Happy Thanksgiving! 

An elderly man in Phoenix calls his son in New York and says, "I
hate to ruin your day, but I have to tell you that your mother and I are
divorcing; forty-five years of misery is enough."

"Pop, what are you talking about," the son screams.
"We can't stand the sight of each other any longer," the old man
says. "We're sick and tired of each other, and I'm sick of talking about
this, so you call your sister in Chicago and tell her." He hangs up.

Frantic, the son calls his sister, who explodes on the phone. "Like
hell they're getting a divorce," she shouts. "I'll take care of this."
She calls Phoenix immediately, and screams at the old man,
"You are NOT getting divorced! Don't do a single thing until I get there.
I'm calling my brother back and we'll both be there tomorrow.
Until then don't do a thing, "DO YOU HEAR ME?" She hangs up.

The old man hangs up the phone and turns to his wife.
"It worked; they're coming for Thanksgiving and paying their own way."

Attention Authors, Literary Agents, Editors, Publishers, and Book Reviewers,

This "Pet Peeves in Books" blog wants to know yours. For example, you may not like run on sentences, slang, a lot instead of a lot, alright instead of all right, less instead of fewer, or different than instead of different from in books. I'm interested in writing an article that shares top pet peeves in books.  Thank you for sharing yours. 

I just wanted to say hello out there to all of my friends on Myspace.  Summer is flying by and I have been so busy I haven’t been on Myspace as much as I’d like to be.  I hope you are all doing well and that your various creative projects are thriving.

Have a wonderful weekend!

D.B. Pacini

http://www.astarrynightproductions.com

I have created three age categories for the YOUTH DREAM TEAM.  I don't want Jr. High youth to be worried that they will have to compete for contest prizes with young adults.  Age group categories make the opportunities and projects fair. Please check it out.  Also, please copy/paste this message and share it with school principals, teachers, youth advocates, librarians, parents, and young people 13-24 years old.

This is free and available to young people internationally.  All they need is access to a computer. Monthly writing projects, contests, and cool prizes will be offered per age category.

http://www.astarrynightproductions.com/loose_end/pages/dreamteam.htm

            A sharp flick of his neck.  A spray of shooting water.  He never says goodbye.

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Many attempts to communicate are nullified by saying too much. 
Robert Greenleaf

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.   
Seneca

No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.  
Plato

What man does not understand, he fears; and what he fears, he tends to destroy. 
Author Unknown to Me

No one should rely unduly on his "competence".  Strength lies in improvisation.  All the decisive blows are struck left-handed. 
Walter Benjamin

People seldom see the halting and painful steps by which the most insignificant success is achieved. 
Anne Sullivan

The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.
Henri Bergson, French Philosopher

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. 
Aldous Huxley

There is more power in telling little than in telling all.  
Mark Rothko, Artist

A sharp spear needs no polish.  
H. Rider Haggard, Novelist

There is a time for departure even when there's no certain place to go. 
Tennessee Williams

Talents are nurtured best in solitude, but character on life's tempestuous seas.  Goethe

Superficial people find the extraordinary fascinating, and profound people find the ordinary riveting.   
Julian Barbour

Know your game.  Put in the time.  And, when you go after your goal, convince yourself that you're the best.  It works.  An average talent can be an above average performer.
Paraphrased from Joan Ryan, Columnist, San Francisco Examiner

The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be praised than saved by criticism.
Norman Vincent Pearle

Few things are impossible to diligence and skill.  
Samuel Johnson

It's too easy to get swept up, doing things because the opportunities are there, not because we're burning to do them.  
Sam Sheppard

Those who hear not the music think the dancers mad.     
Author Unknown to Me

Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought.   
Albert Szent-Gyorgi

If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are rotten, either write things worth reading or do things worth the writing.  
Benjamin Franklin

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Web of Life Enterprises (WOLE), a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization, has collected a large amount of winter clothing and blankets for people living on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota. WOLE relies on financial donations to purchase vehicle fuel. They deliver desperately needed provisions to the reservation by truck as often as possible.

South Dakota winters are long and bitterly cold. Many people living on the reservation require financial assistance to purchase propane and to pay for electricity. WOLE collects funds for that on-going need as well.

If you can give a donation, please contact:

http://www.wole.org

J. Poeter Selman, WOLE Founder   620-278-3842

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