Pearls of Wisdom and Foolish Mutterings

A wandering mind gathers no moss

Yesterday, I commented in alfred booth, wanbli ska 's blog, urging him to go for broke working toward getting published. I hope my words inspired Alfred as much as they apparently inspired me. I took my own advice and spent a good part of yesterday researching agents. By the end of the day, I sent out two query letters for my book (No Stone Left Unturned) - one to an agent and one to a publishing house (I know, two letters for a whole day? I get carried away researching.) I also submitted an essay to the Chronicle.

I quoted our good friend Nada to Alfred, admonishing him (and myself, too, obviously) to go for it, because "If not now, when?" More query letters are going out today.

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Switching gears... The Liquid Energy in a bottle that I spoke about yesterday garnered quite a bit of attention. So here's the scoop:

It's called Super B Complex and is made by Twinlab. We buy it locally at The Vitamin Shoppe, but they have a website where you can place orders. http://www.vitaminshoppe.com

Just be sure you eat something when you take it or you'll barf it right back up. Bleeeccchhh!

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My boy, Danny Gokey, was booted off of American Idol on Wednesday. That is just not right. Yes, I know that Chris and Adam are both very talented. Adam is crazy-talented, what a voice! Chris is a musician with a great voice - just how many instruments can that boy play? Truthfully, I would have been disappointed to see any of the three go, but Danny has been my favorite from the very beginning. I'm just waiting to hear that somebody - some SMART somebody - has signed him.

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Thanks so much to everyone who participated in the building of my ego yesterday with your wonderful comments. I had a hard time getting my swelled head through my bedroom door last night. Thought for a minute I would have to sleep on the floor outside the room. But then I remembered how bendy I am and I made it through, although I do have a neck ache this morning from sleeping on my big head.

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Yesterday when I checked my snail mail, there was an interesting looking envelope in there with a return address that said something like Survey from President Obama. I opened it and read a few of the questions on the survey. I thought, Wow, this is pretty cool. A President who wants to know the pulse of the people. I'm impressed. Then I leafed through the rest of the pages and it turns out the whole thing was actually from the Republican Party and here's the kicker. The last page was a letter telling me how important it was to fill out the survey and return it "along with your contribution to the Republican Party of $20, $50 or $100." I was so disgusted that I tore the thing into pieces, threw it on the floor, jumped up and down on it, set it on fire and then got Maverik the Wonder Lab to pee on it to put the fire out. Well, that last part may be a bit of an exaggeration, but I did tear it into pieces.

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I think I've downloaded enough mindless drivel for today. Your turn.