Howdy ho  

Just wanted to remind you that there is only 76 days to the Calgary Stampede  So if you are coming, let me know and we can meet up  For @Valkyrie, she might be coming up for the Spruce Meadows North American at the same time  . Or you coming up for the Masters in Sept? You could do that and Pride all on the labour day long weekend. 

So you know, up in the frigid climates of Calgary, Thursday we got another foot of heavy wet snow that melted over the past 2 days, we are starting to see spring weather and thinking what we are going to do over the summer if we have time off. 

I have a couple of weeks from June 28 to July 11 off but I don't think I will go anywhere. I was talking to my bank the other day and I suggested they offer short-term loans for gas😮. He laughed and said that was an idea he never heard before. You basically need one to fill up the tank right now, right? If prices come down, not sure what I will do though so no big plans. Maybe go up to the lake for a few days.

Hey, that is my question for the week  What is the current price of regular unleaded gas in your neighbourhood?  Mine is $1.589 at the station across the street  but most places are $1.709 per litre right now. There, I mentioned per litre, so our gallon friends are not have a heart attack 🪦. That would make my gas price  $4.39 per US Gallon or $7.615 Imperial Gallon. Does that sound right???

Quick math would be multiple price per litre by 3.7854 for a US Gallon and multiple by 4.546 for the Imperial Gallon. To reverse, take US price per gallon and divide by 3.785 per litre. Divide the Imperial Gallon by 4.546 to get the price per litre

Or, if it is too early to do math, put in your price and if it is a US Gallon or an Imperial Gallon!  I want to hear back from some of the people that read and maybe don't comment from around the world. You don't need to reveal your location at all, just something like $4.50/Imp Gal. Easy, peasy.  Now, let's not make it confusing either! Maybe you will say 30 pesos per litre. That is okay. 

Now, for real, if you got this far, how many of you were going to quit this blog since it involves math . Maybe we need @Drew Espinosa to help out  

Onto the real stuff for the look back on the past week.

Monday it was my pleasure to put up the the excellent review from one member of the Review Team on another Review Team member's story:

Tuesday, Myr loaded up the Deep Genre Dive:

Then on Thursday, it was the second release of the Poetry Anthology. Did you read any and what did you think? I also saw that @Jason Rimbaud did a poem named after something he has heard asked to him all his life: What did you do.  

That was it from the Daily Blogs, but there also was the Words of the Day:

courage, solidarity, endurance, strength, resolve, grounded, centered/centred  

Now if you say there is only 6 there, Steve! You are correct. Let's let the big guy take a day off  I know he has been a busy beaver!

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

 6 Recently Updated 'Signature Author' Stories

1. TRAVISTY by Mark Arbour
2. Hazardous by CassieQ
3. The Prisoner of Carronne by Mark Ponyboy Peters **Complete**
4. Within by Headstall **Complete** **Anthology Entry**
5. Stanton Drew by Valkyrie **Complete** **Anthology Entry**
6. The Prince and his Pauper by Mark Ponyboy Peters **Complete**

4 Recently Updated 'Classic Author' Stories

1. Right Then by Topher Lydon
2. Charlie vs the Demon Ex by Topher Lydon
3. A Knight in the Darkness by Topher Lydon **Complete**
4. Charlie vs the Anti-Vegan by Topher Lydon **Complete**

43 Recently Updated 'Author' Stories

1. Coming Home by Tomkin Watts **Complete**
2. Uncut Control - Taming the Spanish Bull by Soren Kraft
3. Arcum Dawns by mastershakeme
4. Gabriel's Gambit: Contract Terminated by Jason Rimbaud
5. A Two Man Job by Boy Mercury X
6. The Son Who Stayed by ChromedOutCortex
7. Boy Meets Boys by Grayson Rose
8. Exile to Érenn by Mark Paren
9. The Quiet Between Them by andy cannon
10. Bring the Dawn by dragonthusiast
11. Alpha Awakened by Painawakened
12. Bending Eli by BrokenBoundariesGayErotica
13. The Fit by Boy Mercury X **Complete**
14. Role of a Lifetime by KKirk
15. A versatile Count by Thomas Lindblad
16. Look, But Don't Look, Look by Lee Wilson
17. Still Alive, Dumbass by Tony S.
18. A Change of Worlds by Josh Aterovis
19. Knight and Squire by Albert1434
20. The Curse of Love by Yeoldebard 
21. The Art of Living by Robert Hugill
22. Another Time by Celian
23. Out Of The Closet by RichardWrites
24. Monstrum by Laura S. Fox
25. Footnotes of misery by Kileoli
26. First Bell and Bad Decisions by Kreston Bach
27. The Burden of Ash and Blood by Mike Carss
28. The Mirror of Dreams by Lupus
29. First They Came, revised by drsawzall **Complete** **Anthology Entry**
30. What Did You Do by Jason Rimbaud **Complete** **Anthology Entry**
31. Hand to Heart by MichaelS36 **Complete** **Anthology Entry**
32. Cowboys by Albert1434 **Complete** **Anthology Entry**
33. Noah's Adventure by AquariusGuy
34. Aethan's Reign by ValentineDavis21
35. Broken Hate, Broken Heart by Celian
36. Borders and Bribery by Thirdly
37. Gilded Things by Nuno R.F.C. Rendeiro
38. A Second Dance by BendtedWreath **Complete**
39. A Jewel in the Dirt by Celian
40. Beyond the Veil by Laura S. Fox
41. Straight to the Morning by Boy Mercury X **Complete**
42. Satellites by MrM
43. turmoil by Paladin

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