Laurel, a friend of Mandy (and me, but they're tight), just finished an interview and reading a couple of excerpts from her new book, Hope Haven, on FM 106.7. This was especially cool because a.) she was on the radio, and b.) I just found out last week that she's a writer.

She also runs Double Dare Press, an online magazine featuring local writers. She said on the air that they're looking for people to submit. Got writing chops? Send her something, and hopefully someone (other than your mom) will get to read it! I'd submit, but I gots no skillz.


Of course, we had an exceptionally difficult time listening to the broadcast because the Big Red Rocket of Love is having royal reception problems. In fact, BRRL has been having a lot of problems lately, many of which came to light after having work done to it at Valley Olds in Apple Valley. Here's a list:

1.) The reception (reption) for all stations AM and most stations FM is completely non-existent.

2.) The windshield wipers were incorrectly set so that they covered a minimal amount of space while crashing into eachother and eventually breaking.

3.) The sound from the DVD player is gone. All gone.

4.) The digital thermometer/odometer/MPG analyst no longer works.

5.) The interior lights no longer work.

The onboard computer was fried, so that's why it was taken in. It came back in worse shape than when it was picked up (wires were visibly pulled out behind the dash on the passenger side, with a panel laying on the floor on top of them.) The reception (reption) thing finally set it over the edge, as we had to park in the back corner of a HOM Furniture store parking lot just to make out the voices. So they'll be getting a call soon. Assholes.

Nice win last night. If only the starters could show up, we'd be rolling.