PANTY FAN PAYS $18k FOR QUEEN ELIZABETH II’S USED KNICKERS ON EBAY

Apparently, Queen Elizabeth left these used knickers on a private airplane when she was visiting Chile in 1968. I’m not even going to speculate on that one.

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Blogs and Articles in No Particular Order

The Comfort Zone is for Pets, Not Professionals by Kristen Lamb. Because you can’t get a “yes” if you don’t ask the question.

Two of my favorites in one place. Humor Hits Hook Readers by Margie Lawson over at Jenny Hansen’s More Cowbell.

The brilliant Donna Newton, best DFW Writers Conference roommate ever, got some great pictures and video. I was most impressed with her shooting. She has a video of her second time out. Second time in her whole life, that is. (She lives in the UK. They don’t trust their citizens with guns over there so responsible adults have to come to the US to be treated like responsible adults. Yes. That was a gun control dig.) Anyway, Donna earned the nickname Kickass when I took her shooting. She was at 15 yards from the big jug at the beginning and about 20 yards from the can at the end. These are shots most people can’t make with a pistol without some practice, and many can’t make ever. Donna Newton’s How to Hook an Agent….The ‘SOO’ Publishing Way.

Jenny Hansen, Donna Newton, Piper Bayard, Ingrid Schaffenburg, Kristen Lamb

Last week, I went to the DFW Writers Conference. Ingrid Schaffenburg sums up the lessons well in Encouraging Words from Seasoned Professionals.

Need a vacation but can’t leave your desk? Check out Nicole Basaraba’s Visit La Piscine (The Pool) Museum in Roubaix, France.

Awesome Q&A with New York Times Best Selling Author and Heckuva Guy James Rollins about his upcoming release, Bloodline. Bloodline Question and Answer Exclusive

Big It bless these dogs. I can’t even get my dog to jump out of a car, much less an airplane. From Jodi Lea Stewart, HEROES: Military Working Dogs (MWDs).

Warning: If you’re still in your Youthful Party Phase, or you’ve moved on to your Old Farts Recapturing their Youth Phase, this video might have you stuck to your chair for the rest of the day. Via the Prince of Prose, Ryne Douglas Pearson, I give you a Slinky on a Treadmill.

All the best to all of you for a week of keeping your knickers where they belong.

Piper Bayard–The Pale Writer of the Apocalypse