I have a mad crush on Mark Runsvold, the young man who’s been owning Jeopardy! for the last three days and shows no signs of slowing down. For one thing, he is mega-cute with high cheeks and strawberry blonde hair that musses very nicely. Mmm, I get all verklempt just looking at that picture.
Oh, but he’s not just another pretty face. This kid is smart, too. He demonstrates a keen knowledge across a broad spectrum of subjects, and has been smoking the competition in runaway games where they couldn’t catch him, unless of course he made a mistake in his wager. But math is one of those subjects he’s keen on. In three days he’s racked up $124,201 and shows no sign of stopping.
Cute. Smart. Rich. Trifecta!
I love Jeopardy! It’s one of my favorite shows. I like playing along, and I wonder if I would do as well as a live contestant on the show. I took the test, but they haven’t gotten back to me yet. I’d even be willing to take this guy on. Though he’d probably hand me my ass.
Cease Fire
The cyberbully who was attacking me on YouTube has, for some reason, completely backed off. I guess I wasn’t interesting enough a target. More likely he realizes I’m not the one he’s going after. Who cares, there is peace. Riley is still, as far as I can tell, not someone I agree with politically, but he’s earned a little respect from me. I promise to leave him alone if he will leave me alone, and we’ll all live happily ever after.
Just because I don’t want to be somebody’s friend that doesn’t mean I want to be their enemy. Sometimes I just don’t want to know somebody. Don’t take it personally.
As for my friend who is at the center of all this, he’s still my friend, and he’s still in the fray. That’s his business and I neither condone nor condemn. I’m just happy to have a little peace in my life.
Book Deals
Meanwhile, my new book is starting to take off. The word is spreading, albeit slowly, and its fan page on Facebook is starting to draw in fans. I’m waiting for it to hit 25 fans so that I can give the page a user name. So even if you don’t read the book, go like it on Facebook. You’d be doing me a big favor.
A few little “between the lines” factoids:
The principal of the high school, the story states, once sent a student home for having hair a half an inch too long. The real principal he is based on really did that, to my older brother Gerald. In Chapter 6, my main character is walking around an abandoned amusement part on the Lakefront and encounters a bench where he and his friends once happened upon two naked men. That really happened: it happened to my friend Gary and I while we were at Lincoln Beach one day.
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