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I didn't blog last week and I apologize. There was no rhyme or reason for m not putting the proverbial pen to paper other than I couldn't think of a topic to write about that seemed even remotely interesting. I'd nearly posted a couple of photos just to post something, but somehow even that escaped me. And so, I'm sorry. Today's post, however, comes to you courtesy of Amazon and their Prime program. You see, Amazon likes to trick people into "trying Prime." If you're not already a member, they have "try Prime" buttons all over their site in "conveniently located areas." These areas are right next to where you might otherwise click to add something to your cart, proceed to checkout, preview your cart and just about everywhere else. A month ago, if you were paying attention, I was shopping for a new cell phone and therefore spent hours each day on Amazon reading reviews, comparing products, looking at available accessories and s...

As all my readers know, I've been without a cell phone for about a month now. In fact, tomorrow will be exactly 30 days from the day my previous phone broke. And, as we all know, I ordered a phone used from Amazon only to have it come unusable . So, I boxed it up and sent it back. The return took about a week and Amazon finally reimbursed my money so I ordered a brand new Blackberry Priv just to avoid any further issues with the security features. While ordering some other things on Amazon I mistakenly clicked the "try Prime for 30 Days" option so I expected my new phone to arrive within three days with their two-day shipping. One day for boxing and shipping and two to arrive. In fact, Amazon sent me an email stating my device should arrive by 8PM on April 13th. I eagerly awaited the device. Not because I needed a phone, although that would be convenient, but because - new toy ! Yes, I just wanted to play with the new tech, explore Blackberry's features and put ...

Need something to read? I'm knee deep in Property of a Lady Faire right now. Originally shared by Monica McGee (Monicks) A series of mass shootings, all on the same day, all claimed by a group named Crowbar, sets the world buzzing with fear. Also released is a threat: wide spread bombings, unless Joe Taverner is killed. And Joe doesn’t know until the attacks begin. Running from everyone, Joe tries to find answers before he’s out of time. http://amzn.to/1SPjd2D Remember it is free only today. #free #book #amazon

Let me copy and past the text, because this is hilarious and, well, true ! So after thoroughly perusing the pages of this novel (twice), I thought I'd share a few thoughts on it. The story starts off reasonably straight-forward, though the author of the first few books seems to be a bit vague and doesn't offer much background or detail about the world in which the story takes place before introducing the main protagonist, Adam. The early main plot line spends a great deal of time describing genealogical information of what I assume are the members of an important family (families?) involved with the story and descended from this Adam character. It seemed a bit overdone, though I guess Tolkien also spent a great deal of time on the seemingly mundane in his books and they're pretty popular. Speaking of which, there are a number of times that magic is invoked to turn rods to snakes or move large bodies of water around. There are also talking serpents and donkeys, so if yo...