Teaser Tuesday

Here's how to play.

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!) 

This is from Furious Love: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and the Marriage of the Century by Sam Kashner and Nancy Schoenberger. There are many references to Mike Todd, Taylor's third husband, the one who died in a plane crash who left her a widow at 26. Because their marriage was so short and ended so tragically, she romanticized him for the rest of her life. Here's how the humorist SJ Perelman described Todd in real time:

Todd’s living up to his legend, standing off from himself and admiring this Napoleonic figure he’s created by producing War and Peace and The Life of Toscanini at the same time he’s releasing Oklahoma! and preparing Around the World in 80 Days and sleeping with 16 dames alternately and flying back from Las Vegas and leaving for Paris tomorrow and arriving from London yesterday.

 

 

November Challenge: Day 25

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November Challenge: Something you're currently worrying about

This year, at the age of 67, for the very first time, I am working retail on Black Friday.

My former boss Ceecee and current coworker Rose tell me it's nothing to worry about because we have no special Black Friday sales.

My regular shift manager Jen tells me it's important and stressful because shoppers who come in on Black Friday are very serious about their holiday decor, cards and wrapping, so I'd better be ready.

 Our new, part-time store manager Katie gave me the shift as a favor -- she is trying to give me as many hours as she can now because come January I'll be down to one day/week. But despite her good intentions, I'm annoyed. I took this job because I expected no stress!

I will be happy when it's November 30 and I'm looking back on this.

 

 Photo by Andreas Rasmussen on Unsplash.