<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315490089544776886</id><updated>2011-07-08T08:01:22.706-07:00</updated><category term='kilts'/><category term='Assassins trilogy'/><category term='interivew'/><category term='National Review'/><category term='Medal of Honor'/><category term='talkradio'/><category term='Heart of the Assassin'/><category term='Heroes'/><category term='Mark Stewn'/><category term='Frontpagemagazine.com'/><category term='Bad Dog'/><category term='youtube'/><category term='Lexus'/><category term='deal'/><category term='ebook'/><category term='CWA'/><category term='Weekly Standard'/><category term='ronald reagan'/><category term='2012'/><category term='Belly of the Beast'/><category term='vaguely coherent'/><category term='Absolut'/><category term='video'/><category term='Navy Seal'/><category term='reader email'/><category term='review'/><category term='presidential election'/><category term='NPR'/><category term='hugh hewitt'/><category term='Ahmadinejad'/><category term='Bill Clinton'/><category term='humor'/><category term='Thriller 2'/><category term='book reviews'/><category term='gutless'/><category term='Robert Ferrigno'/><category term='first newspaper review'/><category term='reconquista'/><category term='politics'/><category term='Bush'/><category term='radio interview'/><category term='January magazine'/><category term='Oval Office'/><category term='Big Journalism'/><category term='Silver Dagger'/><category term='United Nations'/><category term='terrorism'/><category term='Seattle Times'/><category term='Publisher&apos;s Weekly review'/><category term='obama'/><category term='Sins of the Assassin'/><category term='Clarence Thomas'/><category term='Emmerich'/><category term='reader wants to know'/><category term='Caliphate'/><category term='WEEKEND AMERICA'/><category term='fear and trembling'/><category term='Edgars'/><category term='Rush Limbaugh'/><category term='Kaaba'/><category term='Mecca'/><category term='San Francisco'/><category term='tweet'/><category term='Jim Pfaff'/><category term='religion'/><category term='island of desire'/><category term='fun'/><category term='Vice magazine'/><category term='Mark Steyn on trial'/><category term='Daily Beast'/><category term='James Crumley'/><title type='text'>Robert's Blog</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://robertferrigno.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://robertferrigno.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>kjzd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08584502040579024052</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xe5oQHLeNx0/SKufcc0HDmI/AAAAAAAAABY/Fc85LLY6hRs/S220/kcar.GIF'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>48</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315490089544776886.post-7715597633357713528</id><published>2010-05-22T10:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-22T11:02:18.686-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='CWA'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Robert Ferrigno'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Silver Dagger'/><title type='text'>I curtsey for praise</title><summary type='text'> Just found out that a short story I wrote for the collection THRILLER 2, was nominated for a Silver Dagger by the Crime Writers Association, the largest British crime fiction group. The story, "Can You Help Me Out Here?", is based on a dirty joke I heard in 3rd Grade and didn't understand until years later. The CWA judges described the nomination:Robert Ferrigno has showcased an ability to mix </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/7715597633357713528'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/7715597633357713528'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://robertferrigno.blogspot.com/2010_05_01_archive.html#7715597633357713528' title='I curtsey for praise'/><author><name>robert ferrigno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02392650756692865856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Xd4VHqq4j3Q/S_ga7boa4NI/AAAAAAAAAAU/wxVUqEvdFrg/s72-c/comic+romance.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315490089544776886.post-9021758768507340913</id><published>2010-03-13T01:08:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2010-03-13T01:46:54.729-08:00</updated><title type='text'>This blog has moved</title><summary type='text'>The address of this blog is now http://robertferrigno.blogspot.com/.       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The series will catalogue life with President Obama, as told from the viewpoint of his dog, Bo, the smartest pooch in the world, and a secret conservative. Fun ensues.Here's the start... Bow-wow. You can call me Bo. I’m President Shoutout’s family mutt, a Portuguese water dog with curly black hair. My</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/544528317005107453'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/544528317005107453'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://robertferrigno.blogspot.com/2010_01_01_archive.html#544528317005107453' title='Bo Barks at BIG JOURNALISM'/><author><name>robert ferrigno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02392650756692865856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315490089544776886.post-5373058795158335604</id><published>2010-01-06T10:20:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-06T10:22:01.705-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fun'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Robert Ferrigno'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='island of desire'/><title type='text'>Enjoy!</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/5373058795158335604'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/5373058795158335604'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://robertferrigno.blogspot.com/2010_01_01_archive.html#5373058795158335604' title='Enjoy!'/><author><name>robert ferrigno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02392650756692865856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315490089544776886.post-590513809460373993</id><published>2009-11-04T17:13:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-04T17:19:01.968-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kaaba'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gutless'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Emmerich'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2012'/><title type='text'>Another Hollywood Hero</title><summary type='text'>By Ben ChildThe Guardian10/3/2009Islam's holiest site … Muslims circle the Kaaba inside the Grand Mosque in Mecca during the hajj pilgrimage. Photograph: Ali Jarekji/ReutersHe blew up the Empire State Building and the White House in Independence Day, sent a giant monster careering through the heart of Manhattan in Godzilla and destroyed the famous Hollywood sign in The Day After Tomorrow. But it </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/590513809460373993'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/590513809460373993'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://robertferrigno.blogspot.com/2009_11_01_archive.html#590513809460373993' title='Another Hollywood Hero'/><author><name>robert ferrigno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02392650756692865856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315490089544776886.post-912185970360283594</id><published>2009-10-22T20:10:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-22T20:26:03.341-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='San Francisco'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Heart of the Assassin'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mecca'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Robert Ferrigno'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mark Steyn on trial'/><title type='text'>Mark Steyn Tempts the Thought Police</title><summary type='text'>The last time author and media powerhouse Mark Steyn reviewed one of the Assassin books in MACLEANS magazine he got hauled before the Canadian Human Rights Commission, their version of the Black Robes. In his 2003 review of Prayers for the Assassin, Steyn talked about its depiction of an Islamic SuperBowl with sword-swinging male cheerleaders, and of an American Islamic state that punished Jews, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/912185970360283594'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/912185970360283594'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://robertferrigno.blogspot.com/2009_10_01_archive.html#912185970360283594' title='Mark Steyn Tempts the Thought Police'/><author><name>robert ferrigno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02392650756692865856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315490089544776886.post-4602480953287355942</id><published>2009-09-03T15:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-03T15:50:09.206-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Second Printing</title><summary type='text'>YEA! Just found out that Heart of the Assassin has gone to a second printing, less than three weeks after pub date. Thanks to all of you who have bought a book. And double-thanks to those of you who bought a book and told somebody else about it. And uber-thanks... you get the idea.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/4602480953287355942'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/4602480953287355942'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://robertferrigno.blogspot.com/2009_09_01_archive.html#4602480953287355942' title='Second Printing'/><author><name>robert ferrigno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02392650756692865856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315490089544776886.post-1238501772711247511</id><published>2009-08-28T09:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-28T09:47:53.521-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Heart of the Assassin'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Daily Beast'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='terrorism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='book reviews'/><title type='text'>The Daily Beast Roars for Heart of the Assassin</title><summary type='text'>David J. Mongomery, Mystery and Thrillers critic for the Daily Beast gave a great review to Heart of the Assassin this morning. I'm particularly pleased that he noted the human and family aspect of this final volume.Robert Ferrigno brings his “Assassin” trilogy to a close with Heart of the Assassin, the final chapter in what has become an ingenious look at what the United States might be like if </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/1238501772711247511'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/1238501772711247511'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://robertferrigno.blogspot.com/2009_08_01_archive.html#1238501772711247511' title='The Daily Beast Roars for Heart of the Assassin'/><author><name>robert ferrigno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02392650756692865856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315490089544776886.post-2704445201035574914</id><published>2009-08-24T14:05:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-24T14:59:06.872-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Heart of the Assassin'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jim Pfaff'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='talkradio'/><title type='text'>Ferrigno on Jim Pfaff's radio show</title><summary type='text'>Did a full hour on Jim Pfaff's radio show, which is broadcast out of Denver. I thought it went well. (Our gurantee, no more than five uhhs per sentence!)link 1link2link3link4</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/2704445201035574914'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/2704445201035574914'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://robertferrigno.blogspot.com/2009_08_01_archive.html#2704445201035574914' title='Ferrigno on Jim Pfaff&apos;s radio show'/><author><name>robert ferrigno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02392650756692865856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315490089544776886.post-5726802400528179663</id><published>2009-08-12T10:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-24T14:32:05.644-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tweet'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Heart of the Assassin'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fun'/><title type='text'>Best Tweet EVER</title><summary type='text'>Reader Kevin A has been spreading the word about Heart of the Assassin. He just sent me this visual tweet whcih knocked me out. Enjoy.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/5726802400528179663'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/5726802400528179663'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://robertferrigno.blogspot.com/2009_08_01_archive.html#5726802400528179663' title='Best Tweet EVER'/><author><name>robert ferrigno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02392650756692865856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315490089544776886.post-6660752391551708208</id><published>2009-08-11T09:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-11T09:20:07.647-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Heart of the Assassin'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='National Review'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Robert Ferrigno'/><title type='text'>National Review Online podcast</title><summary type='text'>I was interviewed a few days ago by John J. Miller of National Review Online. The podcast has just been posted.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/6660752391551708208'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/6660752391551708208'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://robertferrigno.blogspot.com/2009_08_01_archive.html#6660752391551708208' title='National Review Online podcast'/><author><name>robert ferrigno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02392650756692865856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315490089544776886.post-3937849356663750417</id><published>2009-08-10T20:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-10T20:18:04.896-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='video'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Heart of the Assassin'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='terrorism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='religion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='youtube'/><title type='text'>Heart of the Assassin youtube clip (reposted)</title><summary type='text'> Youtube for HEART OF THE ASSASSINHere's the youtube trailer my pal Michael Dougan and I made for Heart of the Assassin. We decided not to go for one of me in a leather chair smoking a pipe and blathering on about the book. We opted for old comic books and cartoons, and a soundtrack from a maniac turning a radio dial in a 57 Chevy under a crescent moon. If you like it, pass it on.http://</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/3937849356663750417'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/3937849356663750417'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://robertferrigno.blogspot.com/2009_08_01_archive.html#3937849356663750417' title='Heart of the Assassin youtube clip (reposted)'/><author><name>robert ferrigno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02392650756692865856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315490089544776886.post-1422623170344421067</id><published>2009-08-10T09:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-11T16:02:53.665-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='radio interview'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Heart of the Assassin'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hugh hewitt'/><title type='text'>My interview with Hugh Hewitt (podcast)</title><summary type='text'>Thanks to sharp-eyed reader Daniel C, who informs me that Seattle radio station KKOL no longer carries the Hugh Hewitt show, and suggests that I tell you to simply listen to it on the live streaming audio on KRLA, Hugh's home station. This will work no matter where you live. The show begins at 3pm PST/6pm EST.I'll try to be coherent.ADDED: Here's the link to the podcast of my Hugh Hewitt interview</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/1422623170344421067'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/1422623170344421067'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://robertferrigno.blogspot.com/2009_08_01_archive.html#1422623170344421067' title='My interview with Hugh Hewitt (podcast)'/><author><name>robert ferrigno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02392650756692865856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315490089544776886.post-134500457188189416</id><published>2009-08-09T11:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-10T20:11:34.429-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='radio interview'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Heart of the Assassin'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hugh hewitt'/><title type='text'>Robert on radio</title><summary type='text'>On Monday, August 10, I'll be the first guest on Hugh Hewitt's national radio show, doing a full hour talking about Heart of the Assassin and anything else Hugh brings up.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/134500457188189416'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/134500457188189416'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://robertferrigno.blogspot.com/2009_08_01_archive.html#134500457188189416' title='Robert on radio'/><author><name>robert ferrigno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02392650756692865856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315490089544776886.post-1162627689886031763</id><published>2009-08-04T10:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-04T10:31:42.859-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Heart of the Assassin'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='deal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ebook'/><title type='text'>great deal on Heart of the Assassin ebook</title><summary type='text'>I just got this from my publisher. Definitely a great deal for ebook readers.Scribner will be doing a promotional eBook free download promotion with the first two novels in the Assassin Trilogy with Amazon Kindle and Sony eReader.  BN.com may participate in the promotion as well, but we are waiting on their confirmation.  I wanted to send you some information on the promotion so you are aware.  </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/1162627689886031763'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/1162627689886031763'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://robertferrigno.blogspot.com/2009_08_01_archive.html#1162627689886031763' title='great deal on Heart of the Assassin ebook'/><author><name>robert ferrigno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02392650756692865856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315490089544776886.post-6990812649618849968</id><published>2009-08-03T15:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-03T15:28:23.723-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Heart of the Assassin'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Seattle Times'/><title type='text'>Seattle Times covers the trilogy</title><summary type='text'>Monday, August 3, 2009 at 12:00 AME-mail article Lit LifeRobert Ferrigno's 'Assassin' trilogy, a topsy-turvy alternative historyKirkland author Robert Ferrigno's "Assassin" trilogy features an America that's converted to Islam after a long, grueling war — it has fans in France, Russia, China and throughout the Arabic-speaking world. The third novel in the trilogy has just been published, and </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/6990812649618849968'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/6990812649618849968'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://robertferrigno.blogspot.com/2009_08_01_archive.html#6990812649618849968' title='Seattle Times covers the trilogy'/><author><name>robert ferrigno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02392650756692865856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315490089544776886.post-9155571569106044737</id><published>2009-06-01T12:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-03T09:20:20.775-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Publisher&apos;s Weekly review'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Heart of the Assassin'/><title type='text'>Publishers Weekly review</title><summary type='text'>The Publishers Weekly review of HEART OF THE ASSASSIN came out today. It's a beauty.  A starred review.Heart of the Assassin Robert Ferrigno. Scribner, $25.95 (400p) ISBN 978-1-4165-3767-0Set in a future American divided into two major regions, Edgar-finalist Ferrigno’s final entry in his Assassin trilogy (after Sins of the Assassin) nicely ties up the wildly diverse plot lines that have </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/9155571569106044737'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/9155571569106044737'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://robertferrigno.blogspot.com/2009_06_01_archive.html#9155571569106044737' title='Publishers Weekly review'/><author><name>robert ferrigno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02392650756692865856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315490089544776886.post-6445833035014794009</id><published>2009-03-09T08:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-09T08:19:52.574-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Thriller 2'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>A short story I wrote, "Can You Help Me Out Here?" has been included in THRILLER 2, a collection of stories by thriller/mystery writers like Jeffrey Deaver, David Montgomery, and Kathleen Antrim. "Can You Help Me Out Here?" is based on a dirty joke I heard in Fourth Grade and didn't understand until years later. I think the story is funnier than the joke.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/6445833035014794009'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/6445833035014794009'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://robertferrigno.blogspot.com/2009_03_01_archive.html#6445833035014794009' title=''/><author><name>robert ferrigno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02392650756692865856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315490089544776886.post-6754529004391608794</id><published>2009-02-25T14:55:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-25T15:05:34.110-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vice magazine'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bad Dog'/><title type='text'>BAD DOG</title><summary type='text'>Last month I did a short story, "Bad Dog," for VICE magazine. It's the story of a dog who'd probably rule the world if he had opposable thumbs.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/6754529004391608794'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/6754529004391608794'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://robertferrigno.blogspot.com/2009_02_01_archive.html#6754529004391608794' title='BAD DOG'/><author><name>robert ferrigno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02392650756692865856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315490089544776886.post-3408630711493311686</id><published>2009-02-10T10:39:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-10T11:05:32.943-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Heart of the Assassin'/><title type='text'>Preview of Coming Attractions</title><summary type='text'>Here's the jacket for the third volume of the Assassin trilogy, due out August, 2009. (Scribner)In Heart of the Assassin, time is running out for both nations that once made up the USA --- the Islamic republic and the Bible Belt. Weakened by their division and their own intellectual and moral decay, they are threatened by the expansionist dreams of the Atzlan Empire (Mexico.) The only solution is</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/3408630711493311686'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/3408630711493311686'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://robertferrigno.blogspot.com/2009_02_01_archive.html#3408630711493311686' title='Preview of Coming Attractions'/><author><name>robert ferrigno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02392650756692865856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315490089544776886.post-6537858149321274833</id><published>2009-01-20T08:53:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-20T08:57:41.604-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Edgars'/><title type='text'>Edgar award</title><summary type='text'>Sins of the Assassin was just nominated for an Edgar by the Mystery Writers of America for Best Novel, 2009. I am really happy. Even though I have to wear formal attire to the ceremony where the winner is announced. (NYC, April 30.) I believe alcohol will be served.Best of luck and congratulations to the other nominees:BEST NOVELMissing by Karin Alvtegen (Felony &amp; Mayhem Press)Blue Heaven by C.J.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/6537858149321274833'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/6537858149321274833'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://robertferrigno.blogspot.com/2009_01_01_archive.html#6537858149321274833' title='Edgar award'/><author><name>robert ferrigno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02392650756692865856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315490089544776886.post-6365053418734576252</id><published>2009-01-14T11:35:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-14T11:38:49.294-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bush'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Oval Office'/><title type='text'>Secrets of the Oval Office</title><summary type='text'>I did another true-fiction piece for National Review Online that explains the secrets of a sucessful presidency. Hint: comfort food and goosing the one that brung ya.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/6365053418734576252'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/6365053418734576252'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://robertferrigno.blogspot.com/2009_01_01_archive.html#6365053418734576252' title='Secrets of the Oval Office'/><author><name>robert ferrigno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02392650756692865856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315490089544776886.post-5719493228067316483</id><published>2008-12-28T18:12:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-28T18:19:16.494-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='January magazine'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sins of the Assassin'/><title type='text'>JANUARY mag top ten</title><summary type='text'>Just got word that Sins of the Assassin was tagged as one of the top ten mystery/thrillers by JANUARY magazine, along with books by Lawrence Block, Lee Child, and James Lee Burke. Very good company and a fine way to end the year.The third volume of the trilogy, Heart of the Assassin, comes out Summer, 2009. I'll post the first chapter in a few months.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/5719493228067316483'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/5719493228067316483'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://robertferrigno.blogspot.com/2008_12_01_archive.html#5719493228067316483' title='JANUARY mag top ten'/><author><name>robert ferrigno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02392650756692865856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315490089544776886.post-5772382666346438593</id><published>2008-10-23T17:50:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-23T18:40:58.295-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lexus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Belly of the Beast'/><title type='text'>Where's my Lexus?</title><summary type='text'>A few months ago I got tapped for a interesting writing assignment. Lexus magazine had selected nine writers to create a serial story of a young couple, Julia and Terrence, as they drive cross country in a new Lexus. (literary heavyweights Jane Smiley, Mary Otis, Brian Antoni among others, and yes, I have no idea how I was included.) Guidelines were minimal. They just wanted to make sure there </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/5772382666346438593'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/5772382666346438593'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://robertferrigno.blogspot.com/2008_10_01_archive.html#5772382666346438593' title='Where&apos;s my Lexus?'/><author><name>robert ferrigno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02392650756692865856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315490089544776886.post-3840307671337660616</id><published>2008-10-10T12:11:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-10T12:18:00.689-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NPR'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fun'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='WEEKEND AMERICA'/><title type='text'>I'm on NPR tomorrow</title><summary type='text'>Just taped a Weekend America segment for NPR. It will be broadcast nationally tomorrow October 11. Times and stations here.The half-hour segment was hosted by John Moe. My two co-panelists were Stacy Grenrock Woods, sex advice columnist for Esquire and Tak Toyoshima, cartoonist.We talked about the second presidential debate, whether the US government should take over banks, and electronic </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/3840307671337660616'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/3840307671337660616'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://robertferrigno.blogspot.com/2008_10_01_archive.html#3840307671337660616' title='I&apos;m on NPR tomorrow'/><author><name>robert ferrigno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02392650756692865856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315490089544776886.post-8933762664712405575</id><published>2008-09-24T11:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-24T11:35:22.437-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='United Nations'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='humor'/><title type='text'>President Obama at the UN</title><summary type='text'>Here's the link to a piece I just did for National Review Online, WORLD PHENOM, part of my Tales from the Obama Presidency series. Fun ensues.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/8933762664712405575'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/8933762664712405575'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://robertferrigno.blogspot.com/2008_09_01_archive.html#8933762664712405575' title='President Obama at the UN'/><author><name>robert ferrigno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02392650756692865856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315490089544776886.post-4674253153831398048</id><published>2008-09-18T10:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-18T10:55:14.777-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='James Crumley'/><title type='text'>James Crumley Checks Out</title><summary type='text'>I just got some bad news. Otto Penzler, last of the old time publishers, wrote to say the James Crumley died today after a long illness.If you're not familiar with Crumley's work, you might check Amazon or your local bookstore. Start with The Last Good Kiss and move on from there. Here's the opening sentence of TLGK:"When I finally caught up with Abraham Trahearne, he was drinking beer with an </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/4674253153831398048'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/4674253153831398048'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://robertferrigno.blogspot.com/2008_09_01_archive.html#4674253153831398048' title='James Crumley Checks Out'/><author><name>robert ferrigno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02392650756692865856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315490089544776886.post-540063284950276525</id><published>2008-08-18T08:16:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-18T08:31:17.422-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Clarence Thomas'/><title type='text'>President Obama talks with Justice Thomas</title><summary type='text'>Posted another "Tales from the Obama Administration" piece in National Review today, this one on Obama's kneejerk smackdown of Justice Clarence Thomas for evidently not having enough legal depth to satisfy Barry O. Really. Honest. Fun ensues.http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZDg5NjI0NzE1OTc2ZDllMDU5NDg5OTdmNjQ3ODQ2NDE=</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/540063284950276525'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/540063284950276525'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://robertferrigno.blogspot.com/2008_08_01_archive.html#540063284950276525' title='President Obama talks with Justice Thomas'/><author><name>robert ferrigno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02392650756692865856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315490089544776886.post-6324643058976301094</id><published>2008-05-30T12:33:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-30T12:59:12.241-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='terrorism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Caliphate'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mark Stewn'/><title type='text'>Mark Steyn Marches On</title><summary type='text'>I'm in awe of Mark Steyn. Not because he's a fine writer and a clear thinker, a descriptive that has never been more dangerous. Heck, I can do a bit of that myself. It's because he speaks just as sharp and insightfully as he writes. I listen to him on Hugh Hewitt's radio show every thursday, and I want to cut out my tongue. I do radio interviews and I either speak too slowly or go on too long, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/6324643058976301094'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/6324643058976301094'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://robertferrigno.blogspot.com/2008_05_01_archive.html#6324643058976301094' title='Mark Steyn Marches On'/><author><name>robert ferrigno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02392650756692865856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315490089544776886.post-6560529577635930837</id><published>2008-05-28T10:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-28T10:35:33.124-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='National Review'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ahmadinejad'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='humor'/><title type='text'>Ahmadinejad Sets Lance Straight</title><summary type='text'>I have another humor piece up at National Review., wherein Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of Iran, has a heart to heart talk with Lance, the room service guy, about geopolitics, Barak Obama and the new James Bond's sixpack.Fun ensues.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/6560529577635930837'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/6560529577635930837'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://robertferrigno.blogspot.com/2008_05_01_archive.html#6560529577635930837' title='Ahmadinejad Sets Lance Straight'/><author><name>robert ferrigno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02392650756692865856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315490089544776886.post-5421272943041078928</id><published>2008-05-17T10:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-17T10:38:27.302-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='review'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Weekly Standard'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Assassins trilogy'/><title type='text'>Weekly Standard review</title><summary type='text'>Joel Schwartz of the Weekly Standard magazine reviews the Assassin trilogy in this week's issue. He writes it well, and likes it for all the right reasons, although, truth be told, I'll take a rave review based on the book jacket. Which is only fair, since one of my crime novels got a lousy review from the LA Times a few years ago based on the flap copy, which as any reviewer should know, is not </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/5421272943041078928'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/5421272943041078928'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://robertferrigno.blogspot.com/2008_05_01_archive.html#5421272943041078928' title='Weekly Standard review'/><author><name>robert ferrigno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02392650756692865856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315490089544776886.post-6280601545703034687</id><published>2008-04-16T09:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-16T09:30:31.253-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rush Limbaugh'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bill Clinton'/><title type='text'>Missing Rush Limbaugh</title><summary type='text'>I did a piece today for National Review Online, a political fantasy set in the future from the point of view of Bill Clinton. Figured we could all use a laugh. Here's a taste.William Jefferson Clinton watched the two cheerleaders give him a manicure, and realized he missed Rush Limbaugh. The man was always good for a laugh, particularly when he played Hillary’s cackle over and over, or Farrakhan </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/6280601545703034687'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/6280601545703034687'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://robertferrigno.blogspot.com/2008_04_01_archive.html#6280601545703034687' title='Missing Rush Limbaugh'/><author><name>robert ferrigno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02392650756692865856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315490089544776886.post-1917654429877303390</id><published>2008-04-08T12:08:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-08T12:23:30.528-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Medal of Honor'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Heroes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Navy Seal'/><title type='text'>U.S. Navy Seal Michael Monsoor</title><summary type='text'>Today, Petty Officer Second Class Michael Monsoor was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in Ramadi, Iraq on September 29, 2006. The citation describing the events that led to his death include:In the early afternoon (of September 29, 2006), enemy fighters attacked his position with automatic weapons fire from a moving vehicle. The SEALs fired back and stood their ground. </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/1917654429877303390'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/1917654429877303390'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://robertferrigno.blogspot.com/2008_04_01_archive.html#1917654429877303390' title='U.S. Navy Seal Michael Monsoor'/><author><name>robert ferrigno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02392650756692865856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315490089544776886.post-5309545150614638810</id><published>2008-04-07T08:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-07T09:10:46.345-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Absolut'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reconquista'/><title type='text'>Absolut Assassin</title><summary type='text'>The ad for Absolut Vodka, supposedly directed at a Mexican audience, has caused a major hangover for the manufacturer. While the ad probably get the Absolut marketing department more tingly than Chris Mathews pasty thighs at an Obama speech, it turns out that gringos didn't really get the edgy frisson. And, since no one can tell the difference between one vodka and another after the first two </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/5309545150614638810'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/5309545150614638810'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://robertferrigno.blogspot.com/2008_04_01_archive.html#5309545150614638810' title='Absolut Assassin'/><author><name>robert ferrigno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02392650756692865856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315490089544776886.post-5540647114236116568</id><published>2008-03-26T09:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-26T12:06:10.014-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Medal of Honor'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Heroes'/><title type='text'>National Medal of Honor Day</title><summary type='text'>Today is National Medal of Honor Day, a fact that my local newspaper, The Seattle Times, failed to note. I suspect this is true for most daily newspapers who have been filling their newsholes with breathless reports of Obama's triumphant return from his Virgin Islands vacation, Hillary dodging sniper fire and declines in the housing market, which, like sunspots and Nancy Pelosi's staccato blink </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/5540647114236116568'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/5540647114236116568'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://robertferrigno.blogspot.com/2008_03_01_archive.html#5540647114236116568' title='National Medal of Honor Day'/><author><name>robert ferrigno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02392650756692865856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315490089544776886.post-2804755455445362888</id><published>2008-03-17T13:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-17T13:26:05.735-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vaguely coherent'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='interivew'/><title type='text'>Interview by AUTHOR magazine</title><summary type='text'>Bill Kenower, editor of AUTHOR magazine interviewed me a few weeks ago prior to a book signing. He's good, but I wish I could rewrite myself.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/2804755455445362888'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/2804755455445362888'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://robertferrigno.blogspot.com/2008_03_01_archive.html#2804755455445362888' title='Interview by AUTHOR magazine'/><author><name>robert ferrigno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02392650756692865856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315490089544776886.post-5097231546297221842</id><published>2008-03-10T15:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-17T13:28:06.794-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Frontpagemagazine.com'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hugh hewitt'/><title type='text'>A Good Day</title><summary type='text'>Good day today.Just did forty minutes talking with Hugh Hewitt on his national radio show, and got probably my favorite review ever of SINS today, by Dave Forsmark at FrontPageMagazine.com.Hugh is a fine interviewer, always makes me think, and it's live radio so I have to repress the urge to say --- let me ponder that for five minutes and I'll get back to you with something clever.Strange thing </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/5097231546297221842'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/5097231546297221842'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://robertferrigno.blogspot.com/2008_03_01_archive.html#5097231546297221842' title='A Good Day'/><author><name>robert ferrigno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02392650756692865856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315490089544776886.post-471218630649963717</id><published>2008-03-05T15:30:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-03-05T15:41:44.352-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reader wants to know'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kilts'/><title type='text'>Letter of the Week</title><summary type='text'>Reader David C. writes:Totally non book related question: Are you wearing a kilt in the picture onyour bio page?Just curious as I am a kilt wearer.  I told David that the photo on the bio page was taken some years ago on a Vegas craps binge with my Uncle Dave. I don't remember wearing a kilt, but since it was Vegas, anything was possible. However, a careful examination of my files has revealed...</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/471218630649963717'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/471218630649963717'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://robertferrigno.blogspot.com/2008_03_01_archive.html#471218630649963717' title='Letter of the Week'/><author><name>robert ferrigno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02392650756692865856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315490089544776886.post-7155814612850506576</id><published>2008-03-03T10:25:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-03-03T10:28:07.975-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='radio interview'/><title type='text'>I'm on the Radio, Ma!</title><summary type='text'>Saturday I was interviewed by the guys at Northern Alliance Radio, which went well... meaning I only blanked out once in the half-hour. Sometimes it feels like there's bees in my head, but give a listen.http://www.fraterslibertas.com/</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/7155814612850506576'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/7155814612850506576'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://robertferrigno.blogspot.com/2008_03_01_archive.html#7155814612850506576' title='I&apos;m on the Radio, Ma!'/><author><name>robert ferrigno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02392650756692865856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315490089544776886.post-5023348565061437058</id><published>2008-02-29T13:37:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-29T13:43:58.376-08:00</updated><title type='text'>I can speak!</title><summary type='text'>Hi,Tomorrow, Saturday, March 1 at 12 noon (CST) I'll be on Northern Alliance Radio Network, am 1280, out of the Twin Cities, Minnesota. To hear it live:http://am1280thepatriot.townhall.com/a podcast will be posted later at:http://www.fraterslibertas.com/and Chad the Elder, who will be interviewing me tomorrow,  just posted an insightful review of SINS at his blog:http://www.fraterslibertas.com/</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/5023348565061437058'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/5023348565061437058'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://robertferrigno.blogspot.com/2008_02_01_archive.html#5023348565061437058' title='I can speak!'/><author><name>robert ferrigno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02392650756692865856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315490089544776886.post-7142032136689968002</id><published>2008-02-21T22:03:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-21T22:06:39.082-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ronald reagan'/><title type='text'>Somewhere in Heaven, Ronald Reagan is Smiling</title><summary type='text'>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lNFRLrP014Turn it up LOUD</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/7142032136689968002'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/7142032136689968002'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://robertferrigno.blogspot.com/2008_02_01_archive.html#7142032136689968002' title='Somewhere in Heaven, Ronald Reagan is Smiling'/><author><name>robert ferrigno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02392650756692865856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315490089544776886.post-277485421248984881</id><published>2008-02-06T12:06:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-06T12:38:38.719-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Tour Schedule</title><summary type='text'>(WELCOME NRO readers)Yesterday was the official launch of SINS, which also happened to be Supertuesday... not the greatest day to get attention for any book, but things went well, starting with John J. Miller posting a link to his podcast interview with me.Next I was interviewed by Kirby Wilbur, talkradio host of KVI-AM in Seattle. Kirby and company are off to Washington DC today for the CPAC </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/277485421248984881'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/277485421248984881'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://robertferrigno.blogspot.com/2008_02_01_archive.html#277485421248984881' title='Tour Schedule'/><author><name>robert ferrigno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02392650756692865856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315490089544776886.post-589097268648663080</id><published>2008-02-03T10:05:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-03T11:46:44.561-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reader email'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='presidential election'/><title type='text'>Reader Email of the Week</title><summary type='text'>Jawwad F, is a Pakistani international businessman, educated in the U.S., who returned to Karachi five years ago. We have corresponded regularly since he bought Prayers for the Assassin in a Borders in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Our recent discussion centered around the U.S. presidential election and how he and his friends view the candidates.Historically speaking the Republicans have always had a </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/589097268648663080'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/589097268648663080'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://robertferrigno.blogspot.com/2008_02_01_archive.html#589097268648663080' title='Reader Email of the Week'/><author><name>robert ferrigno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02392650756692865856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315490089544776886.post-2291527473997073217</id><published>2008-01-30T08:50:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-31T09:23:13.348-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mark Steyn on trial'/><title type='text'>Proud to Be a Footnote, UPDATED</title><summary type='text'>(a correction to this post is at the bottom)Canada has universal health care but not the First Amendment protection afforded US citizens. Me, I’m self-insured and paid enough for shoulder surgery last year to buy a Prius, but I’ll take the First Amendment any day. I suspect so would Mark Steyn, an incisive thinker and fearless essayist who lives in the US, but publishes a regular column in the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/2291527473997073217'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/2291527473997073217'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://robertferrigno.blogspot.com/2008_01_01_archive.html#2291527473997073217' title='Proud to Be a Footnote, UPDATED'/><author><name>robert ferrigno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02392650756692865856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315490089544776886.post-6382353998700234696</id><published>2008-01-29T21:59:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-29T22:03:35.062-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='first newspaper review'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sins of the Assassin'/><title type='text'>First newspaper review</title><summary type='text'>Adam Woog, writing for the Seattle Times, gives Sins of the Assassin a great review. Here's an excerpt:Ferrigno has always had a gift for writing vivid characters, especially bad guys; his villains tend to be both really, really bad and highly charismatic. This new book has some humdingers, including the Colonel's genuinely nasty right-hand man and a shadowy, fanatical Muslim billionaire who </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/6382353998700234696'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/6382353998700234696'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://robertferrigno.blogspot.com/2008_01_01_archive.html#6382353998700234696' title='First newspaper review'/><author><name>robert ferrigno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02392650756692865856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315490089544776886.post-827087220778317395</id><published>2008-01-28T15:45:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-28T16:04:50.996-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Hour When the Ship Comes In</title><summary type='text'>Just found out that a short story I wrote for LA NOIR, The Hour When the Ship Comes In, was selected to appear in Best MysteryStories of 2008, published by Houghton Miflin. LA NOIR editor Denise Hamilton contacted about twenty five writers who lived or used to live in LA and asked us to write a story centered in one of the many geographic pockets of the city. I chose Belmont Shore, a small beach </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/827087220778317395'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/827087220778317395'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://robertferrigno.blogspot.com/2008_01_01_archive.html#827087220778317395' title='The Hour When the Ship Comes In'/><author><name>robert ferrigno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02392650756692865856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315490089544776886.post-4264780086112217189</id><published>2008-01-24T09:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-24T09:13:12.974-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fear and trembling'/><title type='text'>What fresh Hell is this?</title><summary type='text'>Yesterday afternoon my chiropractor asked me what I was so stressed out about. He said my spine was stiffer than titanium, which is very good for a fighter jet but lousy for human vertebrae. I told him it was two weeks until publication... pub day. He had no idea what I was talking about, and when I explained it, he still didn't get it. "The book is already finished he said. What's there to be </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/4264780086112217189'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/4264780086112217189'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://robertferrigno.blogspot.com/2008_01_01_archive.html#4264780086112217189' title='What fresh Hell is this?'/><author><name>robert ferrigno</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02392650756692865856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315490089544776886.post-2471196339847959560</id><published>2007-12-18T01:52:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-12-18T01:56:53.487-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Welcome</title><summary type='text'>Welcome to the new web site.  As the Sins of the Assassin February release date approaches, Robert will sign in with new blog entries.  In the meantime, please check the Links for some of Robert's favorite web sites.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/2471196339847959560'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7315490089544776886/posts/default/2471196339847959560'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://robertferrigno.blogspot.com/2007_12_01_archive.html#2471196339847959560' title='Welcome'/><author><name>kjzd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08584502040579024052</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xe5oQHLeNx0/SKufcc0HDmI/AAAAAAAAABY/Fc85LLY6hRs/S220/kcar.GIF'/></author></entry></feed>
