To appease my dear friend, Debbie

My dear friend Deborah pointed out that I had not blogged in awhile. This dear friend, is for you.. .

Once upon a time there lived a bright and beautiful princess named, oh what the heck, Bethann. Princess Bethann was forced to toil everyday in the salt mines until her mind was mush and her manicure was shot. If only she could break free from the evil clutches of Queen Hellcat and her wicked general managers Duchess Doogooder and Emporess Evilheart.

It seems a few of Princess Bethann's friends had managed to escape from the salt mine. Princess Flo and Pricess Fauna had found a secret passage that lead to a bright tunnel full of untold riches and a good dental plan. Princess Bethann thought to herself, "Surely I too can find this passage, if only I look hard enough". So while Queen Hellcat and her minions were busy micro-managing the other slaves Princess Bethann was able to find the passage which she believe Flo and Fauna had found. Under the guise of a bathroom break, Princess Bethann slipped away and arrived at Resume Island. "This must be where the girls came!", Princess Bethann exclaimed. All around her were career centers and headhunters and power luncheons. "How is a girl to choose?!" Pricess Bethann cried. Just then a man in a Giorgio Armani suit approached her and said, "you need not choose, the perfect place has already been found just for you". "But, who are you and how could you know what I want?" Princess Bethann asked. "Why, silly girl, I am your Godfather, Don Corleone," he said matter-of-factly. "You are 'family' and we take care of 'family'". "Oh," said Princess Bethann, "I've heard about you. I'm guessing you have an offer I can't refuse?" "But of course my dear, it's a position with the AFL-CIO union in Pennsylvania. We will get you paid leave, great benefits, competitive wages. . . you name it doll, and it'll be yours," Godfather promised. "Oh you've made me the happiest Princess in the world! No longer will I toil long hours for the thankless Queen Hellcat and her managers. Bless you Godfather."

And they lived Happily Ever After, EXCEPT for Queen Hellcat, Duchess Doogooder and Emporess Evilheart, who found that all of their slaves eventually found their way to Resume Island, and that all good princesses have Godfathers and in the end if you drive away your slaves you must do the work or pay the price, because the Godfathers "friends" owned the salt mines and were actually testing the Queen and her staff to see if they were worthy to receive promotions, but alas they were not. I believe these three could be sleeping with the fishes. . . hmmmmm? Of course Princess Bethann exercises her Fifth Amendment rights and would not testify against her Godfather as her testimony could implicate herself.

The End!