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    Emotional Rescue

    By Cole Matthews

    Ahhhh!  The plot is thickening.  The characters have developed perfectly.  You have balanced your pace so there is riveting action, informative scene setting, and a richness to your tableau.  Everything seems to be going so well, and yet, your beta reader drops a bomb on you.  "It's just falling flat."   What are you supposed to do?  Where do you turn?  How can you enrich and round out your characters?  How about a little emotional rescue?  Let's try filling in the back story of y
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NBC's Tim Russert Dies at 58

NBC's Tim Russert Dies at 58 AP Posted: 2008-06-13 15:54:47 Filed Under: TV News, Nation News WASHINGTON (June 13) - Tim Russert, host of NBC's "Meet the Press" and its Washington bureau chief, collapsed and died at work Friday after suffering an apparent heart attack. He was 58.   Russert, of Buffalo, N.Y., took the helm of the Sunday news show in December 1991 and turned it into the most widely watched program of its type in the nation. His signature trait there was an unrelenting style
NickolasJames8

NickolasJames8

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Strife and Harmony

Rescheduled

Unfortunately, the woman from the A+ training place called this morning and said that we needed to reschedule. While I was a little disappointed, I know I will be able to go some time next week. In the mean time, I am going to focus as much as possible on writing. I have actually made some good progress already today. I hope to continue with that today, because I really want to wrap this one up so that everyone can see how it ends. Anyway, I just thought I would still update as promised even tho
Tiger

Tiger

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Melancholy ... the broken staff of life

Dunnigan, CA

Back to work . . . well, sort of.   I left home yesterday morning headed to Salinas, CA, with an empty trailer to pick up a load headed for a grocery distribution center somewhere in America. Then yesterday afternoon as I was approaching the end of my run for the day I received a new destination, Riverside, CA. So, I wasn't going to pickup salad, after all. It's not that I don't like hauling salad, but I don't like going to Salinas. You can't like everywhere and Salinas is one of my nowheres.
CarlHoliday

CarlHoliday

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Nymphetamine Abuse

Ambivalence

I was telling a good friend earlier that I really don't know if I should be happy that I'm always right or sad that people never surprise me.   I've severed any and all ties with the boy that was driving me insane. I've deleted his number from my phone, his addy from my msn... hell I've thrown away the Pez dispensers his mom sent as a happy. Everything I can think of that reminds me of him is gone; I've efficiently and thoroughly erased his existence, and the only sign that he ever was is
Razor

Razor

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Strife and Harmony

A+ Cerification

Friday, at 11 AM, I will be talking to a counselor about A+ certification. Some of the classes are to be online which means that I will only have to be on campus for the physical aspects like changing hard drives and putting computers together. All of that is stuff I am already familiar with anyway. This is going to be awesome, because I can take both classes in just eight weeks. After that, I want to pursue Network+ certification as well as Security+ certification. Meanwhile, I can find a good
Tiger

Tiger

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The Clintons' Chilling 'Enemies List'

By Tommy Christopher Jun 11th 2008 11:38AM   Filed Under:eHillary Clinton, Democrats, 2008 President, Media, Bill Clinton   Bill and Hillary Clinton, and their supporters, are compiling and maintaining an "enemies list," according to a report by the NY Times' MARK LEIBOVICH:   Doug Band, chief gatekeeper to former President Bill Clinton...keeps close track of the past allies and beneficiaries of the Clintons who supported Mr. Obama's campaign, three Clinton associates and campaign off
NickolasJames8

NickolasJames8

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blogage

Way down yonder

snippets from the odyssey thats was GA's Dallas 2008...   Cleaning ceilings is apparently passe. It shouldn't be, the strangest things end-up, up there. You only need to watch 'Something About Mary' to understand that liquids often do defy the laws of gravity. The first room I checked into did indeed have what appeared to be a trail of blood along the ceiling directly over the bed.   That coupled with the view of the u-haul rental place and the 1/2 star accommodation's flanking... well I wen
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shadowgod

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Chronicles of My Life

Did I ever tell you about the time...

So I've had a great many very interesting experiences in the last few months that I haven't recounted in my blog due to lack of free-time and/or poor motivation. Tonight I felt like writing up a quick blog, so I've decided to share one particularly harrowing event which occurred about a month ago.     It was a typical enough day. I was sitting in class (as teacher not student, unlike any current 'I was sitting in class' stories) and I decided that since I had so much to do it would be good
AFriendlyFace

AFriendlyFace

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Eric's Blog

Seeking a Job....

I guess it's impossible to find a job when your former job screws you over and gives you a bad reference. I used to work at a movie theatre and I left them because I was constantly over worked and underpaid and (the last straw) was when I was told I was wrong for calling the police on a customer who decided to threaten my life by beating the crap out of me until he "smashed my head in" (needless to say the guy did have an outstanding DV charge and a warrent issued for such). I spoke today wit
Phantom

Phantom

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Viv's Blog

hot bliggety-blog

Mom and Dad were watching TV when Mom said, 'I'm tired, and it's getting late. I think I'll go to bed.'   She went to the kitchen to make sandwiches for the next day's lunches.   Rinsed out the popcorn bowls, took meat out of the freezer for supper the following evening, put spoons and bowls on the table and started the coffee pot for brewing the next morning.   She then put some wet clothes in the dryer, put a load of clothes into the washer, ironed a shirt and secured a loose button.
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Skywriting

Back from Texas

My parent's live in fear of me running away to Texas. Not so much the Teas part as the running away, though they are a bit leery of Texans too. During a certain era in US history (which at one point I could have named but now the time period escapes me), the phrase "Gone to Texas," oft shortened to "GTT," meant you had pulled stakes and gotten the f**K out of town with no intention to return. Given my past, my parents are probably quite correct to fear that I will one day do exactly that. I'm no
B1ue

B1ue

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If Obama really wants to win in November

There's only one choice for his VP pick. Hopefully, he's smart enough to know what he has to do and who he has to run with.     I can't imagine that Obama could find a better running mate than Senator Jim Webb. There's nothing the republicans can say about Senator Webb's patriotism, his honorable military service or his executive experience. This man is a real American hero, and if there are any doubters out there, check this out.....   Webb received the Navy Cross for actions on July 10,
NickolasJames8

NickolasJames8

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Blog Archive

Remix

So yesterday I get a call from Jeremy, apologizing again and wanting to hang out because he's bored and doesn't really have much to do. What a coincidence, I'm generally bored with nothing to do too. So, I agree to hang out and when he gives me a call after work I suggest we play a game of Axis and Allies - an exceedingly complex board game that can go on for hours and hours. I also suggest he ask Aaron to come over and play as well...   It seems that between talking to Jeremy that afternoon a
Demetz

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Clinton's couldas, shouldas, wouldas

Clinton's couldas, shouldas, wouldas   Reading the obituary for the most anticipated candidacy in a generation     By Chuck Todd Political Director NBC News updated 4:29 p.m. ET, Fri., June. 6, 2008     WASHINGTON - A close friend of Sen. Hillary Clinton argues that
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Strife and Harmony

Bottoming Out (and no this is not a sexual reference)

These days I am feeling profoundly depressed. I just don't know how I can take it much longer. Everything in my life seems to be a complete wreck. I feel as though I am next to nothing, as though every thing I touch just turns to sh*t. I think I really need to get to a doctor soon, or I don't know what will happen. This time seems even worse than the time when I was in my teens, but not quite as bad as the episode during my early 20's. Still, it does not seem to subside at all. Right now I don't
Tiger

Tiger

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Melancholy ... the broken staff of life

Weatherby, OR

Weatherby isn't much more than a Rest Area on I-84 and a siding on the UP mainline to Portland/Seattle (a mixed freight is chugging up the hill right now).   So, why am I writing this entry?   I'm supposed to leave in 15 minutes. (It's now 15 minutes ago; been writing for a bit.)   I'm goin to be home tonight. Yipee!   Bonita will pee with excitement.   The wife will get a hug and a peck on the lips. She might complain about my lack of romantic involvement. I love her, but not THAT way
CarlHoliday

CarlHoliday

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Blog Archive

Idiots who stay with possessive-obsessives

Okay, So I've been had.   I don't know what to think/believe when it comes to the veracity of Aaron's claims. I do know that I don't trust him. Amusingly enough I actually put more weight in the word of his possessive-obsessive ex at this point.   It seems that Aaron had told him he would try to work things out with him. Hence the shock when he peaked through the window and saw Aaron jacking me off. Hence the emotional outburst a few minutes later. Hence the call I received from Jeremy a lit
Demetz

Demetz in Demetz

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Eric's Blog

I Blame Comicality, CJames and ADD

So here I am chugging along in my writings when I start to browse some of the hosted authors for ideas in how to elaborate and write in detail on how characters interact when I stumble upon GFD (Gone From Daylight) written by Comicality. This was about a week or so ago. Now here I sit, writing in my blog about two things, how amazing this story is and how I have ADD when it comes to new technology.   One. This story is AMAZING in every sense of the word. It's written in such detail that I fe
Phantom

Phantom

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Strife and Harmony

Chaotic... A tiger currently without a homeland

I just deleted the entry about a hiatus. It looks like that will not be the case. I am currently out of the Land of Oz, because now the electricity at home is off completely. KCPL did come out and fix what they needed to fix. However, we cannot get into contact with the electrician at present. This means that I will be staying in Missouri for a day or two. In fact, I am there right now. Thus, I am away from my homeland. I really want this nightmare to be over. I want to be able to go home and ha
Tiger

Tiger

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The Talon's Claw

Counting Carbs

It's been awhile since my last blog entry. I had an interesting email today from BD. I get a newsletter from them periodically. I sometimes will post some of the articles at my site The Talon House.   How good are your carb counting skills? Take this quiz and find out... more>   I took this quiz to see how well I'd do since I count carbs as part of my daily treatment.   Breakfast: 1/4 Lunch 4/4 Dinner 2/4   Try you luck and see how well you do and post your results.
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