My Words, Your Book

I was just on Amazon searching my name to see which of my books are still for sale. You may know that I was once an author. Technically, I'm still an author, but I haven't had anything new published in about 5 years. So anyway, there I was looking at my books on the computer screen when I saw my name displayed in association with a book I didn't write. Amazon has this new, cool feature that allows you to search for terms in some of the books they sell. There was an excerpt attributed to me in another author's book. It was a book about how to get started in computer consulting. In one of my previous lives, I was a major computer consultant for Microsoft earning the big bucks (so not me now! Now I am Mom.) Anyway, this other writer quoted me. I don't think that I've ever met this person and I don't remember being interviewed for a book, but the book is almost 10 years old so I may have forgotten. According to the bio provided, she worked for CompuServe (this was one of the major Internet access providers in the olden days.) and I think she lifted my comments from an online forum. This isn't illegal since she identified me by my name and gave me credit for the quote, but it has me weirded out. How strange is it to think that you are out there somewhere in print and not even know it?

The Inheritance

I was talking to my friend, Sexy, today and we were discussing the sub-human known as her ex-husband. We were talking about what he has done for her son other than, as she puts it, donate sperm. She asked me to come up with one other thing. After a long moment of silence, she triumphantly declared her point made. I then managed to come through at the last moment: her son's inheritance. What is he to inherit? Moon property! Yes, you heard right, her ex-husband has invested in real estate on the moon. Imagine that reading of a will: To my son, I bequeath my real estate holdings on the barren rock known as the Moon.

Unusual Sleeping Spot

Something I never expected to see: Someone sleeping in a Starbucks. It just seems bizarre to see someone sleeping in a place the air is thick with caffeine! And we're not talking about closing your eyes to rest. This guy was snoring and snorting up a storm!