Quotes
A writer's job is to tell the truth.
I don't pick subjects as much as they pick me.
Writers don't retire. I will always be a writer.
~Andy Rooney on writing
Update
Robert Redford who attended the University of Colorado (his daughter too) had a birthday this week, 79.
Bob is also reported to have worked at the infamous Sink a beer and burger joint on"the hill" in Boulder in the 50s and 60s.
Local News
Lindsey Vonn, champion skier from Vail,CO, broke an ankle while practicing for the winter World Cup season. She is downplaying the seriousness, as athletes often do. Vonn is returning from New Zealand to Vail for further examinations on her ankle.
The Dexter Lewis capital punishment trial has declared Lewis guilty, and has now entered the second stage of penalty phase; the aggravating factor phase.The defense is claiming Lewis had a bad childhood because his father was killed in a gang related incident when Dexter was four. This trial is unusually complicated because of the Holmes trial in which Holmes received a life in prison without possibility of parole sentence. Can the jury be unswayed by the other decision?
Centennial, CO ZIP Code 80122,(where I live) is rated as one of the hottest real estate markets in the Country. You can't prove it by me.
Broncos beat the Seahawks in a meaningless practice game. Did they actually keep score? At least football is here to wash away the taste of the Colorado Rockies awful season. By the way, Murder in the Rockies doesn't have anything to do with the baseball Rockies.
Excerpt From Murder in the Rockies
As Conway recovered and struggled to his hands and knees, he wiped blood pouring from his ear. He saw Defler heading for the swinging doors.
Defler turned and snarled, “You best stay away from Lilly LaRue! She’s mine!”
Still on his knees the rancher said, “I’ll kill you, you son of a bitch.”
Behind the bar, the bartender did not know what to do. When Murphy had briefed him on his job duties, a situation like this hadn't been mentioned. The bartender looked at the broken chair and the blood on the floor. “Who is going to pay for that chair?” he thought. He pondered for a minute and then poured himself a whiskey, and another. Then he poured a round on the house.
“This isn’t the only job in town,” the bartender decided as he poured himself another shot and vowed that the next day he would get back on the wagon.
Heard on the Street
You kill vegetarian vampires with a steak to the heart.
Opportunity may knock once, but temptation bangs on the front door forever.
Why can’t you hear a pterodactyl go to the bathroom? Because the “P” is silent.
Some minds are like concrete - Thoroughly mixed up and permanently set.
A grenade thrown into a kitchen in France would result in Linoleum Blownapart.
Book Giveaway
Popular author of cozy mysteries, Jerusha Jones,and her publisher, Thomas & Mercer are doing a book giveaway on GoodReads. A copy of her first book in the Imogene Museum series, Rock Bottom, will be given to 20 random entries. Get all the details at this link:
https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/148899-rock-bottom
Comments, please leave your comments in the section below.
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A writer's job is to tell the truth.
I don't pick subjects as much as they pick me.
Writers don't retire. I will always be a writer.
~Andy Rooney on writing
Update
Robert Redford who attended the University of Colorado (his daughter too) had a birthday this week, 79.
Bob is also reported to have worked at the infamous Sink a beer and burger joint on"the hill" in Boulder in the 50s and 60s.
Local News
Lindsey Vonn, champion skier from Vail,CO, broke an ankle while practicing for the winter World Cup season. She is downplaying the seriousness, as athletes often do. Vonn is returning from New Zealand to Vail for further examinations on her ankle.
The Dexter Lewis capital punishment trial has declared Lewis guilty, and has now entered the second stage of penalty phase; the aggravating factor phase.The defense is claiming Lewis had a bad childhood because his father was killed in a gang related incident when Dexter was four. This trial is unusually complicated because of the Holmes trial in which Holmes received a life in prison without possibility of parole sentence. Can the jury be unswayed by the other decision?
Centennial, CO ZIP Code 80122,(where I live) is rated as one of the hottest real estate markets in the Country. You can't prove it by me.
Broncos beat the Seahawks in a meaningless practice game. Did they actually keep score? At least football is here to wash away the taste of the Colorado Rockies awful season. By the way, Murder in the Rockies doesn't have anything to do with the baseball Rockies.
Excerpt From Murder in the Rockies
As Conway recovered and struggled to his hands and knees, he wiped blood pouring from his ear. He saw Defler heading for the swinging doors.
Defler turned and snarled, “You best stay away from Lilly LaRue! She’s mine!”
Still on his knees the rancher said, “I’ll kill you, you son of a bitch.”
Behind the bar, the bartender did not know what to do. When Murphy had briefed him on his job duties, a situation like this hadn't been mentioned. The bartender looked at the broken chair and the blood on the floor. “Who is going to pay for that chair?” he thought. He pondered for a minute and then poured himself a whiskey, and another. Then he poured a round on the house.
“This isn’t the only job in town,” the bartender decided as he poured himself another shot and vowed that the next day he would get back on the wagon.
Heard on the Street
You kill vegetarian vampires with a steak to the heart.
Opportunity may knock once, but temptation bangs on the front door forever.
Why can’t you hear a pterodactyl go to the bathroom? Because the “P” is silent.
Some minds are like concrete - Thoroughly mixed up and permanently set.
A grenade thrown into a kitchen in France would result in Linoleum Blownapart.
Book Giveaway
Popular author of cozy mysteries, Jerusha Jones,and her publisher, Thomas & Mercer are doing a book giveaway on GoodReads. A copy of her first book in the Imogene Museum series, Rock Bottom, will be given to 20 random entries. Get all the details at this link:
https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/148899-rock-bottom
Comments, please leave your comments in the section below.
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