Freakin’ Hilarious Video and Support This Entreprenuer
My hero: Steven Slater of Jet Blue. This Chinese re-enactment is priceless. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBvakgglAPM
Purchase these tin banks from this man: http://www.blueq.com/shop/114-catId.117440656_114-productId.0.html
He and my sister had a wonderful conversation via the internet. She kept trying to purchase a tin bank, but the site repeatedly refused her credit card. As instructed per the site, she emailed the webmaster about the problem. The webmaster is, of course, the owner of the store. He responded - My dear sweet (let’s call her) Mary. I believe the problem may lie in the year you’ve entered. I don’t recall credit cards being readily available in the year 1012. Perhaps you’d like to purchase the bank with a bag of grain or a wheel of cheese or a skin of wine? Thus was born a friendship! I love these banks! See if you can view both sides.
I’m an interviewee at Michelle’s Book Blog today, Saturday - please drop by - http://michellesramblins.blogspot.com/
You’ll even get to see a real photo of me and you might win a prize! Here’s her review of Captured. It’s lovely.
Captured is the first book I have read by author Julia Rachel Barrett and I really enjoyed it.
Mari Damon never in her wildest imaginings, thought she would find herself being held captive in a cage on a spaceship. Trying to get her bearings, Mari listens as her captors discuss their cargo. The language sounds familiar - Mari can almost pick out a word or two - and with time and patience she is sure she can speak this language.
Ekkatt has never had one of the females wake ahead of schedule. When the red haired female speaks to him - he responds in English, telling her she must go back to sleep. But when the female attempts to carry on a conversation with him - Ekkatt is amused and curious. Surely it would not hurt to allow her to remain awake.
Mari sees befriending Ekkatt as her only chance of survival - but she is not aware of the strict laws the Attun race have in place. Human women are seen as nothing more than cattle - and the Attun do not interact with cattle.
Captured is a great read. The entire premise of this book is unlike any I have read before and I would be happy to read more. 
I give Captured 4 out of 5 stars.
