A – Age: late 30s

B – Best Friend: They know who they are (didn’t name you here, just in case I left someone out by accident or on purpose)
C – Choice of Meat: Beef
D – Dream Date: hmm…let me think on this one…I better not say, just in case someone’s reading this blog and he’s not my dream date.
E – Exciting Adventure: taking a cruise on the Nile River and visiting the pyramids in Egypt
F – Favorite Food: chicken fetticine alfredo, bar b que, steak
G – Greatest Accomplishment: Ask me this in about a year (smile)
H – Happiest Day of Your Life: Every day because every day is a blessing
I – Interests: Writing, Reading, Travelling, Surfing the Net, Chatting with Friends (online/offline)
J – Joke: Couldn’t tell a joke, even if you gave me the punch line.
K – Kool-Aid: Any variation of RED
L – Love: Still believe in love.
M – Most Valued possession: duh…my computer
N – Name: no, my mom did not spell my name wrong…it’s s-h-e-l-i-a…not the other way.
O – Outfit You Love: lime green floral dress with ruffles that I get compliments on every time I wear it…and I have to admit, I do look good in it (and I must, because I don’t normally come out and say I look good in something…I know, I need to get over my complex problem).
P – Pizza Toppings: pepporoni and sausage
Q – Question Asked To You the Most: It’s a tie: When are you getting married or Why you don’t have any kids?
R – Radio Station: XM Radio
S – Sport: Basketball…will watch Football if I’m with a guy I really REALLY like
T – Television Show: Monday nights–all shows on CW, CSI-MIAMI/LAS VEGAS, The Unit, Army Wives
U – Umbrella in the rain?: Now you know I can’t get the hair wet.
V – Video: The Color Purple, Fridays, The Best Man, Two Can Play that Game, etc
W – Winter: Love it if I can be cuddled up with some sexy guy
X – X-rays recently?: that’s a little too personal…but NO.
Y – Year Born: okay, this goes back to the letter “A”…if I told you the year, you would do the math…so let’s just say it was in the 1900′s
Z – Zodiac Sign: Virgo–and you know this.

Army Wives is one of my favorite shows this summer. I usually skip watching series during the summer, but I’ve gotten hooked on the show.

I say all of that to say that I was very surprised when one of the characters had a steamy love scene. Roland Burton played by Sterling Brown is AA and ends up having an affair with a guest cast member. They actually showed them making love and it was great to see two AAs getting it on for a change. Normally, we don’t see us, so that’s why it was such a big deal. I have to commend Lifetime for “keeping it real.”

If you missed Sunday night’s episode, they may air it again.

A little humor to start your week off right…A friend sent this to me in email and I thought I would share. Men, if you’re reading, please don’t take it seriously

1. Men are like …….Laxatives .. They irritate the s_ _ t out of you.

2. Men are like ……. Bananas ….. The older they get, the less firm they are.

3. Men are like ……. Weather …. Nothing can be done to change them.

4 Men are like ……. Blenders …. You need One, but you’re not quite sure why.

5. Men are like …… Chocolate Bars …. Sweet, smooth, & they usually head right for your hips.

6.. Men are like ……. Commercials ….. You can’t believe a word they say.

7. Men are like ……. Department Stores ….. Their clothes are always 1/2 off.

8. Men are like ……. Government Bonds ….. They take soooooooo long to mature.

9. Men are like ….. Mascara ….. They usually run at the first sign of emotion.

10. Men are like ……. Popcorn . …… They satisfy you, but only for a little while

11. Men are like ….. Snowstorms …… You never know when they’re coming, how many inches you’ll get or how long it will last.

12. Men are like …….. Lava Lamps ….. Fun to look at, but not very bright.

13. Men are like . Parking Spots ……… All the good ones are taken, the rest are handicapped.
–Anonymous

Just a little light humor to get you through the week.

1. Pass My Shotgun
2. Psychotic Mood Shift
3. Perpetual Munching Spree
4. Puffy Mid-Section
5. People Make me Sick
6. Provide Me with Sweets
7. Pardon My Sobbing
8. Pimples May Surface
9. Pass My Sweatpants
10. Pissy Mood Syndrome
11. Plainly; Men Suck
12. Pack My Stuff
13. Potential Murder Suspect
–Author Unknown

 I watched the news last night and saw the reports of thousands of kids and their parents waiting for the Harry Potter release. As an author, that would be a dream come true–to have people camping out to buy your book on its release day. Waking up now because for the average author, it’s a dream. Truthfully, I haven’t read any of the books so I can’t relate to the hype; however I have seen the movies because my nephew loves them so I watch what he watches at times. Since this book is the last one in the series, the big question is what will be the next “Harry Potter” craze?

This leads to my next topic:

 Wouldn’t it be nice if people bought our books (the original version) from the book store, from Amazon, Barnes and Noble or any of the other online and independent book stores and not the unauthorized versions where the author doesn’t see a dime of it. It’s good to know that Ebay has that policy in place, but could a “review” copy be considered an unauthorized version thus shouldn’t be sold on Ebay or Amazon, Overstock, etc.???

I received this in my daily PW newsletter yesterday:

 EBay Pulls Harry Potter 7 Listing–Hours After Sale Was Completed
By Karen Holt
EBay has become the latest front in the battle to salvage the battered HP 7 embargo.

Will Collier, the aerospace engineer who put a copy of the book on eBay after receiving it from DeepDiscount.com on Tuesday, has been informed that the online auction site pulled the listing after receiving a complaint from London-based The Christopher Little Literary Agency, which represents J.K. Rowling. According to the site, the agency “notified eBay that this listing violates intellectual property rights. When eBay receives a report of this type of violation, we remove the listing to comply with the law.”

The message goes on to explain that “eBay prohibits the listing of unauthorized copies of copyrighted works. Unauthorized copies include (but are not limited to) backup, pirated, duplicated, or bootlegged copies.” Read On »

If a person bought the book, then they should be able to do what they want with it, regardless if they give it away or re-sell it; but when it’s a review copy and/or galley I don’t think it’s fair to the publisher and most importantly fair to the author.

I may be in the minority on this, but if you’re a reader or author, jump right in and let me know your take on it.

Do you think it was right for the sponsors to have the Ugliest Dog contest? Below is the winner for 2007:

 ELWOOD

   Who: YOU are invited to participate in the re-launch of my blog.

When: For the remainder of July 2007.

Where: www.sheliagoss.wordpress.com

How: Post a comment. Give me the topic and we’ll discuss it here on the blog or if you want you can send me your blog entry and I’ll post it here for you.

Let’s get ready to PARTY!