Hey I am what I am!

As you know I am busier than a one legged man in an ass kicking contest. Besides all the stuff with the store and trying to finish a couple of books that I started....I am selling my books on Amazon and we have to move next month. So I am really busy.

I have been enjoying blogging at Lem's even though there have been some complaints. Some people think I put up too much stuff. Some people don't like what I have to say and flounce off in a huff. I am past the point of worrying about it anymore. I think you have to state your case and let the chips fall where they may. So my appeal might become a lot more selective. Waddayagonnado?

Even if it becomes tumbling tumbleweeds around here I am going to keep on keeping on. Cause that's how I roll.

The book sales are going great

The selling of my library on Amazon is going pretty good. I sold four books today. Not to shabby. It is almost another full time job.

Just what I need.

Marilyn's Diary

We always tried to take advantage of  living in Southern California. We would go to Disneyland. We always got free tickets to the Dodgers because Sandy Koufax was best friends with Grandpa. And we really loved the beach.

The only problem is that we couldn't go out when it was sunny. You see Grandpa was a vampire and Aunt Lily was half vampire and half succubus so they weren't supposed to be in the sun. In fact the only reason they could go outside during the day is because Grandpa invented sunblock. It was originally a super strength lube but it worked to keep him from dissolving into a pillar of salt.

So we just hung out and enjoyed hanging out at the beach. Eddie would run around and peep at girls. Aunt Lily would go and put her feet in the surf and let out her succubus wail that attracted sailors.

Who she introduced to Grandpa. It was their favorite father daughter thing to do.

It's nice to be missed

I have been busy in the store so my  internet work has been limited to Lem's Levity. I wanted to help Lem keep his joint alive so I am throwing some old stuff up and then adding a new thing here and there.

Of course that means I have posted less here but I will pick it up once we have the Japan wholesale order out on next Wednesday. But a funny thing happened at one of the other places I have been posting "Previously TV." I haven't been posting for a week or more and people missed me. They like me. They really really like me. A couple of people direct messaged me and one made a comment asking where I was. It is nice to feel missed.

Custer is just a very compelling character!

So I am finishing up the new Robert Conroy novel of alternative history called "Custer in Chains." The premise is that Custer survives the Little Big Horn and is a hero who is elected President. He looks around to see what he can do and decides to start a war with Spain a couple of decades before it happened in our timeline.

Hilarity ensuses and Custer ends up getting captured by the Spanish. Don't ask. It is pretty far-fetched if logical and part of the Custer mystique. There are so many crazy Custer books that it is almost a subsection in the library like vampire books or something.

The first of these books I read many years ago. It was novel by Douglas C Jones and it portrayed a fictional court martial of Custer after the Little Big Horn. Several old school Union generals are on the jury. RC Ocean would get a kick out of it.

I have spoken about the weirdest version before. It is the series which starts with "The Year the Cloud Fell." In it the Indians win the war and Custer becomes President. Oh and they ride dinosaurs instead of horses. It is very realistic.

When I was a kid I enjoyed the Custer TV series "The Legend of Custer." It wasn't all that accurate but I enjoyed it. All of those TV shows were about American Heroes. Custer. Daniel Boone. Davy Crockett. The Swamp Fox. Old white guys. You don't have that anymore. There are no heroes in American History that will be profiled on TV. You get your Dexters or Don Drapers or Hannibals. But no Davy Crockett. Definitely no Custer.

So you have to find it in books. Maybe I should write one. An alternative history with Custer. But no dinosaurs. That has already been done. Vampires? Gay? Furries?

Wait a minute! He had long hair and was very vain and his wife was a control freak who managed every part of his life. I got it.

Transsexual Custer!

That's a million dollar idea right there.

John Wayne`s --- God Bless America

Remembrance of Things Pabst

After we finished wandering around all of the high end shopping joints we wandered around looking for a restaurant to sit down and have a bite. We wandered down Fifth and decided to head to Madison. We were on 59th and came across a cute bistro named Bottega de Vino.

It is an old school Upper East Side Italian restaurant with waiters dressed up and old fashioned service. There were a bunch of tourists, bridge and tunnel people, and executives out cannoodling with their secretaries or their side pieces. Directly across from us there was this old white guy chatting up a hot young Latina with her boobs hanging out. We took a photo with our reflection in the glass but I didn't want to get the girls photo in the shot. I think she was a pro and was too aware of the situation. But is is an artsy fartsy photo.

I screwed up and didn't take any photos of the appetizers. We did the cheese plate and a nice goat cheese soufflé with a pistachio pesto on the side. Very tasty. I had one glass of wine because that is my limit these days and Lisa didn't have any because of her allergies.

By the way the prices were pretty pricey but that is normal for the East Side. So the apps went for around $12 but you got a lot for your money so I had no complaints.

Next we ordered the main course. Lisa has gone to a totally gluten free diet as it is imperative for her health. You can always find an alternative if you just ask questions. It turns out that they have a gluten free linguine which we got with garlic and oil, grilled chicken, cherry tomatoes and gaeta olive. It was pretty tasty.

I don't have too many restrictions so I ordered tortellini stuffed with beef and prosciutto in a cream sauce. It was quite tasty and delicious.

Then it was time for the desert. We don't always get desert but since it was a rare night out in the city we decided to go for the full boat. The menu was typical for a mid level Italian restaurant.

We don't do cake and most of it was with gluten so we decided to just do gelato. Lisa did the chocolate and I did the peanut butter. It was very nice.

All in all it was a fun time. We ordered Uber to go home and relax. A day in the city. You have to make the best of it at the time you can.

When you are shopping in Midtown you can have only one response...Jazz hands!

So on our trip into the city we decided to wander around. Lisa had to visit her friends at Louie to let me know what handbag she wants if we get signed to the new show. It is always interesting as it is such a clean and well lit place. It must be frustrating for the clerks because so many people come in to look and so few people buy.

Then we went over to Tiffany's. The sales clerk was very nice and Lisa look at a couple of bracelets. There was a very nice one but I had to gulp when I saw how expensive it was. Not possible right now but know knows in the future. It was still fun for her to check them out and decide which one she likes. When my granddaughter comes in next month we will come back to check it out again.

Finally went to a joint where we could actually spend money. At least a little money. Lisa gets a lot of her make up and eye shadow stuff from Chanel. So she had a ball picking out some stuff from the make up counter. We can never get it from Macy's in Brooklyn because they are always out of it. So she got what she wanted in the right colors.

Lisa even insisted that I get some cologne. I mean it wasn't that bad but I am sure it would be shocking to some people. I remember when we had the show and they said they were going to buy makeup for Lisa. When I told them how much it was they said why can't we just get it from CVS? Right.

One thing about wearing a Hawaiian shirt is that they think you are a tourist. Which I don't care about at all. I know when I am getting ripped off and I know when I will not get a discount. So even though it was reasonable I still had to have my usual reaction when we go shopping in the city.