But I’m pretty sure my cairn terrorist feels the same way.

I really hope he makes it as far as his ambition and talent and drive can take him. I stumbled across this link through buzzfeed. Damn, really…he’s good.

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Dead Man’s Hand by Lee Jay Stura
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

For Denver Sinclair, long-time conman, gambler, and recently-made vampire, there were worse things than sleeping late next to the woman you love, except when it’s close to dawn and the world is crashing down around you. Denver and his partner in crime, Lily Fong, are caught between hellfire and destruction as the Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 turns his carefully built life upside down.

He and Lily were so close to freedom from Denver’s Mistress, the cunning and cruel Lady Xue Ying. He’d gambled, stole and smuggled for Xue Ying, holding back a little with each con until he had enough to run far from Xue Ying’s influence, taking Lily with him. Just one more dirty deal on the Barbary Coast, and he could leave San Francisco…and Xue Ying… behind.

It was a dangerous con. The greatest con he would have ever pulled. Despite controlling most of San Francisco’s opium and shanghai trade, Xue Ying longed for more. Her capricious appetites and furious temper meant one thing for Denver; that she would never let him go. As far as Xue Ying is concerned, she’s owned Denver body and soul since long before the night she forced her blood on him and turned him into a vampire.

He had hopes Lady Xue Ying didn’t survive the Earthquake but Denver wasn’t taking any chances. He would take Lily and make a run for it, praying to the God he’d forsaken that they’d make it. With the US Army imploding the city around them and ravenous flesh-hungry ghouls plaguing their every step, Denver and Lily race through the ruined city for the promise of their new life together.

Still, Denver wonders if he’s finally run out of luck and drawn the dead man’s hand.

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Dirty Secret is out for consideration. And I’m halfway through Sinner’s Gin. I feel like I should post SOMETHING of what’s being written. Opinions?

I’ve been AWOL of late. Mostly because I went home to visit my Mom in Hawai’i. Got no writing done but hell of a lot of food, driving around and coffee drinking. So…. yeah, I have to get back into the groove of things. No word yet about Dirty Secret from DSP but it’s early yet. Going to dive into Sinner’s Gin since I don’t go back to work until Monday.

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If ever you’ve adopted a “throwaway” dog, you understand the joy of seeing the first time, it actually romps around and smiles.

This is Fiona’s story.

Isn’t she adorable?

This is my rescue mutt, Jaxon P. Fuglestein aka Jax or JJ.

I drove up to the Mojave Desert to get him from a rescue hovel. It really wasn’t the best situation but he got along with my dog, Draven and seemed very sweet. He smelled so bad I was honestly debating stopping at a car wash on the way home to hose him down.

We had to get buck shot removed from places on his body and his teeth were impacted with wood and rocks because that’s what he was trying to eat to survive. A month later, he spiked a high temperature and my vet stayed open past closing so I could bring him down. After a couple of days of fluids and medicines, his kidney was taken out because there was a cactus-like stone in it so large it was rupturing the organ.

He’s much older now. Still not the brightest bulb in the package but a very sweet old man.

I have two dogs from breeders, both are mutants and my baby… my cairn, has severe fear aggression that we’ve been working on for a couple of years. He’s gotten so much better and really adores his older brother, JJ.

If you ever have the chance to adopt a rescue or stray dog, please consider it. They show so much love and happiness.

And finally, if ever you’re looking to pick up guys, Jax is the dog to take out with you because damn, they come across the parking lot to the Starbucks we’re kicking back at to come say hello to him. Just saying.

Lives inside of sea cucumber. I have no idea how the hell I find these things. And why I even watch them so…there you have it.

Doing the final tweaks. Wooot.

So…I’m going to leave you with Kim Junsu, idol, singer and musical actor, to keep you company. Belongs to JYJ (DBSK). Very talented young man.

This is so fricking cool. I think it raised my geek points though. Not sure.