I should cease being amazed . . .

I should cease being amazed, but I won't any time soon.

Sitting in a very nice restaurant, at the bar, for about three hours I have had:

Several people come in, sit close to me and my smouldering cigarette, pick up the large paper menus and "waft" my smoke away. No shortage of seating in non-smoking, father down the bar, at tables in the same area, or in the non-smoking establishments of Ted's Montana Grill and Ruth's Chris Steakhouse.

A party of four who seemed to think the stools are bolted to the floor, who had to "butt" some guy right against me, while there was plenty of room to their left.

A group of women behind me, who decided the one of the greatest girth had to sit in the aisle right behind me, so everybody passing had to climb my back.

Positive note, Suki IV is in final edit. Wrote "The End" over an hour ago.

This Weekend's Inspiration: Women in the Military

ARMY - Defense Forces of Israel t-shirt with an Atlanta Braves baseball cap is my wear for the day. Maybe I will finish Suki IV?

Tim Cavanaugh is all Win on this one

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Reason is making its annual Surrender Monkey posts

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The Typical Libertarian on Labour Day

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Stupidest Starbucks Conversation of the Month

This is just stupid dumb.

He: "Do you work for Benelli?"

Me: Quite puzzled, "No, why?"

He: "Your shirt."

Me: "Yea, I own a Benelli shotgun and I bought this shirt too. My gun bag says Benelli also."

He: "So, how did you get that shirt?"

Me: "I bought it, from their website?"

He: "So, you do work for them?"

Me: "No, I do not work for them."

He: "But you are wearing a Benelli shirt, I thought you worked for them."

Me: "I am not bright enough to explain this to you."

He walked away puzzled and mumbling something about me being an asshole.

My book series IS about you!

Several people have given me the same solution for when stupid people ask me who my characters are based on (nobody) and are amazed that I have "done all that stuff" (the stuff I made up for my books). Blogger buddy 'Suki' finally gave me wording that sunk in:

"I have been watching you from afar for two years, so I wrote a book series about my fantasies with you. Glad you finally asked."

One of her friends added, "I have hundreds of photos of you lining my condo walls."

I like that second line as a follow-up if the light never comes on.

It happened yet again and it was another of those published authors who does not seem to have a real imagination. She had to move over several seats at a bar just to pester me about what I was writing (Suki IV) and insist that Suki was a real person instead of a marketing-driven character.

Benelli shirt for inspiration

Little progress yesterday, trying a Benelli polo (for that gun I wrote Suki purchasing) while I lounge around Starbucks and decide how to end Suki IV. I think the couple will travel to Maynardville, TN for Suki to meet John's mom.

ISBN: 9780982468630

Mad props to Kasey Kahne for winning the Atlanta race yesterday!

IDF shirt today

Stared at computer for a while at Starbucks, sporting an olive-drab Israeli Defense Forces t-shirt.

Needing to think of something else for this couple to do for the rest of their vacation.