Enjoy My New Book: Channel Surfing - An Action-Packed Comedy Thriller

Enjoy My New Book: 
Channel Surfing 
- An Action-Packed Comedy Thriller

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Surfer dude Brad is dying to catch a big wave; and he does. 

Die, that is. 

The big wave catches him. 

Paramedics bring him back. 

But he doesn’t come back alone. 

After sunset, he channels ghosts. 

Unable to control the voices blurting out of his mouth, Brad embarrasses himself and others. 

Channeling the dead isn’t always as fun as it sounds. 

Especially when slain informant Tony hijacks your vocal chords. 

Incurring the wrath of those who murdered that rat in the first place. 

Detective Rusty hears of Brad’s newfound gift and protects him from thugs Ben and Jerry, who aren't as competent as their crime boss hoped. 

Seeking to avenge his partner’s death, Rusty cons Brad into impersonating the informant on the stand. 

With danger all around, Tony double-crosses Brad too. 

What’s a channeling surfer to do? 

About 98 pages.  Only $2.99 in Kindle; and $6.95 in print. 

Action, excitement, and laughter abound in this comedy thriller, which also includes romance and mystery, to provide something fun for everyone.

I hope you have as much fun reading “Channel Surfing” as I did writing it, creating a fun assortment of characters, even the minor ones like Madame Tatiana and Renfroe. 

Clean language. I’d rate it PG-13, because of the crime and shootouts. 

Please let me know what you like best.

Many thanks. 

Blessings & Joy,

Dean

The ImprovAddicts perform VCR!

Dean’s Money-Saving Tips

Dean’s Money-Saving Tips

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~ The first step is to keep track of where your money goes. 

Write down every penny you spend. 

Examine the list to see what you can do without. 

And then do without it. 

~ Don’t buy what you don’t need. 

Fix what you can. 

Or do without. 

~ You can save at least $40 a month, by getting rid of your cell phone. 

But only if you’ve competed the one-to-two-year (or however long) agreement. 

~ You can save $40 or so (depending on how much you pay) a month, by getting rid of your gym membership. 

~ You can save more money per month, by getting rid of cable TV. 

Watch the shows you like on Hulu.com and other such sites; sometimes even the networks’ own sites. 

Get a digital to analog TV converter box, so you can watch with an antennae. 

Usually costs a one-time fee that would be less than paying for a month or two of cable. 

You won’t get to see as many shows, but you can use the time you would normally waste watching TV to find the cure to cancer or invent a way to turn tapioca pudding into gold. 

Or some other way to become mega-rich; and then you can buy your favorite network; and have them run the shows and movies you want to see. 

~ Shop only once a week! That way you have to think of what you really, really want and need. 

Write down what you need from the grocery store; and stick to your list when shopping. 

Keep track of what you don’t eat. 

If you throw away a bag of spinach every week or two, maybe you’re not eating spinach as much as you think you are. 

How many melons must go bad, before you realize you’re just not a melon guy or gal? 

~ Wait until movies come out on DVD to watch them!

DVD rental is cheaper than going to a movie theater. 

Plus, if you miss something, you can rewind. 

And if you can’t understand what the actors say, you can turn on the subtitles. 

Of course, some movies need to be seen on the big screen!

Like Inception where the buildings collapse on themselves. 

Or superhero movies, like The Avengers, The Amazing Spider-Man, 
The Dark Knight Rises. 

Sadly, Jaws loses a lot of its impact on a small screen. 

Which frightens you more a 25-foot shark? 

Or a 25-inch schnook? 

I know, I know, it depends on whether or not the schnook can shoot lasers from its eyes. 

~ Here are the money-saving steps for seeing a movie, 

from most to least expensive. 

Most Expensive: Grand opening of a movie with all your friends going to see it: 

Pay full price at the theater. Just don’t eat movie snack food/drinks. 

Expensive: Matinee price at the movie theater. 

Medium-Priced: The discount theaters that charge about $3 for movies that came out a month or more ago. 

Medium-Priced/Less Expensive: Watch movies online from Amazon Instant Video at Amazon.com. (Depends on the movie and such.) 

Less Expensive: DVD rental from a DVD rental store. (Depends on the store and the length of the rental.) 

Even Less Than Less Expensive: DVD rental from Redbox. 

Even Less Than Less Than Less Expensive: DVD rental from a Blockbuster Express “Blue Box” after the movie’s been out for a while; and they only charge a $1 plus sales tax. 

Best Price: Free! Watch some movies online for Free from Amazon Instant Video at Amazon.com. (Depends on the movie and such.) 

You can save DVD rental money by “renting” DVDs from the library! 

Or wait a couple years, for the movie to air on broadcast TV. 

If you can’t wait that long, keep searching YouTube for someone who posts it, but you have to watch it fast, before it gets taken down (rightfully so) for copyright infringement. 

You can create a Google Alert to let you know when anything with the title of the movie you want to see gets posted. 

Maybe your city will show it outside for free. 

Might be on the side of a building. 

Or on a sheet that flutters in the breeze. 

But makes for a nice picnic date. 

And you might meet your significant other. 

~ And while we’re gabbing about freebies, why bother to buy new books when you can borrow them from the library? 

~ Also, Amazon Kindle offers Freebies from time to time too. 

Plus, you can get most Kindle books for a lot cheaper than the print editions. 

~ Get a Free Kindle Reading App, so you don’t even have to buy a Kindle to enjoy the great Kindle savings. 

~ Make a game of seeing how much money you can save! 

~ Decide to donate a portion of your savings to help the destitute; and then you’re not just saving money, you’re saving lives!

Blessings & Joy,

Dean


 

Coming Wednesday: When Did Saturday Morning Cartoons Get to Be So Silly?

Coming Friday: Sanity Check: Pass Or Fail?

Faith like a Ketchup Seed

Faith like a Ketchup Seed

It's not the faith of a mustard seed, 

but it still guides me through life 

and tastes great on hot dogs.

-- Dean J. Burkey

For less than a buck on Kindle, 

you can enjoy lots of laughs, 

possibly find inspiration, 
and maybe cry a tear or two. 

I said can, possibly, and maybe. 

I make no guarantees, 

but I do feel emphatic that you will find 

at least one or two things that you love 

and one or two that you hate. 

(Or don't love as much.)

A few of my favorites are: 

An Ice Memoir (One Molecule Can Make a Difference), 

Church Skit: Interview with Jesus, 

Across the Multiverse, and 
Upside-Down Sharks Prove the Existence of God.

Your favorites might differ from mine completely. 
That's the power of variety.
And the joy of subjectivity.

Unfunny folks who cannot comprehend satire and parody 

may find themselves offended by: 

You're a Christian What?!, Stalker Almighty, 

Satan's Cereals, and more. 

Sadly, some people can't find the humor 

in a ham and cheese sandwich 

being possessed by dark forces.

(Which shows how little they know about nutrition.) 

Faith like a Ketchup Seed 

makes a great companion piece to my first book: 

Holy Laughter! Humor in the Bible. 

Enjoy them both for less than four dollars. 

Blessings & Joy,

Dean