Best Selling Author, James Patterson Gives $300,000 In Bonuses

 If you're an employee at an independent bookstore in the United States, you may get a little something extra in your paycheck this holiday season.

Independent bookstores across the United States were given extra money during the holiday by Bestselling author, James Patterson. During the holidays, everyone can use some extra money. Workers were nominated by their own store owners, managers, their peers, members from the community and more.

Patterson posted on X, "I've said this before, but I can't say it enough...booksellers save lives." He goes on to say that he is more than happy to acknowledge their jobs and their hard work during the holiday season.

James Patterson donated a total of $300,000 to independent bookstore workers. Each worker that was nominated will be awarded a $500 bonus. A nice little holiday gift for the holidays. That's 600 workers who will be blessed.

The recipients were named and posted up on Book Web. And this isn't the first time and probably not the last time Patterson will do this.

Many of the indie bookstores took to different social media platforms to congratulate their employees who were nominated.

Now if you follow Patterson, $300,000 seems to be a number he likes. Why? According to Wired, back in 2015, he wrote a book titled "Private Vegas" and one lucky and rich fan can buy a copy of the book for $300,000. The actual total of the one copy of "Private Vegas" was $294,038. Why would anyone pay that much for a copy of a book? It's not because it could win them more money or is the only copy available. They spend that much because the book will literally self-destruct in 24 hours. This was done to promote the books release. If there's a way to get peoples attention about your new book, this is definitely at way to do so.

They may not be as popular as they were when we were teenagers, but the high school yearbook is still around, and today's digitally-oriented teens are coming up with some hilarious quotes.

Clark County School District high school seniors have already gone through their graduation season for the most part. But, I am sure they are still checking out what their best friends wrote in their yearbooks, what photo they used, and what quote they chose.

Ah yes, that normally embarrassing awkward photo, captioned with whichever clubs or teams you participated in, followed by a quote of some kind. Should I make it serious? Thoughtful? Playful? Funny?

I found an article on BoredPanda.com written by Greta Jaruševiciūtéwhich shows hundreds of funny high school yearbook quotes, with photos attached. I cannot use the photos in this article because I do not have permission, but there are some really funny quotes, especially when they are teamed up with the appropriate high school yearbook photo. If you want to see the BoredPanda.com list, just CLICK HERE.

I had to crack open my dusty, old, high school yearbook to see which quote I chose back then. Well, it turns out I attempted to be thoughtful, and then finished up with some self-deprecating humor about my "schnozz."

Wow, where did all that hair come from? Love the disco collar on that shirt too. I guess you'll be able figure out the era in which I graduated high school by taking a look at that photo. Oh well. Who knew then that I would be looking back on that nugget of "wisdom" so many years later and sharing it on something called "a website post."

Scroll on down to see my seven favorite hilarious high school yearbook quotes. Oh yeah: "Have a great summer! See ya in home room in the fall."

Their photos in the high school yearbook show the younger sister on the left, and just to the right, the older twin sister. The younger twin sister's quote is: "I'm only 3-½ minutes younger." The older twin sister's quote is: "Best 3-½ minutes of my life." Now that's funny! Maybe its just because I'm the oldest sibling in my family.

A Nigerian male high school student named Segun Akigbogun offered up this gem as his high school yearbook quote: "I'm that Nigerian prince that keeps emailing you." Love it! I just hope he wasn't serious because he owes me $57,000 dollars! (jk)

I love this guy's sense of humor. Who would write something like this for their high school yearbook quote? "It's hard being a single mother, especially when you have no children and are a teenage male." I thought I was funny in high school, but I know I wasn't that funny.

When people use the same joke to tease you all of your life, you have to return the favor with your high school yearbook quote. Graduating student Joe McDonald wrote: "No, I did not have a farm." Mic drop!

This kid put some real thought into his high school yearbook quote. Either that, or he read it somewhere else and plagiarized it: "I would like to thank my arms for always being by my side; my legs for supporting me. And, finally my fingers because I can always count on them." He had to have read that somewhere else before, right? I bet he already has his Academy Award acceptance speech written and ready to go at a moment's notice.

Some students finish high school with high grades, and some with low grades. Most of us finish high school with mediocre grades, and this young lady used the perfect high school yearbook quote to describe her academic career: "I had to put my grades up for adoption because I couldn't raise them." Take that, Mom and Dad!

To eat meat, or not to eat meat. That is the question. It does not matter to me whether you are a vegan, a vegetarian, a carnivore, or anything in between. Totally your choice. But I love this kid's hilarious take on the topic: "I am not a vegetarian because I love animals. I am a vegetarian because I hate plants." I'm sure he doesn't actually hate plants, but that is a very funny way to describe your choice of eating habits.

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