Jungle Madness winner and Sunday funny!
November 2nd, 2008
#77, mec!
Please send me an email at julie at julieleto dot com with your snail mail addy and phone number (required by See’s) and I’ll get the prizes out right away.
And here’s a timely little funny…
With all the turmoil in the market today and the collapse of Lehman Bros and Acquisition of Merrill Lynch by Bank of America this might be some good advice. For all of you with any money left, be aware of the next expected mergers so that you can get in on the ground floor and make some BIG bucks.
Watch for these consolidations later on this year:
1.) Hale Business Systems, Mary Kay Cosmetics, Fuller Brush, and W R. Grace Co. Will merge and become: Hale, Mary, Fuller, Grace.
2.) Polygram Records, Warner Bros., and Zesta Crackers join forces and become:
Poly, Warner Cracker.
3.) 3M will merge with Goodyear and become: MMMGood.
4.) Zippo Manufacturing, Audi Motors, Dofasco, and Dakota Mining will merge , and become:
ZipAudiDoDa .
5.) FedEx is expected to join its competitor, UPS, and become: FedUP.
6.) Fairchild Electronics and Honeywell Computers will become: Fairwell Honeychild.
7.) Grey Poupon and Docker Pants are expected to become: PouponPants.
8.) Knotts Berry Farm and the National Organization of Women will become: Knott NOW!
And finally…
9.) Victoria ’s Secret and Smith &Wesson will merge under the new name: TittyTittyBangBang
In the first writing class I ever took in college, my professor had us do an experiment—we were supposed to gather some of our favorite poems of all times and then try to ruin the first lines. When he introduced the assignment, my professor explained that the first line set up the reading experience—and as such was of vital importance to the piece. In imagining some of our favorite poems—famous, infamous or obscure—with new first lines, would we change the entire scope of the poem?
: The new icons are fantastic! 
My Halloween party was cancelled and we already bought the costumes 
and costumes are nonrefundable! 
But I’m picking up my new car tomorrow 
and I am NOT looking forward to my dogs barking from their crates on Halloween every time the doorbell rings! 
When Julie and the Plot Monkeys asked me to guest blog, I was told to blog about anything I’d like. Anything I want? That was tough. I mulled over what I could offer that folks might find interesting to read. In the end, I decided to talk about something that’s seasonally appropriate. 
So I thought I’d just share a few images from the Halloween party. 
and cats 
. See, she’s writing a new “Lucky” book and decided to give the heroine a cat, but Carly has never owned a cat before — just dogs. Thus, she wanted to know all about a cat’s personality, their quirks, their likes and dislikes. Leslie confessed that the two cats that she’s ever had were most likely spawned by satan, and she so was NOT a cat person. :giggle: Julie offered up advice on the one cat she had, and me, being surrounded by cats most all my life, (and dogs, too) had the most wisdom to impart. 
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But despite every wierd quirk or haughty attitude that our cats have had, I’ve loved them dearly. It’s those moments when they are yours unconditionally that make you feel so loved. 
# 15 Gigi 
An Erotic Novelist Tells All
and Noelle ran an interior design biz with her ex (whom she caught in bed with a client and her college-age daughter. Talk about conflicted!) I’ve also written a female loan officer who turned the hero down for a mortgage on his mama’s ranch, not just because he ruined her small-town rep at Prom fifteen years ago, but because she has the clout over a high-dollar male model with a cash flow problem. Some occupations, like rodeo rider or striptease artist, are sexier by nature, but the real fun comes from creating a computer geek or a librarian who sets your pages and his/her partner on fire. 
