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00:33 Anti-Spongebob Brigade has risen! Cal & Spongebob in a caged death match! Although I fully support Bob and Patrick's right to undersea love. #

00:35 Yes,I have insomnia.Here is the punchline 2 favorite filthy nursing home joke: but son I only get it up once a month.I fall down every day. #

00:37 If you know the rest of the joke, I name you King/Queen/Lizard God Emperor of the night. Now, back to the insomnia. #

08:50 Okay, someone photoshop me a Cal and a Spongebob in a fight to the death.. Madhouse cover would work well esp. as it's yellow #

08:52 Snow. God's icy dandruff. Note to self: buy God some Head and Shoulders shampoo. I hate snow. #

09:24 You wouldn't be wrong. FREEZING @marjoriemliu @Rob_Thurman I have also just received word snow is falling in our little neck of the woods #

11:23 Attack of the Well-Dressed Hell Hounds! @marjoriemliu twitpic.com/sj6zm - When small dogs attack! (taken this morning in Shanghai) #

17:31 Okay. Pissed my pants on that one! @ThePinkEgoBox twitpic.com/skrtj - @Rob_Thurman Cal Leandros and Spongebob duke it out. #

17:32 You rock in all the ways there are to rock. @ThePinkEgoBox #

18:15 Can't do much with Moonshine. Already has gay soft porn written all over it. :)@ThePinkEgoBox @Rob_Thurman Thanks for...Photoshop ideas! #

19:57 Spongebob. He's armed. @LisaShearin BEWITCHED & BETRAYED. Then need to write Acknowledgments and Dedication pages. Hmmm, who to thank? #

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Well, it was certainly strange today.

The managers all huddled in a conference room with their laptops and the people from the FDIC and purchasing bank, figuring out how to close the books on Amtrust.

Meanwhile, the employees gathered in furtive clumps of angsty gossip and traded rumors and jobhunting ideas.

Many projects which were high priority, urgent matters on Friday had been completely canceled today, so while some people were scrambling to put together information and changes needed for the transition, others had little to do except speculate on the future with each other.

In the breakroom, there was free pop, and stale donut holes.

Many may be unaware that there has been a long-standing feud between Cal and Spongebob. There was a bathtub, some soap, and perhaps a starfish flushed down the toilet. Cal was five...cut him some slack. But NO. Spongebob will not let it go. Seventeen years later he still haunts the sewers (and equally damp places) in search of his vengeance. ThePinkEgoBox was fortunate enough to have caught a picture of this grim and bitter vendetta in action.


http://twitpic.com/skrtj

Thanks to Heather and Anaquana and anonymous for the X-mas pressies! Good stuff! If anyone else is overcome with the need to give me something (besides Seth Green), consider my favorite rescue (look to the right column for Northern Lights) and perhaps donate a buck or two to them (they have paypal.) They at most times board or foster close to 80 dogs to save them from death at the shelters, not to mention the expensive surgeries (as my sponsor dog Jonah required). The abandoned, abused, and lost, no one will ever appreciate your gift more.

Dakota (in my icon) is alive because of that organization. He was on his last day when they sent me racing to pull him from the kill shelter. Now he's senile and shedding like a Yeti, but worth every second of it.

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09:52 Tonight: Dexter *and* Alice. Recording Alice. If I don't have a heart attack and die during Dexter (and I may), then I can watch Alice. #

09:54 writers:I'm writing Cal 6 & a stand alone novel (uncontracted)& both have radically different styles.It's making my brain cramp.Suggestions? #

10:55 Maybe...Cal is very Rage Against the Machine and Jack is more Little Big Town @tasmin21 @Rob_Thurman Maybe try certain music for each book? #

10:57 I am the only person in the entire world who's not a Spongebob fan. I'm sorry! @JaniGrey Spongebob Squarepants. Watch a couple of episodes #

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14:00 Done holiday shopping (Buddhists love presents too...esp not very good, material Buddhists). But a here's a thought if you're not finished.. #

14:02 Carnivale. A series I'm sure most know from some years back. Two seasons. As I watched it then, my thoughts were this: 1) this is boring... #

14:03 Carnivale cont. 2) this is boring & depressing. Kudos 3) I hate the main character 4) still boring 5) Whoa, now THAT was creepy as shit... #

14:07 Carnivale cont: 6) oh, HELL NO 7) oh, HELL YES 8) coolest plan EVER 9) this is FUCKING MYTHIC 10) GODDAMN THEM, cancelled on a CLIFFHANGER #

14:09 Carnivale, one of the hardest shows to get into and one of the hardest to survive. It will rip your guts out by the end, but take that ride. #

14:15 Yes. Check my LJ 2/10 for Roadkill excerpt, 5/10 Chimera excerpt, 8/10 Trixa 2 excerpt @JLStone do you ever do upcoming book excerpts? #

14:38 PS If you're in the creative field & think you have talent & have not seen Carnivale, watch every single ep. Your ass will be *schooled.* #

19:22 surprise ending. Don't peek! It'll ruin it for you if you do. @shawntelle I also added @rob_thurman's TRICK OF LIGHT to the TBR pile. #

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...suddenly brings to mind the episode of Angel where the Beast decimates Wolfram and Hart and Lilah flees through a secret passage in a janitor's closet and hides out in the sewers.

Yeah. I kinda expect to go to work Monday and have to dodge zombies.

http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2009/12/amtrust_bank_fails_bought_by_n.html

My bank has been seized by the FDIC and given away *for free* to a bank in New York.

Gosh, if I knew they were giving it away free, I'd have asked for it myself.:-)

This is probably OK for me. Since they have no local presence, they will probably keep most employees below managerial level.

Never been so glad not to have an office!

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09:19 #ff @jackiekessler @shilohwalker @majoriemliu @liketheriver1 @shitmydadsays @mark_henry @lisashearin @luciennediver @katrchrdsn #

12:56 No but she's big enough 2 ride like a pony when the end days come & we run out of gas @TezMillerOz @Rob_Thurman Planning on eating that dog? #

12:58 As @Mark_Henry is whacking off to steampunk porn, Thinkgeek has Steampunk T-shirts...skeletons or wings. Steampunk your ass off in style #

13:00 I can't. It relates to a revelation (capital R) in Roadkill. @ltice @Rob_Thurman Well, you *could* hint. We in Twitterland wouldn't tell #

13:12 What would a day be without a little porn? Every Friday should be mark_horny day! @mark_henry @Rob_Thurman Thanks for noticing!!! #

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09:46 you and five other people! Spread the damn word!! @fanlitfrankly I love your Cal Leandros series. #

09:48 Yes @jackiekessler your guess about Goodfellow is correct! But you can't tell *anyone*. It's an arc from Roadkill to Book 6 #

13:17 HA! Study finds that there are NO college males that have not seen porn. NONE. Tsk Horny devils. tinyurl.com/ylz5924 #

13:32 How Goodfellow deals with it is...heh heh amusing @JackieKessler @Rob_Thurman AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH **faints** #

15:14 Foster dog to vet. Dog weighs 100lbs (up 33lbs from starvation at shelter) Vet says dog is fat. *I* say Baby Got Back! Lick that rump roast! #

16:53 Not as evil as I'd like to be. Kid who wished people under the cornfield? My hero. @JackieKessler @Rob_Thurman You know you're evil, right? #

19:40 It kills when you're writing Book 6 & something so fucking rocking happens but Book 5 isn't out until 3/10, so you can't even hint Goddamnit #

20:24 There's the manuscript headed my way @shilohwalker RT @AbsoluteWrite @tasmin21 's "A Devil in the Details" cover art ow.ly/Imzg #

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We've likely been bought....but by who and to what ends?

So, two days ago the parent corporation of my bank declared chapter 11. This does not directly affect my bank--banks can't declare bankruptcy--it just protects the owners in case something like government seizure happens to the bank.

Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal published that an unnamed inside source says that the FDIC was holding a very quiet auction for our bank last week amongst eligible institutions, and that bids closed last wednesday.

There is so much nervous stress in the air at work, you can barely breathe, but none of the above has to mean we are losing our jobs. It probably means somebody else will sign the paychecks.

Still, I'm a bit of a wreck.

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10:11 In the Biblical sense? Or in the morning wood sense? @mark_henry I am risen. #

18:00 For gamers and fans of elves *or* non-elf fans. It's debatable. Penny-Arcade never lets me down: www.penny-arcade.com/comic/ #

18:38 Some days :( @NeverWanderer Nice 2 see Nightlife get some recognition 1 of thefew books I picked up that completely satisfied & surprised me #

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13:14 Vote 4 Deathwish (under duo urban fantasy cover) url2it.com/bljr Disappointed the Cal series didn't make the cut. Chris rocks :( #

13:15 Absolute total complete literary crisis of faith. #

13:18 Fan suggested I add 'graphic' sex to my books. Does that mean when Niko and Promise have sex they leave the light on? #

13:34 doesn't that ruin the resell value of your graphic novels? :> @mark_henry It means they get some trim on a bed of graphic novels! #

15:30 Tell those contest people WTF? A series of covers of hot guys! RT @Psistriker Totally! Chris's art work brought your genuis to my attention. #

19:21 I need a screen cap of Silhouette and the nurse from the Watchmen recreating the iconic WWII kiss. Can't find it anywhere. #

19:22 Pictures of Captain Jack and Captain John from Torchwood kissing, though, are everywhere! I love BBCA. #

19:45 Bought a pair of kick-ass Mad Max monster-kicking boots on sale that have satisfied me more than any sexual partner. Sorry, guys and gals! #

19:47 They are truly fucking awesome boots//On another note: Cal 6 is taking an angsty (but still ass kicking) turn. Who'd've thunk? Snort. #

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12:38 Talented, amiable, cheerful John Lithgow is FREAKING ME THE HELL OUT on Dexter. #

12:44 Well, spread that love! @kathleenfoucart Reading "Nightlife" by @Rob_Thurman... I think I'm in love with a "monster" #

13:18 Testify! @mark_henry Save Amanda Feral bit.ly/7B8r76 #

14:29 congrats to @marjoriemliu too for making B&N Best Paranormal of 2009! Hey, is there a best Urban? Has Urban and Paranormal merged? #

17:06 Oh,not me! here's the link @marjoriemliu RT mark_henry caitkitt STREET MAGIC hits B&N Best Paranormal of 2009 list: twurl.nl/lqvx7l #

17:08 All about the ending. Do not peek at the ending! @BKWordNerd First up, "Trick of the Light" from @Rob_Thurman! #

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So, our bank posted wretched numbers in our FDIC report for last quarter, and the rumors are flying fast around the cubes. And frankly most of the rumors are neither plausible nor interesting in the slightest. The government saw the report months before we did--if they were going to ace us, it would probably already be done.

However, in case of necessity, I am developing a plan B. I'm thinking mob boss, a position which the AP assures me is now open to women, writer of supernatural lesbian porn, or costumed crime fighter. But not in spandex. More like The Shadow.

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10:59 Funnyreview of Ninja Assassin on Poynt.Nothing good ever comes of a ninja sleepaway camp & baby oil applied to six-pac abs repels all blades #

11:22 That was so, so, so evil and the fact that I'm printing it out & taping it to my wall does not lessen the evil. @JackieKessler CHUD review #

11:23 What brilliant person has the capability of photoshopping a red-and-white gingham apron on the Cal from the cover of Roadkill? #

12:31 You absolutely rock! Here's a flash of Cal on one occasion in Book Six @ThePinkEgoBox twitpic.com/rgvat - For @Rob_Thurman #

16:34 in an effort to get ahead of a new trend, I shall write a book about a girl and her unconditional love for her zhu zhu hamster. Hamster Moon #

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11:42 Forgot what a great movie The 13th Warrior is (actually liked it better than the book...blasphemy.) Never seen so many men who couldn't-- #

11:48 --couldn't wait to get killed and go to Valhalla. In such a hurry they practically killed themselves. We need a Spartan vs Vikings movie. #

12:20 Eaters of the Dead by Michael Crichton, I believe @magiuspendragon Ooh i didn't know it was a book!! *looks it up* #

16:40 Blastfromdapast. Bloodhound Gang:I'm like Han Solo always stroking my own Wookie-I'm the root of all that's evil but you can call me Cookie #

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14:20 Thanksgiving and I'm working, but as Cal is working in a diner wearing a red-and- white gingham apron with a ruffle...it's almost worth it. #

14:23 Making pumpkie pie from scratch (ie defrosting the one from the grocery) for the meal later & the 'Welcome Seth Green' sign is on the door! #

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