Parke Godwin, relevant 20 years later.

From his dedication to The Snake Oil Wars

"To those lucid and courageous minds who gave us the Inquisition, the Salem witch trials, Falwell, Robertson and the God-inspired Rule of the Rightous. To those intrepid souls who fight with unflagging zeal to remove from libraries dangerous books they have not read and from theaters those spiritually toxic films they have not seen, believing that thought is a controlled substance and secular thinking hazardous to mental health."

I'd love to hear what he thinks about the current situation.

Not Real Americans

Rep Hayes of NC announced “liberals hate real Americans that work and achieve and believe in God.”

So what does that make me?
Let the Rep come on a ride-along with me for work. I do a 10 hour day, driving and unloading a semi. Then he can tell me how hard-working I’m not.

Let him write 7 novels and two dozen short stories. Let him make 4 afghans a year. Then he can tell me I’m not achieving.

Let him come to church with me. The next ritual is Samhain. And he can tell me I don’t believe in God. (I believe in more gods than he does!)

But because I'm liberal (the only logical position for a queer, pagan woman. check the party platforms) I'm not a Real American.

Never mind that Kansas City birth certificate.
Never mind the fact I've worked since I was 15.
Never mind the fact I've always believed in God in some way, even when we were quarrelling.

Because I believe in clean air and water, better infrastructure, health care as a right in a civilized society, freedom of religion (not just for Christians) and same-sex marriage, I'm not a Real American.

Representative, get a new job.

An interview

Slip Between the Sheets with...Nick Boyd

Alyssa Brooks interviewed Nick for her "Slip Between the Sheets" feature.
Our resident bad boy was quite the flirt.
Go check it out!
And if you like it, go buy the book!

Books 33-36

36) Toybox: Rings ed. M. Rode. A nice collection of stories. An older pirate gets some help. Dr. Fell trains some naughty boys. An ancient Chinese prince time-travels to teach modern philanderer a lesson. Hot, sexy and very nice.

35) Cheating Chance by James Buchanan. One of the best books I've read this year. Brandon and Nicky meet at a Goth convention. Brandon is a closeted cop and Nicky is a slot inspector for the State of Nevada. A tautly plotted suspense novel with some very sexy love scenes, this comes highly reccommended.

34) Bubbas of the Apocalypse ed. Selina Rosen. The anthology that started it all. When the Y25nvirus kills all the yuppies, the bubbas inherit the earth. Mixed quality from workmanlike to screamingly funny.

33) Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. Fascinating book on everything from cheating in sumo wrestling to names and how they reflect community. Read this!

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