Archive for December, 2008

What Would London Do?

Current mood: bouncy
Category: Travel and Places
At 6.48pm Aleutian Time on Friday night, I was at the Internet Cafe at the Marriott Hotel in Waikiki trying to get wireless connection to email a certain Canuck. It had been a frustrating afternoon. For almost five hours, I tried valiantly to get a signal and I finally drove down [...]

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My Haunted Hawaiian Holiday

Current mood: contemplative
 
                    
I make it a point whenever I visit the Hawaiian Islands to pay homage to the deities…both my beloved Goddess Pele and the ruling human monarchs. I visit Iolani Palace, the only palace on American soil to pay my respects to Queen Lili’uokalani who ruled from this impressive establishment…and was also [...]

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Mele Kalikimaka

Current mood: happy
Category: Life
It was my turn to blog at The Many Shades of Life and Love today. Here is what I posted:
It is my happy task to be blogging today, Christmas, which just happens to be my most favorite day of the year. I pine its passing each year like the loss of a [...]

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80% Straight

Current mood: determined
Waikiki is famous for being very gay-friendly. Honolulu county, which incorporates Waikiki pushed hard for Hawaii to be the first US state to advocate gay marriage and very nearly did so until the Supreme Court overruled the flood of marriages that took place here in 1999.
And now, Waikiki, the gay hub of Hawaii [...]

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House Without a Key

Current mood: giddy
Category: Travel and Places
                
It’s my turn to blog today at my group Seven Wicked Writers and this is the post I wrote…after a couple of drinks last night!
It’s my second day in Honolulu and I have just returned from a wonderful evening with a couple of friends at the exquisite Halekulani [...]

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A Parent’s Revenge

Current mood:  amused
Category: Life

There is a long tradition of hooliganism in my family. I am ashamed to admit it, but having two Greek-born parents did not prevent me from inheriting the ‘impassioned gene during my tender years growing up in the harsh, rough-and-tumble land of Australia.
My father, a self-taught, self-made man, was somebody who found parenthood [...]

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The Ka’ai

Current mood: contemplative
Category: Art and Photography
                                 
My dad came to L.A. yesterday to spend a few of days with me before we fly to Hawaii together on Friday to meet up with the rest of the family for Christmas. I was so busy doing author chats that I left him to his own devices [...]

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December 15th 2008

Flame Rating: 4 Flames 
Cover Artist: Martine Jardin 
Release Date: December 15, 2008 
Genre: Gay, Romance, M/M, Vampire, Fantasy, Paranormal  
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The Waikiki Vampires are coming home for Christmas! Yep, those newly wed former gay porn stars Tem and Jimmy Thunder find Santa’s left them something…strange on their doorstep. A demon baby!
AJ won three REC Awards [...]

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Stage Uncle

Current mood: artistic
Category: School, College, GreekMy best friends Chris and Tracy’s daughter Eleanna had her school Christmas show last night, a sweet and fun truncated rendition of the musical Annie. It brought out the worst in stage mothers and fathers and…one particular uncle.
“Why is that girl talking over Eleanna? Why is she trying to upstage her?” [...]

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Music as Punishment

Current mood: contemplative
Category: News and Politics
                                      
We’ve all heard of the wondrous powers of music healing sick people. Former coma patients report being aware of their families playing their favorite songs…distressed children and animals are soothed by Mozart…so it was a huge shock for me to hear yesterday that the CIA is proud of [...]

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