Yes, I am techno-challenged. I've just mastered myspace--It all moves so fast! Thanks for being my friend!

I have a profile at myspace. That's about all I have. It confounds me. Glad to meet you!

Y'all are braver than me. Myspace is scary. It is also where my kids and their friends hang out--I was on there not TWO MINUTES when a friend of my son's called and said hey dude, like I just saw your mom on there! I just am not sure about that place. I like this setup. No trolls, no freaks wanting to loovvveee me. Egads. LOL.

I just friended my nieces on MySpace. Two of them haven't friended me back yet. I'm sure they must think me totally uncool.

I ain't cleaning out my garage, either. That's what the nice men with the big dumpster are for.

Entourage. Check. You bringing the Cabana Boys?

I had some guys drive a dumpster right up to the garage door. Very handy!

Dumpster Talk!

I am ordering one for next Friday! Seriously. It Is Time for MY garage to be emptied. I wonder how many dumpsters it will take...

Well, let's not start comparing the size of our dumpsters.

I'm on the myspace internets. But I do not like it there. I like it here.

Good to meet ya.

Ditto, Sean. I'm told it's not the size of the dumpster, but what you do with it that matters.

Thank you for being my friend. There are a few people on this list that I know and I'm looking forward to getting to know others. Don't know much about dumpsters though. If I did, I might have to clean up -- Definitely not one of my favorite things to do.

Well, you could always just borrow your neighbor's dumpster, Mindy. Wait...that sounded kinda dirty.

Hi, Mindy! thanks for the befriending. How's the cleaning going?

Hi, Mindy. Seems like forever since this all got started--and it's only been a week or so. Thought I'd break through the crowded room and come back over and say "howdy!"

Heh, Laura. This place is like one of those popular discos when you end up breast to chest with every other patron. Daniel just dropped a bourbon in my new 'do. It's not reacting well with the hair gel.

Hey, Lynette! Love the hat.

Mary, is that pic from the 'What's your home office look like' photos that were going around last year?'

And Scott! Totally cool to meet you, too.

Mary, is that pic from the 'What's your home office look like' photos that were going around last year?

You remembered! Complete with green bean blossom and twisted foam seal sticker. I've cleaned it since. Somewhat.

I'm here with chocolate!

Better be the good stuff, Bill.

You remembered!

Yeah. Something completely f*cked up about that, isn't there?

Well thank you for the request. Nice ta meet cha!

Well you're totally welcome. And equalmente, Jeremy!

Hi MG, thanks for adding me!

Just had to drop by and see what the girl with the most fabulous smile on all of Crimespace is about. "Humorous commercial fiction where people sometimes get killed" works for me! Hi, Mindy! Nice to meet you.

Most fabulous smile? My head totally exploded. It'll take me hours to get the globs off the wallpaper.

Any friend of Ken Bruen is a friend of mine

Ken's a really nice man, Jack. And pleased to know you, Kathy!

Hi MG. Phoenix, huh? I lived there for about 5 years til 115 degree summers and cat-sized cockroaches got the better of me.

Thanks for the add.

heh heh. Cause I don't write crime fiction, Kathy. My presence assures nobody can call the group exclusive.

I can handle the flying cockroaches, Mike. It's the wall climbing, ceiling suspended scorpions that sometimes send me over the edge.

Humorous commercial fiction. Mostly. My cats eat the scorpions. Seen 'em run down a palmetto bug or two also.

Hi there, thanks for inviting me to be a friend. Now what's this about Magical Realism…Hmm, sounds awesome. I’ll have to check it out.

Hi M.G., thanks for the invite! Humorous commercial fiction ... I love that!

Hello M.G., it's a pleasure to meet you and be your friend.

Flying cockroaches? Scorpions?

We're so much more civilized in NM.

Of course, there was the time I met a man whose entire left side of his face was swollen.

He'd spotted his toddler about to pick up a scorpion and rushed to smash the animal with a flip-flop. The venom flew back into his face. It looked horrible.

And, yes, you do have a lovely smile.

Very nice to meet all of you. Scorpions aren't such a problem since I put sticky tape at all the entrances.

Just dropping by to say "Hi!" M!

(Now, that was hard to punctuate. Technically, there should be a comma before "M." But can't the first exclamation point serve in the comma's place? Hm. Maybe not. Probably should have just used a comma instead, anyway. I use far too many exclamation points!)

I'll see your flying scorpions and raise you a limes-disease encrusted deer tick.

Thanks for the add. I've always enjoyed your blog comments.