Monday Advice: Think Positive

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It’s so easy for us to focus on the negative rather than the positive.   But ask yourself this: do you live in a first world country?  If you answered “Yes” to this question, than that should comfort you for a moment.  Could you imagine not having instant access to your basic needs (internet included)?

 
If you answered “No” to this question, than I’m sorry.  BUT, fear not!  You can always find a way to relocate to a developed country.  It won’t be easy, but truly believing you can is half the battle.  Lots of people have managed to move from an unstable environment to more stable one, so why can’t you?  Become a mail order bride (or husband?)!

My Almond Cranberry Cookies

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Ingredients:

1 c white flour

½ c  softened natural butter

1 tsp vanilla extract

½ c brown sugar

¼ c organic white sugar

1 tsp baking soda

1 large brown egg

¼ c of dried cranberries

½ c chopped almonds

1 pinch of sea salt

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350°.
  2. Cream butter and sugars, then add vanilla extract and egg.    
  3. Toss in salt, baking soda, and flour, then blend well.
  4. Add almonds and cranberries.
  5. Spoon cookie dough into golf ball sized portions onto baking pan.
  6. Bake for ten minutes or until slightly browned on top, then cool on wire rack(s).

 

Makes a dozen mouth-watering cookies :-)

Get Pizza Gyrl FREE on #Kindle Today and Tomorrow!

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My latest short story for Kindle, Pizza Gyrl, is FREE today and tomorrow!  It’s a 90′s romantic dramedy about a thirty-something year old dude recalling his first love at the age of fourteen.  The apple of his eye is an off-beat chick who works in a pizza joint, and reeks of one.  If you’re looking for something to make you laugh and wince, then perhaps you’ll enjoy this story.  Get your FREE copy for Kindle here.

If you miss the two-day giveaway,  you can always buy the book for 99 pennies.  Please leave a review once you complete the story–reviews help get authors and books noticed!

Ashanti’s “The Woman You Love”

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This is my current R&B jam along with Melanie Fiona’s 4 AM.  Glad to see Ashanti making a strong comeback with this song.  I don’t feel Busta-Bust enhanced the track, and that’s no shade to him at all; I’ve been a fan of Busta Rhymes since he came out with “Woo Hah!! Got You All in Check“ in the 90s.  I just feel when a music artist features someone on their track, that it should add some zest to it, not let it stay neutral, ya know?  I think Busta’s energy is just too much for this particular song.  For instance, when Kanye featured on Katy Perry’s song ET, it added to the song, made it bitchn’; without Yeezy’s verses, the song wouldn’t be as successful.

Anyway, I give all my best to Ashanti, and I hope her upcoming album does well :-)

LOL of the Week

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Another case of when touch screens go wrong, and your finger becomes a douche!  I’m about to cry at this, I’m laughing so hard!  Let this be a lesson to all of you with touch screens: take your damn time with selecting!  I feel for this poor bastard, I really do, especially when something similar, but much less destructive, happened to me about a year ago :-D

Ode to McDonald’s Shamrock Shake

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Oh, Shamrock Shake, you make my body ache.

Sipping on your green goodness,

Is something I can hardly take.

Your minty flavor,

is so refreshing,

 and hard to savor.

That sexy green dye,

is just enough,

to bring a tear to my eye.

Please stay past March,

oh cold treat of mine,

so my body won’t parch.

Shamrock Shake, you keep me alive,

with drops of blue 1,

and its partner,

yellow 5.