#adventures at barnes and chernobyl

[zombeesknees]

MY BARNES & NOBLE VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO UNIONIZE YESTERDAY.

Barnes & Noble Bloomington, IL, is the first store in the Midwest to unionize with the RWDSU! I'm so incredibly proud of my coworkers for holding strong and showing solidarity in the face of anti-union tactics, and very excited to see the contract negotiations begin!

[youbetterworkcovergirl]

2020 Movies

Batman: Under The Red Hood

Pump Up The Volume

A Country Wedding

Cool As Ice

Surprised By Love

Life With Mikey

True Romance

All of My Heart: Inn Love

Absentia

Dream/Killer

Tell Me Who I Am

Sweetheart

Growing the Big One

All Things Valentine

Step Up All In

Love On A Limb

Love Struck Cafe

Drop Zone

Girl on the Third Floor

Hard Rain

Sightseers

Switchback

Mobsters

Campfire Kisses

Hobbs and Shaw

Little Darlings

Streetdance

Malevolence

Good Boys

Midnight Masquerade 

Killer: Malevolence 3

Dinner for Schmucks 

Fractured

Nightmares in Red, White and Blue

Testament

The Unauthorized Beverly Hills 90210 Story

The Killing Secret

Countdown

Joker

I See You

Satisfaction

Grease 2

Terminator: Dark Fate

Ghost

In Fear

Sister Act 2

Grease Live

Gretel and Hansel

I Know My First Name Is Steven

Mother, May I Sleep With Danger

Hostile Advances

Hidden in Silence

Miss Americana

The Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson

Doctor Sleep

Grave Encounters

Hairspray Live

Sister Act

Dad

Mad City

Mortuary 

Mausoleum 

12 Strong

The Barn

Polaroid

Climax

Troop Zero

One Night In October

Top Gun

A Nightmare On Elm Street

Mad City

The Mummy

The Vatican Tapes

Miss Americana

P.S. I Still Love You

Payback

The Ugly

Just Cause

Incident in a Ghostland

Camp Cold Brook

Goodbye World

The Neighbour

Grandview, USA

The Mummy

Assimilate

It Comes At Night

Midway

It’s A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood

Hiroshima

Zombieland Double Tap

Mercy Black

The House That Jack Built

21 Bridges

The Crash Reel

Jojo Rabbit

Marauders 

Eden Lake

102 Minutes That Changed America

White Light/Black Rain

After Parkland

The Farewell

Frozen II

The Devil’s Own

Scooby-Doo: Return to Zombie Island

Candyman 2

Candyman 3

Yellowbrickroad

Queen and Slim

Headless Horseman

The First Purge

The Purge

Haunted Honeymoon

Charlie’s Angels

Contagion

Hail, Satan? 

The Purge: Anarchy

The Purge: Election Year

Lisa

The Killing Room

The Hunted

Chain Reaction

Kingsmen: The Secret Service

Body Bags

Rings

Ruin Me

A Quiet Place

Seven In Heaven

World War Z

Outbreak

Lost Girls

Dark Waters

Glass

Black Christmas (2019)

The Incredible Hulk

The Phantom of the Opera

31

The Believers

Sinster

And The Band Played On

The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia 

93 Days

The Last Broadast

The Spy Who Dumped Me

Asylum

Train to Busan

The Grudge

Killer Workout

Good Will Hunting

Murder in New Hampshire

Demolition High 

Legacy of Fear

The Last of the Manson Girls

The Fear Footage

Smoke and Mirrors: The Story of Tom Savini

Humanoids From The Deep

Richard Jewell

Just Mercy

Animal Among Us

Sleepers

Scare Me

The 6th Friend

Opera

5B

We Were Here

The Origin of Aids

Birds of Prey 

Dolittle

Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Family Portrait

The Moors Murders

Where is Robert Fisher?

Valentine Road

West of Salem

Rise of Skywalker

Butterfly Kisses

Savage Streets

Ghostheads

Born Innocent

American Experience: Blackout

Anatomy of a Seduction

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning

Texas Chainsaw 3D

Antrium

A.M.I

Not Since You

The Money Pit

Violation of Trust

Love’s Deadly Triangle

Underwater

Onward

Cruel Doubt

Extraction

Bombshell

Spies in Disguise 

Bad Boys for Life

The Stalker Club

Mississippi Burning

Choose

Little Shop of Horrors

Tourist Trap

Contamination

Street Trash

American Animals

The Warriors

Waco: The Rules of Engagement 

Chain Letter

Return to Horror High

Free Willy

Don’t Tell Mom The Babysitter’s Dead

Rookie of the Year

Where The Boys Are

Little Big League

Cool Runnings

Honey, I Shrunk The Kids

Connie and Carla

A Star is Born

Hangman

Friends with Benefits 

Cam

The Platform

How To Lose A Guy In Ten Days

Brave

VFW

Bushwick

Mission Impossible: Fallout

In The Deep Woods

C.H.U.D

Monday at 11:01 am

13 Eerie

The 13th Man

Square One

Monsters Wanted

The Man In The Red Bandanna 

Hotel Artemis 

Bedeviled

Terror on the 44th Floor

Patriot Games

The Mandela Effect

The Aristocats

Oliver and Company

Goodnight Mommy

The Manson Family Massacre

The Lodge

Savage Weekend

Bloody Murder 2

Seoul Station

Are You Scared 

The Stay Awake

Kemper

Fantasy Island

To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story

Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon

The Scream Team

Phantom of the Megaplex

Mom’s Got A Date With A Vampire

Panic Button

Madhouse

The Turning

Brahms: The Boy II

The Invisible Man

Scream Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street

The Cover Up

I Am Not Your Negro

The House That Dripped Blood

Inkubus

Trucks

The Way Back

Innocent Blood

The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas

The American Nightmare

Rhinestone

Guyana Tragedy 

Raze

13th

1BR

Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School

Storage 24

Dead Man’s Curve

Sick School

Hair 

Most Valuable Players

The Day the 60s Died

February One 

Freedom Summer

Devil’s Playground

Knowing

Lethal Weapon

I Still Know What You Did Last Summer

The Postcard Killings

A Chorus Line

City of Angels

Brian Banks

The Redwood Massacre

101 Dalmations

Zootopia

Tales From The Crypt: Demon Knight

Murder in the First

Dragnet

Black Rock

Hamilton

We Summon the Darkness

Behind You

Swing Shift

High Spirits

V for Vendetta

The Gallows Act II

Edge of the Axe

The Peanuts Movie

Better Off Single

The Marshes

Dude Bro Party Massacre III

Extracurricular

Grizzly Man

What Keeps You Alive

Body Count

Miss You Already

The House In Between

We Are Your Friends

Witches in the Woods

Scoob!

Exhibit A

American Tragedy

7500 

976-Evil II

Abattoir

Invasion

Descent

Extremity

Scare Package

Some Kind of Hate

Inheritance

Resistance  

The Others

The Furies

Host

In Search of Darkness

Ginger Snaps

Corey Haim Me, Myself and I

Body Cam

Victims

The Forgotten West Memphis Three

Spooky House

The Boyfriend School

The Wretched

Amityville 1992

After Midnight

The Wretched

Halloween With The New Addams Family

Into The Grizzly Maze

Rabid (2019)

Max Relod and the Nether Blasters

The Monster Club

Nightmares

Criminal Law

From Beyond

Slaughterhouse Rulez

I Trapped The Devil

Gleaming the Cube

Freaks

The Flintstones Meet Rockula and Frankenstone

Shadow of Doubt

Perfect Stranger

Howl

Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

That Was Then This Is Now

Incarnate

Twitches

American Fright Fest

Excision

The Gray Man

Beg

Open 24 Hours

Wer

The Scare House

Girl House

Fear

Chernobyl Hour by Hour 

The Babysitter: Killer Queen

The Tingler

Repo Man

The Honor List

Defenseless

Don’t Open Til Christmas

Phantom of the Mall: Eric’s Revenge

10/31

Children of the Corn: The Gathering

Children of the Corn II

Widow’s Point

Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror

Children of the Corn 666: Issac’s Return

Love, Fall and Order

Blair Witch

The Frightening

The Blair Witch Project

Becky

Random Acts of Violence

Spiral 

Scare Me

American Murder

Cannibal Holocaust

Perfect Little Angels

Farm House

The Hole

Gossip

Ghost of Goodnight Lane

The Haunting

Twin Towers

Guerilla The Taking of Patty Hearst

Greystone Park

The Cleansing Hour

Adam Resurrected 

Aiborne

Let’s Scare Julie

September 11

Happy Halloween Scooby-Doo

The Dentist

Tales From the Hood 2

Beneath

All You’ve Got

The Mortuary Collection

The Trial of the Chicago 7

Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers

Dolly Patron: Here I Am

Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8

The Video Dead

The Lie

Scream: The Inside Story

The Omen Legacy

Still Screaming

Tiny Toons’ Night Ghoulery 

The Last Days

One Day In Semptember

A Stranger Among the Living

Trick

After Midnight

Black X-mas

American Mary

Amusement

Cursed

The Den

The Forsaken

Fright Night

Antebellum

Blood Vessel

Survival of the Film Freaks

Batman

10 Things I Hate About You

I Am Nancy

Never Sleep Again

Mischief Night

Saw II

Bill and Ted Face The Music

Saw III

Saw IV

Christmas Made to Order

Olaf’s Frozen Adventure

Pride and Prejudice and Mistletoe

Direct To Video

Saw V

A Very Merry Mix up

Christmas At Pemberley Manor

Sense, Sensible and Snowmen

A Joyous Christmas

Anna

Run

Train to Busan: Pennisula

#Alive

Christmas Camp

Witchboard

Porno

Road to Christmas

Friendsgiving

Zombies

If Anything Happens I Love You

Diana In Her Own Words

Christmas On The Square

Unhinged

Amish Grace

Polytechnique

The Only Way

The Wolf of Snow Hollow

Soul

Freaky

The Rental

Relic

Unlawful Entry

White House Down

The Craft: Legacy

Christmas in Connecticut

Absence of Malice

6 Souls

10.5 Apocalypse

 13 Hours

A Shoe Addict’s Christmas

A Stranger Among Us

9/11 The Day That Changed The World

No Escape

A Country Christmas Story

Dolly Patron’s Christmas Coat of Many Colors: Circle of Love

Smiley Face Killers

Death of Me

Detective Pikachu

One October

The Broken Hearts Gallery

A Cheerful Christmas

Head Count

Hamilton: One Shot To Broadway

Fire in the Sky

Fade to Black

Children of the Corn: Revelation

Children of the Corn: Genesis

Children of the Corn III

Blind Faith

[orbemnews]

Chernobyl boost as wildlife ‘adapting to zone’ 35 years after horrific nuclear disaster Chernobyl: Radioactive hotspot discovered in Red Forest The catastrophic accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant occurred on April 26, 1986, in the No. 4 nuclear reactor close to the city of Pripyat, in north Ukraine. The event saw 400 times more radioactive material than the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki sent into the sky. Locals were evacuated and told to pack enough for three days. Most never returned. But as the abandoned towns in the exclusion zone became overgrown, the vegetation that sprung up in the absence of humans in this area has become a thriving haven for wildlife. In 1998, Ukrainian zoologists released a herd of 30 endangered Przewalski horses into the zone, hoping they would graze on foliage and reduce the wildfire risk. Incredibly, they adapted. Dr Maryna Shkvyria, a researcher at Kiev Zoo, said in 2019: “They’re really using the forests. The Chernobyl disaster occurred 35 years ago (Image: GETTY) The residents in the area were evacuated (Image: GETTY) “We even put camera traps in old barns and buildings and they’re using them to shelter from mosquitoes and heat. “They even lay down and sleep inside – they’re adapting to the zone.” And they are not the only ones. Dr Shkvyria has spent years tracking animals roaming around the area, which includes brown bears, lynx wild boar and a number of rare species of birds. She said: “After 15 years of studying them, we have a lot of information about their behaviour. READ MORE: Chernobyl: Most radioactive parts of UK identified after declassified files showed ‘farce’ Some wildlife has returned to the area (Image: GETTY) “And the Chernobyl wolf is one of the most natural wolves in Ukraine.” She added that wolves “usually” eat natural foods like “livestock, crops and waste food,” but in the zone they are hunting wild prey such as deer and fish. Denys Vishnevskiy started working in Chernobyl 20 years ago to observe the restoration of wildlife. And he is now seeking to transform the exclusion zone into a reservoir for biodiversity. The 43-year-old scientist, who lives and works in Chernobyl town, has been studying nature in the exclusion zone with one of his main areas of focus being on the impact of radiation on animals and their behaviour. DON’T MISSWorld War 3: The single ‘greatest threat to democracy’ [REVEALED]WW3 preparation: Where billionaires are building underground bunkers [PICTURES]China left scrambling over Taiwan independence: ‘We will go to war!’ [NEWS]  The famous abandoned amusement park (Image: GETTY) Amazingly, the expert believes the heightened levels of radiation in the area do not seem to have had a critical effect on them. He stated: “This is a gigantic territory in which we keep a chronicle of nature. “The exclusion zone is not a curse, but our resource ” Public awareness of what happened at Chernobyl has been heightened by a popular and critically-acclaimed HBO mini-series about the disaster and its aftermath, which was also shown on Sky. Tourist numbers doubled in 2019 before the pandemic and the Ukrainian government is now hoping an influx of visitors will return. Horses were released into the area (Image: GETTY) Bohdan Borukhovskyi, Ukraine’s deputy environment minister said yesterday: “Our tourism is unique, it is not a classic concept of tourism. “This is an area of meditation and reflection, an area where you can see the impact of human error, but [where] you can also see the human heroism that corrects it.” The central area of Pripyat has been cleared of trees and shrubs, and even reconnected to the electricity grid. The authorities plan to construct set paths through the ruins so tourists can get close to sights such as the city’s abandoned swimming pool and amusement park. All four of the plant’s reactors are in the process of being dismantled, but this work in itself will not be completed until 2064 at the earliest. Ukraine’s Culture Minister Oleksandr Tkachenko (Image: GETTY) Parts of the site could be radioactive for centuries but levels are now said to be low enough for tourists to safely visit and for scientists to carry out their work. Ukraine still forbids long-term habitation inside the zone, although about 100 people – mainly elderly former residents – are thought to have defied the order and continue to live there. Kiev is also looking to have the exclusion zone listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Culture Minister Oleksandr Tkachenko said: “Chernobyl should not become a wild playground for adventure hunters. “People should leave the exclusion zone with the awareness of the historical memory of this place and its importance for all mankind.” if(typeof utag_data.ads.fb_pixel!=="undefined"&&utag_data.ads.fb_pixel==!0)!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function()n.callMethod?n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments);if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)(window,document,'script','https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js');fbq('init','568781449942811');fbq('track','PageView') Source link Orbem News #Adapting #boost #Chernobyl #Disaster #horrific #nuclear #Wildlife #Years #Zone

[datsemtx]

Another Tag!

Got Tagged by @albusaquila​, thanks for the tag friend ^^

Rules: Answer the questions and tag 20 followers. (I already smell failure for me in the second task)

Gender: Male

Star Sign: Capricorn

Height: 170cm, 5′7″

Sexual Orientation: Straight

Hogwarts House: I’m not a great fan of Harry Potter, never got to watch the movies a lot or read the books, so dunno

Favorite Color: (If black and white are considered non-colors) Red

Favorite Animal: Wolves c:

Average Hours of Sleep: It’s either 6-7 hours or complete 10 hours. Depends on the weekdays :3

Cat or Dog Person: I love both but if i had to choose it would be definitely dog 

Favorite Fictional Characters: *brings out a list, turns out it’s empty* Well if i had to pick i’d go with John Wick, Ori from Ori and the Blind Forest (and from the will of the wisps too once it comes out hnnng) Mr. Big,  Laurence "Prophet" Barnes from Crysis 3, Joseph Joestar and Jotaro Kujo from Jojo’s bizarre adventure, Genji from Overwatch, and probably a lot more but my memory is more trash than my blog probably is.

Favorite Singer/Band: Hard Question, i’d go for either Eminem, Imagine Dragons or the Red Army Choir (well that’s a mix up of genres)

Dream Trip: Either a Roadtrip across the US in a good Muscle Car, or a Trip around the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, because the ambiente of such an leftover place is just breathtaking (just like the atmosphere ;P)

Dream Job: IT Software Engineer in the Games Industry

When was this Blog made: Somewhere in August 2016

Number of Followers: 333, even if not 100% of them are quite active, i’m still thankful for every single one that is.

What made you decide to create this blog: Basically Zootopia, since I thought the idea of having a site where you just can scroll and enjoy anythingZootopia related from fanart to over-analyzations, everything Zootopia visible with only my mousewheel :3

As for tagging people, to be honest i’m doubting there is anyone left to tag who hasn’t done this already lol, so i’ll just go for @ihavewaytoomanyproblems @xerrenarts and @cryptid-bot-ivan, answer as much as you want (this also includes it if you don’t want to answer any)

[zombeesknees]

As of 10/18/23:

Now that we've officially marched on the boss and openly declared, I can publicly drop this news that's been several weeks in the making:

The Bloomington, IL, Barnes & Noble is unionizing with the RWDSU.

[zombeesknees]

ONE OF THE NEW HOLIDAY HIRES DURING OUR SHARED BREAK: I keep wasting so much time on Tumblr-- ME: What are your thoughts on Goncharov? THEM *LIGHTING UP WITH DELIGHT*: Oh, I'm SO GLAD everyone's rediscovering one of the greatest, most underrated mob films of all time! ME: RIGHT? That SOUNDTRACK? All the queer vibes? THEM: YES, EXACTLY.

[zombeesknees]

Today I rang up a little boy in FULL cowboy gear. He had the requisite tiny Stetson hat, a bandanna mask, PLASTIC SPURS on his leather boots, and a fringed vest. He was carrying the rattiest, most well-loved stuffed bunny and buying a stuffed wolf. "THESE ARE MY PARDNERS," he growled when I handed the wolf back. (Like, a legit gruff lil growl.)

"He's going through a phase right now," said the mom apologetically.

"He's amazing," I said to her. "You're clearly doing an amazing job. Have fun on the range, buddy!"

"YEAH. *WOLF HOWL*"

[zombeesknees]

Okay I have been thinking about it ever since i read your tags on that ofmd post and I’ve GOT to hear more of this story about the werebear erotica biker. It’s too many vastly different words in order and i’m fascinated lmao

OK, SO:

When I worked at the Barnes & Noble in Peoria, I had a lot of really cool regular customers. But by FAR my fave regular was a gentleman by the name of Sandman.

(Yes, that's his legal name, he had it changed in the 80s, his driver license reads MR. SANDMAN in the first and last name sections.)

And Sandman is:

6'4"

A Vietnam vet with a full white beard, long hair, and a knee brace that squeaks like a rusty hinge with each step.

A biker/Harley enthusiast who attends Sturgis every year (when I left the Peoria store, he gave me a Sturgis shirt to remember him by, and I still sleep in it every winter).

Always dressed in a full length leather duster (which is covered in patches and pins, one of which reads DO NOT MISTAKE MY KINDNESS FOR WEAKNESS) + a leather top hat.

COVERED in tattoos -- no, really, he has cobwebs tatted on his forehead and the back of his hands, stars on his eyelids, and dragons and pin-up gals all over his arms. He once told me about 70% of his body is tattooed.

A devoted fan of shape-shifter erotica, PARTICULARLY werebear erotica.

He would come into Barnes at least twice a week, right as we opened, come over to Customer Service, and ask me to load whatever new paranormal romances/erotica I could find onto his Nook. He's a wonderfully warm, friendly, cheerful man with a booming deep voice -- a total teddy bear, which only makes his interest in werebear smut even MORE apropos. And when he found out I had books available, he promptly ordered all of them, even though he prefers to read ebooks and mine are only available in print. SUCH a lovely man.

I enjoy working at the Bloomington Barnes now, but lemme tell you: I really and truly miss seeing Sandman every week. I haven't heard from him in a couple years, not since the Pandemic started, and I sincerely hope he's thriving (and still reading all of the supernatural romances on offer).

And just in case anyone thinks I'm making this up out of whole cloth, here's a photo of Sandman (from a professional photoshoot he was a part of a decade ago or so):

[zombeesknees]

I made a teen’s YEAR today. They were looking for queer books with their mum, and I sold them Casey McQuiston, the Simon Snow trilogy, a handful of singular titles, AND *all* of my own books. They were SQUEALING with delight as I signed them all to "Ember".

ME: That is a GREAT name. THEM: THANKS. I picked it myself! THEIR MUM: So we'll only ever come in the days that YOU'RE working, you're THE BEST. ME:

[zombeesknees]

TODAY AT WORK

GUY ON THE PHONE: Do you still sell pinball machines? ME: ...Uh, sir, this is a Barnes & Noble. We don't sell pinball machines. GOTP: You did ten years ago! ME (WHO WORKED AT B&N 10 YEARS AGO): Sir, I'm afraid you might have us confused with Dave & Busters? I imagine that they might sell their used machines? GOTP: No! I'm *sure* it was a Barnes & Noble! You ordered it for me through your computer system! It was a baseball pinball machine and it cost $175! ME: I'm afraid nothing is coming up in my system when I search "pinball" as a keyword, save for a hand-held Sonic the Hedgehog pinball game for kids. GOTP: UGH! I'm gonna do some more research on what it was exactly called and then I'm gonna come into your store and SHOW YOU the details and I'm SURE you could find me another one! ME: Alright, sir! You have a nice day.

I just.....

[zombeesknees]

LOOK FOR MY NEXT BOOK: “ON THE BANKS OF BARNES & CHERNOBYL”

So today my Barnes & Chernobyl flooded.

A city water main broke just under the far edge of the building, which sent water gushing through cafe and over about half of the store. The city workers didn't manage to get the main turned off until around 1 -- they had to literally dig up half of the alley with a big fuck-off digger to reach the piping -- and the emergency cleaning crew the regional office mobilized for us didn't get in from Chicago until around 1:30.

So I spent almost 4 hours vainly mopping/dumping out buckets while water continuously flowed into the store. At least we managed to get most of the tables/displays pulled free of the flood. (We have these new things called 'donkeys' and hearing my manager scream, "SAVE THE DONKEYS, THEY'RE BRAND NEW, I DON'T WANT THEM RUINED!" was hilarious. Also, there was one table in mystery, next to cafe, and a coworker asked if we should try to rescue it, and I immediately went, "LEAVE HIM, HE BELONGS TO THE CANYON NOW!" thanks to my obsessive re-watching of The Mitchells Vs. The Machines, lololol.)

We put out SEVERAL signs on/in front of the doors explaining that we were closed, and we STILL had customers banging on the windows -- and walking STRAIGHT INTO THE STORE when we had to keep the doors unlocked for a shop vac. At one point, a trio of elderly folks came inside and started straight for the cafe, SPLASHING THROUGH THE WATER, and I had to shout at them to stop. I'm sorry, but how absolutely oblivious do you have to be to NOT NOTICE YOU'RE WADING THROUGH ANKLE-DEEP WATER??? And that the store would OBVIOUSLY be closed while it was flooded??? Another elderly lady had to inform us, "But my grandson wants a book!" when we tried to shoo her out. *VIOLENT HEAD-DESKING*

What *really* took the cake, tho, was one guy who took a newspaper out of the bundle that had been delivered by the front doors, yanked insistently on said doors, then shoved two dollar bills into my manager's hand when she tried to explain we were closed. "I just need this paper, here's your money!" SIR, WE HAVE NO WAY TO RING YOU UP, WHAT THE FUCK, HOW ENTITLED DO YOU THINK YOU ARE???Anyway, by the time I left at 4, the emergency crew had managed to vac out about half of the standing water and had set up some industrial fans.

Store Manager was optimistic that we'd reopen tomorrow, but I'm off the next two days, so I'll report back on Friday as to what actually happened.

[zombeesknees]

Today at work

LITTLE BOY: I like your tattoos! ME: Thank you! LB: I like your mask, too! ME: Thank you! LB: And those are pretty earrings! ME: Thank you! LB: You are welcomed! :D

His mama's clearly raising him right.

[zombeesknees]

If you're in the Peoria, IL area, come to my very first book-signing tomorrow at Barnes & Noble! From 2-4, we’re having a local author signing with ten other folks, covering a full gamut of genres!