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    Action/Adventure Genre Deep Dive 5

    By Myr

    Top 10 Most Read Action/Adventure - Action Fiction focuses on fast-paced action and physical challenges.  Often involves a hero or protagonist facing intense obstacles and overcoming them through physical prowess and skill. Shadow Effect by kbois Complete The Light at the End of the Tunnel by kbois Complete Gap Year by Mark Arbour Complete The Case of the Short, Short Prince by Geron Kees Complete Two for One by P. E. Knapp Complete The Brothe
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Crazy people...

Source: http://jezebel.com/#!5763110/the-woman-whos-addicted-to-eating-cigarette-ashes   None of those things sound appetizing, and most of them are downright dangerous. These people are totally psycho.
Tiger

Tiger

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What hell looks like

My cousin was diagnosed with terminal cancer last summer. We have tried to keep in touch as best we could but we got word last night that it was only a matter of hours.   I drove my Mom to Pascagoula, MS this morning and arrived at the hospice where my cousin is staying for her last days.   As soon as I entered the place it was like stepping into hell. There were people in various stages of excruciating death in every room. The first sound I heard was a man screaming for morphine.   It tur
JamesSavik

JamesSavik

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Sixteen Candles - or years in my case.

Saturday marks sixteen years Mike and I have been together. There have been ups and downs, but as I write this I have a rush of emotions that remind me how lucky I am. I was talking to someone about relationships, someone in their twenties who lamented they hadn't met anyone, had never been in love and how sad that made them. It got me thinking.   I've been out for about half my life. I came out when I was twenty three. Had my first 'boyfriend' that year. I don't know how many dates I w
Andrew Q Gordon

Andrew Q Gordon

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My new meme

Everybody seems to have a meme these days.   After lots of coffee, doughnuts and revolting research into pop culture, I have come up with mine.   Here it is:   This XXXX business will get out of control! It will get out of control and we'll be lucky to live through it!   It come from the Hunt for Red October. The US carrier group is emperiled by the proximity of Soviet naval vessels and aircraft. The Admiral utters this line.   Now for use on the internets, I use it a little differen
JamesSavik

JamesSavik

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Changes

Since I have last blogged… some things have happened.       I no longer have to deal with my sexist co-worker. We changed teams in October and he landed on a different team. I still remain friendly towards him, but I am glad I no longer see him everyday. He did seek me out quite a bit when he had problems with customers and it felt good to tell him I could no longer help him. I didn’t land up with my favorite supervisor, but I did get and evil one, which sped up my looking for a new job.
AquariusGuy

AquariusGuy

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Something sure to cheer you up ....

it always works for me....   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSveKqj1IRQ         *** edit - apologies, changed the video, as i only cared about the lyrics, i didn't realize how appalling the original video was....    
Westie

Westie

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When I grow up...or before I die. Something like that. ;)

I found... the most beautifully intense story I've read in EVER just over an hour and a half ago. By the same author that gave me the story that held the title for 'most beautifully intense piece of work ever read by me' before so I wasn't surprised, just pleased. In a big way. I laughed out loud, and actually had to take a break to cry at one point. Her writing is an experience. I feel I live the events with the characters. When they hurt, I hurt. When they laugh I laugh. Also? She's g
J_Ross

J_Ross

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General update

Some of you might have seen my last blog entry which basically said that I was being made redundant from my role at work....   Well, yesterday I was informed by my Divisions MD/CEO that there was never any question of me leaving the company I work for, and that effective next week I would be moving to work for the senior management team supporting bid work and looking at financial controls.   I should be happy I guess..... it's a huge compliment. but for two reasons i'm a little disappointe
Westie

Westie

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Insomnia tip

I'll make this short and sweet. If you are having trouble sleeping, there is something that will more than likely help. First, close your eyes. Now, start breathing deeply. This will help quiet your mind and help you relax. Next, pretend you are in a safe place away from distractions like a womb or a cocoon or anything that makes you feel comfortable. For a claustrophobic person, it would more likely be an open space instead. Continue for about 2-5 minutes. With your mind quieted and your body r
Tiger

Tiger

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Whew!

Despite all the 'best' wishes we got the results of the ultra sound and they were . . . .   First a little background. As is common knowledge, I am a prosecutor. For some unknown reason, my boss decided to pull a power move and prove she can make me do things, because - God if that isn't good practice for being a parent, I don't know what is. Basically a co-worker had a trial last week that was continued to this week, which she was scheduled to do intake - a crappy job to be sure. Not only
Andrew Q Gordon

Andrew Q Gordon

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Being openly gay... or not

I've been wondering lately if I am really ready to live openly as a gay man. Or rather, to what degree...   As a matter of principle, I refuse to hide. I never needed to while I was in a straight relationship, and I shouldn't have to now....   Well, principles and reality sometimes conflict.   I am generally discrete and usually go unnoticed in the street. The guy I dated in September/October (whom I mentioned in my last post) was very discrete. When we were together in public you could
Bleu

Bleu

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Stressful times

I am, if i'm not too immodest, quite successful career-wise. I'm 26, and without the advantage of having training or a degree, I have risen to quite a senior position within a large company. I have worked very hard, and put my blood sweat and tears (and 18 hour days) into one company. I have completed tasks that were, shall we say, morally grey? I have subjugated my conscience and my pride in order to further the aims of the "company".   Last week, I was informed my role was redundant.  
Westie

Westie

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Oh, look...they appeared

So, yeah, disappeared. I went through a week of utter pain and misery, went through a week of not wanting to look at anything outside of a damn story, and then a few weeks there where I was cranking out some mini stories.   ...I come back here during break in my typing class and my stories are there...   I'm going back to editing a Butterfly's Dream once I get this list up.   A Butterfly's Dream Being reedited, but I have something like 16 chapters total written. >>   Conversation
S.L. Lewis

S.L. Lewis

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Nasty yogurt

Source: The Smoking Gun   What the hell is wrong with people? I love yogurt, but I wouldn't want to eat it with any bodily fluid (other than the milk that's already in it). That guy is seriously messed up in the head to do that to a woman, and to top it all off, he's a kiddie diddler. Lock his ass up and throw away the god damn key.
Tiger

Tiger

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Heresy

When you take a dump on something holy, when you ruin something sacred, when you make a joke of a song so beloved- that's heresy.   Look- I never heard of Fergie before the half time superbowl show. I hope I never hear of that skank ever again. What she did to GNR's masterpiece Sweet Child of Mine was a crime against art.   No body seems to give a f**k about offending our culture. They call us trailer trash. They make fun of our mullets. f**k'em. I got no use for their half assed bullshit. T
JamesSavik

JamesSavik

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UK Meet Manchester - Feb 2011

This weekend could have been one of the worst of my life. I had been so excited, I can't even begin to describe how excited I was. And then on the day of the trip, as I was opening the oven to warm the croissants my back went out. I broke my back in 1997 and I also have disc disease which means that the discs in my spine are crumbling away. I've lost four and another two are starting to go. When my back goes out I can look forward to a week of constant pain and regular debilitating spasms. One o
Nephylim

Nephylim

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Superbowl and Glee thoughts after

Let's see the superbowl was exciting and the Packers won! (Not every person will care about football, but it was an amazing game). The game was dynamic with the first few minutes showing why football can change in moments. The interceptions and turnovers killed Steelers, who I am not shedding any tears for.   Yes, I hate Steelers sorry. It's just how arrogant their fans can get about their superbowl record, which is one of the highest in the league. I favor the Packers more for their team and
W_L

W_L

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Best Intentions

Friday was the surrogate's birthday - and we weren't sure what to do about it. Of course we were going to acknowledge it, but we weren't sure about the gift thing. On the one hand, we wanted to send her something, because - well it is a pretty amazing thing she is doing - but on the other hand, we're still a bit concerned about the whole 'I'll be your nanny' comment. We are walking this fine line between being friendly and calling, etc and keeping things a business transaction.   We decid
Andrew Q Gordon

Andrew Q Gordon

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My First Story

So Frosty sent me a review of my first chapter of my new story I'm writing. I have to say in some respects I'm a bit garbled with what I want to present, when I want to present it, and how I should do it - well.   I'm not trying to put down any of the authors I've had immense pleasure of reading through their works. However, I believe I like to keep my stories a bit more grounded, a little less extraordinary, with a bit more real-life scenarios - where not only lives are at stake, but money,
J.T.

J.T.

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Summer Internships

I realized that I waited too long to look for a summer internship. Crap. I'm so screwed. I guess I'll have to do an internship during my 2nd year of grad school.
methodwriter85

methodwriter85

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To live with concern for death

Going back to Neph’s blog about death (24.01.2011), I see now that her point of view concerned more the feelings of the accompanying people then these of the main person, the dying one, while my blog concern more what I will myself feeling at my last moments. In one phrase : the most important is what happens when you are with someone dying, helping him or her to cross the border between life and death, not what will happen with the body afterwards.   The chance I have to have lived till now
old bob

old bob

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Damn virus

I might not be able to use my computer until Monday...   And right when I was inspired to write the next chapter of Be Myself!.   At least it means I get to study during the weekend (yaaaaaaay... ). Or draw...
James Hiwatari

James Hiwatari

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