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August McLaughlin, Blog Heckler Hubby, Brinda Berry, contests, Golden Heart, Humor, Jay Holmes, KegelMaster, Margie Lawson, Natalie Hartford, Piper Bayard, Sharon Clare, Sherry Isaac, Zack Kullis
Time upon a once, in the tiny Nation of Glob, promises many in a noodle-like noggin lived.
And, piddled.
And, farted.
And, were fruitful and multiplied.
[How the ‘fruitful and multiplied’ happened in the midst of piddles and farts remains one of the rarest of secrets in the Nation of Glob.]
The Princess of the Nation of Glob, Noodle Noggin, followed herself around for snippets and smidgens of days.
She picked up shiny baubles, wrote Novellas-as-Blog-Comments, and played a fun game called Swipe the MasterCard at Sassy Flamingo.
[A wonderfully funky boutique that incited Bohemian Chic squeaks of MasterCard mania.]
The moat surrounding Noodle Noggin’s impressive Tower of Goals was two drips shy of a mud puddle. Bricks and mortar from ideas past and present littered the ground.
Despite the glee found in her tiny, titillating, tempting* and fun nation, Noodle Noggin skidded to a halt when she happened upon a large brick, an important brick, a brick about to topple from her Tower of Goals.
[*Zack Kullis, Flashbangs and Fiction, only thinks he’s the master of alliteration. If he posts, you should read it. He’s an F.B.I. operative and Subject Matter Expert for all things under(space optional)cover. His comments sometimes beat mine in snark — a situation I find extremely annoying challenging.]
The large brick teetered, held in place by a discarded bubble-gum wisp-of-hope it would not fall. For, if it did, it would lie in agony beside the Tower of Hope and forever after become…
ARGH! (Another Regret on Golden Heart!)
Noodle Noggin shored up the brick with an *experienced* glob of Bazooka, and sucked up the courage to call upon the services of Tower-of-Goals Masons.
While she awaited their arrival (with much trepidation), she studied the litter surrounding the tower.
It was either regrettable timing or Noodle Noggin’s comeuppance that caused Reality and Check to find her downside-up with Sassy skirts hanging, imitating a penguin in the picture selected for her new Glob banner.
The Tower of Goals masons, Reality and Check, arrived astride KA-snorting steeds.
One of them looked alarmingly like Sherry Isaac, Career Coach Extraordinaire. (And, co-inventor of the infamous Ka-SNORT!)
The other? She was the spittin’ image of Margie Lawson, the craft instructor who made Noodle Noggin believe she had a voice worth reading, and filled her writer’s craft toolbox to the brim.
The first task for Reality and Check was to affix an EDICT to the door of the Tower.
THE EDICT
Enough Dallying in Counter-productive Tasks!
You will, forthwith hie thee to the Tower and remain therein until your manuscript doth reach a Golden Heart worthy conclusion.
Forsooth.
And, for the sake of all that is decent, right thyself. The view from your Noodle Noggin downside-up position doth to our eyes suggest a bikini wax would serve you well.
We grant you thirty minutes to send forth proclamations on what awaits your adoring long-suffering followers.
Noodle Noggin righted herself and put forth Glob announcements, to wit…
THE NEW GLOB
That JENNY HANSEN More Cowbell woman believes my banner does not reflect my voice and blog content. To which I say…
AMEN!
Snark Park is the tentative new theme. Each time I wander from that theme, Undie Chronicles Jenny snaps my non-existent (yet) black lace garter.
NATALIE HARTFORD has a tagline I want to use: Being Myself; Everyone Else is Taken.
I asked for and received permission to copy her tagline. Natalie and her Blog Heckler Hubby create hysteria (of the “OMG, I can’t believe they just said that variety”) wherever they go.
Here’s some ping-back love for Blog Heckler Hubby because I (gasp!) missed his last post.
Brinda Berry has oodles of iterations for the new banner. In addition to Social Media Savvy posts on The Glob that is only a B-L-O-G when Brinda’s Here, she’s helping me craft my new banner. She is the one who found and purchased the penguin picture.
THE BRICKS ACROSS THE MOTE
With only thirty minutes before she got locked in the Tower, Noodle Noggin tossed bricks across the mote — remnants of the ideas and posts to be completed when she emerges from her prison solitary confinement writing sabbatical.
First the Serious
In my last post, wherein I waxed poetic offered my thoughts on the situation in Benghazi, I pinged back to a post by Cold War Spook and active undercover operative ‘Jay Homes’ on Piper Bayard’s site.
I promised then that I would mention and ping back to his later post on Fallujah, and the missteps of the Intelligence Community and then President Bush.
Piper, ‘Holmes’, and I want to be certain all readers understand the situation and facts presented about Benghazi were non-partisan in nature. It is not a Red or Blue issue.
Read his latest A Tale of Two Cities — Benghazi and Fallujah. Lest you think the Piper/Holmes site is serious all the time, take time to read the latest post. The Twinkie is Dead! Say it isn’t so.
NOW THE RAUNCH SNARK-RIDDLED Upcoming Posts
People from a far away land called England viewed the bricks moved beyond the mote in the Nation of Glob and laughed into their lukewarm lager, thinking Noodle Noggin had also done a fair amount of canoodling.
[Yes, Nigel Blackwell, I put that word in there to make you blush. And, I accept your challenge to post on my progress with e-cigarettes for smoking cessation. Game on! Loved your post today.]
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The Kegel(space optional)Master
Jenny Hansen guest blogged on Natalie Hartford’s site about the KegelMaster, titled Bladder Dominatrix. I found an opportunity to flesh out a quirky character in my manuscript. I made a commitment to call the customer service line with oddball questions that might come from said quirky character.
Why the ‘space optional’, you don’t ask so I ask for you? Because one is a device and the other a skill possessed by some women.
One thought led to another and I ordered one to find out what is was all about. Shhhh. Don’t spoil the surprise for later.
Seven Things
Sharon Clare, published author of the stellar and steamy Love of Her Lives, tagged me. Others before me offered up lyrical quotes from their favorite books.
I chose to go to my “library” (small room, limited reading material, mostly magazines). Look for a post on seven things.
These seven things might include references to an iPhone App (mere 99 cent purchase price!) available for download. When activated, it will rate PERFORMANCE of sexual activity. Yes. It’s true. You can give your partner a score. Who knew? Can I outfox the app? We’ll see.
[Think When Harry Met Sally here.]
Female Sensuality
August McLaughlin knows. I must continue to follow her series on Girl Boners. Here’s the link for the latest one.
In this must-read series, August lays out the facts about female sensuality — both the physiology and the psychology. If you aren’t already tagged into this series, I recommend you hie thee to the link provided.
You’ll thank yourself and/or your woman will thank you.
BONUS! You may even increase your iPhone-generated-sack-skills-scores.
YIKES! It’s Time to Go!
The only communication I’m permitted is follow-up comments on my blog and on-going contact with the outside world via Novellas-as-Blog Comments.
So. TALK to me! Send comments. Send help! Send ideas I can use for my characters!
Until later…
Make it a mud-puddle-stomping day.
Whoa, Gloria … that is a mouthfull … or in your case … a snoot-full of ka-snort-stuff to digest. Love your links and your “unique” take on all the snark-ka-snort of it all. I’d say I want to walk inside your brain to figure it all out, but I fear I might get lost in there 🙂
Keep on and you’ll make Sherry and Margie proud. Your work will also bring a smile to all of us and goodness knows we all need to smile. Thanks Oh-ka-snort-Queen !!
Good call on not taking a stroll in my brain, Florence. Picture a hungry non-Italian with no training rolling 47 strands of spaghetti into his/her mouth — pasta flapping against, chin, shirt, and hapless dinner companions.
That is my brain.
I do, however, know how to roll my spaghetti into a neat and tidy ball. No. I have no idea why that factoid merits inclusion in this comment.
I do know you have a new blog post I have not yet visited. I’m off to visit you!
You have been warned.
KA-lmao-SNORT!!
Loved it Gloria. Noodle Noggin downside-up, shouts for snark-errific posts, and the outrageously fun way you pinged so much stuff was great.
(I found myself singing a hybrid song “my Ping-aling”. The guys on the squad are sure I’ve lost it.)
Before I go any further….. Thank you for the ping.. 😉 It had me blushing like the first time I wore a kilt.
I think Noodle Noggin needs a court jester. Maybe a Court Fester (like uncle Fester) who spends half of his time as an operator for Kegel Customer Service.
Ska-Weet! An expanded version of Ka-Snort!.
Use your expanded version well and often.
On to other topics…
What shouts for snark-errific posts is the prospect of a downside-up Zack in his kilt. I know what traditionally is (or is not) worn beneath the kilt.
As for singing a hybrid “my Ping-aling”…
Being the avid researcher I am, I consulted Wikipedia to get details on Chuck Berry’s only top-of-the-charts single, titled My Ding-a-Ling. After reading the double entendre meaning not-so-cleverly hidden in the chorus, I will
nevercall myself a ding-a-ling-a-ding-dong again.Whoop! Who put that delete in there?
A court Fester in tandem with Kegel Customer Service? Thank you for clarifying the Addams Family Uncle Fester, but really? Uncle Fester? If you’re volunteering for the assignment, we need a code name for the caper. One that doesn’t involve “fester.”
THE BIG REVEAL on your Published book? New comment…
Wait for it.
I will use my expanded version as often as it fits the situation.
Ah, yes, the kilt. Tradition IS important. 😀
ROFL I can’t believe I didn’t see the “fester” side of my suggestion.
You must have been in a big hurry if you didn’t spot the “fester,” Zack.
Be careful with that. YKWIM.
WHILE GOOGLING ZACK KULLIS…
[Gosh, that sounds a lot more fun than it really is, doesn’t it?]
I discovered Zack Kullis is a published author who has not revealed same on his blog or in comments.
His book? Smite the Damned — some light cozy mystery reading. Or, not.
Zack’s second in the series is nearly complete.
Visit Zack’s official site to read stellar reviews for Smite the Damned and details for purchase.
Thank you for the mention, Gloria. I don’t do a very good job pimping my book. It’s something I need to work on.
There might be a little more angst than coziness with my book! 😉
Trust me, Zack. I had to take special care not to bite the tongue stuck in my cheek when I typed the word “cozy” as a descriptor for your book.
I’ve read the reviews. I know you unleash the demons from what you experience on the job in your books. It’s cathartic, right?
Yes.
Writing has purgative properties for me. 😀
LMAO ~ I am simply speechless. How do you do it? I mean … really … how … ?
The secret is to never permit yourself to become simply speechless, Patricia.
If it hits my noggin, it hits the page.
Perhaps I can blame not being permitted to play with my food when I was young. Yes? Now, I play with my words.
It’s helpful, but not necessary, to have my brain engaged.
Gloria, change of plans. Forget Nationals. Forget Atlanta. Forget GH. I’m warming up the Mastercard and heading to Sassy Flamingos!
Kidding aside, if only for a moment, what fills your noggin then hits the page is the magic that is true Gloria. I’m betting you won’t need magic to place in the Golden Heart. Everything it takes to be successful is inside of you.
Golden Heart Gloria.
BELIEVE!
You are the best Career Coach and all ’round Bestie in the world, Sherry.
I BELIEVE!
I believe we should forget nothing. Hie thee to Dallas for a Sassy Flamingo session and we’ll drive to HOTlanta together for Nationals.
[Forsooth]
Separate note: Mud Puddle Stomper just may be your tagline.
Or, Pudd Muddle
That’s it!
Pudd Muddle
You are brilliant!
Yes. Yes I am.
KA-SNORT!
Blimey, Gloria. Warn me the next time you’re going to put out a post like this because I’m going to need so extra strength something-or-other! Seriously, thanks for the mention – and I really do hope the quitting goes well. Just to give you something to aim for, if you stay smoke free till Christmas I’ll send you a card 🙂 How about that? And people say I’m mean …
Cheers!
Who says you’re mean, Nigel?
I have a drone floating around my house — may have something to do with my association with ‘Holmes’ and Zack Kullis — I’ll send it your way.
As for the warning. It was there! Unless “raunch” means something different to the Brits.
Blimey, indeed! Thanks for the incentive. And, the visit (you brave man, you).
You are so funny, Gloria. You wrote that in 30 mins? Impressive. I’m sorry I’m late here. I’m having a hard time keeping up with work and writing and life.
I like your plans for a Glob. You have such a unique style. Your words are like a cirque de soleil production–awesome. You take content to new levels.
I love your commitment to the GH. I can’t wait to hear your name announced at the gala!
Never apologize for being late to my glob comments, Sharon.
I’m late posting. It’s fitting.
As for the GH, I’m committed to doing my part. Make the deadline. The judges will decide whether or not my name is on the call list for the gala. Either way, I plan to be at Nationals pitching the hell out of ALL INN and enjoying some mud puddle hopping with you, Sherry, Sharon and anyone else I already know.
Add the strangers waiting to become my new best friends, and…
Ka-Snort indeed. All of this awesomeness in 30 minutes as well as some fantabulous Glob changes on the horizon while writing what I’m sure is a spectacular WIP? Many kudos to you, Glob Master. Can’t wait to see the new blog and reading more of your characteristic snark on the page.
Thanks, Tami for the *blush* and *aw-shucks* compliments.
Honesty compels me to admit the 30 minutes began when I put that thirty minute sentence in the glob post.
Sherry’s suggestion of Pudd Muddle may knock Jenny’s Snark Park out of first place. It has a nonsensical ring to it.
What are you doing out of hiding during NaNo, btw? Sneaking around to make sure Benedict isn’t canoodling in your writer’s cave?
I’m soooo late to this party, I’m blushing. November is not my month. I see all the little goals lined up, but how is the GH biggie going???? I’m expecting big things from you in December when the GH deadline has passed and the blog heats up. I need to know about the GH because it affects my travel plans. Gloria finals, I go to RWA. Okay, I guess I should just make the travel plans now because I have faith in your moat clean up abilities! WOOT!
Never, ever, ever apologize for being late to comment, Jessica.
One of the joys of being a “week of the day” — in other words, when the mood strikes — Glob Master is that the post stays up for a long time.
And, I get EEE! glee when I see a new comment in my inbox.
I am doing my part for GH. I will enter the contest (and update the hell out of my entry until the contest closes on January 2nd). The judges will decide whether it’s worthy of passing on to the finals.
Either way, I’ll have a manuscript ready to pitch at Nationals. Plus. BONUS! The rewrite on the dust-bunny manuscript about a penny stock scam. Tentative title? PENNY ANTE. I’m only one con away from a Confidence Game trilogy — all placed in the same quirky town.
I’m thinking of BETTING ON THE COME for the third title. What say you? Too dicey? I’m betting not.
I’m honored to be in the company of such blog love.
You are the only person I know in the WHOLE world who used “forsooth” with such casual aplomb. 🙂
ACK! Me thinks I missed an opportunity to promote the Wild at Heart Anthology!
Ergo, I must additional ping-backs make forthwith.
[Forsooth]
See? If kind of fits, doesn’t it?
Not sure I got all of this, forgive my French. 😉
What happened to following yourself and reporting time spent on what? I wanna know!
Awe, I kind of like your banner. I guess the new you could come up with something a little snarkier, though. Be a good girl, though. 🙂