About me:
BUG BOY by Eric Luper:
He can win, place, or show but what is the true cost of success?
It is the summer of 1934 and, even at the height of the Great Depression, money is no object for the elite at Saratoga Race Course, the premier track for the most popular sport in America. The trouble is that it’s not that way for most, especially the penniless track workers. However, fifteen year-old Jack Walsh’s stint as an exercise boy is over. From the first time he breaks from the gate as an apprentice jockey, or bug boy, he is a sensation. His newfound success brings him all sorts of attention, including that of a brainy, blond beauty who is more involved with the gritty underbelly of the track than she lets on. But Jack is also pursued by someone whose attention he doesn’t want, someone who viciously presses him to break his code as a jockey for a payoff that is hard to resist.
Set amid the rough backstretch of Thoroughbred racing, this edge-of-your-saddle read follows the course of a young athlete whose rise to glory is accompanied by ever-increasing pressure to do something that could leave him in the dirt.
ERIC LUPER lives in Albany, New York, and is an avid horse-racing fan, although he readily admits to leaving the track most days with less money than he came with. Of his first novel, Big Slick, Kirkus Reviews said, “Luper's authentic first-person narrative captures teen frustrations, feelings of confinement, and the mottled world of poker . . . Powerful.”
Visit him at
ericluper.com.
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Nov 10 2009 3:18 PM
Nov 2 2009 6:14 PM
and 6 hours picking the person they will live with in that House!
You and Your mate share constant thoughts and feelings everyday,
so like it or not, YOU BECOME 2 BEINGS SHARING 1 MIND!
Prinze Royal Elite
Da Kingz N Da Building
Yez!
Oct 30 2009 2:32 AM
Then, i close my eyes, take a couple deep breaths, RELAX...And ask myself, "WHAT IF all I saw was what I WANTED TO SEE?" Then, I open my eyes. I see the sun, I see the blue sky, I see my girls smiling back at me, I see life...
And then, lo and behold, I see nothing but OPPORTUNITY...
Tankism #32
http://TankJones.com
Thanks for reading. And if you enjoy these little sayings I send out, take a look at my site, http://TankJones.com and take a look at my blogs. You can also see a lot of pics of events I've done, music I've made and learn about my foundation.
Enjoy the rest of your day :)
Oct 26 2009 2:19 PM
So Be it;
Death I Laugh at You!
You can only take me once
and not b4 my time.
This I know is true
so until that time/its time to meet you
I will Live Hard, Love Hard
And Make All My Dreams Cum True!
So YOU Death to whom 'Most Men Fear',
You Powers, Your Wrath
I Do not Care!
And Yes I have the balls
so Yez I do dare
to taunt you, for you scare me not;
Because I embrace Life until the Day That I drop!
So Fear You NEVER and No Being on Earth
This is How I'll Always Feel while I on God's Green Earth!
Prinze Royal Elite
Da Kingz N Da Building
Yez!
Oct 23 2009 8:05 PM
Oct 22 2009 12:30 AM
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Hope you have a happy Fall and a Happy Halloween!
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Coming 2010, Heartstone from Mundania Press
Sep 29 2009 3:03 AM
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Thanks for your friendship and welcome to my world!
Hugs,
Marilyn
Sep 22 2009 11:09 PM
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How are you?
Robert
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Aug 26 2009 3:44 AM
When you wake up in the morning be sure to ask yourself, "Am I looking for LIFE to bless me today or to give me a struggle?"
MINDSET: it's the steering wheel to the vehicle that drives our lives. Which way you going today? :) Take care
Aug 26 2009 12:55 AM
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Aug 22 2009 8:52 PM
A poem to accompany my Samantha Comix:
AAAAhh the sounds of bells
the ringing in my ear
is it a sound to love or a sound to fear
The alarm clock has that buzz
The time is drawing near
The days off will soon become was
as back to school is here.
The children at first miss their friends
and it's a happy time with pretense
Then snaps the reality of homework
and projects to drive one berserk
and here comes the state with their test
and parents really know for months
they will have no rest!
<3 Remie James
If the item appears too small to read the comic blurb if you click on it you should be able to read it better.
Enjoy.
<3 Remie
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Jul 15 2009 6:02 AM
Look at life from the perspective of what you have NOW, what you are grateful for NOW. If you continue to look into the PAST as to what you have lost, when you open your PRESENT, you will not like what you get. However, by focusing firmly on where you are directing your FUTURE by thinking on those things which are good and pure and what you do want to happen, as you unfold your PRESENT, you will find the gift that you know you really want. And, it really is that simple. As a wise person once said: If you believe you can't, you're rightif yet if you believe you CAN, you're right. What do you believe? :)