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Are you an Author, Reader, Publisher, Editor, Agent or Other?
I guess I am now an author! I would still describe myself as more of an eraser than a writer.
Do You Have A Website?
http://fixthiswar.ning.com
About Me:
Former IT manager and consultant; working on several career transitions
Do you have a blog site?
http://fixthiswar.blogspot.com
Favorite Books:
The Second World War, by Winston Churchill
All Jack Ryan books by Tom Clancy
Most John Grisham books
Most David Baldacci books
The Godfather, by Mario Puzo
Favorite Bookstores on land or cyberspace
Amazon on cyberspace - it has everything
Barnes and Noble on land - it has enough

I'm not really an author ...

... but I play one in real life. I started writing as a way to "make lemonade" when my business failed. That failure resulted largely from the difficult choice my wife and I made to care for my aging parents. My parents have passed away, and I want to finish what I've started before I resume working on my business, which focuses on software management.

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At 9:42am on October 13, 2008, Benjamin Stainton said…
Hi Jim, I THINK the Antonio poem you mean might be here - http://www.cswnet.com/~erin/child.htm#antonio

To be entirely honest I haven't read much Frost or Nash. I've only been reading, studying and writing poetry seriously for about 3 years, so there's still much to learn, much to read and perfect before I actually feel like a "poet"!

How are things going with FTW?

Ben
At 10:13am on October 10, 2008, Benjamin Stainton said…
Hey Jim,

Just letting you know, my first book has been published. It's a book of poems, but please don't let that put you off. At least one person (who I DIDN'T bribe) has said something nice about it. If you'd like to judge it for yourself, there are some excerpts here -

http://www.bewrite.net/bookshop/excerpts/the_jealousies.htm

and it's available to purchase, for a measly $11.99, from Amazon, Barnes & Noble etc - http://tiny.cc/HR7tt

Please help feed the starving poet and his family.

All the best,

Ben
At 8:59am on September 22, 2008, Benjamin Stainton said…
Well Benjamin is just my "professional" name Jim! I like pretending to be professional from time to time. I'll take a proper look at FTW when I have a few moments, I'm sure there'll be alot to chew over...

Ben
At 10:47am on September 19, 2008, Benjamin Stainton said…
Hi Jim, good to "meet" you too! I must confess I'm horribly ignorant when it comes to politics and the current war (despite having a friend in Afghanistan). I usually prefer to remain in a comfy poetic bubble. But I'm very interested in your book and have downloaded a copy to look over at home. I think I've been ignorant for long enough. Thanks for the well-wishes regarding The Jealousies.

All the best,

Ben
At 11:55am on June 22, 2008, Morgan Mandel said…
Hi Jim,
Welcome to Book Place.
I hope you have a great time hanging out here & be sure to spread the word.
Morgan Mandel
 
 

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I'm very carefully going to check out the Cyber Monday deals. I have a few items in mind that I plan to buy, but it would be very nice if they'd go on sale and save me some money. I won't be spending much. Can't afford to do so this year.

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Did You Shop on Black Friday?

There's still time to take the poll to the left about what you ate at Thanksgiving.
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The DH despises mob scenes, but my brother and I do love the adventure of shopping on Black Friday. We weren't courageous enough to get up at the crack of dawn, though, so we did miss out on a few goodies, like the snuglee blankets and pots and pans sets at Menards, and some other items. I did manage to get some work gloves at almost 50 cents each pair, and a boot/shoe dryer which sounded interesting and was less than $9.00. The biggest extravagance there was this turntable with MP3 encoding/AM FM radio combination thing, but that was only $49.00, which isn't too bad. I didn't go for any of the high ticket items.

I didn't do too bad, but do have some Staples rebates to send in. They're pretty easy to do online, so I don't mind doing them. I bought some USB flash drives, batteries, and CD rewrites there.

I also bought a reversible light grey, almost white bubble coat and some grey boots at Walmart, both items $7.00 each, which I plan to use walking Rascal.

What about you? Did you shop on Black Friday? If so, what kind of deals did you get?

So, this year I was pretty practical, but it was still fun and I did get a few things I hadn't expected to find.

What about you? Did you shop on Black Friday? If so, what kind of finds did you get?

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