Mar

29

Adopt an Elephant

March 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Orphaned elephants at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust

Orphaned elephants at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust

Thanks to Kaye McKenzie for this link to the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, to which you can contribute by adopting or fostering an orphaned elephant or rhino.

Dr. Dame Daphne Sheldrick (“the first person in the entire world to successfully hand rear newborn fully milk dependent African Elephant orphans”) explains the organization’s philosophy: “Saving wildlife and wilderness is the responsibility of all thinking people. Greed and personal gain must not be permitted to decimate, despoil and destroy the earth’s irreplaceable treasure for its existence is essential to the human spirit and the well-being of the earth as a whole. All life has just one home — the earth — and we as the dominant species must take care of it.”  Read more... (270 words, 2 images, estimated 1:05 mins reading time)

Feb

10

Unforgettable Valentine’s Day Gift

February 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment

I could have titled this post Shameless Self-Promotion, because it’s about my first book, An Erotic Alphabet. This slim volume of ABC’s for adults celebrates eroticism in all its forms, from silly to sensual, playful to X-rated.

It’s a delightful combination (if I may say so) of naughtiness and humor; one reviewer called me “the Shel Silverstein of erotica.” Here’s a sample:

Z is for the zipper
Easy access, up and down.
Nothing is much quicker
For getting to the mound.  Read more... (183 words, estimated 44 secs reading time)

Jan

5

Hanukkah in Santa Monica by Tom Lehrer

January 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Thanks to Bob Ecker for this link to Tom Lehrer’s Hanukkah in Santa Monica, a travel video if I ever saw one.

Dec

20

Hot Flashes for Christmas

December 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Please grant me the favor of occasional shameless self-promotion: The book (Hot Flashes 2: more sexy little stories and poems) I co-edited, along with Linda Watanabe McFerrin, is featured in a YouTube video. Please help us spread the link far and wide, as an experiment in virtual book promotion. We all want to learn to do that, don’t we?!

Dec

4

Happy Thanksgiving

December 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment

A young man named John received a parrot as a gift. The parrot had a bad attitude and an even worse vocabulary. Everything it squawked was rude, obnoxious and laced with profanity. John tried and tried to change the bird’s attitude by consistently saying only polite words, playing soft music and anything else he could think of to clean up the bird’s vocabulary.

Finally, John was so fed up and he yelled at the parrot. The parrot yelled back. John shook the parrot, and the parrot got angrier and ruder. In desperation, John grabbed the bird and put him in the freezer. For a few minutes the parrot squawked and kicked and screamed. Then suddenly there was total quiet. Not a peep was heard for more than a minute.  Read more... (231 words, estimated 55 secs reading time)

Dec

6

Norad Santa Tracker

December 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Thanks to Easy Going Books for this link to the Norad Santa Tracker. You might want to turn the sound down before clicking …