Friends, Buffistas, countrymen/women/decline to state, I come begging assistance. Thankfully, it's really easy and demands nearly nothing of you.

My publisher, Write Bloody Publishing, has challenged its authors to a contest: We each had to make a YouTube video promoting our books, and whichever team's videos have the most hits, collectively, wins. There are no actual stakes. We just win. Obviously, this means we're all playing for blood.

My video is tremendously silly, but if you'd be so kind as to give it a look, I'd be much obliged. Thanks!

Good luck in your contest, Victor! You look very scholarly!

Glamcookie! Hi! Good to see you.

That's all. I have two minutes to be in bed.

G'nite

I found a recipe for eggplant/pea stew, and I'm thinking I may toss in the okra as well. That'll knock out a bunch of what I got today, and I'll bet I can freeze the leftovers. Hmmm.

Duly watched and enjoyed, Victor! Best of luck.

Zen, I can't believe you didn't mention anything about ass-hooks. Talk about burying the lede.

A lot of those tattoos make me think "You really want that on you for all time?" like a big old fuddy duddy

I am just as fuddy and duddy. Really? They want that forever????

Although my tattoo is where I only glimpse it in the mirror. But I have the glyph as a necklace when I want to see it.

The only other thing I want to tattoo is a freckle of mine that faded when I moved to the PNW. It looks like the Earth symbol from Stargate on my leg. But it might be on bone and, no, I don't like pain. It just amuses me.

Sweater puppets, sweater meats, blouse clowns, sweater puppies? ewww! None of those sound appealing AT ALL, not remotely boobtastic.

ok, why does my internet hate tumblr? I swear, any time someone links to it, I never end up being able to see the picture linked, and instead just get broken things and downloading forever.

Worked out! ...and then got froyo and probably destroyed any calorie burn from the workout, but whatev'. Needed that after today's drama.

Also got a freakin' blister. Best way to treat? I"m afraid putting a bandaid on will only cause the parts touching the bandaid to make new blisters!

Blister where? Is it going to rub against flesh? Rub against shoes? Can you have it not rub up against shoes? My blister strategies depend on placement and severity.

Also I want a froyo. And to have worked out but that's closing the barn door after the horses have fled and the yoga studio has closed. So mostly I want froyo.

Well, Cass, last night I was at the gym until 11PM (er, I got there at 10) and there was no one else there when I left, and it was creepy. So i don't recommend breaking into the closed yoga studio and doing yoga. But, um, maybe in your living room?

The froyo was delish--I love Yogurtland. Though the peanut butter flavor was no longer, they had coconut!

Blister is between two toes. I think my fat feet just keep getting fatter and needing super wide shoes or something.

and it was creepy.

Check. No yoga in creepy closed places.

I can't really do it at home because I don't have a mat and I slip too much. Even with grippy socks. I just need to get to the gym when classes are happening.

Blister is between two toes.

If it's superpuffy between toes, maybe bandage. But alternately I'd put some anti-chafe stuff like this or BodyGlide between them. My choice would depend on whether I was going to wear shoes that would squish them together or not. Squishy shoes and I'd bandage. Otherwise, slippy stuff and let them heal on their own.