So … this weekend, I observed the holiday by posting my thanks to Douglas Adams and finally posting about why teachers are awesome. There, I finally said it! 
And here’s some other awesome stuff I thought I’d share:
En guarde! Ha ha ha …
Columbia post office closes. Bummer.
Columbia, MD is officially reinventing itself into Reston, VA. Ha ha ha …
Ignore the haters! Step away from the keyboard.
Be resilient! That’s the key.
Simple lessons learned from Lance Armstrong.
Aww … happy shootin’ iron anniversary, you two!
Now … let’s talk film!
Why powerful women threaten Hollywood.
PS: Beware of strangers bearing candy or anyone who’s too nice by half. Ha ha ha …
You can’t negotiate with bullies who seek world domination.
PPS: I forgot. I also managed to send books to another contributor. I’m having an awesome time thinking about what character will get the name Kris van der Sande. I’m sure she’ll have a really big part to play. Whatever. There are no small parts. Only small actors. Or something.
And I lied forgot. I did have another note card. So there. Ha ha ha …
PPPS: Watching people argue on Facebook gives me a whole new appreciation for this post. And this post. Thank you, Dalai Lama for the pizza joke lesson. Really!
And thank you, PWA! PI mysteries rock!
But we all have to pay the piper, don’t we?
Piper!
And happy Martin Luther King Junior Day! Even I’m not so gimpy dumb I couldn’t scan this awesome quote from Dr. King so I could post it here.
Do I ask you to work for free? That’s a totally fair question, Jeff Cohen! Right on!
Speaking of which, here’s the awesome Robert Crais, who I actually met while I was a blue collar writer, but a doofus at this Bouchercon.
But first a photo of me, Sasscer Hill and Simon Wood, while we were there!
An awesome blonde author, a future Amazon author, and a blue collar writer/doofus.
Let me tell you something, though. Don’t underestimate Jack Reacher. Or Lee Child!
I’ve met the man. More than once. I last saw him at Bouchercon, after my trip to Ireland and the UK.
He grew up in a place that sounded like Queens, NY. And I felt Britain was like my home, because it was where the happy fools were!
Erin go Braugh or something!
And also, from Nik Nak’s Old Peculiar, how appropriate. Oh, the irony! Ha ha ha …
“Today, on this day of possibility, we stand in the shadow of a lanky, raw-boned man with little formal education who once took the stage at Old Main and told the nation that if anyone did not believe the American principles of freedom and equality, that those principles were timeless and all-inclusive, they should go rip that page out of the Declaration of Independence.”
Thank you, Paul!
It’s all water under the bridge, right? Ha ha ha …
So … if you’d like to contribute to my crowdfunding campaign for my mystery series, please click there. The deadline for contributions is Jan. 31, so please contribute soon!
Even Johnny Rotten needs to eat likes butter. Ha ha ha …
The cosmos must be laughing its ass off!!!
Music is awesome! Including this tune based on bird droppings!
Look out! Stay tuned for another chapter of IDENTITY CRISIS soon! Ha!
Don’t mess with Honey West! Ha!
But first, congrats Mr. President!
This happy fool has reached a weird crossroad. Hmm …!
Finally, a poem by Bobby Troy, called The Nothingness of You.
UPDATE: I’m sorry! I just had to add these on, too.
Picture of Brentwood, England, with snow. Brrr …
Thanks, Paul!
Here’s Johnny!!!
Bully for us!
Two NY Times bestselling authors/furiously happy fools in green shirts
I wish I could do this forever … Ha ha ha …
Okay … one more …
UPDATE 2: From Nik Nak’s Old Peculiar, this awesome quote and video:
“Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence: in other words it is war minus the shooting.”
And how to make a nice cup of tea by George Orwell, also.
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