One of two on the list who gave me nightmares (Vader was the other) and the only one I woke up screaming from.

Not to mention Yul Brenner as an extra-hot Ramses. And a classic 1950s orgy sequence.

The only one on the list that I walked out of crying. Because it was beautiful and perfect and I had finally been to the place I'd loved for years.

Utterly agree. A friend of mine read it at 12 and it changed her life. I read it at 45 and saw a book about horrible people doing horrible things, abusing children, and an author trying to keep his genocidal main character innocent.

When I have $250 budgeted for a hotel room, based on the reservations, I don't want to be told it's now $300 because debit card, and you'd better have $600 in your checking account, because we're holding $300 more until next week. I don't operate with that kind of cushion.

With the Debit, I know where I spent my money because the receipts go in our check register. With cash, it flows through my fingers. Credit card is as easy as debit on that regard.

I've been required to pay anything from $50 to a doubled bill as a security hold, when using a debit card. They refund it about a week later. This is the case everywhere from Atlanta to Chicago.

I use a credit card for one thing: reserving hotel rooms. Hotels shaft you on debit cards.

Reminded me of an old fanvid.

Alternate. An alcoholic drink, a glass of water. I have never had a hangover. Gatorade or pedialyte before bed helps too.

I learned to do that. I have the five word pitch: "Gay Christmas Werewolves vs. Cthulhu" for the genre fans. I have the slightly longer: "Three werewolves and an elf save the world" for non-fans. Because my mom is still on "Whst's Cthulhu?"

The story pitch is vital: "A man tries to bring his brainwashed wife back to…

Send her with plenty of that gunk morticians use. Megapods aren't called "skunk-apes" for nothing. Pacific Northwest is fine. Thank you for not trying to sell me on a "Bigfoot in Iowa" story. Everyone knows they're arboreal.

I have got to learn to do double sided knitting.

If she likes the boys, I have a fair number. The only really kinky het I have is Hard Reboot, and it's fantasykink, not realitykink. http://www.brooksandsparrow (and if she leaves a comment on this livejournal post, telling what she wants and where to send it, I'll send along free book.)

of course my next line is "I want the pattern to that!"

For the right recipient, that is awesome.

Tell her "Honey, this is terrible. Let me get you some GOOD kinky books." And go find some. (I do give recs. I know a lot of small press erotica authors)

Not really. i have teens who are VERY hard to shop for, and parents who don't see a lot of them. A Hot Topic Gift Card saves a lot of grief, especially when the kid has a two inch growth spurt between the shopping and the receiving.

I have an English degree. I worked as a library paraprofessional for 5 years. I walked off the job and went to truck driving school.

Absolutely. He had hundreds, if not thousands of citizens to worry about. (The radio script says that for most of them, it was their last possible chance to go legit and have a life)