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    Weekly Wrap Up (Nov. 17 - Nov. 23)

    By wildone

    Steve has climbed into his cave and don't wake him up until the end of April.  I think it it is @Slytherin's turn to stay awake this winter   That bear just happens to be the colour of outdoors.  We got dumped on the past week. No road lanes, no sidewalks, no nothing. All buried in snow. It is beautiful if you don't need to go out into it  Also, the temperature dropped into the minus celsius without windchill  Winter is here, I hereby declare. May you all share the wonder of it  
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Extreme Unction

Extreme Unction   Unloved, Unkissed, Unconfessed sins Of hidden romances, Daring lusts to reach the heavens of Unmuted affections.   Uncouth, Unknown, Undesired attraction Of objects lost, To deny the existence of Unseen memoirs of transgressions.   Unforgiven, Untold, Unending love.   15/05/16 ©asamvav111
asamvav111

asamvav111

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The Bay City Rollers- Former 70's Boyband

I found a documentary on the Bay City Rollers, a Scottish boy band that skyrocketed to fame during the mid-1970's, and then crashed spectacularly when the ride was over. Look them up- they were a total train-wreck. Anyway, here's a tune from them:     Fluffy 70's stuff...so much fun. I used to party at a college house, and somehow there was a poster of the Bay City rollers there. In 2008. I have no clue how, but I thought was kind of neat. I wonder if it was a poster that people just kep
methodwriter85

methodwriter85

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Monster Cookies

Someone asked what my Monster Cookie recipe is. Here it is! As you can see, it's gluten free so I can make them for my mom!   3 eggs 1 1/4 cups light brown sugar 1 cup white sugar 1/2 tsp salt 1 tsp vanilla 1 1/2 cups peanut butter (cheap brand works best. The expensive type that separates won't work right.) 1 stick butter 1 cup M&M's or chocolate chips 1/2 cup chopped peanuts 1/2 cup Craisins, or raisins 2 tsp baking soda 5 cups quick-cooking oatmeal   Cream sugars and softened butte
Cole Matthews

Cole Matthews

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Sometimes Its Nice To Let Things Flow

Do you ever get the feeling like you're not good enough? Yeah, that's me. This guy. The one with more awards on his shelf than he knows what to do with, who's helped shaped and pass legislation in the face of bitter and personal opposition and who's repeatedly distinguished himself academically and politically. I know what I've done with my life so far, and right now all I can muster is a "so what?"   I'm still dangerously underemployed. I'm 26 and live with my parents. I have no immediate pr
Hunter Thomson

Hunter Thomson

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Thoughts From A Chinese Funeral

Life, Death, and rituals, there's a lot of things Chinese people do that is strange and alien to many people. In some ways, it is anachronistic and in other ways, it is a sign of cultural longevity.   For 5,000 years, funerals have happened in similar manners for millions of households, if not billions. There's kneeling, ceremonial bowing, a bit of supplicated crawling to the casket, constant chanting and wailing, and lots of origami paper folding plus burning of the folded paper and ghost mon
W_L

W_L

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Nana Is A Little, Sassy German Bitch

Nana is 8 weeks old today and she’s just the little bitch you would expect from a German Shepherd of direct German heritage (her mother was imported from Germany). We’ve been trying to potty train her and she was doing real good for the first few days until she figured out she could pick up her water bowl and carry it across her enclosure spreading water everywhere. We put down Wee Wee Pads, but she turned those into chew toys and there’s no telling how much she swallowed before we just took the
CarlHoliday

CarlHoliday

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Monster Cookies

Ingredients:   24 oz Peanut Butter 8 C Oatmeal 12 oz Reece's Pieces 12 oz M & M's 1 sm package Chocolate Chips 1 sm pkg Vanilla Chips 2 C Sugar 2 1/4 C Brown Sugar 1/2 lb Butter 6 eggs 4 t Baking Soda 1 T Light Karo Syrup 1 T Vanilla   Directions   Mix together Reeses Pieces, M & M's, Chocolate Chips, & Vanilla Chips - Set aside In a VERY large bowl, mix together sugar, brown sugar, butter, eggs, peanut butter, baking soda, karo syrup, and vanilla. Combine candy mixture with we
Renee Stevens

Renee Stevens

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And The Winner Is...

Okay, so not really a surprise for those following the comments, but I'm already plotting things out for the longer story and figuring all the details out that weren't needed for a 1200 word short story but must be cemented to make the paranormal world come alive, so I hope everyone will enjoy it! Thank you to everyone for voting!
Cia

Cia

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Wednesday Briefs: Tell Me What I Should Write

I'm not inspired lately, but I'm constantly asked about expanding older stories by readers, so I thought I'd give everyone a chance to weigh in on what I should write for my next Wednesday Briefers flash story now that No Flash is over. Tell me what you think between these options:   1. Mine: A werekin tale wrought with darkness.   2. Picking Up Strays: A post-apoc tale of mutation and corruption.   3. First Contact: A sci-fi story about the loss of humanity.   4. Blinding Light: ??? Sen
Cia

Cia

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Ebook Review: Locked By Anyta Sunday

Recognize that name?! Yes, Anyta Sunday was once a very active author on GA, and now she's a successful eBook author. I recently had the chance to read her latest fantasy title and wanted to share my review here as well!   My Review       So it's been quite a few years since I was heavy into fantasy. I enjoy it, but my convoluted plot reading skills have rusted. I had a hard time getting into Locked in the beginning, switching from what read as contemporary to fantasy to some mix o
Cia

Cia

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Music Monday- Summer Of '69 By Bryan Adams

Alright, this is my offer for Music Monday...a nice little uptempto pop rock song about nostalgia and the beauty of youth: Summer of '69 by Bryan Adams   A snippet of this is currently playing on the advertisement screen at my work; I think as part of some classic 80's playlist. I started singing along to it, and my co-worker Devan, who's this funny sarcastic Mormon, looked at me and said, "Well, you can actually remember 1969, can't you?"   Ooh, burn. I flipped him off. Then, I started la
methodwriter85

methodwriter85

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Back To The Grind

Hello Everyone,   First I want to apologize for my long absence. As I have said in man posts and conversations these last few years I have, in addition to working full time, have been taking care of an elderly, sick, relative. This relative passed away in February. Since then I have been assisting my mother and aunt in getting her final affairs settled.   Despite the sadness of m relatives passing my life has reached a period of calm and I am happy to say that I have started writing again,
NightOwl88

NightOwl88

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I Think I've Come To An End ...

WARNING: Long entry.   We picked up Nana, our new German Shepherd puppy, on Friday morning and have been enjoying many pleasurable experiences with her. We took her to the vet yesterday and she weighed in at just over 8 pounds. Quite a handful.   A week before last my son sideswiped a Mustang on his way to work and in all likelihood totaled his Expedition, if he had collision insurance on it, which he didn’t. Well, it is a ’99, so there’s not much point in carrying that kind of coverage. Tha
CarlHoliday

CarlHoliday

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Obscure Oldie- "fascination" By The Human League

The Human League were an 80's British synthpop band, best known for their 1982 monster hit, "Don't You Want Me." They had some other, lesser-known songs, including this top 10 hit from 1983:     Man, Phil Oakley rocked the hell out of the 80's androgynous look. And this is just a song that would be fun as hell to dance to.   The thing of note about them is that the two female back-up singers/dancers were just ordinary teenaged girls that Phil found dancing at a night club, and asked h
methodwriter85

methodwriter85

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Not Meant To Be (Free Verse)

NOT MEANT TO BE   You wanted to talk about the night sky And the moonlight on the lake While he was swatting at a mosquito on his leg And wondering when you’d shift Your head heavy with poetry That was causing pins and needles in his arm
ZephyrSky

ZephyrSky

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Contemplating Water (Free Verse)

CONTEMPLATING WATER   It rained all night, turning windows into water features and water features into windows onto the nature of water.   But this was largely a futile display because most people weren’t awake to reflect on it.   I, however, stood at my bedroom window at two in the morning and still at four, curtains pulled back, all the house lights off, contemplating the fact that, of all the kinds of precipitation, rain is my favourite. I prefer its honest simplicity over the self-cons
ZephyrSky

ZephyrSky

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Picture/poem/1.19.15

Blue believer muffin pockets thigh huggers knee rippers skinny where skinny counts round where round cuffs the guy with blueberry jeans
Toast

Toast

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I Know What You Did

I know what you did.   It was a big mistake to leave me alive.   You tried to kill me but like a poor workman, you botched the job.   I begged you not too but you just laughed.   My family didn't matter.   Nothing mattered but you, your ego and your duplicity. You took it all.   There was however a complication. I survived.   For a while I didn't want to. I'm not sure how but I found a way.   It wasn't easy and someday I will be sure to thank you for that.   You really couldn
JamesSavik

JamesSavik

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An Act Of Pretense

Some Thoughts on Writing (gleaned from minimal experience and maximum exposure)   THE NATURE OF A WRITER If you wish to locate writers in the universe of Venn diagrams, you must first locate the circle marked ‘crippling self-doubt’ and then find where it overlaps with the space for ‘absolute narcissism’. That’s where Art lives. This realization comes at a cost to the aspiring writer. Any good writer is an avid reader – this elementary relationship is always pointed out whenever an author who’s
ZephyrSky

ZephyrSky

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Not Everything Is Awful

Some good things in the world (other than sliced bread) that human beings are responsible for: playlists you make yourself and puff pastry you don’t; the Parthenon and the Borgesian Library of Babel; Google’s search-by-image option and amazon.com; the myth of Prometheus; Angostura bitters; the way bubble wrap pops; wit; Sharpie pens and the convenient way paper folds; delete functions and snooze buttons; the strings in Madonna’s “Frozen” and the synthesizer-turbulence of Tori Amos’s “Hotel”; par
ZephyrSky

ZephyrSky

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Gay Song Six – Kissing Her Brother Paul

Gay Song Six – Kissing her brother Paul   Note: for this series of postings, the term 'Gay Song' refers to music written to/for/by or about Gay men or women. A second category also deals with music identified as Gay because it speaks to the heart of the Gay Experience.   So to make this easier, I will call them Gay in the 1st Degree (to/for/by/about), or Gay in the 2nd Degree (like Judy Garland singing Somewhere Over the Rainbow).   ---   This youtube creator has made a really cool video
AC Benus

AC Benus

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Car Wreck

Well, Friday turned out to be a bad day. I had just picked up my meals for delivery and was stopped at an intersection with a red light. I was headed east. As I sat there waiting on the light, a SUV came barreling in the other direction headed west and was T-boned by a pickup that was headed south through the intersection. They were going very fast and the pickup drove the SUV into ME! It all seemed to happen in slow motion. The sound of the crash was horrific and I watched as the SUV came
codywaustin

codywaustin

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Worldbuilding 2 - Top Or Bottom?

So, you've decided that you want to write something in a world that doesn't yet exist. In front of you sits a pad of paper and a stack of post-its an inch thick.   Where do you begin?   There are two broad schools of world building.   The top-down approach. The bottom-up approach.   Both techniques have their advantages and disadvantages.   Bottom-up: This is used when you have an idea for a place, character, or thing and you want to find a way to incorporate it into a wider world. Th
Andy

Andy

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