Cell phone's been working overtime to listen to Christmas songs next to my bed till I fall asleep so I don't get tempted to use up my battery up toIM 'Too Busy' at 11 o'clock like I've  done  every night since Tuesday when I came home to find my cracked window and my black cat that disappeared...waited up all night for the burglar, I put the dowel rod in sideways to see if he'd think that would make it easy to get in  but then I stared at my Xmas lights until I couldn't keep my eyes open any…

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Charlie Williams, British author of Stairway to Hell and the Mangel Trilogy, will be heading to Book Expo America in New York in May. I asked him a few questions about what he plans to do while he's there:



Q:) Charlie, have you ever been… Continue

I can’t help but think that this little planet earth might not be around for much longer. I don’t stay up at night shaking in my bed sheets, but I believe Mother Nature has grown bored with our inability to get along, to exercise regularly and to share the TV remote. You got to admit that the frisky Mamma has been working overtime lately.

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My hope is that Charlie Sheen will still be breathing when my column is posted.

 

Could you do that for me, Charlie?

 

I mean, it’s not like I am a former porn star or anything like that. You see, if a man ever hit me, he’d end up in the hospital.  So why would you pay attention to me? I am just a writer who would like to have her say about what you are doing with your life. I am sure you won’t hear me with all those other voices running around in your head…

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There have been a few interesting articles in The Huffington Post about the nature of the creative personality that have caught my attention. Today, an article by Scott Barry Kaufman called “After the Show: The Many Faces of the Performer,” really captured my interest.

I am, by no stretch of the imagination, a performer, per se. I have a little to no desire to appear on stage, except…

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Join Charlie Barrett,

national book publicist and owner of the publicity company, The Barrett

Company, as he tours the blogosphere January 3 – 25 2011 on his first

virtual blog tour with Pump Up Your Book.

 

Professional national book publicist…

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[Cross-posted from Open.Salon.com]



Pointing out that "body bags aren't taking a vacation," anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan announced that she would be traveling to Martha's Vineyard to protest during the President's week-long getaway there next week.



The response from most of the media? Cue the crickets.



Well, with a couple of exceptions.



ABC's Charlie Gibson told Chicago's WLS radio the other day that "you have to be sympathetic to her.… Continue