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    Secret Author - Rewind!

    By Valkyrie

    The posting of this year's Secret Author Contest will be delayed indefinitely due to Cia going through a tragic family emergency.  Please respect her privacy and do not reach out to her and ask questions at this time, especially about when the SA stories will be published.  We apologize for the delay, as we know this is a highly-anticipated event each year, but family matters take precedence, especially during a time like this.  Thank you for your attention and understanding.  Stay tuned for mor
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Weirdest Dream Ever

This is so bizarre that I decided to write it down. Just for the record, I'm not afflicted with Bieber fever.   I'm not sure why but everybody was in the Army. I was an instructor at boot camp and one of my victims, I mean trainees was none other than Justin Bieber.   I asked him what was he doing here, he's Canadian. He said that he had dual citizenship so he got drafted too.   After teaching my trainees how to field strip and AR-14, we had some range time. I showed them how to fire three
JamesSavik

JamesSavik

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Writing took forever but ....

Between being sick, working massive hours, and trying to keep up with my own stories, well I've fallen a bit behind. I do apologize. I won't even get into the holidays, the cooking and the rest of it.   For most stories on GA I've gotten smart. i write the whole story out, beginning to end, hand it over to my editors and betas, and let them go to town. That way when I say I'm going to post every Monday, Tuesday, or whatever, I can do it.   However, I haven't been able to do that with Acciden
comicfan

comicfan

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age and wisdom

Am I really old?   Old men like to give good precepts to console themselves for being no longer able to give bad examples (La Rochefoucauld).   Does this quote really apply to me? It is true that I tend to relate my experiences, the result of a long working life, with its good and bad times. I feel like I have learned lessons that I like to give to others. But I have always done so and I even made it by profession. This is certainly not a feature of my great age.   My problem now, especia
old bob

old bob

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A step back

I probably am one of the strongest adherent to conservatism and have fought many on principle. Yet, I feel like maybe we should take a breath to relax. I know how hard our lives can be, how difficult circumstances have made us colder and more alien, but in the end, we're not here to write and focus our ideals into something greater than ourselves. We are here to write out our creations, whether they are based on our thoughts, motives, political ideologies, symbolic histories, or whatever your he
W_L

W_L

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What Does It Feel Like to Be Published.

Okay, so I've just had my first novel published online. Enigma is out today on Smashwords and in the next few days all over the place   So how do I feel?   Excited? Elated? Proud?   Erm... no. I feel sick and scared and slightly guilty. Go figure.   There are so many things to do. I have to 'get it out there' and I am SO scared that I will miss something or do something wrong. God I'm scared. Anyone have any advice. This is my baby, you know, my Silver. I don't want to let him down.
Nephylim

Nephylim

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the best band that you've never heard of

Check out Nothing but Thieves ==> http://www.youtube.c...thingButThieves   This young band has a smooth, easy, expansive sound that many professionals work on for years but never do get quite right.   There's talent at all four instruments and they are tighter than some bands that have been together for decades.   They have a very special presence and charisma and they will only get better.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3LNYnRgjYA   http://www.youtube.com/user/NothingButT
JamesSavik

JamesSavik

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The Zebra Puzzle

Try this one out for size. If you can solve it within say...30 minutes, you may be at an advantage for 1/4 of the LSAT. Supposedly, this puzzle was invented by Einstein as a boy.   Here is the premise:   There are five houses, each painted a different color. Their inhabitants are of different nationalities, own different pets, drink different beverages and smoke different brands of American cigarettes.   Here are the rules: There are five houses, all in a row. The Englishman lives in
Merlin

Merlin

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Isn't It Ironic

A New and Improved Blog Experience Brought to you by the one and only Jason Rimbaud   The other day or maybe it was the other week, life has a habit of going by faster than the speed of light and sometimes I feel like I’m being left behind, I was at work and all I could think about was grubbing on some 4 Alarm Hot Wings from my favorite place in the world, SmokeEaters, in downtown San Jose.   For those of you that watch the Food Network Channel, and more importantly, Man Vs Food Nation, you
Jason Rimbaud

Jason Rimbaud

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GOP Party Caucus

Mississippi Republican Party Caucus   James Savik 11/29/2009     Mississippi Republicans met in Jackson Monday in their first in a series of meetings to decide which candidate that they will support in the 2012 convention and Presidential Race. A straw poll was held to see where the candidates stand.   None of those God damned yankees - got the most votes followed closely by Newt Gingrich and none of those God damned Mormons.   The Grand Dragon... I mean the State Party Chairman refuse
JamesSavik

JamesSavik

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creativity

real talk, Ira glass   writing, film making, music, production, life - with art the baggage of self-doubt is heavy, but...   “What nobody tells people who are beginners — and I really wish someone had told this to me . . . is that all of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, and it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not. But your taste, the thing that got you
thatboyChase

thatboyChase

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Two Interesting Documents...

1) PROFESSOR OBAMA'S FINAL EXAM, FALL 2003   He then describes the nature of those laws. Here is the prompt:     2) JUSTIN BIEBER'S PATERNITY SUIT--GIRL'S STATEMENT     Makes you see Barack Obama and Justin Bieber in a new light doesn't it? Bet that's the first time you heard of their names used in the same sentence!
Merlin

Merlin

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This is my first blog entry ever...

I've never written a blog before. But you guys seem like a cool bunch, so I'll give it a try. Also I want to get my reputation up from Zero   What I want to do here is to talk about legal things--things related to law, the practice of law, the enforcement of law, and law school--both as encouragement for myself to be reading legal news, as well as to give information to aspiring law students in the GA community.   So first, let me self-introduce. I am what they call a 0L--that is, a senior
Merlin

Merlin

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A Thanksgiving Wish

May your turkey be juicy, Your taters have nary a lump, May your side dishes make no one woozy, while your desserts make everyone jump, and may your Thanksgiving dinner not go to your thighs forcing you into a new pants size.   Happy Thanksgiving one and all.
comicfan

comicfan

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it will be magnificent -

I didn't know what you saw in me, but I was grateful that you did because you were the only person who ever had.   Up until then, I was strong... but you made me weak.   the feeling petrified me.   "cheer up, sweet beautiful boy. you are going to love again & it will be magnificent," my mother had always told me.   ...     "to tell you the truth, I don't have much to offer. but I'll still give you everything I've got, even if it's barely a thing at all. I just want t
MidnightSecret

MidnightSecret

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I hate fruitcake

Unfortunately, my dad doesn't. So amongst all the holiday baking I need to do for Thursday, I'm making him his annual fruitcake. At the moment, I've got 42 pounds* of dried fruit, and those nasty green cherries he insists on, soaking up really good rum. Waste of booze.   And, just for Vic, since I know he'll ask:   Chocolate swirled pumpkin cheesecake, Boston cream pie, mixed berry cobbler.   *may be a slight exaggeration
sat8997

sat8997

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Missing pieces

Okay, I've been a little erratic lately. Sort of comes with the territory of growing up I think. Funny, most people can blame their issues on their mates, their children, hell even their pets. I don't get those outs. lol   I just found five Thanksgiving cards I forgot to mail. I feel like an ass but still putting them out in the mail. I have bills waiting for my paycheck to come in so I can I send them out. Feels like all I do is work to see the money go out. I think it is that time of the yea
comicfan

comicfan

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University!

Hello everyone!   Now, i'm not dead (as some people have been led to believe ). I'm in fact very much alive.   More alive than I ever have been. Ever since the meeting in August, i've been feeling more... appreciative of myself. I have a horrible fear of embarassment and I realised that I could be myself. Then university came along and i found out not everyone is out to spite or hate me. Some people are genuinely there to care and be a friend. Before coming to uni, i never really had any tr
Johnathan Colourfield

Johnathan Colourfield

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What a whirlwind Weekend

Paya and I have had THE BEST weekend ever. And at the risk of making everyone throw up with our couple-cuteness, I thought I would recount the weekend here for everyone to enjoy - especially because the last time we visited London was the UK GA meet in August.   On Thursday I met Paya at Manchester airport. His plane was early and my train was late, resulting in a nice meeting alongside one of those "rolling road" people movers (the flat escalators). We took a train back to the city that li
Westie

Westie

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case of the ex.

so, my housemate's ex-girlfriend came to visit last night.   she was running early and my housemate was running late, so we ended up hanging out on our own for an hour and a half, watching Back to the Future and having a really intelligent conversation about product placement in Hollywood.   fast forward to now, and my housemate's current girlfriend is sitting on the couch, talking about how funny Will Ferrell is and shouting quotes at the television while watching Step Brothers.   fuck my
PlugInMatty

PlugInMatty

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Contact

"Oh my god, I think I killed him!" , the young woman holding a shovel shouted.   I answered, "I'll check. Stay back. Where is he?"   She said, "In the back yard. He surprised me on the patio. He tried to grab me but I smacked him." Her hand were shaking as she held the shovel at port-arms.   I pulled my Beretta and clicked off the safety and pulled my mag-lite.   I keyed my radio and said, "This is one-L-19 responding to complaint of a prowler, I'm Code 2 at 145 Pine Valley Highway. 10-7
JamesSavik

JamesSavik

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Early Warning

"Look, I know you weren't really ready to talk to me, but I have to tell you what has been going on. Just listen to me ..." the voice on the phone said.   I sighed at my cell phone. The clock by my bed read two oh-three am and I had a crazy woman on the phone.   "Jessie. How nice to hear from you. What gave you the idea that I didn't want to talk to you. Not taking your calls, ducking your voice mails or actually hiding from you?"   Now it was Jessie's turn to sigh. "Oh come on Philip. We'
JamesSavik

JamesSavik

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doing the hump-di-dump....

Today is the halfway mark for Nano...   I should be at 25,000 words. I am officially at: 24,190   Ok it's a little off... but i'm not done writing tonight. I'll consider that on schedule.   Write well... Write happy... Just Write!
Lugh

Lugh

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Holidays - meh

Okay, so we sit a week before Thanksgiving. I'm sort of confused but I think at this time of the year it is is normal. I work full time in retail. That means I am supposed to get no less than 32 hours a week. In fact the latest thing to come down is all full timers will have 36 hours a week. Well they keep scheduling me 30 hours and I have to find ways to add the two hours in so I stay full time or I lose my health benefits.   Well next week is Black Friday. i work in one of those wonderful co
comicfan

comicfan

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