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    Secret Author Contest-Forbidden Is... Revealed? Nooooo.

    By Cia

    Ha! Did you think it was time to share the stories and authors? No!! Total clickbait. Heehee! That's right, time to vote on your favorite! Now, to be fair, it would be ideal to have read ALL the stories. Can you vote without having read them? YES! Because this is about your favorite use of our theme of Forbidden Knowledge that you read in this year's Secret Author Forbidden Knowledge stories. Pick a SINGLE title, this isn't your top three. It doesn't even have to be your favorite overall st
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Melancholy ... the broken staff of life

Houston, TX

Upon further investigation it appears I may suffer from Fructose Intolerance. I had been doing a pretty good job of watching what I ate until a couple days ago when I had an apple (high in fructose), two bottles of juice beverage (30% juice plus a lot of high fructose corn syrup). It was a rather gassy last night and I woke up this morning with soggy drawers.   Basically what happens (from what I've read so far) is the small intestine does not properly absorb fructose, allowing it to pass into
CarlHoliday

CarlHoliday

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Blog Archive

Moving Out

For ages now I've wanted to move out but earlier this week I made the decision: I'm going to do it.   Today I got a call back from someone whose ad I had responded to. He's 37, buying a house, and looking for a room mate. The house is a two bedroom, one bathroom home with big beautiful trees in the yard. We've set up a meeting saturday afternoon to meet and look at the place. He also mentioned he might drop by my restaurant friday evening.   Its 500/month with utilities included.... more th
Demetz

Demetz in Demetz

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blogage

reflections on america

Time is dithering into the abyss, silly season is drawing to a close. Right on track with the death of this most wonderful quad-annual event, both Candidates have eschewed what really matters in an effort to smear their opponent. One ignores the issues and attacks, the other ignores the issues and counter attacks.   The sad irony is that they promised us change, they promised us reform, but at the end of the day its business as usual on the road to Washington.   America is still willing to p
shadowgod

shadowgod

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Read my blog

A labor of love

Wow, it's been around two months since I've been online long enough to log on to GA. That's a friggin record for me. Anyway, I took a self imposed sabbatical for a lot of reasons, most of them stemming from my own need to figure out what I want to do with myself. Not in terms of GA, but in terms of life in general. Looking back on the last few months, it's easy to see that I was spinning out of control. I was ranting and raving at the people I love at home, and even a few people I was fond of
NickolasJames8

NickolasJames8

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Strife and Harmony

Shadows of the past

I don't want to get into specifics, but when I was about 8 years old, I did something that I am ashamed of. I know that it is an age when our understanding is not the same as it is when we reach a mature age, but I was reminded of it yesterday. I was left wondering if it caused long-term effects that I was unable to foresee at the time. I probably knew it was not something I should have done, but I was at an age where impulses won the day. Now I am left wondering. We all do things we're not prou
Tiger

Tiger

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Eric's Blog

Conflict

If the entire world made sense, what fun would it be? The whole mystery of life is built around the fact that there are questions in life that make us think and exercise our brains and reasoning abilities. For example, would you want to live in a world where there was nothing out of the ordinary? Nothing to figure out, nothing to make you think about something? What if we all wore the same clothes, listened to the same music and thought the same way about thing? It would get old fast huh?  
Phantom

Phantom

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Melancholy ... the broken staff of life

Chesterville, OH

So, I didn't write an entry when I was in Troutville, VA, after delivering in Salem. I didn't write an entry in Fort Chiswell, VA, after picking up a load of processed turkeys in Newberry, SC. I didn't write an entry after in Mifflinville, PA, after delivering said turkey stuff to Bethlehem, PA.   So, why am I doing it here, when I need to be getting down the road? I've got approximately 450 miles to drive today to be set up to deliver this load tomorrow morning, unless they let me drop it ton
CarlHoliday

CarlHoliday

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Viv's Blog

Punk Kid - Part Two

Well, I haven't heard back from Danielle's mom yet, and I'm really not sure I want to because I'm pretty certain that she's so far gone that nothing even my great words *insert proper amount of humility here* can repair. That said... Tony did get a reply.   Dear Tony,   I realize that it has been several days since I received your letter and it is only now that I am taking the time to respond. I have read your words carefully and realize that you are very passionate about your beliefs. I ha
viv

viv

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jamessavik's Blog

Don't ask...

Years ago when I first started to paid with real money (not the monopoly money I had been getting), I discovered that I owed Uncle Sam $1100 on tax day.   My boss was being a raging bitch.   Three printers and the main router decided to go tits up all at once.   My order for laser printer toner cartridges came back, again, because it wasn't formatted properly.   I had 10 minutes to deal with my bank to get the money for Uncle Sam. It took 40 minutes. Bankers are like that.   About 3:30
JamesSavik

JamesSavik

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Strife and Harmony

More on politics

The current state of our political system is dire. When you look at the two parties, you see little belief in working towards the common good of this country. This is far removed from the vision of our forefathers. There is lack of pragmatism. Yes, I said the p word. When creating a bill that is for the greater good for this country, our legislators tend to nit pick. Instead of thinking about what is best for the people, they decide that it's not worth while to compromise. Take for example the r
Tiger

Tiger

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Melancholy ... the broken staff of life

Hurricane, WV

I did the AA Highway in Kentucky today (too many "y's"). When I first received the load dispatch, I figured I be going Highway 35 across Ohio, but the computer fooled me and I was sent to AA (ha-ha). Well, it was kind of scary thinking this highway actually might have been named in honor of that wonderful non-organization.   When I turned off I-275 there was a little sign that said "John Y Brown Jr AA Highway." My immediate thought was, "Okay, he's a pretentious sot who paid a lot of money to
CarlHoliday

CarlHoliday

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Strife and Harmony

A newly registered Democrat!

I decided to make it official. I was already planning to register as I had not yet registered to vote in Kansas. Since Kansas is way too conservative and needs more Democrats, I registered to vote and officially joined the Democratic Party. Before, I was not affiliated with a political party at all. If someone would have told me even two years ago that I would now be a Democrat, I would have said, "No way, not ever!" However, my views have changed over time, and I am now more liberal than ever.
Tiger

Tiger

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Viv's Blog

Letter to the editor.... err, Mom?

Sometimes I wonder, okay that's a lie... I wonder a LOT, how some people got to be parents... and I don't mean HOW, I get that part... I mean why, I guess. If you don't want to be a parent, don't have kids... seems simple enough to me, right? And, (I can't believe I just started a sentence with 'and') if you do have kids, for goodness sake, f**king take care of them and be responsible! That said... you know, I think anyway, that Tony's girlfriend Danielle came to stay with us for the summer beca
viv

viv

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Trebs' Blog

Breaking silence...

A lot has happened in the last couple weeks, but mainly haven't felt up to updating the blog.   Right now - I'm doing good. But two weeks ago, I started having slight fevers and my spleen was getting more and more uncomfortable. At night, the only way I could comfortably get sleep was frequently by going out to the couch and sleeping in a sitting position (which thankfully I can do all the time on planes so wasn't a weird experience). When I lay flat, the weight of the spleen and size ju
Trebs

Trebs

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Strife and Harmony

Am I being insensitive?

The last thing I ever want to do is come off as abrasive. I think most of us feel that way. I seldom tell people what really bothers me, because I don't like people to think that I'm putting them down. However, there comes the moment when I've had enough, and then I tell the person what I think. Sometimes they take it the wrong way and walk off. Alternatively, they become disheartened. How do you tell someone that you don't like what they're doing without causing such reactions? Is that always p
Tiger

Tiger

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Nymphetamine Abuse

I'm GOING to Have a Good Day, Damn It

I'm sick of this shit. I've managed to slip up and let myself regress back to my old self. I've slid back into that idiotic frame of mind where I let other people influence how happy I am, where I depend on other people. I need to get back to being self-sufficient, independent of any needs that require other people's cooperation. Today's gonna be the turnaround. I need to make up my lost ground and gain a little more.   First, I'm getting back to my diet/exercise. I'm not gonna let oth
Razor

Razor

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blogage

Second star to the right

What if Peter Pan woke up one morning and realized he was a man?   I am a man, yet I don't feel like a man. Which leads me to another question. Is there ever a moment when we are supposed to feel like a man?   Will I ever? Will I ever look in the mirror and know that I am a man? At this moment I don't think so. I've not once had that feeling in the last 10 years. I don't see it happening in the next ten, or the ten after that. I'd like to be a man though, free to decide my own future. Free t
shadowgod

shadowgod

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blogage

It dont matter...

It don't matter to the sun If you go, or if you stay. You know the sun is gonna rise, gonna rise, shine down on another day.   There'll still be a tomorrow, even if you choose to leave. Cause it don't matter to the sun, oh babe, but it matters to me.   It ain't gonna stop the world If you walk out that door This ol world will just keep turnin round turnin round like it did the day before.   You see, to them it makes no difference, they'll just keep on keep'n time. Cause it ain't
shadowgod

shadowgod

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Melancholy ... the broken staff of life

Fargo, ND

The last time I was here I had to find a clinic for a blood draw and protime test. This time it was an overnight plus a shower in a few. I suppose Fargo is a nice place, but it is North Dakota and everyone has heard all the horrible stories about the Siberia of America. By the way, winter is just around the corner. Coming across Montana the day before yesterday, there was fresh snow on some of the higher peaks. It won't be too many more weeks before that snow works its way down to the valleys.
CarlHoliday

CarlHoliday

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