yMDIaw/s1600/spartacus.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBM8yT5vN9vkXilQBBsdWrzJTmhl6Evq5EWAJdACtCqwUoLnwskknkwnT8yMzog9cEGAQwZsT1nESFxl0MkmtL93bkT2zpIKOvFwpWlWZErnfHJdionTrFEzpVN5IAxv3h00NC7yMDIaw/s400/spartacus.jpg" width="261" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Woohoo! Hoot, whistle, hop in place.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Gentlemen, I have spared no expense.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">You will be stranded with</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">this lady.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkNqHYCz3eAfRiJLCNPjIUEsNBElwM1r1KAIfF7xbyxrgv4TPBtuavcdYHEXGxKkMZ75l8FNYM4_eb9tSEb5no5x3eJmCn8rliVHTS8G_x39U09Zc3oEGUMV38ZHUOURJ0XiYyvUxFfOI/s1600/pretty+brunnette.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkNqHYCz3eAfRiJLCNPjIUEsNBElwM1r1KAIfF7xbyxrgv4TPBtuavcdYHEXGxKkMZ75l8FNYM4_eb9tSEb5no5x3eJmCn8rliVHTS8G_x39U09Zc3oEGUMV38ZHUOURJ0XiYyvUxFfOI/s400/pretty+brunnette.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Dammit, I told them not to use my body in that picture!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Now, boast of your superhuman abilities and sexual prowess all you want.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">You will still run out of things to do.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have allowed you to take one item and only one item as a form of entertainment.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Choose wisely.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">There is no electricity on a deserted island.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And you may be there a while.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">What one item would you take with you?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">...^-^...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Have a good day!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Laila Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08430076999393883312noreply@blogger.com39tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243226627666701707.post-6403251837933659912011-08-22T04:00:00.001-05:002011-08-22T04:00:11.323-05:00STAR TREK FEST...Stardate 41022.6...Laila's Log.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmgnT7Iy7HHMZmkLgVznBJ_-xuPsMMtrLW3EeTaF9UdLkalxOmT-xhZGeGZ05mpu9gDgAQ4LqMlJJsRt584fEKdvO5d88U6BiHzgsWOpdqh3qdQQaIS1O_RMKws39jL-lUnv6ROOCLQ5s/s1600/enterprise+and+borg+cube.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmgnT7Iy7HHMZmkLgVznBJ_-xuPsMMtrLW3EeTaF9UdLkalxOmT-xhZGeGZ05mpu9gDgAQ4LqMlJJsRt584fEKdvO5d88U6BiHzgsWOpdqh3qdQQaIS1O_RMKws39jL-lUnv6ROOCLQ5s/s1600/enterprise+and+borg+cube.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Laila's Log, Stardate 41022.6. Per Captain Picard's orders, we set out in a small scout vessel. Our mission: to search the Gamma Quadrant for Captain Zena Nix. After hopping through the Bajoran wormhole, we came upon her abandoned ship, her entire crew in a state of cryogenic stasis, waiting for first contact. And the captain now looked like this....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiau_F1Pja1k3Nn1_Tc7Xoice3FkXrQek_4r9gkqb_kg2rDRzk3u96nesZDQzbiTYKM2TyXzWWVO_943dfxorinq7wgF5B-8CMuL8eeM4u3P0yfoJHrAkBTrrSsJl-tlZP50xPJUKlw-WM/s1600/imagesCAV7OO59.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiau_F1Pja1k3Nn1_Tc7Xoice3FkXrQek_4r9gkqb_kg2rDRzk3u96nesZDQzbiTYKM2TyXzWWVO_943dfxorinq7wgF5B-8CMuL8eeM4u3P0yfoJHrAkBTrrSsJl-tlZP50xPJUKlw-WM/s1600/imagesCAV7OO59.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In order to avoid assimilation we had to divulge all our Star Trek secrets, and, most important, never let go of the pink tribble.</span><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrl4A4XbQG7PBO859njprNhkE1lz4W5GAUoC7Se8cQfstOCudphGGzpMnx3RpycgK72qI7JMQEjfLJMzr9PpS6TGOhWOwMfPkBoZXEjROKaTrf9o5S_sh-NLMnJ8iLBq-Fws9lCxYMIjs/s1600/pink+tribble.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrl4A4XbQG7PBO859njprNhkE1lz4W5GAUoC7Se8cQfstOCudphGGzpMnx3RpycgK72qI7JMQEjfLJMzr9PpS6TGOhWOwMfPkBoZXEjROKaTrf9o5S_sh-NLMnJ8iLBq-Fws9lCxYMIjs/s1600/pink+tribble.png" /></span></a></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Favorite Star Trek Characters:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">#1) Captain James T. Kirk. (Funny womanizer who doesn't take any guff.) I have enclosed some fun quotes from a few of the characters.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKvvDR3-Nea7GasRCuFCU8vbO5AJz2xcTg0buOYemWCCwf1uUzbZHdRKztfqB_8TMg4XpHR7hxa7BWDALMlQFPqqSJgIwK6sqZ3-O2-KSMdUmZo82fOapmppkjiWOVPe3fZjEokZuIHts/s1600/kirk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKvvDR3-Nea7GasRCuFCU8vbO5AJz2xcTg0buOYemWCCwf1uUzbZHdRKztfqB_8TMg4XpHR7hxa7BWDALMlQFPqqSJgIwK6sqZ3-O2-KSMdUmZo82fOapmppkjiWOVPe3fZjEokZuIHts/s1600/kirk.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Mr. Spock, the women on your planet are logical. That's the only planet in the galaxy that can make that claim." -- Kirk (Elaan of Troyius)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Qv772d38ygB1bQ7tEsFEtQiVDKhyphenhyphenjRxVEd6etMVUmSQIBNGOYg2J6KCTDISmnVZebZy8DZYzyqXsbi7YExKx1LwMycaYzCtx3XAppHTvpQySA_V7nLV6na0bqFEsX86Gnypa-9dX7Y4/s1600/kirk+and+picard.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Qv772d38ygB1bQ7tEsFEtQiVDKhyphenhyphenjRxVEd6etMVUmSQIBNGOYg2J6KCTDISmnVZebZy8DZYzyqXsbi7YExKx1LwMycaYzCtx3XAppHTvpQySA_V7nLV6na0bqFEsX86Gnypa-9dX7Y4/s1600/kirk+and+picard.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: #333333;">Kirk: </span></strong><span style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Damn it, Bones, you're a doctor. You know that pain and guilt can't be taken away with a wave of a magic wand. They're the things we carry with us, the things that make us who we are. If we lose them, we lose ourselves. I don't want my pain taken away! I need my pain!</span></span><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQEnIeSFAC0CVbF4CfWsYAl_7vEz6QvU1NwgjgT-9cSVYzjhvibruOuX_yDOtQchVok7-9eqJa471C7dqvGPT07g-SL9Ru-jeikDkHAoRLarjiSaVzcsQt7JJTlH_qN_LoRNU2P-0cHcs/s1600/pink+tribble.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQEnIeSFAC0CVbF4CfWsYAl_7vEz6QvU1NwgjgT-9cSVYzjhvibruOuX_yDOtQchVok7-9eqJa471C7dqvGPT07g-SL9Ru-jeikDkHAoRLarjiSaVzcsQt7JJTlH_qN_LoRNU2P-0cHcs/s1600/pink+tribble.png" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">#2) Dr. Leonard Mccoy. (He is good to the last drop, a man of honor, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">a</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">nd he </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">cracks me up.)</span><br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhq_lrqtlGnk4FoIR4gdCo1w5cySsUDSe3_u86k4e2Ec2IV5XsfF0IzKE0fCLQIh-kL0y7i-V3m_wo_yU2LF5A-oisqYOqHgbFLjYrnGmPeDxQTq6Z8TVCo6R2zY2aigo44IZIIppSQOI/s1600/mccoy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhq_lrqtlGnk4FoIR4gdCo1w5cySsUDSe3_u86k4e2Ec2IV5XsfF0IzKE0fCLQIh-kL0y7i-V3m_wo_yU2LF5A-oisqYOqHgbFLjYrnGmPeDxQTq6Z8TVCo6R2zY2aigo44IZIIppSQOI/s1600/mccoy.jpg" /></span></a></div><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"I signed aboard this ship to practice medicine, not to have my atoms scattered back and forth across space by this gadget." -- McCoy (Space Seed)</span></li>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuKeFSt3c1pCUdj0Zo0-BhIO2AhsLFm8briT6WLbm8pOWOgFEPAP6cYxtaYQ8jMJ5EnMkZnuj5kDkEapL9DVqbqESn-lSjsNGfz10Xm6HM1N9Q6yRacump302E5_GS_HZF4T7ii6UVN7c/s1600/chapel+maccoy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuKeFSt3c1pCUdj0Zo0-BhIO2AhsLFm8briT6WLbm8pOWOgFEPAP6cYxtaYQ8jMJ5EnMkZnuj5kDkEapL9DVqbqESn-lSjsNGfz10Xm6HM1N9Q6yRacump302E5_GS_HZF4T7ii6UVN7c/s1600/chapel+maccoy.jpg" /></span></a></div><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"By golly, Jim... I'm beginning to think I can cure a rainy day!" -- McCoy (The Devil in the Dark) </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span></li>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRI7bT72hjrL1orOhVm0iEiZp2DfQ8MFlndUd0eGnmnOIa0snY_LWLoVobgNaWV4UgSxDIyonvvi0WCemQ16fLcZ-rJYsgS0QbKsDpv_72ECzN_2pYjfwa0gh1Nw9rEnQiuFqcu-VFVls/s1600/pink+tribble.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRI7bT72hjrL1orOhVm0iEiZp2DfQ8MFlndUd0eGnmnOIa0snY_LWLoVobgNaWV4UgSxDIyonvvi0WCemQ16fLcZ-rJYsgS0QbKsDpv_72ECzN_2pYjfwa0gh1Nw9rEnQiuFqcu-VFVls/s1600/pink+tribble.png" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">#3) Spock. (Everything must be logical, yet his human side is quick to interfere.)</span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhRs-QHZa6w3SXmbymficoM4b35AYnsAMwWx4-g-fYvP80b0uNTPt61mBivmF8lxElrZzCeclm14bOLNlXvX1zYUXKI57cHZ4579k8nklVYWI9uuDS8Ae7dVM-DMMFogXtOd0QsePMBrw/s1600/spock.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhRs-QHZa6w3SXmbymficoM4b35AYnsAMwWx4-g-fYvP80b0uNTPt61mBivmF8lxElrZzCeclm14bOLNlXvX1zYUXKI57cHZ4579k8nklVYWI9uuDS8Ae7dVM-DMMFogXtOd0QsePMBrw/s1600/spock.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kirk: Spock, where the hell’s the power you promised?<br />
Spock: One damn minute, Admiral. -<i>Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKQFbDrc3loylA_stJyBU6f1B6GZdU41lbx7yXhX9z658VxD0ZJKwl88k1vyoRO_UuHvit7IP5LHAyp_QRtO_uefGAZphKbtwNeEf_jm6tLL5Q-tlmPuB7b_ehf7Z1R7OCKLS5zOWzbHw/s1600/mccoy+and+tribbles.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKQFbDrc3loylA_stJyBU6f1B6GZdU41lbx7yXhX9z658VxD0ZJKwl88k1vyoRO_UuHvit7IP5LHAyp_QRtO_uefGAZphKbtwNeEf_jm6tLL5Q-tlmPuB7b_ehf7Z1R7OCKLS5zOWzbHw/s200/mccoy+and+tribbles.jpg" width="200" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Live long and prosper. Well yeah, they're born pregnant.</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrl4A4XbQG7PBO859njprNhkE1lz4W5GAUoC7Se8cQfstOCudphGGzpMnx3RpycgK72qI7JMQEjfLJMzr9PpS6TGOhWOwMfPkBoZXEjROKaTrf9o5S_sh-NLMnJ8iLBq-Fws9lCxYMIjs/s1600/pink+tribble.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrl4A4XbQG7PBO859njprNhkE1lz4W5GAUoC7Se8cQfstOCudphGGzpMnx3RpycgK72qI7JMQEjfLJMzr9PpS6TGOhWOwMfPkBoZXEjROKaTrf9o5S_sh-NLMnJ8iLBq-Fws9lCxYMIjs/s1600/pink+tribble.png" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">#4) Captain Jean Luc Picard. (The man has read everything from Shakespeare to the sticky notes in my purse.)</span><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoz8HuHOld45jnbE-rZ3qWTup43gKptvRKf1JPGRjihIAfZ16jltNDJkqqYEn-6n2PJfiYMEsVuSATM4SVPc3LFrj_7C_jp0_FmjTd9EkaXp6vrvAgwFBAKNO5JS7FJX_SXAqj405vPBk/s1600/picard.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoz8HuHOld45jnbE-rZ3qWTup43gKptvRKf1JPGRjihIAfZ16jltNDJkqqYEn-6n2PJfiYMEsVuSATM4SVPc3LFrj_7C_jp0_FmjTd9EkaXp6vrvAgwFBAKNO5JS7FJX_SXAqj405vPBk/s1600/picard.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Make it so Number One.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK2YMN56ZbsvGrlcq2nN4lWj0CeeL_TNI69vFMyG8gcrXGX0M39g3S-gZEvXEfWz0bsdQl4934eEjnqt-zakIALiESmVnBllgdM_82NUGLPVExKy7f4vQGrylGEbhbNk9VqDHyitQL4Aw/s1600/picard+and+beverly.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK2YMN56ZbsvGrlcq2nN4lWj0CeeL_TNI69vFMyG8gcrXGX0M39g3S-gZEvXEfWz0bsdQl4934eEjnqt-zakIALiESmVnBllgdM_82NUGLPVExKy7f4vQGrylGEbhbNk9VqDHyitQL4Aw/s1600/picard+and+beverly.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They made a great couple.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj74fqm7J7mj6Jx3Y35u5hhyphenhyphenSnMzuyd_xAVDztypQfgA52V20ncgvr9FuGXJ-5nf4fqiBo4inkwz2E0W7SPJZhuX5eVLbaa5De2XVATXOctGpJ37wzXfEEhc4CVdAClWfqf5WreP0M1ycU/s1600/pink+tribble.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj74fqm7J7mj6Jx3Y35u5hhyphenhyphenSnMzuyd_xAVDztypQfgA52V20ncgvr9FuGXJ-5nf4fqiBo4inkwz2E0W7SPJZhuX5eVLbaa5De2XVATXOctGpJ37wzXfEEhc4CVdAClWfqf5WreP0M1ycU/s1600/pink+tribble.png" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">#5) Lieutenant Commander Data. (He has earned a place in Star Trek history.)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixzOOBGPbvZHVeqnNbfMILFtsq0xf-CWzjTs7FVYVRG4VJP9-bcEMRcUp-ZqWzZ_QvYOmKMD41Ayl980hB0ZGytdWl6rZ-nrxy55zbC7mKOltv9vGq0k52B3wS_X_SG77Zt2loagZ7WjE/s1600/data.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixzOOBGPbvZHVeqnNbfMILFtsq0xf-CWzjTs7FVYVRG4VJP9-bcEMRcUp-ZqWzZ_QvYOmKMD41Ayl980hB0ZGytdWl6rZ-nrxy55zbC7mKOltv9vGq0k52B3wS_X_SG77Zt2loagZ7WjE/s1600/data.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">An android who would love to be human and has a chip that gives him human emotions. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Does anyone remember the name of his cat?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Jw4EsQ2mKj2NxfLF2CDgbH-CQbCBXEUHhi5rT72xJ8aj6s6RR5fEzyh_BZ6B7VlRvIOJdUpdN0Xe9dXgwIHru3EPwlIQewGfCYTOQYzFQxBtw3H18etlkLnWegyTzA9Asn6wLkSRok0/s1600/data+and+tasha.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Jw4EsQ2mKj2NxfLF2CDgbH-CQbCBXEUHhi5rT72xJ8aj6s6RR5fEzyh_BZ6B7VlRvIOJdUpdN0Xe9dXgwIHru3EPwlIQewGfCYTOQYzFQxBtw3H18etlkLnWegyTzA9Asn6wLkSRok0/s1600/data+and+tasha.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You're skilled in how many ways of pleasing a woman?? :)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSSoAXqULaSExi_A3I3INYsbiMIuw5wDZoIYi1UTmAGPmUrgiP_Kk59qoF4WEHVfK-nd2cB5IYz07nghbDB56Y10hm5aTPylkL3byajZONYXNYnyCHg1WeqBUEangrS3BqJmKp7xPTbRU/s1600/pink+tribble.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSSoAXqULaSExi_A3I3INYsbiMIuw5wDZoIYi1UTmAGPmUrgiP_Kk59qoF4WEHVfK-nd2cB5IYz07nghbDB56Y10hm5aTPylkL3byajZONYXNYnyCHg1WeqBUEangrS3BqJmKp7xPTbRU/s1600/pink+tribble.png" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Characters who received an honorable metion. (Both from DS9)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg__2tmfsqoX4VaThudprYXXtCuWR7bySMWej_qoho80I25acgW5oBEhWw0rwnUb_oUWs_DT8X2-CBoeGrOODJqqFvR5iaQ258ADUWtT0hWwArpHTOGm8lRIttfgRWK1dP8BYjubiLH8IQ/s1600/ds9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg__2tmfsqoX4VaThudprYXXtCuWR7bySMWej_qoho80I25acgW5oBEhWw0rwnUb_oUWs_DT8X2-CBoeGrOODJqqFvR5iaQ258ADUWtT0hWwArpHTOGm8lRIttfgRWK1dP8BYjubiLH8IQ/s1600/ds9.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1) Jadzia Dax. (She's beautiful, funny, and I always wanted her spots. Who cares that there's a worm living inside her filling her with past life memories. She was cool.)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5GEUdT6pNxkecAdEO2Lfx7LzaoVJiAaKVEtZ1ZzqXXYDyE_wosZgudzWuzermCLhizScox7actbsdf51xVjLd0dNIJ6a4s4RHU0WZTIpF_-hhNOOCrW7KWOWDau4JNzXfN0_mYONozi0/s1600/jazia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5GEUdT6pNxkecAdEO2Lfx7LzaoVJiAaKVEtZ1ZzqXXYDyE_wosZgudzWuzermCLhizScox7actbsdf51xVjLd0dNIJ6a4s4RHU0WZTIpF_-hhNOOCrW7KWOWDau4JNzXfN0_mYONozi0/s1600/jazia.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIJB41CVrhzrAPC9z2G2j_6WgCiKQn-NV_y7IAELtXEkwHWLzzphKXeoY5dyXoZqj3NHNnY-HXgPE1mKlSShi9H0U3P1v6CBWPrJM-1f9BwkaiNzlNWJX96S2F52BBjDumjSic4NdalII/s1600/jadzia+kissing+girl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIJB41CVrhzrAPC9z2G2j_6WgCiKQn-NV_y7IAELtXEkwHWLzzphKXeoY5dyXoZqj3NHNnY-HXgPE1mKlSShi9H0U3P1v6CBWPrJM-1f9BwkaiNzlNWJX96S2F52BBjDumjSic4NdalII/s1600/jadzia+kissing+girl.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBHl7ZmIFodK6HCEc7Kg4lGDM_QqWec1ewq0u4VxPx08qBGBz-Du6A3_SLLfX7GttNAoHA2RIE_-Au1HaRbojqKExiJj9TZ2sU0iLwh01QSUXwsP8_Qvk-UM0iHsyG-z72HsM2V_OtBOY/s1600/jadzia+and+worf2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBHl7ZmIFodK6HCEc7Kg4lGDM_QqWec1ewq0u4VxPx08qBGBz-Du6A3_SLLfX7GttNAoHA2RIE_-Au1HaRbojqKExiJj9TZ2sU0iLwh01QSUXwsP8_Qvk-UM0iHsyG-z72HsM2V_OtBOY/s1600/jadzia+and+worf2.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There was no excuse for killing her off.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ93nHE65W4P0sv1bB3kOeYSyAx0_e13rx8Hsye0U7CAIOKjb2cWrwHCN4_-NESpNzpk7G6G8YLtjszLtSCMEhyphenhyphen3GKwQ9ek5a_7-H_IGaUXrovL3nnvX0ZjRxnbOneL6tHba80QJM3S1c/s1600/odo2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ93nHE65W4P0sv1bB3kOeYSyAx0_e13rx8Hsye0U7CAIOKjb2cWrwHCN4_-NESpNzpk7G6G8YLtjszLtSCMEhyphenhyphen3GKwQ9ek5a_7-H_IGaUXrovL3nnvX0ZjRxnbOneL6tHba80QJM3S1c/s1600/odo2.jpg" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ93nHE65W4P0sv1bB3kOeYSyAx0_e13rx8Hsye0U7CAIOKjb2cWrwHCN4_-NESpNzpk7G6G8YLtjszLtSCMEhyphenhyphen3GKwQ9ek5a_7-H_IGaUXrovL3nnvX0ZjRxnbOneL6tHba80QJM3S1c/s1600/odo2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></a><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzJwdV_fHHInb3z_s30tyPxbjWcL4GWkp8fiS2SVggSHvAzeBTWHofndoZZF75kupH_Cv7UXnW18CtKAixZmakLgiMTNYIPeN5tpWV9nQFWOjlaQNpyMzpnpFJY3g9Im93m61XIh9cAuA/s1600/odo+and+kyra.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzJwdV_fHHInb3z_s30tyPxbjWcL4GWkp8fiS2SVggSHvAzeBTWHofndoZZF75kupH_Cv7UXnW18CtKAixZmakLgiMTNYIPeN5tpWV9nQFWOjlaQNpyMzpnpFJY3g9Im93m61XIh9cAuA/s1600/odo+and+kyra.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Odo...Mercury-like guy who turns from liquid to solid and blends in. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He had the hots form Kyra, and she wouldn't give him the time of day.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib4lWNndHO2I7stc9o2wRyfgTtCNgYcQtMd1_PN9h_XNSXzBGDAWRAojzwn40h8vW6wy-COfeEoQ_I7JB5Bl9ruATxKveCwIY755oHU0liPXlgC5fAVCNIgJOuzWW1jYz-MiGKg0ZM0uU/s1600/pink+tribble.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib4lWNndHO2I7stc9o2wRyfgTtCNgYcQtMd1_PN9h_XNSXzBGDAWRAojzwn40h8vW6wy-COfeEoQ_I7JB5Bl9ruATxKveCwIY755oHU0liPXlgC5fAVCNIgJOuzWW1jYz-MiGKg0ZM0uU/s1600/pink+tribble.png" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">BONUS: Best Villains Ever.</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmUqRDYn6n4rcY89_viWUdfQ3Efxb9vk59sntSp861QucAMV72y3fm4vVpeUjK2ajZAsOFeikXwkw6y9tZ6qIVWfqik5F3RWZYkVPGBplXCZ5G4ECllPs52tZPUmRftpTU0F8aJBHBqsQ/s1600/Q.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmUqRDYn6n4rcY89_viWUdfQ3Efxb9vk59sntSp861QucAMV72y3fm4vVpeUjK2ajZAsOFeikXwkw6y9tZ6qIVWfqik5F3RWZYkVPGBplXCZ5G4ECllPs52tZPUmRftpTU0F8aJBHBqsQ/s1600/Q.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The all-knowing Q.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ZKZoGUFn3FawVK2JCkI8fLtGXp_bQdGPrUxYceo3y17bRNx2fGH13vc5Lw-V1OLk2CjKIdQYNsWwCFPVX3XFK-d7PcO61rqoeAF71vcLzugt3JLnv7lnAavnr93FLs5JWyaIMNywCSo/s1600/Q2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ZKZoGUFn3FawVK2JCkI8fLtGXp_bQdGPrUxYceo3y17bRNx2fGH13vc5Lw-V1OLk2CjKIdQYNsWwCFPVX3XFK-d7PcO61rqoeAF71vcLzugt3JLnv7lnAavnr93FLs5JWyaIMNywCSo/s1600/Q2.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tell me you don't love to hate him.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDE8yuvdWgR9qwd6pnq4Wu9Ma1JnvqmweOL00Txejvp2xcjqvxtW5WR5xKqdq-OpP3y4cp4QYiWpznTPHXKgcS3sBG-FPR4jF0Pe4_ZyNQKLjuBZIiSfCfWtcKg6buhURPCiS4KqIa8Ms/s1600/Q3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDE8yuvdWgR9qwd6pnq4Wu9Ma1JnvqmweOL00Txejvp2xcjqvxtW5WR5xKqdq-OpP3y4cp4QYiWpznTPHXKgcS3sBG-FPR4jF0Pe4_ZyNQKLjuBZIiSfCfWtcKg6buhURPCiS4KqIa8Ms/s1600/Q3.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYWuKqhyxn6oD9XUxXmuXVSDT-iagJ7f1A-LPeBHbxUxqopET4NOtRd0kCqYnq9B-WnMV4Vctvm4uXUGec7F7Ug-Un-0ZF-FDIgQmyauUOhZOjC2QwRBPA4to0qeoiQdHCO25x7qBumog/s1600/220px-Borg_Queen_2372.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYWuKqhyxn6oD9XUxXmuXVSDT-iagJ7f1A-LPeBHbxUxqopET4NOtRd0kCqYnq9B-WnMV4Vctvm4uXUGec7F7Ug-Un-0ZF-FDIgQmyauUOhZOjC2QwRBPA4to0qeoiQdHCO25x7qBumog/s1600/220px-Borg_Queen_2372.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Borg Queen</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgumQm2gVNduK35HAmkzCxZKI1P2Xwr_7Sz-pZYnlBSPTacsx_iCJZhT0ag4VI4O-kEvN2VELqwpQ2i0WhsyFqnXTcu4qoCn37k5GIQQAQmCajX0utSpE-NSQba2pR63TN8q94zlsR4sfo/s1600/data4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgumQm2gVNduK35HAmkzCxZKI1P2Xwr_7Sz-pZYnlBSPTacsx_iCJZhT0ag4VI4O-kEvN2VELqwpQ2i0WhsyFqnXTcu4qoCn37k5GIQQAQmCajX0utSpE-NSQba2pR63TN8q94zlsR4sfo/s1600/data4.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hussey.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She was cool.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrl4A4XbQG7PBO859njprNhkE1lz4W5GAUoC7Se8cQfstOCudphGGzpMnx3RpycgK72qI7JMQEjfLJMzr9PpS6TGOhWOwMfPkBoZXEjROKaTrf9o5S_sh-NLMnJ8iLBq-Fws9lCxYMIjs/s1600/pink+tribble.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrl4A4XbQG7PBO859njprNhkE1lz4W5GAUoC7Se8cQfstOCudphGGzpMnx3RpycgK72qI7JMQEjfLJMzr9PpS6TGOhWOwMfPkBoZXEjROKaTrf9o5S_sh-NLMnJ8iLBq-Fws9lCxYMIjs/s1600/pink+tribble.png" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ggxX-ifcJ6qh3LDi0sCfSOxAY7jJiGZnLExpwocTNIFlqR5zUokWfSoioX6qJNFD437cAt10jEUL_9fy0HDhFeWbkF3IAs-4gGz56LNxQU6ovZa7J2Wm7fulv-mXsJCEVxoZB5q8EkQ/s1600/tribbless.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ggxX-ifcJ6qh3LDi0sCfSOxAY7jJiGZnLExpwocTNIFlqR5zUokWfSoioX6qJNFD437cAt10jEUL_9fy0HDhFeWbkF3IAs-4gGz56LNxQU6ovZa7J2Wm7fulv-mXsJCEVxoZB5q8EkQ/s200/tribbless.jpg" width="200" /></span></a></td></tr>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">One little tribble</span></td></tr>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcfSREefO57P4SZUUy1JYSUc2e_e9K6oyM_tGEnvqfRkPOdh4-QIKrum9LUutpfKuqaysHLm5JhgcxRjnIW9rJgVl_tNpE1vQK7gqJ6u0pK5qmcwsr2x4MWnSn6Xw93DXJP4-7d9Ogru8/s1600/tribble+pic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="158" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcfSREefO57P4SZUUy1JYSUc2e_e9K6oyM_tGEnvqfRkPOdh4-QIKrum9LUutpfKuqaysHLm5JhgcxRjnIW9rJgVl_tNpE1vQK7gqJ6u0pK5qmcwsr2x4MWnSn6Xw93DXJP4-7d9Ogru8/s200/tribble+pic.jpg" width="200" /></span></a></td></tr>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Another little tribble.</span></td></tr>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwcJXaeNqoqJglpGOwC1pBweG7Ebi1rr4zys3pqc7t9pM6mCsuXxJt3ClOMeZkuJr1IGWFGVmLBTlqdcSjk6OxlpK6Jrbzvm3bQ805615dnQrlDm3Xi2U074sv4iDBH9hqqS9iVLqX260/s1600/kirk+burried+in+tribbles.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwcJXaeNqoqJglpGOwC1pBweG7Ebi1rr4zys3pqc7t9pM6mCsuXxJt3ClOMeZkuJr1IGWFGVmLBTlqdcSjk6OxlpK6Jrbzvm3bQ805615dnQrlDm3Xi2U074sv4iDBH9hqqS9iVLqX260/s1600/kirk+burried+in+tribbles.jpg" /></span></a></td></tr>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Burried in tribbles.</span></td></tr>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">#1 Best Star Trek episode ever: The Trouble with Tribbles. This goes hand in had with DS9 remake: Trials and Tribble-ations. (Fun Tribble Pics Ahead.)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDt7RYivntO-q1k5tCKzNBLQfS9G9zD_ZH84-rKqHKFadsDNL_xcH9zbdm1Fcyaik6i2HYeqL0L3aLUHev8dEIWPy_sUmKsPkae8LIQMxQ5EyWGXkv1dNY6hpJR7R5j7vHJSoBB9gpHSQ/s1600/spock+with+tribble.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDt7RYivntO-q1k5tCKzNBLQfS9G9zD_ZH84-rKqHKFadsDNL_xcH9zbdm1Fcyaik6i2HYeqL0L3aLUHev8dEIWPy_sUmKsPkae8LIQMxQ5EyWGXkv1dNY6hpJR7R5j7vHJSoBB9gpHSQ/s200/spock+with+tribble.jpg" width="200" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD8h1kPCQ-YtEn7vz5qzTzqCH4j35XIsiTkKjQUoG-R91_UgBEuz4alI-avYq6crKDocoCSQ0556nZPXsYBLaAQd1LemO6OTjkDUUNC69xBW5n7vg86H-rG8l6plXb9GLgIwWFaoqFfdg/s1600/mccoy+and+tribble.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD8h1kPCQ-YtEn7vz5qzTzqCH4j35XIsiTkKjQUoG-R91_UgBEuz4alI-avYq6crKDocoCSQ0556nZPXsYBLaAQd1LemO6OTjkDUUNC69xBW5n7vg86H-rG8l6plXb9GLgIwWFaoqFfdg/s1600/mccoy+and+tribble.png" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzg7rpRLFWzXcmQO1x6cS840gQyDwvaWjIzzKxrq2td6Mzfdlwg6xTNaWktGP-fnJ7VOCQFYO3sq4o5zYzPeXkNrp4SMaKTDAymwmRtmMMzmjd5_FPIgkWIwkzMi0Ef1UD0ZSlLpLjO_k/s1600/more+tribble3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzg7rpRLFWzXcmQO1x6cS840gQyDwvaWjIzzKxrq2td6Mzfdlwg6xTNaWktGP-fnJ7VOCQFYO3sq4o5zYzPeXkNrp4SMaKTDAymwmRtmMMzmjd5_FPIgkWIwkzMi0Ef1UD0ZSlLpLjO_k/s1600/more+tribble3.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCuvg8h3V-5kzOetmjs1vbQs-AsDvxniL_nZtSX86yfATt9zh5Jndr8pXuIMUeIHvtdkWuPB4UdCaEy7hAjtOvaO4dEZc-4oxx90jJRF5EMWaRPzdMybrPxJGP4cJdJoQoAJnhTNISu04/s1600/uhura+and+tribble.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCuvg8h3V-5kzOetmjs1vbQs-AsDvxniL_nZtSX86yfATt9zh5Jndr8pXuIMUeIHvtdkWuPB4UdCaEy7hAjtOvaO4dEZc-4oxx90jJRF5EMWaRPzdMybrPxJGP4cJdJoQoAJnhTNISu04/s200/uhura+and+tribble.jpg" width="144" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPfFNbqk4c8EHSHfc7h7gAalgNi55_6OWZPL1Oo70y2uxCyJC2Y3nqlNHJXLua0xBwlAtPCdvYZ37GkSswoSpjetoIf3ZoYoqa8RRUpSoYonT8usmT840lPpFCi66xmuR95C97qhpqjlo/s1600/tribble2+pic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPfFNbqk4c8EHSHfc7h7gAalgNi55_6OWZPL1Oo70y2uxCyJC2Y3nqlNHJXLua0xBwlAtPCdvYZ37GkSswoSpjetoIf3ZoYoqa8RRUpSoYonT8usmT840lPpFCi66xmuR95C97qhpqjlo/s1600/tribble2+pic.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ2yVVhdShfLJ7we6QhZ_B34u4uQzg-_KAviiEsH7F9-HHRmUIxkeLINg8HDEp99Vac62dr0D9o3YDrHhaa_vI6L23P2S8FX6vmPmHEfmH0r4uPqrIfDyMNAif_u9edZHqbii-nM-CM6g/s1600/ds9+tribble.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ2yVVhdShfLJ7we6QhZ_B34u4uQzg-_KAviiEsH7F9-HHRmUIxkeLINg8HDEp99Vac62dr0D9o3YDrHhaa_vI6L23P2S8FX6vmPmHEfmH0r4uPqrIfDyMNAif_u9edZHqbii-nM-CM6g/s1600/ds9+tribble.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Zh5Eacam0XBgmqfCHbecavwdu0Pvt8HeNrMpd09BkQJwP6NdGXvetWEHN1sn74Kz4jX3QjgHQBZ2pyz8gFlrwqhwxt3VTPyQv2UDkbNiOMmF6MJrPsUELmaJXPpuSwRIOLJ7WixgOEA/s1600/pink+tribble.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Zh5Eacam0XBgmqfCHbecavwdu0Pvt8HeNrMpd09BkQJwP6NdGXvetWEHN1sn74Kz4jX3QjgHQBZ2pyz8gFlrwqhwxt3VTPyQv2UDkbNiOMmF6MJrPsUELmaJXPpuSwRIOLJ7WixgOEA/s1600/pink+tribble.png" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">#2 Best Episode: Mirror Mirror.</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCutyd-7FJlgDO2x8MytdayjjyT3T1caQZGhTR4kpz-7-qX3_x5TjL-ekeUrw1GYK9SfDv5V0FOzhIx5Ps0T7Fy2t1_pFnNF_2jts1bT-k6pW25v6BAiF8ay0BPDr-J8qCIYweVRr0uwU/s1600/MirrorMirror.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCutyd-7FJlgDO2x8MytdayjjyT3T1caQZGhTR4kpz-7-qX3_x5TjL-ekeUrw1GYK9SfDv5V0FOzhIx5Ps0T7Fy2t1_pFnNF_2jts1bT-k6pW25v6BAiF8ay0BPDr-J8qCIYweVRr0uwU/s1600/MirrorMirror.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kirk, Scotty, and Uhura trade places with their doubles from an alternate universe.</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Next Generation has a similar episode that tied for number 2. All the actors come together in this one.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-VdGVLyME3dqPR6zWK9aGsUNHEQifoGL8FrCJWzOQYfLYJSpnddgVs7YNGlzOM_4bTvEp8zZhX-OnNREH-Au3N77VYcPqyd4Tkm2yKop6RDoIgkdqPT24EjYmrb70lE9OlXBdKKjkljo/s1600/Parallels.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-VdGVLyME3dqPR6zWK9aGsUNHEQifoGL8FrCJWzOQYfLYJSpnddgVs7YNGlzOM_4bTvEp8zZhX-OnNREH-Au3N77VYcPqyd4Tkm2yKop6RDoIgkdqPT24EjYmrb70lE9OlXBdKKjkljo/s1600/Parallels.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZOjIrrueDJTBW-oWI-S5D6xw8vltfa6RB75vahiw6ER4lzo9qI5eRFFMzE8FrCKmp7TUJ2mw_7WU56OzhaXuo8ett0SVTWc29KX-gQ-iytBjE0HQ6XD7KvIb0UDAsq6Q_E8taToQdWrI/s1600/pink+tribble.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZOjIrrueDJTBW-oWI-S5D6xw8vltfa6RB75vahiw6ER4lzo9qI5eRFFMzE8FrCKmp7TUJ2mw_7WU56OzhaXuo8ett0SVTWc29KX-gQ-iytBjE0HQ6XD7KvIb0UDAsq6Q_E8taToQdWrI/s1600/pink+tribble.png" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">#3 Best Episode: Friday's Child</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW3ZlR6MNtkDT6i7xwrMkduyPfA4RE5as5eqeR7cD73L_c2KYu6ho6t3YlThxHOkgNnbIxlo0kautg3vgf9LkJiXpGHyQvkqsvz4RYvYjDVKyaCsLCTqRpUwCGo4_IZ0loJlyVpmGVYQs/s1600/Friday%2527s+Child.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW3ZlR6MNtkDT6i7xwrMkduyPfA4RE5as5eqeR7cD73L_c2KYu6ho6t3YlThxHOkgNnbIxlo0kautg3vgf9LkJiXpGHyQvkqsvz4RYvYjDVKyaCsLCTqRpUwCGo4_IZ0loJlyVpmGVYQs/s1600/Friday%2527s+Child.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Enterpise becomes involed in a power struggle. Klingons are involed. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A newborn baby gets named after Mccoy and Kirk. Even in the future there exists baby talk.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyGFK2qm5pD9jhtgcqpfUAP9R1twI9dReUj70KWr6kZ5IqR67AeW8jbo6YirwiatrargukWkw4sIntFInh1izDFVaOf19YahD9Ni_ye4plBbf5lkOaBOmhNHYW2InwnAMyWgIikyUr5_8/s1600/pink+tribble.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyGFK2qm5pD9jhtgcqpfUAP9R1twI9dReUj70KWr6kZ5IqR67AeW8jbo6YirwiatrargukWkw4sIntFInh1izDFVaOf19YahD9Ni_ye4plBbf5lkOaBOmhNHYW2InwnAMyWgIikyUr5_8/s1600/pink+tribble.png" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">#4 Best Episode: Return to Tomorrow.</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjc5VKWcu_jVk0CcBGMNZX4aZ6G1qPDRiRNtrd7uUQjZofosw5QW7mDbfUrDSY-qbNSZ4O97rfY04vnIXx_ok8ao5dV9yXxiWzzKUMVUph4DyYnHsaTjfNjyF5lZgm87N5xdDIo6-CVHs/s1600/Return+to+Tomorrow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjc5VKWcu_jVk0CcBGMNZX4aZ6G1qPDRiRNtrd7uUQjZofosw5QW7mDbfUrDSY-qbNSZ4O97rfY04vnIXx_ok8ao5dV9yXxiWzzKUMVUph4DyYnHsaTjfNjyF5lZgm87N5xdDIo6-CVHs/s1600/Return+to+Tomorrow.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kirk and Spock allow their bodies to be used by intelligent beings to build themselves bodies. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Way cool.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw0n1PxDHh0djUn46V90ZBXjzA_Un68Wd8s94Hs7LoCJbYhoj4OlnvKcV4gKznmccsj-Cz0csMvXZfNLgs-tKAOOtJmdNKw50m-8BM4XAUAR2BiiPnpQQFS6UYNwXOsybR-ze-auTVJiE/s1600/pink+tribble.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw0n1PxDHh0djUn46V90ZBXjzA_Un68Wd8s94Hs7LoCJbYhoj4OlnvKcV4gKznmccsj-Cz0csMvXZfNLgs-tKAOOtJmdNKw50m-8BM4XAUAR2BiiPnpQQFS6UYNwXOsybR-ze-auTVJiE/s1600/pink+tribble.png" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">#5 Best Episode: Mudd's Women</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx8BjL6fyx1SbGBp1plcGQudd41hP5dk1lfnFlY0YhyqsgeUKOVtg05klNNLAPyPoobah1mCW1_bXvkT_MNN_Aw6z34xxOjKTzV2Unp8EgAewllnIUOjt0qZHkCa0GpZdkeKaEah95avs/s1600/Mudd%2527s+Women.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx8BjL6fyx1SbGBp1plcGQudd41hP5dk1lfnFlY0YhyqsgeUKOVtg05klNNLAPyPoobah1mCW1_bXvkT_MNN_Aw6z34xxOjKTzV2Unp8EgAewllnIUOjt0qZHkCa0GpZdkeKaEah95avs/s1600/Mudd%2527s+Women.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wives for sale, and a little pill that makes you pretty.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsWrMOH2K5_gfmB_4uoqygp_hWG82CLOwzncvTCoE3Co2RYUgtMaQqYXB1oAZ2w8wUf50paIa0VI-A9KpLYgUAJgn5GvuFFV5cc_mKwKnGCdRf5SNNXQckPJOAvxCgdrZfK-abKt83TpY/s1600/pink+tribble.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsWrMOH2K5_gfmB_4uoqygp_hWG82CLOwzncvTCoE3Co2RYUgtMaQqYXB1oAZ2w8wUf50paIa0VI-A9KpLYgUAJgn5GvuFFV5cc_mKwKnGCdRf5SNNXQckPJOAvxCgdrZfK-abKt83TpY/s1600/pink+tribble.png" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">BONUS EPISODES: This is for hubby who was a sport and helped me search for some of these. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The City in the Edge of Forever.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVhekguatoj_kWav8s1DWsNrN2F36o0sbEa9Zd3gR7CkpEMQTUOzrsdqe34ht67pAOY29O4E3Hv7xCYZgsTOe6n2z4nm01AfR40Gh8pPRcGEfJJB1z33-suYy_CppaeVLgDLzMdhBTT54/s1600/The+City+on+the+Edge+of+Forever.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVhekguatoj_kWav8s1DWsNrN2F36o0sbEa9Zd3gR7CkpEMQTUOzrsdqe34ht67pAOY29O4E3Hv7xCYZgsTOe6n2z4nm01AfR40Gh8pPRcGEfJJB1z33-suYy_CppaeVLgDLzMdhBTT54/s1600/The+City+on+the+Edge+of+Forever.png" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Doctor Mccoy goes back in time. Kirk goes to find him.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think he likes this one because Joan Collins is in it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Shore Leave. We both liked this one.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyMZlGeGok2_Fj9Rn4Yb53gOLPnMxCJ6F1PHLB4Cm_J6z7Zyv7nuyyGoVWJjpF0UzFvvYaPuH9bIBWQizCQ24l64_4EDPL2S2L26djVhmij3JETzPGGF97QJBdbifyO5728f8Wnq7azDI/s1600/Shore+Leave.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyMZlGeGok2_Fj9Rn4Yb53gOLPnMxCJ6F1PHLB4Cm_J6z7Zyv7nuyyGoVWJjpF0UzFvvYaPuH9bIBWQizCQ24l64_4EDPL2S2L26djVhmij3JETzPGGF97QJBdbifyO5728f8Wnq7azDI/s1600/Shore+Leave.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Imagine a planet where you can live out all your desires just my thinking them up.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8s8Me1O8arGC7PofGGklyNWyNI-CO2SjmGKMdgpI08szgzWmpJWK2VFbwHquY9rJAmlwHW3dyXnOzqjktoheCUnXKlu0CA95m87oX-KKlwdD81aCX_GAvdFOvOIUSdo5vws4fU9U0xJQ/s1600/pink+tribble.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8s8Me1O8arGC7PofGGklyNWyNI-CO2SjmGKMdgpI08szgzWmpJWK2VFbwHquY9rJAmlwHW3dyXnOzqjktoheCUnXKlu0CA95m87oX-KKlwdD81aCX_GAvdFOvOIUSdo5vws4fU9U0xJQ/s1600/pink+tribble.png" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now for favorite movies. Brought to you by...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHCSwYGO2Zpws8KoM4hET00fnM-fawqe3Paobr9wKH0dnSahI5P8DEdug9FdK1KHoTjGxgGZRPomnxD4sxJVRYl7jRzLHsC3TVA1yJVi-QJ5SQpI0nM5J-qTJBzvhTdab4JAIHdGzXOqE/s1600/220px-Picard_as_Locutus.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHCSwYGO2Zpws8KoM4hET00fnM-fawqe3Paobr9wKH0dnSahI5P8DEdug9FdK1KHoTjGxgGZRPomnxD4sxJVRYl7jRzLHsC3TVA1yJVi-QJ5SQpI0nM5J-qTJBzvhTdab4JAIHdGzXOqE/s1600/220px-Picard_as_Locutus.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Locutus</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">#1</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIfD2cCtxf0bWNi_BKJkTf89AcRShR08qN_M9uZXjY3EMIEI8Pk0lEMWsEbcfjI_uCv6n2BFi4DqJdl90aS3Jz4FzH42TduPEZItahbGDqyP3dNqYTRdRfUtbZiE3wu4YYexxUNOfX4VI/s1600/the+voyage+home.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIfD2cCtxf0bWNi_BKJkTf89AcRShR08qN_M9uZXjY3EMIEI8Pk0lEMWsEbcfjI_uCv6n2BFi4DqJdl90aS3Jz4FzH42TduPEZItahbGDqyP3dNqYTRdRfUtbZiE3wu4YYexxUNOfX4VI/s1600/the+voyage+home.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A bunch of whale save the Earth. Kirk and Spock practice colorful metaphors.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Spocks swims in his undies.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And I rewound it ten times just to hear Kirk say "double dumbass on you."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Z3n1ms-nRl-vRAwoBwuy1GfKq4F5r0U9XGSoW-WJ-NoV1yW3n0_H3dvWJ3Mtw_5nQ3ojgNRBt_W21fUtr556wpY2RcnQuecMIZO3NOzHFUutTeqJyDTZO2qQPMatYPiQaucodaAxJdI/s1600/pink+tribble.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Z3n1ms-nRl-vRAwoBwuy1GfKq4F5r0U9XGSoW-WJ-NoV1yW3n0_H3dvWJ3Mtw_5nQ3ojgNRBt_W21fUtr556wpY2RcnQuecMIZO3NOzHFUutTeqJyDTZO2qQPMatYPiQaucodaAxJdI/s1600/pink+tribble.png" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">#2</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ-MILgoeOepBWCpI4Ktz_vYhjuU48WDYuXE3pjSQSdeaxV4s56UwDpO62rAzC1GtC-hzFUeYYeN2RWUN1V06jaIE9ft1Vg10hPTYIkwo5h6HrpCOfnymEUzStzUBDM-jZ6sm9kRH397o/s1600/First+Contact.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ-MILgoeOepBWCpI4Ktz_vYhjuU48WDYuXE3pjSQSdeaxV4s56UwDpO62rAzC1GtC-hzFUeYYeN2RWUN1V06jaIE9ft1Vg10hPTYIkwo5h6HrpCOfnymEUzStzUBDM-jZ6sm9kRH397o/s1600/First+Contact.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Picard and crew go back in time to stop the borg from assimilating Earth.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is our first appearance of the Borg Sphere. Check it out.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz10x11M_HuNSAPkFCebcVCP9BroQexlpV41kV6Ph5wHmilqOjE0RA61PSut45EjW7tNTDYLwPgSStYIfwBTIxd4PHoqc0xvlDZolLlCyhbCMuyu1Ln4S3waMuaO5DyJtdY2WINy0uEsQ/s1600/imagesCAX4KQQA.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz10x11M_HuNSAPkFCebcVCP9BroQexlpV41kV6Ph5wHmilqOjE0RA61PSut45EjW7tNTDYLwPgSStYIfwBTIxd4PHoqc0xvlDZolLlCyhbCMuyu1Ln4S3waMuaO5DyJtdY2WINy0uEsQ/s1600/imagesCAX4KQQA.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">#3</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_RLBhIC6qravd8XLd6rN2XORYhhj6WRToFwCJzwKZM-JB622wFJVkTCyZKhfaZhZERic5-lSte3pXqSWIHIr2Zol1T9D6uZLKWMyth5ucOkJJwsXGOT8-xUhDxiGZk5qeEAbgwfc-Otg/s1600/New+Star+Trek+movie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_RLBhIC6qravd8XLd6rN2XORYhhj6WRToFwCJzwKZM-JB622wFJVkTCyZKhfaZhZERic5-lSte3pXqSWIHIr2Zol1T9D6uZLKWMyth5ucOkJJwsXGOT8-xUhDxiGZk5qeEAbgwfc-Otg/s1600/New+Star+Trek+movie.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The new Star Trek rocks!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wait, where's my pink tribble?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Where are my tribbles?!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidRoWQ6KRLF3WeFQHl1E50NIYwNMlPlyZde4naMEGsrYAgqDpVvEVO7StlUGauU5iSZlXVGdciukhyphenhyphenODaAdCg1YuLzxTRdLCAJoY6fSi2sGuO4tKPilQNd9c_Nf3tgGjna2sRbsAE-4Jw/s1600/Scottie+with+tribbles.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidRoWQ6KRLF3WeFQHl1E50NIYwNMlPlyZde4naMEGsrYAgqDpVvEVO7StlUGauU5iSZlXVGdciukhyphenhyphenODaAdCg1YuLzxTRdLCAJoY6fSi2sGuO4tKPilQNd9c_Nf3tgGjna2sRbsAE-4Jw/s1600/Scottie+with+tribbles.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Just before they went into warp, I beamed the whole kit and kaboodle into their engine room, where they'll be no tribble at all." </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Scotty..nnoooo!!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsGhxHDCadg7QZpBEhPyBEtIQDi9P4YlTMM7HAlbN_HR_6yeJxDoakLjrP7cNlVhTbAZaivYnR5AUAFXXz6SHapohGhehumt9hvKg25WD_R_aT8dhryKh29JcVs4dg-B9MqUiwBhcNdAE/s1600/picard+borg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsGhxHDCadg7QZpBEhPyBEtIQDi9P4YlTMM7HAlbN_HR_6yeJxDoakLjrP7cNlVhTbAZaivYnR5AUAFXXz6SHapohGhehumt9hvKg25WD_R_aT8dhryKh29JcVs4dg-B9MqUiwBhcNdAE/s1600/picard+borg.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We will add your individuality to our own. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You will become part of our collective.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Resistance is futile.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipdaJhEbhhDBYMF8ZYEoVAzX62odroaLPVr8Nv2xqdR_JQc6TStTbmbPcX5aesukHgXpLZDhAh0BjNI6kkAXdArDbw3ohCAZX8GlpSPEGcCg1R_RNBp4342VLk6KfP7favGUdLq7cpJeM/s1600/imagesCAI4Z1KW.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipdaJhEbhhDBYMF8ZYEoVAzX62odroaLPVr8Nv2xqdR_JQc6TStTbmbPcX5aesukHgXpLZDhAh0BjNI6kkAXdArDbw3ohCAZX8GlpSPEGcCg1R_RNBp4342VLk6KfP7favGUdLq7cpJeM/s320/imagesCAI4Z1KW.jpg" width="184" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We have been assimilated.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We are now 2 of 420.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hold on to your tribble or you might be next.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN1mZzoKWc9tsgvpHqlshLJ6seez6DfD1YFCZqSQiMM8MU45iNarAc2UIiJANPoYaGG9NFVjlNyQL9Wp_HfQ0wFKFP-62ZzK7N6pluDqM_iasaL7CfkloyV-0yGxBnVLl9bAhVkgGTT8g/s1600/pink+tribble.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN1mZzoKWc9tsgvpHqlshLJ6seez6DfD1YFCZqSQiMM8MU45iNarAc2UIiJANPoYaGG9NFVjlNyQL9Wp_HfQ0wFKFP-62ZzK7N6pluDqM_iasaL7CfkloyV-0yGxBnVLl9bAhVkgGTT8g/s1600/pink+tribble.png" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hope everyone enjoyed the show.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Have a great Monday!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">...^-^...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span>Laila Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08430076999393883312noreply@blogger.com56