FYI: I will be taking vacation days the first week of July.
We can’t deny that our economic situation is precarious to
say the least. There are so many things out of our power to control in today’s
world. The truth of the matter is we don’t like the feeling of being powerless.
- Captain America, which was a blend of old fashion values of a bygone age and a hero who could beat the odds. Win the day. A hero you liked and could respect.
- Fast Five because while this crew was considered criminals they had heart and values. Plus they outsmarted a really nasty bad guy. That I loved. It highlighted the point that a family isn’t always blood but can be comrades. Plus Vin Diesel and the Rock weren’t bad to look at. I loved the precision driving, hot cars, and danger.
- Abduction, because sometimes ordinary people become heroes in extraordinary circumstances, especially when their life is on the line (there are several movies I could add here that I've seen and fit that description).
- Sherlock Holmes harks back to an older time, which is part of the appeal, but a time on the edge of so many new technological advancements. It’s the feeling of optimism and hope that draws me as well as intellect. Naturally there is plenty of action to satisfy me. And Jude Law and Robert Downey are fine specimens of manhood, lol!
- Tower Heist gave me something to laugh over while and rooting for the little guy, the ones without a lot of power and influence. But they did have brains and used them to win.
- The feel good movies: We Bought a Zoo, Friends With Benefits, Bridesmaids, Real Steel, and War Horse.
- The safety valve and laughter movies: Bad Bosses, Bad Teacher, and The Hangover (Hubs and son and they also love horror movies).
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Heroes give us hope and something to cheer on to victory.
They accomplish things we can’t but heroes like Sherlock Holmes, Batman (the
dark knight), The Phantom (the gray knight) are very human. They merely use
their brains and strength to effect changes in their world and win the day and
that offers hope to a very human population.
It tells us that individuals can make a difference
if we stand for what’s right. We can win if we act.
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A few things:
Over Coffee will be on vacation the first week in July. I'll be rerunning some articles and I will do a Insecure Writers article. Hubs is off for training for a month starting the second week of July.
A few of my favorite heroes:
1 Those wondering when Anita Clenny is coming out with a new book--later this fall and it will be a new series, Guardians of Stone (you can read a brief excerpt) yay! And she will be releasing the third in current series, Unleash The Highland Warrior (hope to have a date for you soon). I've been missing her books.
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- DONNA GRANT has a new book released in her Dark Warrior Series. The cool thing is, they're back to back releases.
- Last month it was Midnight's Master (Logan) excerpt and just released, Midnight's Lover (Ian) excerpt.
- AND if that wasn't enough to look forward to she is also starting a new series, Dark Kings which will be released as a special ebook novellas July, August,and September. These two series will have overlap stories, which I think will be very cool.
