Now, I realize Alabama is not one of them so-called swing states. Not with a state population a tad under five million residents. And we’re talking, residents, not voters. Those numbers put us on the low end of any national candidate’s interest. Fact is, national leaders only visit Alabama when we’ve suffered horrific national disasters Like Deepwater Horizon or killer tornadoes. Based on the noticeable lack of interest by national candidates during election time, I guess the local politicos decided that a cardboard cutout of a candidate was better than nothing.
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Life-Size Cardboard Cutout Candidates
Now, I realize Alabama is not one of them so-called swing states. Not with a state population a tad under five million residents. And we’re talking, residents, not voters. Those numbers put us on the low end of any national candidate’s interest. Fact is, national leaders only visit Alabama when we’ve suffered horrific national disasters Like Deepwater Horizon or killer tornadoes. Based on the noticeable lack of interest by national candidates during election time, I guess the local politicos decided that a cardboard cutout of a candidate was better than nothing.
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Ear Lifts Anyone?
Sunday, September 2, 2012
Treasure Hunt Contest
Miss Mabel,
Will you tell all your readers the treasure hunt contest involving jewels and my book, Lady Runaway, has begun? I wouldn't want them to miss out on the chance to win some neat prizes at the Twilight Times Books Treasure Hunt! (September 1 - 30, 2012)
For details visit:
http://twilighttimesbooks.com/contest2012.html
Monday, August 27, 2012
The Demise of the Southern Car Wave
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Lock Up Your Tide!
Friday, August 10, 2012
Back to Blogging
Monday, April 9, 2012
Night Owl Reviews Spring Fling Web Hunt

Night Owl Reviews has kindly reviewed several of Ginger Hanson's books. She's participating in their Spring Fling Web Hunt. All sorts of prizes are waiting for those who play so get yourself on over to their site and enter the contest.
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Top Heavy Airplanes?
I saw in the newspaper the other day that the airlines have succumbed to passenger pressure. They are making overhead storage areas larger. To hold all the junk folks carry on the plane with them.
Am I the only one who thinks that move is dumber than dirt? I don’t know about you, but I’d rather pay a baggage fee and have them give me a bigger seating area than have them enlarge the carry on storage space. Not only would that give me a more comfortable traveling experience, it’d also give me better odds in a plane crash.
Say what? Yeah, that’s right. Just think about it. Once they load up the overhead storage with more luggage, a body could survive a crash only to be pummeled to death when the overhead storage bins bust open and rain destruction in the way of God knows what objects down on an unsuspecting passenger. If you've flown any, you've seen what oddball things people drag on board with them. I've seen everything from guitars to flower arrangements.
Not only do you have to worry about what might conk you on the head when the plane hits turbulence, but what about flying an airplane that has become top heavy? Face it, our airlines are aging (sort of like me). They were designed for people on top and baggage on the bottom. What sort of aerodynamic laws will these planes be challenging when they become heavy on top?
Way back when these planes were designed, overhead storage bins held blankets and pillows. Sometimes I think way back isn’t so bad. Especially if it means the difference between having a pillow conk you on your head or a fully loaded carry on suitcase. Or how safely the airplane can take off and land...
Friday, March 9, 2012
Garbage Day Reveals Illiteracy Problem
Either my neighbors are illiterate or they can’t follow directions.Why do I think this poorly of my neighbors? Because every garbage pickup day, about 25% put their garbage cans out wrong. So either they can’t to read or they can’t follow the directions printed on their garbage can lid. I’m sure, when they come home they wonder what in the world happened to their garbage cans.
Well, I’ll tell you what happens to their cans because I’m usually out walking my dog, Jocky. The cans get throwed around because the city has gone and bought some of those newfangled garbage trucks. These new trucks don’t have 2 people on the back, picking up the cans, tossing the contents into the back of the truck, and then making sure the can is put back where it started.
No siree, now it only takes one person driving the truck and pulling some levers to empty the cans. These trucks got this big old arm that comes out and grabs that can, hoists it upside down in the air, and shakes the contents right into the top of truck bed. Emptying the garbage can is a piece of cake for the driver.
Of course, if you’ve done put your can out backwards, the whole operation gets a little shaky. During the pickup process, the lid sometimes gets busted off, but most often the can ends up all cattywampus when it’s set back on the ground.
Which is how many of my neighbors are going to continue finding their garbage cans unless they put them out there with the handle pointing toward the street. It’s not college physics we’re dealing with here, it’s just a simple matter of pointing the arrow on the lid in the right direction.
Speaking of directions, I think I’ll go with my neighbors not reading the directions rather than not being able to read the directions. Helps me keep the faith in Tassanoxie’s school system.
Friday, March 2, 2012
Lady Runaway on Sale during Ebook Week!
Monday, February 27, 2012
Technology Can't Replace Real Folks
I know I’m old-fashioned on account of the fact I’m old and prefer the way some things were done in the past over how they’re done now. For us old-fashioned types, it sometimes feels like the world is spinning out of control with all these new-fangled technological devices. Don’t get me wrong, I love technology. It has changed to world in many ways for the better. I like knowing the doctor can use ultrasound to check out my innards before she traipses in there with a scalpel.
Now I’ll be the first to admit my computer skills aren’t as good as a kid who learned about computers in the womb, but I’m not a complete computer illiterate. I love to bank and shop online and it’s great not to have to run down to the library to research every little thing.
But one thing worries me about technology and especially everyone using cell phones. It seems to me, right-beside-you family and friends should rate more attention than folks who call you on the phone.
In the days of tethered phones, getting a phone call meant going into one room, sitting down and talking. If you had company, you excused yourself for a few minutes to talk to the caller. And of course, it was just common courtesy to keep the call short when you had company, because your guest had taken the time to come and visit in person. Nowadays, with cell phones or bluetooth thingys stuck to everyone’s ear, it seems whoever calls takes precedence while the person with the callee gets ignored.
For gracious sake, what happened to good manners? Why is the person with you less important than the caller? And that’s the signal a person sends when they’d rather talk to someone who called them than talk to the right-beside-them person.
Maybe I’m wrong. After all, many youngsters would label me an old-fashioned fuddy-duddy. But if they’re with me when they label me, at least they’ll know I’m listening, because I won’t be chatting on the phone with someone else.
Sunday, February 19, 2012
You Can Still Read 'Em
Ginger's blog tour is over, but these dang blogs stay in cyberspace forever, so you can always go visit the blogs below and check out what she wrote.
This whole idea of web pages never going away is something folks need to keep in mind when they write stuff. I wasn't a believer until Sam showed me an old web page from the Dark Ages of the Internet (which is last year in the computer world).
Okay, the page was about 15 years old, but there it was, like a guilty conscience, hanging out in cyberspace for all eternity. That's downright scary. And with all the information being pumped into the Internet, one has to wonder if it will eventually implode from the overload?
Interesting concept...
Monday, February 13, 2012
Ginger Hanson's Virtual Book Blog Tour
I'm helping Ginger Hanson get the word out this week. She's doing a virtual book blog tour this week: February 13th- 17th, 2012.
Stop by, post a comment and get the chance to win a $10.00 B & N gift card and a print copy of either her CW historical romance, Ransom’s Bride or the anthology, How I Wrote My First Book: The Story Behind the Story which includes a great story about writing a historical novel, “Ten Lessons I Learned from Writing Quest for Vengeance"-
Lady Runaway Blog Tour Schedule:
February 13: Megan Johnson Invites
URL: http://www.meganjohnsinvites.blogspot.com
February 14: Rachel Brimble
URL: http://rachelbrimble.blogspot.com/
February 15: Rogue’s Angels
URL: http://www.roguesangels.blogspot.com/
February 16: Reader Girls
URL: http://www.readergirls.blogspot.com
February 17: It’s Raining Books
URL: http://its-raining-books.blogspot.com/