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Weekly Wrap Up (Jun. 16 - Jun. 22)

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Is it just me or is it dark in here :o? Where is my menu bar? Well the say that things that don't change go stale, so keep that in mind at times when you hate change :P Wait, Google is dark for me too! My Documents is empty 😮 WTF 😮 

A bit of a surprise when I logged in tonight. I mean everything else I have is in dark mode, so why not GA, right? The thing is, I don't know what I did or if I can reverse it :gikkle: 

I do have urgent matters to attend to tonight 0:) so we are going to to do short and to the point. 

First though, I wanted to discuss the word Karen, not necessarily the name. I mean I have a few friends that are named Karen, but they are not 'Karen's' Does that make sense? So I know 3 Karen's that are definitely not Karen's. I don't know an IRL Karen that is a Karen, but I'm curious, out of all the Karen's you know, how many are a Karen and how many are not? Thank gosh my parents didn't name me Karen :gikkle:, must be confusing.

Enough nonsense, here is what happened at the GA News Blog this week.

Monday, Cia was kind enough to introduce us to a new Signature Feature:

Have you checked out any of the Non-Fiction genre here? Well Myr has lined up a bunch of stories that fall into that genre?

Cia moseyed back in on Wednesday to give us the Signature Feature Excerpt:

 

Thursday, Valkyrie came through for me :yes: She took a question I had and put a blog forth regarding it. Check it out:

Friday, if you did not get enough Val the day before, she was back with the Prompts this week:

 

 

Okay, 2 weeks in a row I did not know a single Word of the Day. So I'm very proud to say... I knew 1 :D this week!

rataplan, tyrotoxism, thalassic, tergiversate, thaumaturgy, turpitude, ebullioscope 

 

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Here is the look at the past weeks postings on all our Authors and Poets!

1 Recently Updated 'Premium' Stories

  1. W-A-R by Mikiesboy In Process

4 Recently Updated 'Signature Author' Stories

  1. Sold Into Freedom by Mikiesboy  
  2. The Great Mirror of Same-Sex Love - Prose by AC Benus  
  3. The Freshmen by Mark Arbour  

3 Recently Updated 'Classic Author' Stories

  1. The Many Faces of Kai by Dabeagle  
  2. Window Stories by Ronyx 
  3. Secrets 2: Looking Through Different Eyes by Bill W  

2 Recently Updated 'Promising Author' Stories

  1. Blades of Ashes by lilansui  
  2. Foster by WolfM **Complete**

22 Recently Updated 'Author' Stories

  1. Thicker Than Water by John Henry  
  2. The Mantis Synchronicity - Book Five by Adam Andrews Johnson  
  3. Silver Spoon by chris191070  
  4. Country Retreat by quokka  
  5. Of Pride and Power by W_L  
  6. The Rip by Mark Ponyboy Peters  
  7. Crossing the line by Robert Hugill  
  8. Andre and Chris by Paladin  
  9. Reconciled by Talo Segura  
  10. Strength of Fate by mcarss  
  11. As They Say - (Revised) by D.K. Daniels  
  12. Confounded: Part III by Andr0gene  
  13. Hubris by ValentineDavis21  
  14. The Shadowy Path by Lupus  
  15. They may not mean to, but they do by Robert Hugill  
  16. Half a broken Wing by Celian  
  17. Oregon in the Fall by drown  
  18. Blades of Ashes by lilansui  
  19. Manny Needs a Nanny by Lee Wilson **Complete**
  20. This Is An Angel?! by Kou Delika 
  21. Halos and Heroes by JJQuinn  
  22. Foster by WolfM **Complete**

 

Read, Write, and REVIEW!!! (Don't forget to Recommend too!)

 

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chris191070

chris191070 112,657

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A great roundup as always.

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Valkyrie

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I hate the use of "Karen" to describe rude, entitled people.  I know several people named Karen who don't fit that description in the slightest.  No one is going to name their kids Karen anymore either, because no one wants them associated with that behavior.  :(  

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Ron

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Jan Brady had it right! They shouldn't be called Karens.

It should be... "Marcia! Marcia! Marcia!"

 

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Daddydavek

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I'm guessing you knew "turpitude".

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Bill W

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Quote: "Thank gosh my parents didn't name me Karen :gikkle:, must be confusing." 

Yes, that would be confusing, and you'd probably end up going through life like Johnny Cash's "A Boy Named Sue."  :rofl:

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Bill W

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1 hour ago, Daddydavek said:

I'm guessing you knew "turpitude".

Would that be because of its more common usage or because he'd been accused of moral turpitude?  Don't worry, we still love you, Steve!  :hug: :heart:

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Bill W

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I also know several females named Karen and one named Kaaren (pronounced (car-in), and she was definitely a Karen.  

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ReaderPaul

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1 hour ago, Bill W said:

Quote: "Thank gosh my parents didn't name me Karen :gikkle:, must be confusing." 

Yes, that would be confusing, and you'd probably end up going through life like Johnny Cash's "A Boy Named Sue."  :rofl:

Lois Williams had another song related to "A Boy Named Sue," ("Sue" was written for Johnny Cash by Shel Silverstein).  The song by Lois Williams is titled "A Girl Named Sam" can be seen on YouTube here:

And @wildone -- I'm  guessing you knew either "turpitude" or "thaumaturgy" on @Myr's word list.  Those are the two I knew.

Thanks for these Weekly Wrap Ups, @wildone. 

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Bill W

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36 minutes ago, ReaderPaul said:

Lois Williams had another song related to "A Boy Named Sue," ("Sue" was written for Johnny Cash by Shel Silverstein).  The song by Lois Williams is titled "A Girl Named Sam" can be seen on YouTube here:

And @wildone -- I'm  guessing you knew either "turpitude" or "thaumaturgy" on @Myr's word list.  Those are the two I knew.

Thanks for these Weekly Wrap Ups, @wildone. 

Actually, that wouldn't be so bad, because girls have an easier time with a guy's name.   Sam could be short for Samantha, I've met girls named Billie and then there's Ricki Lake.  And on top of that, there's a lot of names th at are used by both sexes, like Shannon. 

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CassieQ

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13 hours ago, Valkyrie said:

I hate the use of "Karen" to describe rude, entitled people.  I know several people named Karen who don't fit that description in the slightest.  No one is going to name their kids Karen anymore either, because no one wants them associated with that behavior.  :(  

Interesting that it's a female name, as well.  

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Valkyrie

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12 minutes ago, CassieQ said:

Interesting that it's a female name, as well.  

A male "Karen" is a "Chad".  

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CassieQ

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11 minutes ago, Valkyrie said:

A male "Karen" is a "Chad".  

I've not heard that one.  Thanks.  

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wildone

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10 hours ago, Daddydavek said:

I'm guessing you knew "turpitude".

9 hours ago, Bill W said:

Quote: "Thank gosh my parents didn't name me Karen :gikkle:, must be confusing." 

Yes, that would be confusing, and you'd probably end up going through life like Johnny Cash's "A Boy Named Sue."  :rofl:

9 hours ago, Bill W said:

Would that be because of its more common usage or because he'd been accused of moral turpitude?  Don't worry, we still love you, Steve!  :hug: :heart:

7 hours ago, ReaderPaul said:

Lois Williams had another song related to "A Boy Named Sue," ("Sue" was written for Johnny Cash by Shel Silverstein).  The song by Lois Williams is titled "A Girl Named Sam" can be seen on YouTube here:

And @wildone -- I'm  guessing you knew either "turpitude" or "thaumaturgy" on @Myr's word list.  Those are the two I knew.

Thanks for these Weekly Wrap Ups, @wildone. 

Yes, I think I’ve heard morale turpitude used in novels and crime shows. I had to look it up the first time I heard it. 

For those commenting about ‘A Boy Named Sue’, when I wrote the comment I was 100% thinking of it. 😉 But we are aging ourselves :gikkle:  

 

 

18 minutes ago, CassieQ said:

Interesting that it's a female name, as well.  

 

5 minutes ago, Valkyrie said:

A male "Karen" is a "Chad".  

Cassie, thanks for pointing that out. Never thought about it, but you’re 100% right. 

I haven’t heard Chad, but that is probably due to what Cassie said. 

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centexhairysub

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Great round up as always, thanks for the work you do.

I knew three of the words this week, yea me...

Strangely enough, I know several Karen's but none of them are "Karen's".

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