We Failed You? Try Again. Anne Rice blames America, not local officials.

NRO ^ | September 07, 2005, 8:26 a.m. | Jim Geraghty

[Maeve]

Anne Rice is a brilliant crazy woman. Truly, she's incredibly smart and incredibly stupid. She lived a few houses down from my grandfather's old house. Her son is twisted and warped homosexual young man who behaves sexually like he's just looking for a new disease. And she can't decide if she's the Vampire Goddess, the mother of all the "sweet queer boys", or some kind of do-it-yourself-Catholic with a little sprinkling of voudun.

[dancusa]

You know her political sentiments after checking out this link.http://www.newsmeat.com/celebrity_political_donations/Anne_Rice.php

[.cnI redruM]

>>>>>And she can't decide if she's the Vampire Goddess, the mother of all the "sweet queer boys", or some kind of do-it-yourself-Catholic with a little sprinkling of voudun


That could make for an interesting mid life crisis.

[Maeve]

DallasMike, WOW. That should be its own thread imho (and I admit I ain't humble). Good stuff there. Praise God for Texas and Texans who stepped up to the plate for America. We had with 2 outs, 3 men on base, 2 strikes and 3 balls ... and here they hit a home run.

[kcvl]

Anne Rice talks about her erotic novels, which were written under the pen names, A. N. Roquelaure and Anne Rampling.

New Orleans' favorite daughter is boasting a libation of her own.

Rice's managers found specialized wine-makers Brian and Walter Babcock and their vineyard, flourishing in a cool climate with oceanic soil. Rice found their grapes were ideal for producing a drink fit for any vampire: syrah.

Named for her character in "Interview with the Vampire," Rice's Cuvee Lestat Syrah is sold for $30 a bottle.

Just 200 cases of Cuvee Lestat Syrah exist, each with a ghoulish painting by Rice's husband, poet Stan Rice, on the label.

[jslade]

Brilliant article.

[kcvl]

Born Howard Allen O'Brien, Anne Rice chose her first name, Anne as a child.





http://www.annerice.com/ac_Biography.htm



Anne Rice was born in Mercy Hospital, New Orleans, on October 4th, 1941. She was the second of four daughters born to Katherine and Howard O'Brien, and was given the name Howard Allen O'Brien, after her father. Mr. O'Brien had been ridiculed as a youth for having a "feminine" name, and suffered taunting and teasing by his peers. Apparently this played a part in the naming of their daughter.

In her own words (from "You Asked, Anne Answered" in the Official Anne Rice Web Site) "Well, my birth name is Howard Allen because apparently my mother thought it was a good idea to name me Howard. My father's name was Howard, she wanted to name me after Howard, and she thought it was a very interesting thing to do. She was a bit of a Bohemian, a bit of mad woman, a bit of a genius, and a great deal of a great teacher. And she had the idea that naming a woman Howard was going to give that woman an unusual advantage in the world."

Anne became "Anne" on her first day of school, when a nun asked her what her name was. She blurted out "Anne" immediately, and her mother, who was with her, let it go without correcting her, knowing how self-conscious her daughter was of her real name.

[Alkhin]

Fergit Anne Rice.

You want a good vampire novel?

Next time you get the urge to get all vampiric in a Southern swamp, pick up the Southern Vampire Mysteries by Charlaine Harris. The protagonist is nicer, the vampires have more personality, and Harris doesnt take herself quite so seriously.

And while you're at it, imagine this gorgeous hunk as Eric.

Vladimir Kulich as Buliwyf in The 13th Warrior

[f zero]

Or you sould have said Ann Rice takes