Oh, Bam…I will pray to Hecate to open your mind…heheheh.

But I’ve (cough/choke) had the odd pleasure of knowing Thor in the Biblical sense. His short-handled Hammer matches his, ummm…personal hammer…

And my experience with Loki is recounted in the beginning of “Devil King of the Sixth Heaven.” You know that part where Loki walks into the mall and sizes up the heroine…oh, yeah…been there. Done that.

Not a pagan, but a Buddhist. That doesn’t stop the old gods from believing in *me* however. Sometimes you choose your gods and sometimes they choose you.

Darragha, we love you. We love people that have the ability to laugh at themselves (Bam does it all the time. Me? Not so much, so I kinda suck). Don’t stop coming here, ever!

… heeeeeey, Pagans aren’t allowed on this site!

Just kidding.

Thanks for the review! My daughter gets better grades in Algebra, but I’m not one to complain! Mrs. Giggles reviwed something of mine today, too. Such a banner day for Darragha!

Shuzzie, this comment: (how do I f*cking make quotes?) I think she actually takes criticism for what it’s meant to be and generally doesn’t get defensive.

Yeah, what you said. I do take the criticism for what it is, love it, use it to my advantage and send thank you cards, too!

Bammie know about my run-ins with the internet version of Lord of the Flies. They were looking at me going, “Kill the Piggie! Kill Diarrhea!**” That ain’t here, man! Thanks all the gods!

I was so upset, that I asked Bammie to beat them up for me. God, I love Bam. One of my readers was gonna go get ‘em bad nasty people for me, too. Anyway, that particular experience very clearly illustrates the difference between “criticism” and deliberate hurtful comments tossed at a complete stranger because “that’s what we do here.”**2

I am grateful that Bam, Shuzluva and Mrs. Giggles read and review my books. I sure as hell don’t expect heart and flowers from them, either. I appreciate their wit and honesty.

Now, where’s the review for Death Warmed Over? Bam???

***Diarrhea is the knick-name this group gave me as their way of welcoming me. Darragha. Diarrhea. I don’t see it.

***This particular board is extremely unwelcoming to new members. You ask a question, you get doused with hot oil and set ablaze. I wrote a very strong letter to the national headquarters of this group and asked them to stop the “pack animal feeding frenzy” mentality. I got over the unkind remarks, ridicule and bizarre hatred of me, a stranger to them, and am happy, happy, happy to stick with snarks.

… you know? No offense to the Jesus and Odin lovers out there. I could not get past the Kenny Rogers reference, however… KENNY ROGERS? KENNY ROOSTERS ROGERS? KENNY BARONA CASINO ROGERS? *shudder*

But hey, Sam Elliot is a seriously hot old dude. I’d hit that.