After the Amazon fail brouhaha, he's another one:

Encrypted ebooks now have geographic restrictions.  These ebooks cannot be sold outside the US or Canada.  So if you're a fan of Charlaine Harris, J.R. Ward, Laurell K. Hamilton, James Patterson and all of the famous and big authors out there, you're out of luck if you don't live in the US or Canada ( Read more... )

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       Imagine you're a man in the 17th century, in the time where loving other man is still punishable by death.  Imagine that you've just met a beautiful man forever scarred both physically and emotionally, scarred to the point of violent insanity.  How do you save a man that looks like he's beyond redemption when you could hardly save yourself?  ( Read more... )

Where I live, a man and a woman cannot go in a public restaurant to eat if they are not husband and wife.  If the couple is married, they must carry their marriage certificate at all times.  If they are caught without one they go to jail.  And believe me,  being in jail here is your worst nightmare.  Welcome to my world.

Here's the awful truth:  ( Read more... )

Here 's the 2nd Showtime Chat with Gale.  I found quite a few of Gale's POV interesting.

Showtime Chat - February 10th, 2002

Moderator1: Welcome everyone! Thanks for signing on for our chat with Gale
Harold, who plays "Brian" on QAF. After studying briefly at American University in
Washington, D.C. on a soccer scholarship, Gale went on to study Fine ( Read more... )

The father of my patient made a complaint against the nurses today.  He was pissed off because we had to wake him up at home to come attend to his daughter, who was in ICU screaming, asking for her father.  His reason:  He spent the whole day at work and needs his sleep.  He said we should have just knocked her out with sedatives and not bother him ( Read more... )

I just want to share this. It's Gale Harold's Showtime Chat with fans January 2001. I've never seen it before and by the time I've finished, I couldn't decide if I should be in awe or be horrified.

(Jan 2001) '[Transcript from Showtime Livechat with Gale Harold]'
courtesy of xof; [from Talkcity Chat January 28st, 2001]

Showtime: Thanks for signing ( Read more... )