The Bad Influence Speaks

12.2 Hump Day Quote: Sherrilyn Kenyon

I learned the bad guys are not always bad, the good guys are not always good, and to quote Captain Barbossa, the parameters are like rules, mostly guidelines. And that it takes a little bit of bad boy to fight the evil in the world.
--Sherrilyn Kenyon (Phantom in the Night)

It's Turkey Time!

Thanksgiving has arrived once again. The turkey is stuffed and in the oven (well, ok, it's a chicken since my sister and mom don't like turkey), the dough for honey rolls is rising on the counter, the pie is in the fridge cooling, and the sides don't need to go in for another few hours.

It's time for the Bad Influence Speaks (or BIS if you prefer) to pause and give thanks for what I have in my life. I am thankful for:

My interesting, if somewhat insane, family

My spectacular Heffas who help keep me sane

Being employed and earning a paycheck (no matter how dainty it may be)

Having health insurance (even though I'm having to pay out of pocket to get it myself and don't get me started on that)

All the well done, and entertaining shows available on television such as Supernatural (CW), NCIS, NCIS: LA, The Big Bang Theory, Criminal Minds, CSI: NY (CBS), Ace of Cakes (Food Network), Being Human, Doctor Who (BBCA), Sanctuary, Eureka (SyFy), White Collar (USA) and V (ABC) that bring so many laughs and thoughtful moments (and really are the main point of this blog)

My favorite authors (whether or not they're still publishing the series) such as Sherrilyn Kenyon, Laurell K Hamilton, Kim Harrison, Charlaine Harris, Janet Evanovich, and Elizabeth Peters.  I promise I will start adding my reviews of books and series soon.

Dungeons and Dragons Online which provides regular hours of stress relief

And, last but not least, all the good readers who keep up with BIS blog

Happy Thanksgiving and I hope you have much to be thankful for as well.

11.25 Hump Day Quote: Jordan Sonnnenblick

Note to self: It's hard to attain a state of no-mind when you're incredibly pumped up on tea and sugar and have to urinate every three and a half minutes.
~ Jordan Sonnenblick, Zen and The Art of Faking It

11.18 Hump Day Quote: Douglas Adams

The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.

~Douglas Adams

11.11 Hump Day Quote: Veteran's Day

 

Honor to the soldier and sailor everywhere, who bravely bears his country's cause. Honor, also, to the citizen who cares for his brother in the field and serves, as he best can, the same cause.

~Abraham Lincoln

And nobody has the right to judge a soldier from the warmth and safety of their armchair.

~Karen Traviss

Happy 234th Birthday, US Marine Corps!

Special Birthday Message for the 234th Birthday of the Marine Corps

I wanted to send out a special Happy Birthday and a giant Thank You to all the members of our US Marine Corps and also to their families for all their sacrifices and support in defense of our great nation.  Happy Birthday and Thank You!

If you see a Marine today, shake their hand (or hug them), and wish them a happy Corps birthday.