Also, this was all before the mafia became, you know, The Mafia.
Really? When did The Mafia (TM) start?
Send me a postcard from insane, Allyson.
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Betsy HP - Sep 08, 2005 1:34:20 pm PDT #3910 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Kristen - Sep 08, 2005 1:39:58 pm PDT #3911 of 10001
The modern version of the American Mafia grew from Lansky and Luciano's crime syndicate. You know, after he obliterated the old Sicilian mafia by killing everyone.
And YAY Allyson!
Astarte - Sep 08, 2005 1:58:52 pm PDT #3912 of 10001
Not having has never been the thing I've regretted most in my life. Not trying is.
Yay, Allyson!!!
deborah grabien - Sep 08, 2005 2:58:19 pm PDT #3913 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Allyson, is there room at insane? I need a place on that bench and will be happy to keep you company if you wish, while I a) wait for SMP to turn loose of money they owe me, and b) wait to hear anything at all back on either the paperback sale of Haunted Ballads or Lyssa Keusch's reaction to the Kinkaid Chronicles.
Allyson - Sep 08, 2005 3:02:31 pm PDT #3914 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
It's totally craxy-making.
I keep thinking that I've come this far, and everything has happened almost by magic what with having an agent contact me, and it all happening so quickly and goddamn I am fortunate...but then all the publishers could turn me down cold.
And then what will I do? Besides throw up a lot?
deborah grabien - Sep 08, 2005 3:03:08 pm PDT #3915 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Then she'd send it out to 15 more publishers.
I know - it really is crazy-inducing.
SailAweigh - Sep 08, 2005 4:19:31 pm PDT #3916 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Fucketyboo.
I am in crushland with this word, Deb. I don't know if I've ever seen you use it before, but I find it utterly charming.
deborah grabien - Sep 08, 2005 4:48:23 pm PDT #3917 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Heh. I use it only rarely. It's when my basic profanity seems either too much, or else utterly insufficient.
SailAweigh - Sep 08, 2005 5:19:20 pm PDT #3918 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
basic profanity seems either too much, or else utterly insufficient.
And that's why it works! It's almost like you were saying, "fuck it--oops!" People can't get upset with anything ending in -boo.
deborah grabien - Sep 08, 2005 5:29:13 pm PDT #3919 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
I wonder if I could walk up to George Bush and yell "You're a MURDERING LYING HEARTLESS FUCKETYBOO!" and not go down in a hail of Secret Service gunfire....?