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    September CSR Discussion Day: The Tor by andy cannon

    By Cia

    Well, tis a cool day here in the end of September, though in the past it's been blazin hot. In this month's featured story from the first Monday's blog post, the past, present, and maybe even the future? weigh immeasurably on the main characters. Can they bear it? Could andy cannon bear my questions? Read on to find out the answers to all that! Share your thoughts on his story, The Tor, below in comments!  Do you eat your fruits and vegetables? I’m a big fan. If you were an animal, wha
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Out of the mouths of babes...

I just got home from work, which was... work. And then we grocery shopped, as if I don't spend enough time in that place already, and now I have to give them back my paycheck, too! Greedy bastards!   Anyway, I helped Rich and the kids carry all the bags in, and then I went to change out of my work clothes, and Rich followed me in to change out of jeans and into some shorts, and had asked Matty to close the door on his way out. Then a minute later he walks back in, without knocking, and so I s
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Ironman Stirs

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I REALLY need a pen...

So you have no idea what I've been putting up with lately... Things like:   What kinda noise annoys an oyster? A noisy noise annoys an oyster.   Is a lonely buffalo a buffalone?   What's the difference between roast beef and pea soup? Anyone can roast beef, but no one can pee soup.   So we went out to dinner tonight. We're waiting at the hostess stand to be seated and they ask how many and Rich says four. They ask one kids menu? Two? And my daughter says, "I'm taller than my mother." The
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Where have all the people gone?

Grrrr   Where in the hell have all the people gone? I just had to cancel an eye appointment I had this afternoon... which pisses me off to no end, but that is besides the point. It took like an hour to cancel the damn appointment! First of all there is a stupid call-block thing on the work phone, so I have to enter a seven digit password to make a toll-free call ( 866 HELLO! ). Then the stupid "automated" system is being all sketchy. Sounds like a skipping CD. Then it wasn't recognizing entri
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Writing about AIDS

My current story, "Man In Motion", takes place in 1985/86. It is impossible to write a gay-oriented story in this era without infusing the AIDS crisis into it. For someone like me, who was closeted, AIDS wasn't a daily event. I didn't see my friends die, I didn't even know anyone then who was positive. For me, it was more of a latent fear. The fear that you could get it. The fear that I could get it. And then not only would I have a death sentence (most likely), I'd be outed. I think AID
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After a few hours sleep

I thought of doing a blog entry, but that's too easy.   I thought of working on the stories I'm not working on, but wasn't too interested in going there.   I thought of what?   So, without anything to do, I joined Facebook with the sole purpose of finding a few friends from the past. I guess I'm the only one of my circle that's thought of that. No one. Nada. Out of my high school class, there was one, possibly two, but no one else. I did find out that the friends I had have really common n
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And Toby Goes Down . . .

So... I cant accurately describe how life has gone to shit so quickly over the past few weeks. But I'll try:   -I get locked out of my house. Now for those who don't know, getting locked out is one of those things that I have a problem with. Why? Because thats how my parents kicked me out. I came home at like 4:00 AM and they had changed the lock and put all my stuff in a bag in front of the door. So when I got locked out again at like 1:30 AM it took me back to that time and a ton of feelings
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Condoms to Go

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Again

I got called pitiful yesterday. It was in jest but I dunno, anything for the demons to latch on to ya know? The perpetrator is a regular customer. He buys lottery and a few weeks ago we were doing that 'what would you do?' shtick. I may have mentioned that I really have no need for massive sums of money, Just enough to be comfortable and stable and Ill be just fine. He was saying that he is going to buy a Ferrari.   Don't get me wrong, I love Ferrari and would love to drive one. I just can't
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Oh baby, baby

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Houston, I think we have a plan

Renting a motor home didn't work out because of tow weight limits and Bonita being a nonhuman species, which seems to bother some people, why I don't know.   We're renting a Suburban or Expedition, instead. Our son and I will drive, leaving the wife and Bonita to do whatever it is they do while riding in a vehicle. I know the wife usually falls asleep a few moments after drive is engaged, which is one of the reasons she won't be behind the wheel, and Bonita quites lays in her carrier thinking
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Invasion

Ironman   In 2531 the galactic survey cruiser Cabot entered CYG 035-4122 on a routine mapping mission. There was absolutely nothing out of the ordinary about the system. CYG 035-4122 was ordinary in all respects with a dwarf star and an average planetary system. It was merely one of thousands charted during the First Galactic Survey. What the Cabot found there would have profound implications for humanity.   The Cabot entered the system and began a routine scan of the single class K4 dwarf s
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Yes, I am happy

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So I went with Plan A...

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Awake, pt. 6

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Stale as Week Old Bread..

So I finished up on my latest story, Be Rad. I'll post Chapter 40 (the final one) today sometime, and started on the next one. I'm kind of frustrated with myself. I have a really hard time writing in a true prick. Not as in male phallus, as in someone who is truly bad and evil, and has no redeeming qualities. Every time I try to do it, I end up rehabbing them and making them human and, to me, somewhat likable. (I almost wrote lickable. Freudian slip). I worry that this makes my writing
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Batting 1000

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I slept with a woman last night...

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and my wasted heart will love you until...

Sorry, guys, I'm on sappy love movie number two of the day, and that's not counting Fanboys we saw earlier, too, which, by the way, was pretty good, if anyone was curious.   So, I have a question for you...   My daughter came home from school today all upset because... Well, at her school, the kids can buy these candy gram things to send to their friends. She got two from her friends and didn't really like the candy it came with, so she gave the candies to two of her classmates. Now, as I u
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