Have you missed me? I know you have, and you know I know - so you don't have to say it.  It's understood.  You missed me almost as much as I missed Ring Dings. Ugh! Don't get me started on the heinous fools responsible for the loss (temporary, thank God) of my beloved Ring Dings.  All the hullabaloo about Twinkies - Twinkies! Please! Give me a break!

Anyway, both I and Ring Dings are back. Lucky for me and lucky for you. :)

I am in the process of catching up on my adventures in vampiring (is that a word? Yes? No? If that ends up in the Urban Dictionary - I want credit!)  Book III - Much Ado About Smoke is in progress and will be available - well, as soon as I can manage it.  Let's be realistic, giving a hard deadline when I have no idea what vampire, faerie or other creature could be turning my world upside down from day to day is a joke.  I'll just say I'm going to be working to get it out to you as quickly as I possibly can.

But - you knew there was a "but" - self publishing is not cheap. I could use some help covering the costs of an editor, ebook conversion, image licenses, ISBN numbers and other costs. So... guess what? I am offering the Exclusive, Limited Edition T-Shirt below. It reads "Hero Giving new meaning to "Death by Chocolate"  There are just 25 available - men's, women's, and youth sizes (up to 3X). Once they are sold - they are gone - that's it. Finito - no more! These are not available in my shop, and they won't be - so this is it.

If I haven't mentioned it before (and I'm pretty sure I have - and will again, so get used to it), it's not easy to keep thinking of things to blog about day after day.

So, today, I'm just going to ramble about whatever comes into my head. So fasten your seat belts, people. It's going to be a bumpy ride! Ok - there's a place to start. One of the greatest movie lines ever - from All About Eve, Bette Davis' "Fasten your seat belts, it's going to be a bumpy night!" What actress wouldn't have loved to have delivered that line? But guess what? It was not her favorite. I know - shocking! It was some lame comment about washing her hair. No accounting for taste!

Ok, more random nonsense. Remember my post earlier this week about TV Land? Well, do you know where that phrase came from? Bullwinkle Moose. That's right! Good ol' Bullwinkle coined that phrase when he said "Hello out there in TV land." See, this blog is educational.

How about this for random? I've been asked about my inaugural blog post where I mentioned my Gift and the singing sensations of the snack cake isle. The question was, what about the Entenmann's? Well, I can only speculate. Understand, the Ring Dings et all, call to be to be appreciated, and ultimately, eaten. They don't discuss the inner social standings of the pre-packed pastry community with me. However, I suspect the Entenmann's don't call out and participate because they think they're too good for it. After all, they do get their own special tables and end caps. Don't get me wrong, I love those tasty little chocolate chip cookies as much as anyone, but I was asked, and here you go.

Ok, let's see what else, what else? Oh! I read that in San Salvador, drunk drivers can be shot before a firing squad. Now, I don't know if that's true or not, but it's something to think about isn't it?