tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262683133067234581.post2464469162447552055..comments2023-10-26T04:59:07.500-04:00Comments on Book Roast: Wednesday's special is...Bad to the Bone!Chris Eldinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11794946908789120139noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262683133067234581.post-80535723702395933822009-05-22T00:56:12.546-04:002009-05-22T00:56:12.546-04:00The only thing I've ever liberated was a bird. A c...The only thing I've ever liberated was a bird. A cockatiel actually. My mom's old neighbors kept her outside because honestly they were scared of birds but that didn't stop them from banging on the cage and never feeding or giving it water. Someone in their family was allergic and asked them to keep it for them. I couldn't stand seeing her trying to eat her own poop so I finally just took her home with me. She's a cranky old thing but my mom still has her (didn't want to put her through the climate change and the 6 hour car ride when I moved) nearly 10 years later!Ladytink_534https://www.blogger.com/profile/14317480621483829078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262683133067234581.post-80125920483934703252009-05-21T18:32:44.437-04:002009-05-21T18:32:44.437-04:00I liberated a huge mastiff dog. The woman on the t...I liberated a huge mastiff dog. The woman on the top floor of my apartment bldg. went away for a week, leaving her dog tied up on a very short leash on her back porch. The poor pup spilled his water the first day and couldn't reach it's food at all with the short leash. The apt. manager was trying to locate the owner, the animal rescue wanted permission from the landlord before removing the dog. Animal care said it would cost $50 to take it away and rescue it. After listening to the poor dog whine all day (I worked around the corner from where I lived) I went home climbed the back stairs to the porch released the dog and put her in my apt. with food and water. I was sick these people were wagering over a dog's welfare. I refuse to hand over the dog to the authorities until someone gave me physical proof in writing it would not be put down and they would pursue a case against this woman. The debate got pretty heated with the cops threatening to arrest me if I didn't comply. Needless to say I won that round.<br /><br />And that is my liberation moment. Of course since that day I've rescued dozens of animals and re-homed them. IndigoSage Ravenwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17143502548162174269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262683133067234581.post-49534555461118245642009-05-21T17:11:49.616-04:002009-05-21T17:11:49.616-04:00I can remember when others liberated me when I let...I can remember when others liberated me when I let them borrow a series of my books and strange how they lost them all in the mail...<br /><br />Lets see, I've been liberated from enjoying a co-workers frozen entree in the freezer since I knew she went out to lunch anyways and I was stuck having to stay since she went out...<br />:D<br /><br />Great to hear more about the new one and great roast Jeri!Caffeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11830854922444380155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262683133067234581.post-54566167582687445322009-05-21T08:48:49.379-04:002009-05-21T08:48:49.379-04:00Thanks to everyone who commented and shared their ...Thanks to everyone who commented and shared their stories of sneakiness. It was tough to choose, but Jacqueline's really cracked me up--I loved the way she "obeyed" her mom by taking the bracelets.<br /><br />So Jacqueline C., congrats! You won a signed copy of Bad to the Bone. Please send your mailing address to me at jeri AT jerismithready DOT com.<br /><br />And thanks to Chris and Shona for hosting me and roasting my book!Jerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13986567025249948237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262683133067234581.post-45966700939889880472009-05-21T03:32:39.558-04:002009-05-21T03:32:39.558-04:00I never seem to work up the nerve to liberate thin...I never seem to work up the nerve to liberate things, always think just my luck to caught. However, my brothers have gotten into some trouble a few times when they were younger and I had to liberate them from behind bars. One time, having to interrupt a date to drive 2 hours to get him out, then 2 hours back. At least my date came along to keep me company.Pam Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15707336988423231812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262683133067234581.post-228941626579085462009-05-21T02:04:44.129-04:002009-05-21T02:04:44.129-04:00So sorry I was not here to close this earlier - wo...So sorry I was not here to close this earlier - work gripped me in its deadly claw for a while. <br /><br />OK, so the roast is officially over - thank you Jeri, and will you please choose your winner?Shona Snowdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02588447219623308333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262683133067234581.post-84889068060409669162009-05-21T01:27:56.295-04:002009-05-21T01:27:56.295-04:00I remembered being somewhere between the ages of 4...I remembered being somewhere between the ages of 4 and 6 when I first liberated something. My mom and I were in a small store of some sort in a local strip mall. She had given me explicit instructions to not ask for anything that I saw there. Of course, the first thing my eyes landed upon once we entered were these amazing multi-colored plastic bangles that I had to have. Having heeded my mother's warning, I didn't ask for them. Instead, I stuffed them in the chest pocket of my Oshkosh B'Gosh overalls. As for what happened next - let's just say my bangles and I did not make it out of the store unscathed.Jacqueline C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09761461686932219434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262683133067234581.post-70119775650923640662009-05-21T00:47:57.703-04:002009-05-21T00:47:57.703-04:00I've had long hair for years and years but it was ...I've had long hair for years and years but it was getting heavy and was a pain to maintain. Then one day, I chopped it off and it was the most liberating thing I had ever done!Llehnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03808225636111637085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262683133067234581.post-23818802777058360072009-05-21T00:20:42.909-04:002009-05-21T00:20:42.909-04:00Jeri - I remember those--the translucent violet/ma...Jeri - <I>I remember those--the translucent violet/magenta ones? Too pretty to feed to the fishies. Plus they never worked.<br /><br /></I>The ones I used were a bit translucent and the colour of cola or root beer. They worked pretty well seeing as how we didn't go hungry on those camping trips. Good times. :)Pissenlithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15652379987538733088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262683133067234581.post-58931903976344686492009-05-20T23:59:19.625-04:002009-05-20T23:59:19.625-04:00I feel so boring! Dimes out of my mother's purse ...I feel so boring! Dimes out of my mother's purse is about it... Though we did find one dog here not long ago that seriously needed liberating...<br /><br />Vampire books don't really appeal to me, but this excerpt sounds great. I love pretty much anything with well- depicted animals in it...Mary Witzlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06458299046574564155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262683133067234581.post-66644196824030418882009-05-20T23:49:41.166-04:002009-05-20T23:49:41.166-04:00The most exciting thing I ever liberated?
Probabl...The most exciting thing I ever liberated?<br /><br />Probably an entire sack of candy bars. I was 6 years old (first grade) and my mom worked at the local grocery store/gas station/bar (hey, it was rural Iowa in the early 70s). I'd been watching a lot of TV at that age, and the credit card commercials fascinated me. So after the school bus dropped me off there one winter afternoon, I went inside and grabbed a paper bag and filled it up with about 20 candy bars. My mom was not working that afternoon (thankfully!), and I told the lady behind the counter, "My mommy Judy works here. CHARGE IT!" and headed out the door with my loot.<br /><br />My dad showed up about 10 minutes later, as I was walking down the country road to the lane that led to my house. I assume now that the counter lady at the store called him. I had to take the bag back (I never said it was a successful liberation) and apologize for stealing, and then he took me home and I got spanked.<br /><br />Ah, well. I'll never make a good cat burglar, I suppose. But the memory has stayed with me for 35 years.BrigidsBlesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05961181846485242923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262683133067234581.post-48698591761073215872009-05-20T23:40:35.421-04:002009-05-20T23:40:35.421-04:00I really have not "liberated" too many things in m...I really have not "liberated" too many things in my life. When I was younger (ok, much younger) I liberated a menu from a Pizza Hut just to keep as a momento of the wonderful and fun time that I had with my friends that night.<br /><br />I am so looking forward to reading Bad To the Bone! I have checked my local bookstores and they say they have a copy...but I am still waiting and checking daily!Lori Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13537616019074136004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262683133067234581.post-50406211345115717092009-05-20T23:25:42.369-04:002009-05-20T23:25:42.369-04:00Oh, jeez, I dunno...I can't say I've ever taken cu...Oh, jeez, I dunno...I can't say I've ever taken custody of a vampooch before, or anything half so exciting, but I...er...liberated my cat from the pet store, my sister from a conversation with a senile old great aunt and my brother from a closet...does that last one still count if I put him back in a minute later?Calliopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11629042066814983512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262683133067234581.post-28821550726729203162009-05-20T22:51:09.714-04:002009-05-20T22:51:09.714-04:00Pissenlit: I remember those--the translucent viole...Pissenlit: I remember those--the translucent violet/magenta ones? Too pretty to feed to the fishies. Plus they never worked.Jerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13986567025249948237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262683133067234581.post-57744606064000268922009-05-20T22:35:50.335-04:002009-05-20T22:35:50.335-04:00*shudder* I was more of a rubber worm kinda gal w...*shudder* I was more of a rubber worm kinda gal when it came to fishing.Pissenlithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15652379987538733088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262683133067234581.post-86276258317714118892009-05-20T22:03:29.627-04:002009-05-20T22:03:29.627-04:00Ah yes, worm karma. Many of us ex-fishers have mu...Ah yes, worm karma. Many of us ex-fishers have much to make up for. :-)Jerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13986567025249948237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262683133067234581.post-56882666508268412152009-05-20T21:49:26.440-04:002009-05-20T21:49:26.440-04:00Jeri, I had a brief moment when I thought eww, a w...Jeri, I had a brief moment when I thought eww, a worm. Then I thought to myself, I'm a man, I can touch a worm! Then I remembered all the poor worms I drowned when I used to fish and figured I owed their side some love. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262683133067234581.post-8084798465338906082009-05-20T21:44:30.018-04:002009-05-20T21:44:30.018-04:00strugglingwriter: Aww, how good of you. We had a c...strugglingwriter: Aww, how good of you. We had a conversation on Twitter a few weeks back about what to do with worms on the sidewalk (there seem to be a lot this year!).<br /><br />I'm sure it made its way back underground. It's amazing how fast they can slip into the dirt when they're motivated. :-)Jerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13986567025249948237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262683133067234581.post-30801899977866697892009-05-20T21:32:41.609-04:002009-05-20T21:32:41.609-04:00I liberated an earthworm from certain doom this we...I liberated an earthworm from certain doom this week. Seriously. My wife, daughter, baby son, and I were taking a walk and a poor earthworm was struggling on the sidewalk. Of course the daughter noticed. So, I picked up the little guy and put him in the grass. <br /><br />When we walked back through he wasn't there, so he must've made his way back into the ground. Or a bird got him. Whatever. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262683133067234581.post-229305872438923852009-05-20T20:47:05.625-04:002009-05-20T20:47:05.625-04:00Hmm, those links didn't run together when I previe...Hmm, those links didn't run together when I previewed the comment. Let me try again:<br /><br /><A HREF="http://www.jerismithready.com/books/wicked-game/shane.htm" REL="nofollow">Shane</A><BR><A HREF="http://www.jerismithready.com/books/wicked-game/Jim.htm" REL="nofollow">Jim</A><BR><A HREF="http://www.jerismithready.com/books/wicked-game/spencer1.htm" REL="nofollow">Spencer</A><BR><A HREF="http://www.jerismithready.com/books/wicked-game/monroe.htm" REL="nofollow">Monroe</A>Jerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13986567025249948237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262683133067234581.post-1846424633233573662009-05-20T20:43:48.606-04:002009-05-20T20:43:48.606-04:00Well, I may have helped steal a few things in coll...Well, I may have helped steal a few things in college, like the aforementioned signs. ;-)<br /><br />As for other projects, I have a young adult urban fantasy series starting next year with SHADE, about a girl on a quest to discover why she and everyone younger than her can see ghosts. She'd like to make them all go away, until her boyfriend dies and becomes a ghost himself (kinda complicates things ;-). And I still have three more vampire books to write, so I keep very busy! <br /><br />I do have a few short stories, tying in to the vampire series, the "origin stories" of each of the vampires. I put them up free on my website to give my readers a little something to hold them over between books, or new readers a taste of my writing:<br /><br /><A HREF="http://www.jerismithready.com/books/wicked-game/shane1.htm" REL="nofollow">Shane</A><A HREF="http://www.jerismithready.com/books/wicked-game/Jim.htm" REL="nofollow">Jim</A><A HREF="http://www.jerismithready.com/books/wicked-game/spencer1.htm" REL="nofollow">Spencer</A><A HREF="http://www.jerismithready.com/books/wicked-game/monroe.htm" REL="nofollow">Monroe</A>They're all very different, since they're told in the voices of the different DJs, and of course since they were created in different time periods, they're set in those years, from the 1940s up to the 1990s.<br /><br />And like the books themselves, each story has its own playlist you can listen to while you read! :-)Jerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13986567025249948237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262683133067234581.post-9935446695460104312009-05-20T20:28:04.123-04:002009-05-20T20:28:04.123-04:00Ah, uni days. I've just remembered I did once have...Ah, uni days. I've just remembered I did once have a traffic cone in my room at university, and I'm pretty sure it wasn't a gift. <br /><br />Jeri, you haven't 'fessed up to anything yet...<br /><br />Do you have any other writing plans - short stories, stand alones, articles?Shona Snowdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02588447219623308333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262683133067234581.post-63183708011401597102009-05-20T19:46:11.464-04:002009-05-20T19:46:11.464-04:00Jeri - Now I know what my nightmare will consist o...Jeri - <I>Now I know what my nightmare will consist of tonight--Bob, the liberated marionette, running wild through the world. Tell me you don't live in North America.<br /><br /></I> I could totally tell you I don't live in North America! But then I'd be lying. :D <br /><br />Ya, sorry, I know marionettes aren't everyone's cup of tea. I on the other hand loved those Gerry Anderson shows done with Supermarionation(best word EVER). I figured the story of Bob was more fun than the time a few university friends and I got really bored late at night and went around liberating rolls of toilet paper from every other floor's bathrooms in dorm. *snicker*Pissenlithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15652379987538733088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262683133067234581.post-40810767795150271202009-05-20T19:23:45.125-04:002009-05-20T19:23:45.125-04:00laughingwolf: Yay, dogs rule! Oh wait, no, that's...laughingwolf: Yay, dogs rule! Oh wait, no, that's cats rule, dogs drool, according to my cat. So your solution to liberating your sister was to jump your own self out the window? Interesting angle to take.<br /><br />Charles: Found beer is the tastiest! Or is that free beer? Same thing, I guess.<br /><br />Bridget: Now you shall be forever known throughout the internet as the Hanger Savior.<br /><br />Chris: Oh yes, I agree--anything with DO NOT STEAL written on the front is just begging for it. You almost have an obligation.<br /><br />Riva: Oh, the shame! That must have made you feel awful. Sounds like her tactic really worked, though. :-)<br /><br />Shona: I do have them loosely planned out (for now, heh). At this point I have five books planned for this series. Book 3 is already in rough draft form, Book 4 has a few pages of outline and some notes, and my entire plan for Book 5 can be summed up in one sentence (sorry, can't reveal it ;-).<br /><br />Thanks so much for having me here!Jerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13986567025249948237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262683133067234581.post-2708903215671948002009-05-20T19:16:59.875-04:002009-05-20T19:16:59.875-04:00You all have some great stories of, uh, liberation...You all have some great stories of, uh, liberation here. <br /><br />Shona: I bet the painting stealers just acted as if they were supposed to be moving it. Chutzpah is half the battle in open-air theft (also known as con artistry ;-)<br /><br />Pissenlit: Now I know what my nightmare will consist of tonight--Bob, the liberated marionette, running wild through the world. Tell me you don't live in North America.<br /><br />Chris: Yikes, good point about getting your hand chopped off. Probably not worth the rush of liberation.<br /><br />Amygdalia: I think I had a few library books from high school that became mysteriously "lost." And I definitely remember the phenomenon of sign stealage among college males. My friends used to take the sign from the student center, the one with the moveable letters for events, rearrange the letters to say something dorky and/or obscene, and then put it back.Jerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13986567025249948237noreply@blogger.com