They have me surrounded. Someone send help quick.

Here are a few of the things I’m looking forward to (entertainment wise) in the upcoming months…

August

September

October

Yesterday I made the long drive up to Columbus, Ohio for the Romantic Times book fair. It was a huge signing, with something like 300 authors, although I was a little disappointed that there were so few of the M/M variety. I did get to meet D. Renee Bagby, ZA Maxfield, Tia Fanning, and Belinda McBride, which was very cool. Then my husband and I had a late lunch with Carol Lynne, Brynn Paulin, Bronwyn Green, and Susie, before heading back. All in all, it was a fun day.

There are some pictures for you below. Unfortunately, I didn’t get a single one of me, Brynn, or the hotel. I don’t know what I was thinking.

Columbus from the car:

One of the many lines at RT:

A crowd shot inside the signing room:

Z.A. Maxfield:

Belinda McBride:

Carol & Susie:

Bronwyn & Tia:

On April 1st Cyndi Lauper launched the Give A Damn Campaign and website to spur straight support for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender equality. The Give a Damn Campaign is a project of her True Colors Fund. The Fund works to inspire and engage everyone, especially the straight community, to get involved in the advancement of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender equality.

Click HERE to find out more about the campaign. I encourage all my readers to check it out.

It’s new like the post below that really makes me wish I lived elsewhere.

The Washington Post is reporting on a change in state hiring policy enacted by new Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell.Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell has signed an executive order barring discrimination in the state workforce on grounds that include race, sex, religion and age, but not sexual orientation.

Previous governors included sexual orientation.

There really is no way to translate this action other than that McDonnell believes that sexual orientation, in and of itself, can and should be used as a sole cause for firing state employees or denying promotion. This action by their governor is an open invitation for supervisors or managers to fire or demote employees. And it is likely to happen.

But what is even more likely to occur is abuse, harassment, and antagonizing of gay people. If a coworker calls someone a “damn pervert”, that’s not going to be punished. If the morning meeting is started by a daily f*ggot joke, there’s no recourse. If a state employee shares how they lost the paperwork of the “flaming queen in my line” to gales of laughter, that will not be illegal discrimination. And posting big signs quoting Leviticus or “protecting marriage” will not be an indication of a hostile workplace.

How can there be any respect or consideration, any objection to abuse, if the official state policy is “it’s OK to fire the queers!!”

http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/

I recently found a listing of archaic laws in each state. They’re so stupid, I just had to share. As you may or may not know, I live in Virginia. Here are some of the dumb laws in my state…

♥ If one is not married, it is illegal for him to have sexual relations.

♥ You may not have oral or anal sex.

♥ Not only is it illegal to have sex with the lights on, one may not have sex in any position other than missionary

♥ A man may face 60 days in jail for patting a woman’s derriere.

♥ It is illegal to tickle women.

If you’d like to see more, or look up your own state, CLICK HERE.

People are always asking what music, if any, I listen to while I write. Here are the most popular tracks on my playlist recently:

Bleeding Love - Leona Lewis

So Far Away - Staind

You and Me - Lifehouse

Selling The Drama - Live

I Alone - Live

Weapon - Matthew Good

20th Century Boy - Placebo

Lover’s Spit - Broken Social Scene

Teacher - George Michael

Fade into You - Mazzy Star

Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad - Def Leppard

Criminal - Fiona Apple

More Human Than Human - White Zombie

Your date of conception was on or about 10 October 1980 which was a Friday.

You were born on a Friday
under the astrological sign Cancer.
Your Life path number is 11.

Your fortune cookie reads:
Be mischievous and you will not be lonesome.

Life Path Compatibility:
You are most compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 2, 4, 8, 11 & 22.
You should get along well with those with the Life Path numbers 3 & 6.
You may or may not get along well with those with the Life Path number 9.
You are least compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 1, 5 & 7.

The Julian calendar date of your birth is 2444788.5.
The golden number for 1981 is 6.
The epact number for 1981 is 24.
The year 1981 was not a leap year.

Your birthday falls into the Chinese year beginning 2/5/1981 and ending 1/24/1982.
You were born in the Chinese year of the Rooster.

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