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Did you know that research shows that laughter is the best medicine? People who are happy have lower levels of inflammatory gene responses and higher levels of antiviral gene responses. Want to prevent contracting Covid-19 then find things to laugh about—and what better way to laugh than through a funny, new book titled Costco As You Like It – A Well-Played Romantic Comedy by first-time author Casey Giffen. This romantic comedy set shares the story of two lonely hearts, a librarian named Paul and a teacher and counselor named Maddie, discovering each other over their mutual love of books in the Costco aisle. As is the case in life, the road to love is not always paved with hearts and flowers. Both fearful to give away their hearts to each other, they instead focus on other “things” (a proposed arts center) and other people’s love lives.  While Paul shyly tries to meet and date Maddie, it doesn’t go quite as planne...

If I blog on Sunday, I always try to focus on inconsequential fun. Since my reader statistics showed that many of you like to read the funny and comedic excerpts from my books and screenplays, I thought I would start the day off with humor from the California Girl Chronicles series. Enjoy! "You don't treat women like hamburger and they won't treat you like hotdog." ~ Kale, Brea and the City of Plastic "My logical smart girl side of me was screaming, 'Run Brea, run!' Yet here I was on the back of a mare with a guy who appeared to have no brains, which was really unattractive in a man. Remember I was smart and smart likes smart. Today I wasn't smart enough to get off that horse and go home." ~ Brea, Brea and the City of Plastic INT - Red-Velvet Loung - Night Tom Jones wears a boring white shirt and black trousers. He walks on stage, strips off his horrible corporate attire to reveal black disco plants and a red silk shirt. He sings, "...