Titles Reminder
“Any titles coming in?” says Spence.
“Yes,” says Admin, “but I’m sworn to secrecy.”
“Should we remind everyone what this is all about?”
“How can it hurt?” Admin says. “The point is you out there have a chance to name the next Chet and Bernie mystery. All I know about it is it takes place mostly in the Big Easy and nearby bayou country. Please email spencerquinntitles@gmail.com with your title ideas in the subject line. That way we’ll have them all in one place – always the goal of the small-time bureaucrat!”
Welcome Dirty Harry from Tasmania, Flyn (good to see you again!), Riley, Murphy.
Tags: bayou country, Chet and Bernie 6, New Orleans, titles
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9:08 am on October 10th, 2012
Good Morning All!
Macy, tell your ma a B-I-G congratulations from all of us Howlers!
Also, that Airborne is a miracle drug. Just one, and this morning our mom is feeling tip-top!
Spencer, hurray for the 1st Amendment!
9:36 am on October 10th, 2012
I already sent in my title suggestion.
Good morning all.
9:39 am on October 10th, 2012
Stumped!…I’m stumped on a title…grunt!…Can’t come up with one good one. Maybe I am thinking about the Bayou to much…wuffle!
9:41 am on October 10th, 2012
Wolfie blurring up top!
10:38 am on October 10th, 2012
Good Morning All!
I hope we get to see some of the titles that are sent in.
Congratulations to Macy’s Mom! These are going to be much better working conditions.
My mom is about ready to take an Airborn just on general principal.
Lots of baseball games today. (Butterscotch)
10:55 am on October 10th, 2012
Butterscotch pie again?
11:02 am on October 10th, 2012
Yes, Please
We will never get tired of butterscotch pie.
11:03 am on October 10th, 2012
Go Yankees! B, have you ever made key lime pie?
11:05 am on October 10th, 2012
Spence said something about the title for the new book at the book signing but sadly it has slipped through the cracks of my memory.
Baseball!!! (Yes, B, Butterscotch is a fan favorite)
11:05 am on October 10th, 2012
Don’t forget the whipped cream!
11:23 am on October 10th, 2012
LOL! Okay, butterscotch and key lime coming up. (I never forget the whipped cream.)
11:26 am on October 10th, 2012
Base of balls.
Natasha vill have slice of butterscotch too. Vith vhip cream please
11:30 am on October 10th, 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpiZ1bpGVVA&playnext=1&list=PL08041D8F78941398&feature=results_video
For all the plunderers dealing with loss of family.
11:34 am on October 10th, 2012
This version has the words.
DANGER: It will make you cry.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vW2TpW4gCt8&feature=related
11:40 am on October 10th, 2012
Morning all. Staff, I might as well wait a few minutes when I’ll be crying for no reason.
The guys are here painting the house on the inside. It’s raining outside. They are almost done. Thank Dog.
To celebrate my first pumpkin (not the one from the tree) that grew, I have made Spiced Pumpkin Soup with Shrimp.
Dinner will be served 6 pm Blog time.
11:54 am on October 10th, 2012
I thought it might be fun to have a reason, Melanie.
Soup sounds warm and yummy.
Pie just sounds yummy.
12:03 pm on October 10th, 2012
Staff – that was outstanding.
12:05 pm on October 10th, 2012
Oh Yeah, We love Key Lime Pie, but hate lemon pie. Go figure.
12:06 pm on October 10th, 2012
Staff, That was very thoughtful of you.
12:44 pm on October 10th, 2012
Thank you, Staff.
12:49 pm on October 10th, 2012
Siber-H, I understand that sentiment exactly.
12:50 pm on October 10th, 2012
Melanie is sharing her soup with us!
12:57 pm on October 10th, 2012
Remember that Humane Society Walktoberfest we did? Here is a photo of our pack.
1:09 pm on October 10th, 2012
Fellow Sibers, It took me a few minutes, but I found you guys in it. You should be in front where the kids are. IMHO
1:23 pm on October 10th, 2012
Siber, we don’t understand why, but Mom didn’t trust those kids to hold onto us. Besides, the photographer’s assistant talked us all into jumping up on the table to pose.
1:27 pm on October 10th, 2012
O.Howlers: We are proud of you. A very nice photo.
1:28 pm on October 10th, 2012
Fellow Sibers, Mom understands why.
1:51 pm on October 10th, 2012
OHs, that is a great photograph!
1:52 pm on October 10th, 2012
Thanks for all the good wishes. Now I just need to drag her downstairs to get ready. Howlers, how many of you were there?
1:57 pm on October 10th, 2012
What would happen if the kids held onto the Sibers?
Is Mollypop’s Mom going to the doctor about the lump in her calf?
2:07 pm on October 10th, 2012
Macy, There were 24 2-leggeds and 13 of our kind. Not everyone obeyed Mom’s rules about STAY for the picture, because ther was so much stuff to do, including that VIP tent with the good food and beer. Yumm.
2:10 pm on October 10th, 2012
I know the answer to Bee’s question. Those kids would have been taken for a sled ride, minus the sled! Tee hee!
2:12 pm on October 10th, 2012
The kids might let go of the Sibers and the Sibers might take off. I would, unless there was food around.
Mom won’t let anyone, except Molly the Husky’s mom, walk or hold me on a leash.
I am one of those Sibers that will try to back out of a coller to escape if I see something cool…like a skunk. Mom did break me of that after she adopted me.
2:19 pm on October 10th, 2012
There was food aplenty in that tent across the field. And beer. I would not have left the stadium. Honest.
2:23 pm on October 10th, 2012
LOL!
2:27 pm on October 10th, 2012
Dima: Famous last words, “I promise.”
2:28 pm on October 10th, 2012
Did I ever tell you guys about my friend (about C.Hobbit’s size) who was walking two of her Newfs and she didn’t let go of the leashes?
OleyHowlers. Nice Picture.
My sister has decided that YSAS was the “Featured Dead Guy” snicker.
2:39 pm on October 10th, 2012
Hey youse wiseguys! Mom actually did let one of those young girls walk me. She wanted to walk a husky so bad and I, being the upstanding, obedient, calm dude that I am, was the logical choice.
3:00 pm on October 10th, 2012
Melanie: I wonder if it was anything like the time Bev was walking our malamute Max and refused to let go of the leash when he took off across a muddy potato field to see his lady friend. It was the only time in my life I can recall Bev swearing.
3:02 pm on October 10th, 2012
I would say Bev learned such words from Rio, but our resident evil pug was nothing more than a burp in his friend’s eye when it happened.
3:09 pm on October 10th, 2012
Melanie, Tell us the story
Rebecca, I have learned a LOT of words since I have been hanging out with Rio.
3:13 pm on October 10th, 2012
Dima: How was the walk?
3:14 pm on October 10th, 2012
YSAS was essential to that episode of Elementary.
3:14 pm on October 10th, 2012
SiberH: Not the least of which is ‘snort.’
4:19 pm on October 10th, 2012
Macy: Before I forget, please tell your mom congratulations on the job!
5:11 pm on October 10th, 2012
Bee, it was not much of a walk, unless they are counting that mob of 2- and 4-leggeds that went around the block before we came back inside the stadium for our photo and the Big Party.
5:19 pm on October 10th, 2012
The Nationals lost to the Birds 8-0. This can’t be happening.
sniff
5:21 pm on October 10th, 2012
Siber: This is not good.
5:59 pm on October 10th, 2012
Soup is on! Spiced with ginger, calantro, allspice and garlic.
Friend was walking two of her Newfs (she has nineteen) on her snow covered one mile driveway. The Guys smell and then see a deer at the far end of the driveway and TAKE OFF.
She does not let go of their leashes while acting as a snow plow. EVEN when they go on either side of a tree and she breaks her collarbone!
The air was blue around her. I imagine sort of like the air around Bev!
6:02 pm on October 10th, 2012
Melanie: I am sure the air was blue around Bev, but she wouldn’t have known it. She, the cleanest woman I know, was covered from head to toe in mud. First and only time I’ve heard her swear, and quite honestly, the first time I’ve heard Coach giggle like a little girl.
6:05 pm on October 10th, 2012
How do you make pumpkin soup?
6:05 pm on October 10th, 2012
Melanie, we would like some of that soup, please.
Funny stories about your Newf friend, and Bev.
6:19 pm on October 10th, 2012
I giggled like a little girl just a few minutes ago.
I woke Maggie up from Nap#2 and started to put on her shoes. “Is that right?” she asked. Nope, it was not right.
For some reason I have been putting her shoes on the wrong feet. I never did before. But in the 2 weeks since Dawson has been gone I have done it three times. This was the third.
As I was removing and correcting the shoes we both started to giggle. It felt great.
I wonder why I have been doing it. Any ideas?
6:22 pm on October 10th, 2012
Comment moderated. I forgot about the ‘shows’.
I giggled like a little girl just a few minutes ago.
I woke Maggie up from Nap#2 and started to put on her s*h*o*e*s. “Is that right?” she asked. Nope, it was not right.
For some reason I have been putting her shoes on the wrong feet. I never did before. But in the 2 weeks since Dawson has been gone I have done it three times. This was the third.
As I was removing and correcting them we both started to giggle. It felt great.
I wonder why I have been doing it. Any ideas?
6:23 pm on October 10th, 2012
Try number three.
Comments moderated. I forgot about the ‘shows’.
I giggled like a little girl just a few minutes ago.
I woke Maggie up from Nap#2 and started to put on her shoos. “Is that right?” she asked. Nope, it was not right.
For some reason I have been putting her shoos on the wrong feet. I never did before. But in the 2 weeks since Dawson has been gone I have done it three times. This was the third.
As I was removing and correcting them we both started to giggle. It felt great.
I wonder why I have been doing it. Any ideas?
6:31 pm on October 10th, 2012
Staff: My guess is that you like keeping Maggie on her toes. 🙂
6:31 pm on October 10th, 2012
Staff: Well, it was good for a laugh at least.
Melanie: Here too…soup please. Yum! And, after this, I’ll have some pie.
6:37 pm on October 10th, 2012
Baseball! Can I lick the bowl?
6:42 pm on October 10th, 2012
Eww A broken collarbone would hurt, but bless your friend’s heart, Melanie. She hung on.
6:43 pm on October 10th, 2012
Staff: Were you looking at them upside-down?
6:44 pm on October 10th, 2012
Oh My, Rebecca said the eight letter word.
7:15 pm on October 10th, 2012
The soup you all are having . . . I prepared the pumpkin by cutting it up and putting it in the crockpot with a bit of butter, pepper and some chicken stock. Let it get soft. Then I drained it and put it in the blender and set it aside.
I took some sliced onion, sliced carrots, cilantro, all spice, minced garlic and grated ginger and simmered it in butter with some chicken stock until the carrots were soft and put it in the blender.
Back in the pan with that, added the cooked shrimp, pumpkin, 1 cup of milk and more chicken stock until it looked right. Heated through.
Yummers. I use an organic chicken stock very low in sodium.
7:16 pm on October 10th, 2012
Staff, I watch the clock in the mirror when brushing my teeth. I have no know idea which way is clockwise.
Our brains are weird.
7:18 pm on October 10th, 2012
Pumpkin soup – one of the house recipes around these parts. Do not look at any recipe that tells you to open up a can. It ain’t all that hard to Cut the pumpkin in half, scoop out the seeds, fill both halves with water, cover with foil and bake at 400 for an hour. Let it cool down for twenty minutes and then add the stock (we make our own with whole chickens, spices, cream, etc. The result will be a bowl of pure heaven.
7:18 pm on October 10th, 2012
B. – Little Sammie has such a big mouth. I think I will call the doctor tomorrow. I know it’s a blood clot and other than not having a blood thinner other than aspirin, I’m doing what I should – elevating the leg and wearing a compression sock when walking around. It is getting better so evaluating in the morning might be the better idea.
7:19 pm on October 10th, 2012
Melanie – Hold the soup. I can be there in 5-1/2 hours.
7:20 pm on October 10th, 2012
BStover,
I am on Maggie’s right side and I am leaning over to put on the shoes. I have been wondering, since we are both right handed, if it isn’t the fact that she always sticks out her right foot first and I am always trying to put it on ‘my’ right first.
?
7:21 pm on October 10th, 2012
damn it I said shoos again and am being moderated….
BStover,
I am on Maggie’s right side and I am leaning over to put on the shoos. I have been wondering, since we are both right handed, if it isn’t the fact that she always sticks out her right foot first and I am always trying to put it on ‘my’ right first.
?
7:31 pm on October 10th, 2012
Go Tigers!
7:40 pm on October 10th, 2012
I was watching a program on tv and they interruped it to announce baseball game results…for over ten minutes. I turned off the tv in disgust.
Thank you for the recipes.
That might explain it Staff.
7:42 pm on October 10th, 2012
Mollypop’s Mom: Definitely go to the doctor. Blood clots can move and cause problems especially if it goes to the heart.
7:43 pm on October 10th, 2012
Rekayak: is that you, Noswad?
7:45 pm on October 10th, 2012
I for one am glad of Princess Sam’s appropriately sized mouth. I agree with Professor B (usually a good rule of thumb) that MPM, you should go to the vet.
7:56 pm on October 10th, 2012
Giggle!…Now there’s a fun word!…heh!…Hey, I just sent off a title idea to that email account…snort!…Do you think Spencer reads them or do they go straight to the publishe?…grunt!…I feel more ideas a’coming so I hope the deadline is not too soon…wuffle!
Wookie!…Oh no!…snuffed!…What does this mean? Are the Nationals still in the race?…wheeze!
7:57 pm on October 10th, 2012
The Giants beat the Reds 8-3
I am giving the scores of the games right here on the blog. Stover’s tv program should not have been interrupted for this.
7:57 pm on October 10th, 2012
Greetings dear Plundering Friends – we have been absent for a few days, but wanted to get back in here to say hi (and to have some of Melanie’s soup, and Bee’s pie!)
Mama has been off in a corner of the quilt, figuratively licking her wounds. Here’s what is going on.
The last Big Shew they were going to was a new venue for them in New York state. The show boasts annual attendance of 20-30 thousand people, and is the type of art show that people come specifically to buy, and gallery managers from NYC come to look for new artists. They were very excited and worked day and night to get ready for the show.
So – they got there on Friday to set up. The spot they had been promised was now not going to be used for artists, but the producer had them set up in another area that she said would be mobbed with people. Mama wasn’t thrilled with the spot because the ground was uneven, and there was a definite odor of decomposing something. And it seemed to be kind of away from the main thoroughfare of the show. But the producer kept talking about the crowds, and how they would just pile into this area. Set up was tough, and Mama even broke a small bone in one hand when she hit it with a hammer trying to put stakes into the hard, rocky ground. But, visions of huge crowds coming on the weekend made the work tolerable. They spent all Friday afternoon working on the booth, and then returned before dawn on Saturday to complete their work before the show opened.
They finished their work; the booth looked wonderful, was well stocked, and open and ready for business. But where were the people? Where were the customers? They were out on the main thoroughfare – and of the over 10 thousand people that came through the gates on Saturday, only 32 people ventured into the alcove where Mama and five other exhibitors were set up. There were no signs directing people to the alcove, no one knew they were there. Mama went to the show office to file a complaint. The producer wasn’t there, but it was said that she would be asked to come to our booth as soon as she returned. But what Mama did see was that there were 4 artists set up in the spot that she had originally been promised….wait a minute….how come???
An hour later, the producer showed up, and her first comment was that she took so long to get there because she “couldn’t find the booth”. No kidding. Neither could anyone in the crowd.
At any rate, by 5 pm, all 6 exhibitors in the Lost Alcove realized that this was hopeless. The weather forecast for the next day was rain, and by all accounts, the Monday show day is always very sparsely attended. 4 of the exhibitors were local, and said they were going home. The other artist, who had traveled a distance, had made $10 all day was throwing in the towel. So, there wasn’t much sense in Mama and Dad staying. They packed it all up, and came home.
Between the loss of the booth fee, the prepaid hotel, and 2 tanks of gas, along with the loss of opportunity to show, Mama was pretty depressed. And she was pretty sick too. So, she just crawled under the quilt, had a good cry, and went through two boxes of Kleenex, a full jar of vicks vaporub, a bottle of Vit C, plenty of hot tea and cold-eeze.
Today, she is almost over the cold, so we kicked her out from under the quilt, and told her to quit feeling sorry for herself, and get back to the business of kicking a s s and getting at least her booth fee back.
So, thanks for your good wishes and your support, and for letting us explain the whole thing. Now, its time for pie!
7:59 pm on October 10th, 2012
Title!…I hope Stover didn’t send in the same title that I did…grunt!
8:00 pm on October 10th, 2012
Golinka!…Wow! She is back with a Vengence!…heh!
8:01 pm on October 10th, 2012
Rio, The Nationals are not out, but the Birds lead this series
2-1
8:04 pm on October 10th, 2012
Grrr! I am angry for Stinky Mama! I think the booth fee should be reimbursed at the very least, to say nothing of your time and other expenses. Say the word and 50 from the kennel will pay a visit to the producer of the show. Her pant leg will never look the same again.
8:04 pm on October 10th, 2012
SiberH!…Oh thank dawg! The next game is incredibly important….snort!….When is it on anyways? Hopefully late in the afternoon so’s my friend can watch it…grunt!
8:06 pm on October 10th, 2012
Golinka!…Its time to Kick-Butt big time…growl!…How unfair and what a misery you have endured since then…gruffle!…Just say the word and I will express-mail Beau’s poop bag from our walk tonight to that producer guy…gah!
8:09 pm on October 10th, 2012
No one does righteous indignation like a pack of Plunderers on behalf of one of their own.
8:09 pm on October 10th, 2012
T&G That was a very rough, nasty, unfair, weekend. We are glad you are back with us. May all the Art Shows in your future be much brighter.
8:10 pm on October 10th, 2012
Thank you Siber H.
Sorry about those problems T&G. I still think you should have a website and sell from there.
8:13 pm on October 10th, 2012
I’m sure we didn’t send in the same title suggestions Rio.
8:15 pm on October 10th, 2012
Rio, The Nationals play again tomorrow at 2 our time.
8:17 pm on October 10th, 2012
I usually have fun with things like making up titles, but I’m stumped. So far, most of my ideas involve pugs and pugs who burp.
8:21 pm on October 10th, 2012
Royals’ – Go after those guys now that you’re feeling better. How about the Better Business Bureau also?
Rebecca – I hadn’t thought about the power of 50 dogs on a pant leg or two. I will keep that in mind if I ever need it. Power to the Plunderers!
8:30 pm on October 10th, 2012
MPM: The fact that Belle Starr seems to be able to splort on command is also a bonus.
8:38 pm on October 10th, 2012
Woo hoo – a splorted-upon, poop-splattered, shredded pant leg producer! We are absolutely feeling lots better now!
8:51 pm on October 10th, 2012
Rebecca!…A lot of my rejected titles had ‘burp’ and ‘fart’ in them..sniff!…She said I could not submit those kind…heh!..She also said, “What if a real Publisher is reading the emails?” …grunt!
8:52 pm on October 10th, 2012
Walk!…Well, someone also said she was too tired to go on the long walk, not to be confused with the brutal walk by any means, but we went anyways…cough!sneeze!grump!
9:08 pm on October 10th, 2012
Rio, keep walking and watch out for hawks.
9:17 pm on October 10th, 2012
Hawks!…Sammie, no self respecting Hawk would try and lift Beau or I off the ground…heh!…We have to watch out for Pit-Bullies on the loose…sniff!…Thats our greatest fear…shudder!
9:25 pm on October 10th, 2012
Pug! The team got chased by a pug last night on a training run. The team’s long legs were no match for the shorter member of the nation within.
9:31 pm on October 10th, 2012
Grrrr. The Plunderer Pack is ready to Rumble. Our destination? Upstate New York and the residence of a certain producer who treated our beloved Royals shamefully.
We agree with B. You should have your own website.
9:44 pm on October 10th, 2012
Rebecca!…Are you kidding me?…heh!…There is a pug living in Alaska? No way….heh!…We are always cold or always hot…sniff!…Depending on the weather, or her mothers thermostat setting..grunt!
10:04 pm on October 10th, 2012
Good Grief, Rio. Now we have to worry about you and Beau on your nightly brutal walks. With PitBullies on the loose, maybe your Friend should start carrying something to fend off potential attackers. This is akin to little Sammie’s Hawk worries.
10:05 pm on October 10th, 2012
Rio: My paw to dog. AJ said the flat headed, snaggle toothed creature chased the team for about 200 feet before saying to hell with it.
10:09 pm on October 10th, 2012
Gasp! You don’t think the pug is the plumber in disguise. Those MGs are crafty.
10:19 pm on October 10th, 2012
Molly’s Mom said if I could keep my big mouth shut, I could be her therapy dog. I didn’t know that was a requirement. I might be going to ski-less country.
10:22 pm on October 10th, 2012
I told my two legged if she wants me to keep my mouth shut, she should put a treat in it. Yum.
10:24 pm on October 10th, 2012
200 Feet!… Is that far? It sounds far for one of my kind to be running…heh!…Well I’ll be. There is a fiesty pug living in the backwoods of Alaska…snort!… Probably brewing his own version of Shine up there in the hills. Thats why he was so protective…chorkel!
10:25 pm on October 10th, 2012
Sammie!…Oh good! Now we will get to hear all the poop on MollysMom each day…heh!heh!
10:34 pm on October 10th, 2012
Rio: I bet your brutal walks are more than 200 feet. I’m sure of it.
10:36 pm on October 10th, 2012
The Yankees-Orioles game is tied up 2-2 in the tenth inning.
10:43 pm on October 10th, 2012
SiberH!…We are watching the Oakland A’s and the Detroit Tigers battle it out…heh!…Tigers are up by 2 right now…sniff!
10:44 pm on October 10th, 2012
Lock up your couch cushions!
10:49 pm on October 10th, 2012
Trot!…Beau and I do not flat-out run on our walks. That would be insanity…snort!…We use the go-to trot. The trot we can keep up for awhile before one of us has to stop wheeze, huffle, puffle, and then pretend to sniff something…grunt!…Beau goes as far as half lifting his leg after a bunch of sniffing time. In reality he just wants a little rest…heh!
11:01 pm on October 10th, 2012
Go Tigers!
11:07 pm on October 10th, 2012
Goodnight!…grump!…Just when things were getting fun she says we have to hit the sack cuz the busy-place drains her…wuffle!…Night All!
11:08 pm on October 10th, 2012
Good night, all.
11:16 pm on October 10th, 2012
I bet that Kayaker is Noswad. She said there were kayaks where she is staying in Vancouver.
good night all.
I am SOL on baseball here. The game is always on when the rents are up. Drat it all.
Go Tigers…
11:32 pm on October 10th, 2012
Hey Wose!!
The Yankees Won!
Wow, I am staying up later than Rio.
night all
12:08 am on October 11th, 2012
Not to brag, but the Giants pulled a win out of their caps again!
Golinka, that just makes me want to lift my leg on some stupid producers leg.
POWER TO THE PLUNDERERS!!!!!!
What we need now is that stupid persons email address. Nobody puts Stinky Mama in the corner!
7:26 am on October 11th, 2012
T&G, please give your mama Big Hugs from all of us. We are so sad to read about her lousy shew weekend. And it could have been so much better. Why oh why did they change her spot?