Oh!Oh! Where's Steph? And JZ?
At the Pride parade in Chicago this year, there was one of those protest groups with the big signs about going to hell, and a loudspeaker, and a guy preaching, yadda yadda. I was across the street taking shelter in a shady doorway while the preacher man ranted on. At one point he gets on to the subject of Sodom and Gomorrah, and booms for a while about hellfire, etc., and concludes with
"And do you know, WHAT WAS THE SIN OF SODOM AND GOMORRAH?"
And I thought of you guys and our conversations here, and so wished I was close enough to answer.
But then, brief pause, and then, over the loudspeaker
"Well, you're not being very hospitable, ARE YOU?!?"
I about died laughing.
RWA was tiring. Too many people, too much information. The RITA awards were totally gonzo; the President did them without consulting anybody else, so they were a video montage of disasters from 1980 to the present, the idea being that romance novels were an escape from the cruel world.
You get some idea when I tell you that (A) the video montage included scenes of Tienanmen Square set to "Don't worry, be happy" and (B) up until Friday night, the video montage included scenes from both September 11th and the Challenger explosion.
Nora Roberts walked rather than read the script assigned to the toastmaster.
15,000 points gets you a hat. That's the biggest prize. A hat.
Man, they should at least offer a walk-on for the sequel or dinner with a cast member or something. A hat you could buy.
I'm glad you found a doc to see. Is the infection getting better?
Is the infection getting better?
I think so. The swelling is all in one cheek now (it had spread to both by Monday morning), and even that is less swollen then it was.
Whoa, Betsy. That sounds really shocking. Will it cause a big thing within the RWA?
Will the president be asked to step down?
t still unable to find words to reply to the RWA montage
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