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    September Signature Feature: Hidden Sunlight by Stellar

    By Cia

    Well, after a longer haitus than usual, we're back! This is a long, long story by an author many of us have enjoyed for years. Have you read this classic story? It's a go to favorite of mine when I'm looking for that apocalyptic style OMG WHAAAAT story, even though I know exactly what's going to happen, I still love it. Give it a try, especially if you love a LONG read!  Length: 175,313 Description: Facing a life-changing medical procedure, 14 year old Shay approaches it with the
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Forever and a Day

Yes, it has been forever and a day since I added anything to the blog. I feel like one of those co-workers who leaves the office for a new job and promises on their mother's grave they'll stay in touch. Then you only see them when lightning strikes and you're in the same place at the same time and you swear once again you'll stay in touch, but in reality you know the demands of your job will never allow for it.  That's a convoluted way of saying, sorry I've been so absent, but I've been crazy bu
Andrew Q Gordon

Andrew Q Gordon

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Crash

My bodies crashed But my mind won't rest.   Thoughts keep running through my mind Like a record broken in time.   My bodies crashed But my mind won't rest.   Movement doesn't come easy now I feel myself sliding to the ground.   My bodies crashed But my mind won't rest.   Finally giving in to my screaming limbs Time to admit the party's over.   My bodies crashed But my mind won't rest.   I play the night over in my head Shhh! Quiet now it's time for bed.   My bodie
LillyLee

LillyLee

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Dreadnoughts and B-1 Bombers

1897 was Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee and the Royal Navy gathered at Spithead to pass in review.   Note the boat chugging along doggedly front and center. It has an experimental engine that will soon rock the world- steam turbines. Faster and more reliable- when mated with fuel oil instead of coal, it will become the powerplant of choice in the next 10--20 years.   This was just before the dawn of the age of the Dreadnought.. Technological breakthroughs were being m
JamesSavik

JamesSavik

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Repeat x 1

We might have done something insane. A suspect a lot of you might think so. We have made a mad, crazy, awesome, wonderful, expensive, fabulous, impulsive choice. Again. Our little Goblin is currently 17 months old, gorgeous, blond, fluffy, blue-eyed, intent on digging in the dirt, playing with his brother Dashi, pointing excitedly at tractors, ‘helping’ water the garden, and getting to know the sheep and lambs at the farm. So we thought we’d get him a sibling – a real human sibling (wh
Sasha Distan

Sasha Distan

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We Should go to Uranus

___________________________________________ Only three planets are left that have not come under the eye of a long term survey missions: Uranus, Neptune and Pluto (planet, minor planet, cartoon dog- who cares).   Scientifically- these planets are very interesting because they have been in a multi billion year deep freeze from the formation of the solar system. Materials on their surfaces (or their moon surfaces) have undergone very little “processing” since the formation of the so
JamesSavik

JamesSavik

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I'm Not Afraid

I'm not afraid of tears I'm not afraid of pain I'm not afraid of broken hearts I'm not afraid of rain.   As long as I love you Know that it's true I'm not afraid of anything Because I know I'll always have you   I'll have you to hold me And to kiss me goodnight I'll have you to wipe my eyes And for me you would fight   Friendship like ours is forever And everyone knows Nothing can come between us Ou
LillyLee

LillyLee

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Bad Day Blog (A Tribute To Skinnydragon)

It was a bad day. I’ve had a few recently. Often enough to know that they don’t get better halfway through; only progressively worse. After lunch, I should have packed up and gone home to bed. I had done that before and it had worked; no one could argue against the logic. The less I do, the less that can go wrong. Why tempt fate by pressing on regardless, when the situation was beyond saving.   A phone call increased my workload; I should have switched it off earlier. The error led to
Dodger

Dodger

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The Garden is In

For the last few weeks I've been preparing for this summers garden. Today I planted.   I have been growing a Azalea cutting in a pot and today I moved it around to plant. I annoyed a toad who was living in the pot. He glared at me with his little toad eyes and I told him- hey bro, you're moving up. The garden is a better neighborhood.    I'm trying something new this year. The last few years the picking from the garden have been slim. June, critical to the growing season, has
JamesSavik

JamesSavik

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If I were gone...

Recent events started me thinking. I have made many good friends online, both here at GA and elsewhere. I would worry if one of them went missing with no warning or explanation.   When SkinnyDragon found about his prognosis, he took the time, something he had precious little of, to fill us in.   I am one of those super organized people. After having to make the arrangements for both my parents, then my father in law, I decided that was something I didn't want my loved ones to
Kitt

Kitt

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Pet Peeves

One of my biggest pet peeves is when someone mispronounces the word supposedly. More often than not, people add a "b" towards the end. Supposably is not a word. Even seeing it typed incorrectly is bothering me right now. Something else that is bothersome to me is when people use the word nauseous when they really mean nauseated. To be nauseated means to feel queasy, feel like you might vomit. To be nauseous is to be emitting a foul smell that would make someone else nauseated. So, if someo
JayT

JayT

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Now Available in eBook: Barbed Wire Cowboy

Well, it's here! Barbed Wire Cowboy (formerly known as Studly Ranch Hands) is now available in eBook! It has been re-edited, new scenes have been added, and there has been a bit of tweaking here and there. Here in the next couple of weeks, Barbed Wire Cowboy will also be available in paperback. If you want to be kept up to date, make sure to visit my website, friend me on facebook, or follow me on Twitter or Google+. I'll also be doing giveaways soon, so keep an eye on my site and facebook! 
Renee Stevens

Renee Stevens

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Well that's inconvenient

It started with typos. J's became k's. E's became r's.   People asked me if I was all right because I was shaking.   When I could barely keep my hands still enough to use my calculator (and believe me, I have a kick ass calculator) I decided I might need to see what the deal was.   So... I got some tests. Blood pressure. Check. Cardio tests... check. Blood sugar. Check. Bunch of other stuff I can't spell... check.   Early on set Parkinson's... Maybe..
JamesSavik

JamesSavik

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Insomnia sucks like a Hoover

It's 3:50 in the morning, I have to be awake in 2 hours to get ready to go to work. Oh yeah, I haven't slept yet. This sucks, and not in the good way. I hate it when I get like this. I'm not stressed out, so I know it's not stress-related. I'm in a good place in my life right now. Things are going swell. My future's so bright, I gotta wear shades. Oh, and I wear my sunglasses at night. (Damn, I rock the kasbah, and the Sharif don't like it?) Meanwhile, back at the ranch.  Oh yeah, my o
JayT

JayT

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The Beat

You can feel the beat in your vain   Blocks your mind to all the pain.   Just let go   And move.   For those few hours, we are all the same,   Equal within this game.   Taking a break from this we call life,   Forgetting a minute about all the strife.   Free to be ourselves.   I can feel the beat,   Growing now.   You jump up and I jump down.   The beat the vibe the energy,   I can feel it surrounding me.   Let it lift you up Spin you around,   Stomp your feet on th
LillyLee

LillyLee

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My New Job

I got a new job three and a half weeks ago. I'm getting paid $35,000/year and get benefits starting June 1st. I've opened up a bank account, instead of using my prepaid debit cards. I was originally hired to be an Intake Coordinator (I would find Home Health for patients that get discharged from the hospital, still on IV antibiotics, and then I would schedule for the meds to be delivered each week.) For some reason unbeknownst to me, I have a different job now. I now am the Patient/Logistics Coo
JayT

JayT

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I Rest My Case

So, I was fumbling through my stuff, looking for the chip for a wireless mouse for my sister's new laptop when I stumbled upon loads of books I had when I was a 16 year old sausage.    One was filled with prototypes of my story Bffs with the occational weird fairytale-esque stories with talking cats and an angry little prince on rooftops escapades.   But one book hit the feels real hard.    I had kept one notebook filled with my inner feelings and angry thoughts;of
AceKebabs

AceKebabs

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The World Waits In Silence

Forlorn, forlorn! The world waits in silence— The kind of silence that one Wouldn't be anxious for, yet is. How so must I believe, Believe that the nagging corners of my mind Do wander in excitement, in glorious, splendid excitement— For things that are to come? The world rolls on, unimposing and unimpressed with what little one supplies it. Eating it like one would eat an apple— Or a bit of cheese— Caring not for what makes up of it, But the wholeness of the experience i
Atheugorei

Atheugorei

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My Life During the First Quarter of 2017

Wow, it's been awhile since I updated. I usually don't go that long with this blog. Hmm.   Winter was alright; early spring has been as well. My life has a general pattern right now- work, watching YouTube videos a lot, strolling Netflix, using my employee pass at the movies. On the weekends I have off, I usually will go into the city of Wilmington to catch either a play or a movie at either Theater N or Penn Cinema on the Riverfront. Possibly a beer or two every weekly or bi-weekly.
methodwriter85

methodwriter85

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A Short Primer on Volcanism- Part 4

Ancient Volcanoes of the Mid-South   Between 80 and 70 million years ago the South Eastern United States was a shallow sea.   A line of three volcanoes grew into islands. It may be associated with an ancient hot spot that was dragged west to east by continental drift.   These three volcanoes are at Monroe, LA, Midnight, MS and Jackson, MS. This area has been extensively explored by the oil and gas industry.   I have no heat data for the Monroe and Mid
JamesSavik

JamesSavik

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Love

It’s nearly a year since the first animal I ever shared my life and heart with passed. Michael took him to the vet and our sweet dog was released from his pain. I feel some guilt for not having gone, but I couldn’t … not that day.   Ripley was Mike’s dog. His mom gave him Ripley when Michael lived on his own. It was hard for Mike because he was a young constable then, single, and looking after a puppy in addition to a busy life was hard. Luckily he had a good friend that helped.  
Mikiesboy

Mikiesboy

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Happy and sad moments-mini-cat's kitten

Around four pm, mini-cat became restless. She wandered around the house and followed me everywhere. Then around ten, she had her first contractions. The first kitten, a large black and white, was born at 11:15. Sadly Alpha was dead by the time it was finally born. The second (Bravo) came an hour later. It was barely alive and we quickly cut the umbilical cord and rubbed it dry with a towel. For a short time, we thought we would lose it too, but it got stronger when we fed it with dry milk f
Aditus

Aditus

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A Short Primer on Volcanism - Part 3

Compare and contrast the convergence zone St Helens with the Hot Spot Kilauea volcano.     Pay attention. There will be a test.     This is an excellent account of the Mount St Helens eruption. It was the biggest eruption in the continental US in modern times. St Helens is a fairly typical Cascades volcano.         Kilauea volcano in Hawaii has been erupting continuously for thirty years.     Kilauea on Live Science
JamesSavik

JamesSavik

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My Laptop Loves Breaking Down

My laptop is an Acer Aspire E 15, and I bought it in November 2014. At the time, it had Windows 8.1, which was my first encounter with anything Windows 8 related, so it took me a while to adjust to the OS.   I originally bought it for school, it would be my means of writing assignments and researching for my courses. But it didn't take long for it to also be a laptop for leisure-listening to music, watching YouTube videos, or reading GA stories. So it isn't much of a surprise to say I
Drew Espinosa

Drew Espinosa

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