[.cnI redruM]

That about says all that needs saying to Anne Rice, K. Blanco, Mayor Negligence.

[SoCalPol]

Anne Rice rcently bought a mega million dollar home
in the La Jolla area of San Diego where she now lives.
Open your home to the folks Anne.

[Tenacious 1]

I hope you distributed this letter to editors across the country and sent her a copy personally.

[Hildy]

I wonder if someone like Ann Rice really would ever end up reading this...does she have a website?

[buwaya]

I thought she actually lived in San Francisco. A friend of mine took a class at SF State taught by her husband.

[Texan5]

Pssst, Ann Rice; Quite honestly, I haven't gone to your mardigras in 15 years because it is nothing but a good way to get mugged by one of the members of your HUGE criminal population, and I don't admire public nudity and debauchery, besides. People at your jazz fest at least seem to keep their clothes on and are not fornicating in doorways in your truly lovely historical district. I can get your food at any of a number of restaurants within 25 miles of where I live in the middle of rural nowhere in Texas-and I love to read, but I think your books stink-stick to writing your depressing supernatural fantasies and leave the helping of people to those who know what the hell they are doing...

[operation clinton cleanup]

Is Anne Rice a poor, black woman?

[pettifogger]

Anne Rice's take . . .

[GBA]

"I’d appreciate a little less “you failed us” and a little more “we’ve learned our lesson.” "

Excellent post!!! I'd like to add: Mizz Rice, how about simply saying "thank you"? Then maybe you can tell us all, Ms. Rice, why NOLA deserves more attention than Biloxi or Mobile or any of the other places destroyed by Katrina.

[blackhedd]

News flash: Race-baiting jumps the shark!

Finally, after all these years, the rabid race-hysteria being retailed by the far Left, the Democrats, and the press over the Katrina aftermath is starting to de-sensitize the rest of us ordinary people.

You no longer have to feel secretly guilty and embarrassed whenever someone asks you if you don't like them because they're black.

Just say: SURE! And I'll bet you think George Bush forced black people to eat corpses to survive!

[tarawa]

Aww..... well, I'm sure Ms. Rice had nothing but the best intentions.... heh.

[AZBear]

This sounds like you ping

[DallasMike]

Fellow Freepers:

At the suggestion of writer Michelle Malkin last Friday, I have cobbled together a blogsite called Texas Clearinghouse for Katrina Aid to serve as a clearinghouse for refugee efforts in Texas.

Texas is getting more refugees than any other state -- that's fine, we'll take them all -- but we need help providing them with food, clothing, and shelter.

If you are a refugee, you can information that will help you find relief. If you want to donate or volunteer, you can find someone who needs you.

Right now the site mostly covers Houston, San Antonio, and Dallas but I will add various churches, schools, and other charities in Lubbock and Austin tonight. My wife was down at Reunion Arena in Dallas yesterday handing out care packages and spiritually ministering to the refugees as a representative of her employer. She says that the situation is tragic and that there's a lot of work to be done. There are so many children who don't know where their parents are or even if their parents are still alive.

There are a lot of churches and other organizations in Texas that need help in dealing with the problem and I would appreciate it if you would get the word out.

Many thanks,

Michael McCullough

Stingray blogsite

[MagnoliaB]

Amen. Has anyone emailed this to Oprah?

[mewzilla]

Note to Ms. Rice: The folks in the other 49 didn't elect those incompetents, sweetie. Don't blame us.

[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

[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