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Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Alien Diplomacy ARC Contest

HOOK ME UP! EXCLUSIVE CONTEST

International Contest

It's time to get your win on and grab an ARC of Alien Diplomacy while the grabbing's good! There are 5 (that's right, FIVE) ARCs up for grabs, which means lots of opportunities to score an early Advanced Reader Copy of Book 5!

So, Hook Me Up! subscribers who have sent in your proper entry emails, riddle me this: What's the most diplomatic you've had to be, and why?

Love,
Gini

LEGALESE
Contest will run from Wednesday, January 11, 2012 through Sunday, January 22, 2012. Winners will be announced week of January 23rd. This is an international contest -- as long as you're on Planet Earth, you can enter and win. You must have a deliverable address, though - no P.O. boxes. Prize may take 2-4 weeks to ship; it may take 6-8 weeks for international.

This is a contest for Hook Me Up! subscribers only -- if you're not on, send an email to gini@ginikoch.com with "Hook Me Up!" in the subject line and you'll be sent the contest entry rules.

Labels: Alien Diplomacy, ARC giveaway, gini koch, Hook Me Up

1618 Comments:

Kelly said...: Oh Please!!!! @ratkin, this Katy Perry songs ROCKS!!!!

It is about Kitty & Martin!!; January 19, 2012 at 2:57 PM
Kelly said...: @ratkin....

BWHAAAAAAA you got bored with dementia.. I love it; January 19, 2012 at 2:58 PM
Kelly said...: @Jesse,
I am just good like that....

Re: @Kelly: I cannot believe you just quoted the entire Katy Perry song just to get more points in! *shakes head sadly* DAMN! I wish I'd thought of that!; January 19, 2012 at 2:59 PM
Kelly said...: @ratkin.
I would ask my grandpa how old he is for sure!!!!

Age, Wisdom and all that grap...; January 19, 2012 at 3:00 PM
Kelly said...: @Jesse,
Nice one...

Not Stolen food...; January 19, 2012 at 3:00 PM
Kelly said...: @Jesse,
Way to throw me under the bus there....

Telling @Cody to pick on me...

SHAME ON YOU!!!!!; January 19, 2012 at 3:01 PM
Julie@My5monkeys said...: @marni I am with you

Sending coke and chocolate to the GOR this time.

Also sending Nathan Fillion too.; January 19, 2012 at 3:03 PM
Shanna said...: @Cody Calahan, Don't worry, for some strange reason, I don't think i'm the norm for reading speed. I know my parents and my sister are all much slower readers then me. Hence the reason I always got new books first because waiting for them took forever! However, it also sucks because you get the new book, and then you're done and have to wait 6 months or a year for the next new one. I do reread the books, but it's not quite the same.; January 19, 2012 at 3:04 PM
thekrazikat said...: @ ducknme - yummy, dangerous recipes. YUM!!!! Those could be used for bribery and/or distraction! Perfect!

@ shanna - Um, you read that fast? Really? That could be considered a superpower I think. I though I was a fast reader...takes me about a day or two to read a book that size...but it takes me like a year to write one! Ha!

@ ratkin - I guess as long as the squirrels are pureed so you can't tell their squirrels it's okay? Actually, not really, but I thought that might make you feel better about it...; January 19, 2012 at 3:06 PM
Shanna said...: @ducknme, thanks for the recipes! I am currently at work (Wahoo! :-( ) or I would send some recipes to you. I can eat 2 of the 3 recipes you posted! YAY!
@Marni Walski, you're not supposed to ask if they want a bribe, you are just supposed to offer them the exact thing they are wanting in that moment. It is a special telepathy that exists between the favored of the GoR, which you obviously aren't!; January 19, 2012 at 3:09 PM
Shanna said...: @Kelly, I was just reading your comment about the Katy Perry song, and I am shocked that you could do that! You obviously are not as big a fan as you say you are! Here, reread this:
" Kelly said...
Oh Please!!!! @ratkin, this Katy Perry songs ROCKS!!!!

It is about Kitty & Martin!!

January 19, 2012 11:57 AM"

Think it through....; January 19, 2012 at 3:12 PM
Shanna said...: You said "Kitty & Martin"

Martin, who the he** is Martin?

Martini!!!!! How could you!!!! Martini is sexy, and mysterious, shaken not stirred, and an Alien Sex God! Martin is an accountant from Nebraska (no offence to anyone from Nebraska)!; January 19, 2012 at 3:15 PM
Shanna said...: Also, no offence to accountants.; January 19, 2012 at 3:18 PM
Becky B. @ Bibliognome said...: @Shanna, you just had to drag Nebraska into the mix, didn't you? Well I'll have you know I've only known one guy named Martin and he was not an accountant. I don't think I actually know any accountants. :); January 19, 2012 at 3:24 PM
Shrouded Heart said...: Omg!!! Stomach flu screwed me up so bad I forgot to comment earlier... Bad holly bad!!! I want win this soooooo bad lol as for the most diplomatic thing I've done? Well I have to say everyday i have to be at my most diplomatic when dealing with the 'fight of the alpha males' that is happening between my dh and my 4 year old son lol it's quite amusing to watch really ;)

Thanks for the chance to win Gini!; January 19, 2012 at 3:24 PM
Becky B. @ Bibliognome said...: @Shanna
Kelly's comment is funny really because I had the opposite problem after I read one of the ALIEN books because the next book I read had a character named Martin and I kept reading the name as Martini. :); January 19, 2012 at 3:26 PM
ducknme said...: @Shanna - Actually Martin is a computer nerd in Washington. And not the nice, cute if slightly eccentric type either. He's a dork.; January 19, 2012 at 4:39 PM
ducknme said...: HEY! I just read Gini's newest post and Julie@My5monkeys already HAS a copy. DANG! That's Awesome! When you are done, can I borrow it?; January 19, 2012 at 4:48 PM
Jesse Ivanoff said...: @Ducknme: I was so happy my bookstore finally got all the Kitty books in! I too have a nook (and several bookshelves) that I would try to save in a fire as I cannot bear to be without them. :P

thank you SOOOO much for the AWESOME recipes! ☺; January 19, 2012 at 6:45 PM
Jesse Ivanoff said...: @Cody: at least your book stores stock Kitty on release day. I have to wait MONTHS for them to get to Australia! MONTHS!. Do you have any idea how painful that is?; January 19, 2012 at 6:45 PM
Jesse Ivanoff said...: @Marnie: obviously, you’re more than mildly insane if you think that we should not be fed…; January 19, 2012 at 6:46 PM
Jesse Ivanoff said...: @Shanna: yeah, you gotta have a strong female heroine or else a book just isn’t good… ☹; January 19, 2012 at 6:46 PM
Jesse Ivanoff said...: @Kelly: why thank you! (Your ego is still overly large though!) :P; January 19, 2012 at 6:47 PM
Jesse Ivanoff said...: @Kelly: you should take it as a compliment that I thought you’d be able to handle being thrown under the bus where others wouldn’t! see? Compliment!; January 19, 2012 at 6:47 PM
Jesse Ivanoff said...: @shanna: I know! I get so annoyed when I speed through a book (unintentionally! ) and then have to wait AGES for the next one! ☹

It's funny...I was looking at Kelly's comment going…. Martin?; January 19, 2012 at 6:48 PM
Jesse Ivanoff said...: @Becky: it’s so annoying when that happens!; January 19, 2012 at 6:48 PM
Jesse Ivanoff said...: @Julieandmyfivemonkeys: you sneaky ninja you! …. I solute you! * makes puppy eyes* now, would you mind letting me borrow it?; January 19, 2012 at 6:49 PM
Kelly said...: @Shanna,
Damn Spell check thinking for me....

MotherF@@#^(&(*&*&*&@(#...

BWHAHAHAAAAA; January 19, 2012 at 6:55 PM
Kelly said...: @Shanna,
I am an accountant!!!!!

Damn it...; January 19, 2012 at 6:55 PM
Kelly said...: @Jesse,

SURE!!!!!; January 19, 2012 at 6:56 PM
Kelly said...: @Jesse..

I miss spelled his name yes...

Let's all make fun of the dumb blonde from Oregon....

Geezz
we can't all be perfect like you & @Shanna....; January 19, 2012 at 6:57 PM
Kelly said...: MARTINI!!!!!!; January 19, 2012 at 6:58 PM
Kelly said...: MARTINI!!!!!!!!; January 19, 2012 at 6:58 PM
Jesse Ivanoff said...: @Kelly: I'm glad to see you believe me. ;) hey, you're a blonde?! Me too! who'd a thunk it... (although,I'm glad you think I'm perfect.:P); January 19, 2012 at 7:01 PM
ducknme said...: @ Kelly, Shanna and Jesse Ivanhoff - That's okay, I kept reading it as "Martian"!; January 19, 2012 at 7:25 PM
ducknme said...: I've got a class to run to, so I'll leave you all drooling over my son's favorite recipe.

TUNNEL OF FUDGE CAKE

(NOTE: There is no use using a toothpick or whatever to test this cake or doneness. The Fudgy center looks just like undone cake. This cake is done when it starts to pull away from the sides and the top feels springy when pressed with a finger.)

½ c boiling water
2 oz. bittersweet chocolate –chopped
2 c all-purpose flour
2 c. finely chopped pecans (if desired)
2 c confectioners’ sugar
¾ c Dutch processed cocoa powder (MUST be Dutch processed, regular unsweetened cocoa is too bitter)
1 tsp salt
1 ½ c unsalted butter cut into chunks and softened
1 c granulated sugar
¾ c packed light brown sugar
1 TBS vanilla
5 eggs room temperature
(1 TBS melted butter & 1 TBS cocoa powder for pan)
Chocolate glaze or powdered sugar for top
Place oven rack in lower middle position and pre-heat oven to 350F.

Prepare bunt pan by pouring 1TBS melted butter into pan and adding 1 TBS of cocoa powder and mixing together. Then use a pastry brush to thoroughly coat all nooks and crannies of your pan.

Whisk boiling water and bittersweet chocolate together in a small bowl until melted and smooth. Let mixture cool slightly.

In a medium bowl mix together flour, nuts (if using), confectioners’ sugar, cocoa and salt.

In a large bowl use an electric mixer to beat together butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla, using medium speed, until light and fluffy. Then beat in the eggs one at a time until combined. Beat in the chocolate mixture until combined. Reduce mixer speed to low and slowly beat in flour mixture until just incorporated (about 30 seconds).

Scrape batter into prepared Bunt pan and cook until done (See NOTE at beginning), about 45 minutes.
Let cake cool in pan for 10 minutes then flip onto a wire rack and let cool 2 hours before moving on to a platter and drizzling with chocolate glaze or powdered sugar.; January 19, 2012 at 7:28 PM
Samantha Kisabo said...: I also have,to be diplomatic all the time with my younger siater for she thinks shes right about everything and always borrowing my things without asking.; January 19, 2012 at 7:29 PM
Samantha Kisabo said...: There was another time I had to be diplomatic when my mom wouldn't let me go out with,my friends because I didn't do the dishes.; January 19, 2012 at 7:31 PM
ducknme said...: @Samantha Kisabo - Older sisters do that too....; January 19, 2012 at 7:31 PM
ducknme said...: @Samantha Kisabo and moms are mean that way.; January 19, 2012 at 7:32 PM
ratkin said...: @Shrouded Heart - The good news: you don't have to thank Gini. The bad news: you don't have to thank Gini because you don't have a chance to win. I've got it all sewn up, here, and I'll pass the leftover copies on to friends of mine (one of two of whom might be in this contest).; January 19, 2012 at 8:46 PM
ratkin said...: @Ducky - Gee, thanks for the swell recipes! Here's one of my favorites:

BOILING WATER

Take one pot.
Wash the dust out of it if you're the picky sort.
Fill with eau de tap.
Turn on burner.
When the water is bubbling, turn off burner.
Serve immediately.; January 19, 2012 at 8:48 PM
Becky B. @ Bibliognome said...: @ratkin,
Nice, that's about the only kind of recipe I have time for most of the time. :); January 19, 2012 at 8:52 PM
ratkin said...: @Ducky - Here's another:

HARD-BOILED EGGS

Take one pot.
Wash out the spider webs if you're the picky sort.
Fill with eau de tap.
Add eggs to taste [IMPORTANT: Don't crack the eggs first!]
Turn on burner.
When the water has been bubbling for 45 minutes, turn off burner.
Throw out the eggs.
Tell the cafeteria lady you need some hard-boiled eggs.; January 19, 2012 at 8:53 PM
ratkin said...: @Samantha Kisabo - I also have to be diplomatic all the time with my siater because she thinks shes right about everything. She refuses to accept the simple fact that I'm infallible.; January 19, 2012 at 8:56 PM
ratkin said...: @Kelly - Anyone who can put the words "Katy Perry" and "ROCKS" into the same sentence needs help. Lots of it.

Start soon.; January 19, 2012 at 8:58 PM
ratkin said...: @thekrazikat - The real benefit of them serving us squirrels is lost on those of us on the pureed diet. The residents who still get solid food assure that the Squirrel Cheeseburger are great. The fur holds the cheese in place.; January 19, 2012 at 9:00 PM
ratkin said...: @Shanna - One time I had a temporary job with a company, and they offered me a full-time job if I would move to their new facility in Nebraska. They were offended when I turned the job down on the grounds that I was allergic to corn fields.

(BTW, that's actually a true story!); January 19, 2012 at 9:04 PM
ratkin said...: @Kelly - You're an accountant???

That explains a lot!

Fortunately, I'm too polite to say exactly what...; January 19, 2012 at 9:07 PM
Cody Calahan said...: @ratkin -- I loved your recipes. ESPECIALLY the hard boiled eggs. Makes everything so much easier.

@shanna -- still... That's just crazy fast.

@jesse -- yeah that would be really tough. I live in Gini's area so we SHOULD get em immediately. But I've never seen hard cover. We only get paperbacks.; January 19, 2012 at 9:09 PM
Jesse Ivanoff said...: @Samantha Kisabo: Little Sisters are the worst. I complain about mine A LOT on this blog because it's the most diplomatic I have to be. :( she kills me...; January 19, 2012 at 9:55 PM
Jesse Ivanoff said...: @Ratkin: I'm sure your sister feels she has to be diplomatic with you because you think you're right all the time. I think you should acquire some ego checks!; January 19, 2012 at 9:56 PM
Jesse Ivanoff said...: @Ducknme: hear that? that's the sound of my stomach growling over your delicious cake! mmmmmm....; January 19, 2012 at 9:57 PM
ducknme said...: @ ratkin - See? Boiling water! You are on your way to making the Tunnel of Fudge cake!; January 19, 2012 at 9:59 PM
Jesse Ivanoff said...: @Cody: I'm glad you see my pain. I've only bought paperbacks and I'm fairly sure that they only come in paper back. If I said I bought a hardback or they only came in hardback I'm sorry! didn't mean to imply that! But I'm way jealous of your (@almostall) ability to get great books super fast. very. jealous.; January 19, 2012 at 10:01 PM
Jesse Ivanoff said...: @Ducky: wow! He is improving! maybe you should tutor him in the art of making yummy foods...?; January 19, 2012 at 10:02 PM
Shanna said...: @ducknme, really? An Alien Sex God named Martian??? Hmmm, could be interesting...
@Kelly, blonde eh? hmmmm, that explains everything... Just kidding! Also, thanks for thinking i'm perfect! Although Canadians come close, (as do Australians) I know i'm not quite there. If I had my ARC, I would be.; January 19, 2012 at 10:09 PM
Shanna said...: @ducknme, thanks for the tunnel of fudge recipe. I'm sure if I make it my sister will love, just as i'm sure she'll be going mmmmmmmmmmm, mmmmmmm, sooooooo gooooooooooood, do you want to try a....oh, yeah, never mind...
@ratkin, what's wrong with corn? I mean, we have mostly canola, barley, and wheat, but I love going to the corn maze every year, you get to see the pumpkin cannon and the corn cannon, and go for hayrides, etc...; January 19, 2012 at 10:12 PM
Shanna said...: @Cody Calahan, geeze, keep pointing out i'm abnormal and I may get out the hairspray! Although it did help in school, LOL. One time in college, I did a 5 page paper on a book that I didn't actually read, and I wrote the paper the night before it was due. I got an A, booyeah! Not that that really has anything to do with reading fast, just thought i'd brag. But reading fast did help on English assignments. It also helped in French. Oui je parle un petit peu de francais. J'ete dans francais pour 11 annee dans l'ecole. Est qu'il y a quel qu'un ici qui parle francvais aussi?; January 19, 2012 at 10:17 PM
Shanna said...: @Jesse Ivanoff and @Samantha Kisabo, I'm sorry, I have to disagree, older sisters are the worst. I know i've been blogging about diplomacy with my older sister right now, and it's even more work because we're in the middle of moving.; January 19, 2012 at 10:19 PM
Jesse Ivanoff said...: @Shanna: If you think that, you haven't met my sister yet. Try having a sister 14 years younger than you. Then come back. They are the ABSOLUTE worst. The only good thing is that I don't have sibling rivalry, but she has it with me... ;P; January 19, 2012 at 10:45 PM
Jesse Ivanoff said...: @Shanna: it's true. Canadian's and Australian's really are the best! :P ;); January 19, 2012 at 10:47 PM
ratkin said...: @Jesse Ivanoff - I used to have some ego checks, but the bank kept returning them. What does NSI mean??; January 19, 2012 at 11:09 PM
ratkin said...: @Shanna - A corn cannon AND a pumpkin cannon?? Be still, my heart! I've lived a deprived life, having spent a good chunk of it in a place where we had to just eke by entertaining ourselves with art museums, concerts, jazz clubs, symphonies and that boring stuff. Not a corn cannon to be found.; January 19, 2012 at 11:12 PM
Jesse Ivanoff said...: @Ratkin: then it's just the responsibility of others to keep your ego at a manageable size. :P NSI? I don't think I wrote it so I wouldn't know...; January 19, 2012 at 11:14 PM
Jesse Ivanoff said...: @Ratkin: and where would that be?; January 19, 2012 at 11:14 PM
ratkin said...: @Ducky - My best technique in the kitchen involves bobbling things so badly that someone pushes me out of the way and cooks the stuff for me. I give good Pathetic.; January 19, 2012 at 11:15 PM
Jesse Ivanoff said...: @ratkin: maybe you should, I dunno, TRY? just sayin'...; January 19, 2012 at 11:17 PM
ratkin said...: @Shanna - It isn't that you aren't quite there - - it's that you aren't quite ALL there!; January 19, 2012 at 11:17 PM
ratkin said...: @Jesse Ivanoff - That was a clever combination of a Banking joke and a typo; it was supposed to say NSF. NSF is bank-ese for Non-Sufficient Funds.; January 19, 2012 at 11:20 PM
ratkin said...: @Jesse Ivanoff - I actually cook quite well, thank you. I'm just lazy, and have developed adapting mechanisms that allow me to avoid both work and hunger pains.; January 19, 2012 at 11:22 PM
ratkin said...: @Jesse Ivanoff (yet again) - "That" would be a quiet little mid-Atlantic region place called New York City.; January 19, 2012 at 11:24 PM
Jesse Ivanoff said...: @Ratkin: I'm not so blond as to not get the bank joke, but the typo's funny. :P; January 19, 2012 at 11:35 PM
Jesse Ivanoff said...: @ratkin: being lazy and trying to get out of cooking is worse than not being able to cook.; January 19, 2012 at 11:36 PM
Jesse Ivanoff said...: @Ratkin: one of the most famous cities in America. I'm sure it's as silent as a mental institution. (because you're in one!); January 19, 2012 at 11:37 PM
ducknme said...: Dang I wish my hubby would get off the computer. Typing this on my phone is a PAIN!; January 19, 2012 at 11:56 PM
AnOldeSoul said...: The heck with all these offers and bribes; January 20, 2012 at 12:27 AM
AnOldeSoul said...: for chocolate; January 20, 2012 at 12:27 AM
AnOldeSoul said...: Cheesecake; January 20, 2012 at 12:28 AM
AnOldeSoul said...: Brownies and Sex; January 20, 2012 at 12:28 AM
AnOldeSoul said...: . . .Actually, that would just be a different type of Cheesecake; January 20, 2012 at 12:29 AM
AnOldeSoul said...: I have the bribe that is totally worth paying attention too. . . .; January 20, 2012 at 12:30 AM
AnOldeSoul said...: Ohhhh Gini . . . .; January 20, 2012 at 12:30 AM
AnOldeSoul said...: I have Dr Pepper , , , , ,; January 20, 2012 at 12:31 AM
AnOldeSoul said...: . . . and your Hard Drive.; January 20, 2012 at 12:31 AM
AnOldeSoul said...: Now remember, she asked us about being diplomatic?; January 20, 2012 at 12:32 AM
AnOldeSoul said...: What I meant to say . . .; January 20, 2012 at 12:32 AM
AnOldeSoul said...: Was . . .; January 20, 2012 at 12:33 AM
AnOldeSoul said...: I have Dr Pepper; January 20, 2012 at 12:33 AM
AnOldeSoul said...: and your Hard Drive; January 20, 2012 at 12:33 AM
AnOldeSoul said...: Safely secured in opposite ends of the house; January 20, 2012 at 12:34 AM
AnOldeSoul said...: Oh, and BTW!; January 20, 2012 at 12:34 AM
AnOldeSoul said...: I know where the AC Elves shop for Soda!; January 20, 2012 at 12:35 AM
AnOldeSoul said...: At the Soda Pop Stop, which is a real store!; January 20, 2012 at 12:36 AM
AnOldeSoul said...: I can't remember just now, where it is . . .; January 20, 2012 at 12:36 AM
AnOldeSoul said...: but you can still shop with the Elves . . .; January 20, 2012 at 12:37 AM
AnOldeSoul said...: Until you drop . . .; January 20, 2012 at 12:37 AM
AnOldeSoul said...: Just go to

SodaPopStop.com; January 20, 2012 at 12:38 AM
AnOldeSoul said...: No really ladies, they have every variety of soda known to mankind; January 20, 2012 at 12:38 AM
AnOldeSoul said...: Including CUCUMBER!!!; January 20, 2012 at 12:39 AM
ducknme said...: @ratkin - You are allergic to corn FIELDS? Not corn or fields, but both together? How in the world did you discover that?; January 20, 2012 at 12:40 AM
AnOldeSoul said...: And the guy who owns the place . . .; January 20, 2012 at 12:40 AM
AnOldeSoul said...: Got a 10-yr old boy; January 20, 2012 at 12:41 AM
AnOldeSoul said...: To TRY that cucumber soda; January 20, 2012 at 12:41 AM
AnOldeSoul said...: And the next week,; January 20, 2012 at 12:41 AM
AnOldeSoul said...: the kid was back for MORE!!; January 20, 2012 at 12:42 AM
AnOldeSoul said...: Now THAT'S either Diplomacy, or REALLY good soda; January 20, 2012 at 12:42 AM
ducknme said...: @Shanna - Sorry, I know you are allergic to caffiene, but I had promised already to put that one out. Is there some other recipe you'd like?; January 20, 2012 at 12:43 AM
AnOldeSoul said...: And now, for a little spelling lesson:; January 20, 2012 at 12:46 AM
AnOldeSoul said...: INTIMIDATE--to frighten, or threaten by acts real or implied; January 20, 2012 at 12:47 AM
AnOldeSoul said...: INTIMATE--1] to be close to, lovers 2] to imply or suggest; January 20, 2012 at 12:47 AM
AnOldeSoul said...: Please note, the two words in ALL CAPS are not, by any stretch of the imagination, interchangeable.; January 20, 2012 at 12:47 AM
ducknme said...: @ratkin - Yes, you do a very good Pathetic.; January 20, 2012 at 12:52 AM
ducknme said...: @AnOldeSoul - What; January 20, 2012 at 12:54 AM
ducknme said...: @AnOldeSoul - makes; January 20, 2012 at 12:55 AM
ducknme said...: @AnOldeSoul - you; January 20, 2012 at 12:55 AM
ducknme said...: @AnOldeSoul - think; January 20, 2012 at 12:55 AM
ducknme said...: @AnOldeSoul - you; January 20, 2012 at 12:55 AM
ducknme said...: @AnOldeSoul - can; January 20, 2012 at 12:56 AM
ducknme said...: @AnOldeSoul - waltz; January 20, 2012 at 12:56 AM
ducknme said...: @AnOldeSoul - in; January 20, 2012 at 12:56 AM
ducknme said...: @AnOldeSoul - (Aww, I'm getting tired of this!) here and leave one comment broken up a hundred different ways just to get more entries! The rest of us, or a lot of us anyway, have been doing our best to keep up and leave comments correctly.
Fie on YOU!; January 20, 2012 at 1:00 AM
AnOldeSoul said...: I; January 20, 2012 at 1:01 AM
AnOldeSoul said...: DON'T; January 20, 2012 at 1:01 AM
AnOldeSoul said...: WALTZ; January 20, 2012 at 1:01 AM
AnOldeSoul said...: I; January 20, 2012 at 1:01 AM
AnOldeSoul said...: PREFER; January 20, 2012 at 1:02 AM
AnOldeSoul said...: THE COTTON-EYED JOE; January 20, 2012 at 1:02 AM
AnOldeSoul said...: I; January 20, 2012 at 1:02 AM
AnOldeSoul said...: AM; January 20, 2012 at 1:02 AM
AnOldeSoul said...: AFTER ALL . . .; January 20, 2012 at 1:03 AM
AnOldeSoul said...: A; January 20, 2012 at 1:03 AM
ducknme said...: @AnOldeSoul - Also I am sure we pretty much know INTIMIDATE and INTIMATE are not interchangeable. It was a simple mistake from fast typing with no spell-check or perhaps an auto-correct error.; January 20, 2012 at 1:03 AM
AnOldeSoul said...: DAUGHTER; January 20, 2012 at 1:03 AM
AnOldeSoul said...: OF; January 20, 2012 at 1:03 AM
AnOldeSoul said...: THE LONE-STAR STATE; January 20, 2012 at 1:04 AM
AnOldeSoul said...: even tho; January 20, 2012 at 1:04 AM
AnOldeSoul said...: I live in; January 20, 2012 at 1:04 AM
AnOldeSoul said...: Portland, OR now; January 20, 2012 at 1:04 AM
AnOldeSoul said...: A Texican; January 20, 2012 at 1:05 AM
ducknme said...: @AnOldeSoul - Wow; January 20, 2012 at 1:05 AM
ducknme said...: I; January 20, 2012 at 1:05 AM
AnOldeSoul said...: remains forever a Texican; January 20, 2012 at 1:05 AM
ducknme said...: got; January 20, 2012 at 1:05 AM
AnOldeSoul said...: no matter where you drag her; January 20, 2012 at 1:06 AM
ducknme said...: you; January 20, 2012 at 1:06 AM
ducknme said...: mad!; January 20, 2012 at 1:06 AM
ducknme said...: You; January 20, 2012 at 1:06 AM
ducknme said...: are; January 20, 2012 at 1:06 AM
ducknme said...: yelling; January 20, 2012 at 1:07 AM
ducknme said...: at; January 20, 2012 at 1:07 AM
ducknme said...: me!; January 20, 2012 at 1:07 AM
ducknme said...: @AnOldeSoul - Besides, to say you cotton-eye joe'd right in sounds goofy.; January 20, 2012 at 1:08 AM
ducknme said...: @AnOldeSoul - It's okay that your from Texas. I hear they have programs for that now.; January 20, 2012 at 1:10 AM
AnOldeSoul said...: No sweetie . . . I'm not mad at all . . . not even crazy.

But I spend most of my time takin' care of the Momma, and not able to enter this contest much.

So, this, and the one I did a few days ago are likely to be my only shots at this.

That being so, I thought of a [semi]cute way to stretch it out as much as possible.

I'm just like everyone else, trying to enter as much as I can without COMPLETELY neglecting the rest of my obligations.

I've enjoyed reading some of these entries. Mostly they've all been good fun.

Good Luck everyone; January 20, 2012 at 1:14 AM
ducknme said...: @AnOldeSoul - I'm not really upset either, I'm just playing the game. I know you are too.; January 20, 2012 at 1:16 AM
ducknme said...: @Jesse Ivanhoff
Okay, it's WAY past time for bed. I tried writing a limerick for a change of pace. BE WARNED! It's awful!

Says Miss Kitty Katt,
"Saving the world's where it's at!
There's Jeff Martini,
Who's cuter than McSteamy,
And it's fun to make aliens go SPLAT!"

(I warned you!); January 20, 2012 at 2:10 AM
Jesse Ivanoff said...: @Ducknme: dang. I just got on again and for one I coulda been part of a conversation at this time of night/day! :( your limerick was good BTW! :); January 20, 2012 at 3:31 AM
Jesse Ivanoff said...: @anoldsoul: dudddddeeeee!!!!!!!; January 20, 2012 at 3:31 AM
Jesse Ivanoff said...: @anoldsoul: how could you start without me?! I couldn't even turn your trick on you BECAUSE I WASN'T THERE! fie on you, you sneaky person you! (thanks for the good luck though! you're ok as long as your not trying to steal my - or my teams - ARCs) :P; January 20, 2012 at 3:33 AM
ratkin said...: @AnOldeSoul - My; January 20, 2012 at 6:20 AM
ratkin said...: @AnOldeSoul - soul; January 20, 2012 at 6:20 AM
ratkin said...: @AnOldeSoul - is; January 20, 2012 at 6:21 AM
ratkin said...: @AnOldeSoul - young; January 20, 2012 at 6:21 AM
ratkin said...: @AnOldeSoul - enough,; January 20, 2012 at 6:21 AM
ratkin said...: @AnOldeSoul - it's; January 20, 2012 at 6:21 AM
ratkin said...: @AnOldeSoul - all; January 20, 2012 at 6:22 AM
ratkin said...: @AnOldeSoul - the; January 20, 2012 at 6:22 AM
ratkin said...: @AnOldeSoul - OTHER; January 20, 2012 at 6:22 AM
ratkin said...: @AnOldeSoul - parts; January 20, 2012 at 6:22 AM
ratkin said...: @AnOldeSoul - that; January 20, 2012 at 6:23 AM
ratkin said...: @AnOldeSoul - are; January 20, 2012 at 6:23 AM
ratkin said...: @AnOldeSoul - Over; January 20, 2012 at 6:23 AM
ratkin said...: @AnOldeSoul - the; January 20, 2012 at 6:23 AM
ratkin said...: @AnOldeSoul - Hill!; January 20, 2012 at 6:24 AM
ratkin said...: @Jesse Ivanoff - I beg to differ, missy. I am not in an insane asylum. The Home is a nursing home. It's also not in New York City. I said that I spent a good chunk of my life there, not that I'm there now.; January 20, 2012 at 6:28 AM
Jesse Ivanoff said...: @ratkin: of course. :P I totally believe you... And, I'm sure your soul is just as young as my sisters - really. :P; January 20, 2012 at 6:42 AM
Jesse Ivanoff said...: so... no one seems to be on here again. I guess it's time. Can you believe there's only 3 nights and 2 days left?????? (I guess our team had better start posting 25/8...)
so! tonight's haiku!

Kitty is awesome
Ginni is great, the GoR are
Fab. Now Gimme ARC!; January 20, 2012 at 6:55 AM
Cody Calahan said...: @jesse -- oh no you didn't say hard cover. Someone else did though. I was just pointing out that we don't get those here either. But yeah that would STINK having to wait so long.; January 20, 2012 at 7:22 AM
Cody Calahan said...: @shanna -- yeah that woulda been useful. I don't speak French but I've been wanting to learn more and more lately.; January 20, 2012 at 7:24 AM
Cody Calahan said...: I didn't think breaking your comments into one workers was considered fair play.; January 20, 2012 at 7:39 AM
Cody Calahan said...: Or; January 20, 2012 at 7:39 AM
Cody Calahan said...: are; January 20, 2012 at 7:40 AM
Cody Calahan said...: We; January 20, 2012 at 7:40 AM
Cody Calahan said...: okay; January 20, 2012 at 7:41 AM
Cody Calahan said...: with; January 20, 2012 at 7:42 AM
Cody Calahan said...: foul; January 20, 2012 at 7:42 AM
Cody Calahan said...: play; January 20, 2012 at 7:43 AM
Cody Calahan said...: ?; January 20, 2012 at 7:44 AM
Cody Calahan said...: Good god that's just a pain in the ass trying to post like that from my phone.; January 20, 2012 at 7:45 AM
Jesse Ivanoff said...: @Cody. Yes. It is agony! and I'm fairly sure we're not OK with foul play, but if someone's gonna put that much effort into breaking up a sentence, I guess we'll let them get away with it. For now. or... **** ****** ***. oops. didn't mean to let that spill!; January 20, 2012 at 8:13 AM
ducknme said...: @ Cody Calahan and Jesse Ivanhoff - I'm going to go out on a limb here and say I doubt breaking it all up like that is goning to count. But I was greatful for a chance to "Fie!" someone, it was fun!; January 20, 2012 at 9:28 AM
ducknme said...: @Cody Calahan - It's a pain in the posterior to post like that from your computer too!; January 20, 2012 at 9:30 AM
Jesse Ivanoff said...: @Ducknme: I figured so too, but, it was worth a try! right?; January 20, 2012 at 9:30 AM
Jesse Ivanoff said...: @cody and ducknme: it's a pain to post like that full stop!; January 20, 2012 at 9:31 AM
Jesse Ivanoff said...: can you believe its almost 2am here? I'm about to topple from exhaustion right now! So.... Imma go. But I'll be back around 3pm your time - never fear! try not to have too much fun without me!
*offers the GoR mars bar cookies*
oh! almost forgot: does anyone want my lemon meringue pie recipe?; January 20, 2012 at 9:35 AM
ducknme said...: @Ratkin - Yet you sound extreamly well preserved... pickled even.; January 20, 2012 at 9:36 AM
ducknme said...: @Jesse Ivanhoff - Sleep! Talk to you later!; January 20, 2012 at 9:37 AM
Cody Calahan said...: @ducknme -- I just figured since everybody else was doing it I would also. But yeah I don't doubt the compute makes it hard also.; January 20, 2012 at 9:40 AM
ducknme said...: @Jesse Ivanhoff - I'd LOVE you lemon pie recipe!; January 20, 2012 at 9:41 AM

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Alien Diplomacy ARC Contest

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