A LITTLE BREAK

My Friends,

I need to take a short break from blogging. I have a big editing job to do, so please be happy for me. I love to work, especially when the work is editing.

I have some good news for you. Next week on Wednesday (one week from today) our lovely friend Peaches Ledwidge will make the first stop on her book blog tour here at my house. She'll tell you about her excellent new book, Day Laughs, Night Cries.

You can order the book from amazon at the following link: http://www.amazon.com/Day-Laughs-Night-Cries-Fifteen/dp/0988405407


Peaches blogs at Conceive Writing.

God bless you, Peaches. Congratulations and best wishes.

While I take my break, everyone please feel free to continue visiting and click on the ads on my blog.
I need every penny I can get to support worthy charities and buy some Christmas gifts for my family! I didn't give gifts last year because I was as poor as a church mouse, so I'd really like to give gifts this year, even if they're small ones.

Infinities of love,

Janie Junebug

IT ISSSSS DECLINED!

Gentle Readers . . . and Maxwell,

Back in olden times when I had some money to spend, I visited a very chic shop in Maryland, where I tried on a beautiful pair of black velvet pants. They fit perfectly, so I went to the register to pay for them.

I knew there would be a problem as soon as I saw the woman working at the cash register. I had encountered her before. She was an older German lady with a very strong accent. I'm quite positive she was a member of the SS during World War II.

Magda was always perfectly dressed, coiffed, and nasty.

She looked down her Aryan nose at me as I presented her with the pants and my credit card.

She ran my card through the machine and shouted for everyone in the store to hear, IT ISSSSSSS DECLINED!

It can't possibly be declined, I said politely. I pay my bill every month.

Nevertheless, IT ISSSSS DECLINED! Magda screeched yet again.

I didn't know what to do. If I slinked out of the store with my tail between my legs, would it look as if my card really wasn't any good? Embarrassed, I dug my check book out of my purse and paid for the pants.

When I got home, I called my credit card company. The company representative told me immediately that my card shouldn't have been declined. Then she investigated to find out what was wrong.

It seemed Magda had put in the wrong code when she ran my card through the machine. She didn't know her very own code.

I called the store owner and told her how Magda had embarrassed me and what she had done wrong. She said, Believe me. I've heard if before. I'll have her call you to apologize.

Magda called and said immediately, I apologizzzzzze, but I don't know vy. I didn't do anything wrong.

I hung up and never went back to that store.

I don't know why Magda kept her job there, but perhaps she threatened the owner with whips and chains. Before long, the store went out of business.

What a shame that a nice shop seemed to be held hostage by one rude employee.

The good news is that I loved those pants. They were very comfortable, and I wore them for years.

Infinities of love,

Janie Junebug

PLEASE VOTE

DECISION 2012

Gentle Readers .  .  . and Maxwell,

My dear friend Carol sent me the following email. I ask you to consider it before you cast your vote.

Mad At The President......................for What? Now, since Obama's regime, all of a sudden, folks have gotten mad, and want to take America Back... BACK TO WHAT or WHERE is my question? I am voting for PRESIDENT OBAMA no matter what. He should get 8 years in term, because he IS CHANGING America and we all know why THEY don't like it! If Obama wasn't Black, they would be praising and thanking him. After The 8 Years Of The Bush/Cheney Disaster, Now You Get Mad? You didn't get mad when the Supreme Court stopped a legal recount and appointed a President. You didn't get mad when Cheney allowed Energy company officials to dictate Energy policy and push us to invade Iraq. You didn't get mad when we illegally invaded a country that posed no threat to us. You didn't get mad when we spent over 800 billion (and counting) on said illegal war. You didn't get mad when Bush borrowed more money from foreign sources than the previous 42 Presidents combined. You didn't get mad when over 10 billion dollars in cash just disappeared in Iraq. You didn't get mad when Bush embraced trade and outsourcing policies that shipped 6 million American jobs out of the country. You didn't get mad when they didn't catch Bin Laden. You didn't get mad when Bush rang up 10 trillion dollars in combined budget and current account deficits. You didn't get mad when you saw the horrible conditions at Walter Reed. You didn't get mad when we let a major US city, New Orleans, drown. You didn't get mad when we gave people who had more money than they could spend, the 1%, over a trillion dollars in tax breaks. You didn't get mad with the worst 8 years of job creations in several decades. You didn't get mad when over 200,000 US Citizens lost their lives because they had no health insurance. You didn't get mad when lack of oversight and regulations from the Bush Administration caused US Citizens to lose 12 trillion dollars in investments, retirement, and home values. You finally got mad when a black man was elected President and decided that people in America deserved the right to see a doctor if they are sick. Yes, illegal wars, lies, corruption, torture, job losses by the millions, stealing your tax dollars to make the rich richer, and the worst economic disaster since 1929 are all okay with you, but helping fellow Americans who are sick... Oh, Hell to the No! PLEEEASE----circulate this everywhere---people need to be reminded!!!! 2012 is a good year for them to remember! Let's get as passionate about re-electing our  wonderful hard working President Obama as we were when we got him elected! Don't get complacent and don't take for granted he will easily be back in office. Let's all get busy starting the work today!!!! Give this MAN credit where credit is due. Black folks stop thinking just because we have a Black President that you were entitled to something without working for it! (Did you think because we got a Black President 4 years ago, you were going to get a check in the mail for $100k or something, maybe the 40 acres and a mule...come on....get real!) Make a difference Get educated, stop complaining and get back on track to preserving our race and represent like The Obamas. Do your part! VOTE Obama 2012. Spread the word. We have to get out and VOTE like we did 4 years ago...if we want to keep the Obama in office. Dont think for one minute that your Vote doesn't count! ??? Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity ??? ~ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. --  "Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent." Martin Luther King, Jr.

MOVIE MOVIE WEEKEND

Gentle Readers . . . and Maxwell,

I have two fine selections for you today, and the second is the sequel to the first.

We are Jude Law and Robert Downey, Jr.
We know we aren't as hot as Elvis Aaron Schwarz,
yet Janie seems to enjoy gazing upon us.

Now that you've seen the photo, perhaps you've guessed that the films are

Sherlock Holmes (2009)

AND

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows  (2011)

Both movies are available on DVD and are quite enjoyable. I love the stylish moves by the actors, the period costumes, the sharp editing, the total look of the films, and taking the time to inspect Robert Downey, Jr. and Jude Law. Well done, Director Guy Ritchie!

Even the musical score sounds mysterious, yet whimsical. I love the presentation of these films. The main characters are brilliant, yet amusing. The plots are fun, but intricate enough that I had to pay attention to know what was going on.

Poor Dr. Watson (Jude Law). In the first movie, he tries to get married but never quite makes it because he must assist Sherlock. In the second movie, Watson marries, but he ends up taking his "honeymoon" trip with Holmes, who never misses a clue.


Madam Simza Heron: What do you see? 
Sherlock Holmes: Everything. That is my curse. 

These two films have The Janie Junebug Seal of Approval.

Infinities of love,

Janie Junebug

Crazy world: I need help

Dear Friends,

Please click on the link to Melynda's post. She is offering special autographed books for sale in order to help a women's center. She provides Christmas gifts for the women living in the shelter. I think this is a great cause, and I urge you to purchase her excellent and very funny books. You'll be serving as Santa at the same time, which means you get to have milk and cookies.

Infinities of love,

Janie Junebug

P.S. I bought five books. They'll make great Christmas gifts. I challenge you to purchase at least one, and I hope you can buy more!


Here's the beginning of the post with the link:

Crazy world: I need help: Hi everyone! This is a bad eye day so it's gonna be a short one. I think... Anyway, every year about this time I start working for my caus...

FOR SALE: RED SHOES, WORN ONCE

Gentle Readers . . . and Maxwell,

I once had a pair of red shoes I loved. They were the most expensive shoes I've ever owned (though they cost less than $100). I bought them at Nordstrom's.

Similar to these but those are not my feet.
so don't get yourself all worked up,
foot fetishists.

Not long after I became a newspaper editor, I wore the red shoes to work with a navy blue dress. I looked goooooood.

But apparently the red shoes looked a little too good.

As I walked across the office toward the publisher's desk, I noticed he was staring at something, and that something was my feet in the red shoes. I swear he was undressing my feet!

"I've always loved red shoes," he crooned as I approached.

I felt naked. Harassed. Grossed out.

But I could see in his eyes that he didn't want to suck on my toes. No, he wanted to kiss and fondle the shoes. Is there such a thing as shoe porn?

And it wasn't my fault. They were just red shoes.

I didn't like the stare, so I never wore the red shoes again.

I think they're in the back of my closet. I'll wear them again when I'm so old that no one cares if I have red shoes or no shoes at all.

Infinities of red shoe love,

Janie Junebug