What's up puddy cat, whoa, whoooa! Don't read more into that than me just being goofy  Wait a minute. 

I had to go check Myr's fun and new emotes to check in with your moods! Got mine done now. What do you think of them?

I wonder, I need one for Diet Coke the true #1 Cola in the world  Are you listening, @Myr ? See, there is a story behind this. Back in the very early 70's when I was a wee little lad, I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. I don't know if at 4 I was drinking cola or not  Then, up here in Canadia, the government decided if you drank about 405 cans of pop a day, you would die of cancer if they had saccharine in them. So they banned it ! Never mind the saccharine, 405 cans a day 😮. So we used to drive to the lower mainland of BC to see relatives 3-4 times a year. We could sneak across the border to Point Roberts, look it up on a map, and Dad would buy like 6 flats of Shasta pop that had saccharine in it. BTW, I'm still alive . Then when I was probably in my early teens, Diet Coke came out in Canadia after failed attempts with Tab. I was in heaven . I think I'm still drinking excessive amounts of Diet Coke to catch up since then . 

Now, that leads me to ask... Do you drink any colas? If so what type would be your favourite. You know mine now  Now I know a lot of you, aka @Krista, are going to lecture me on how the sugar-free pops or really any pops are bad for you. You know you can tell us, just not sure if anyone is going to change their mind on their favourite pop  I will throw in if you like any carbonated drink. With Buble, or is it Bubbly, I don't partake in flavoured water. Or do you have one of those Soda Stream things. If you do, I know that there was/is the Pepsi line of sodas made cartridges for them. Are they still around? What is your flavour? 

If you find yourself running to the fridge to get a soda, I reminds me of a song by Kim Mitchell, Go For a Soda. What the heck, here it is:

Hopefully you have pulled yourself off the ground after you hysterical fit of laughing at 1980's Canadian videos  

Enough of this talk, what happened at the GA News blog this week!

Monday, Cia wrapped up the month with the CSR Discussion Day:

Then onto Tuesday we happily skipped along to have Myr bring us a new look at a different genre:

We didn't have anything on Wednesday and Thursday. Val did pop in on Friday with a couple of prompts. Did you check them out?

This Saturday, we had bonus blog. Myr came out and rubbed his crystal ball and gave us a look into the future 😮:

Here are the Words of the Day:

suspicion, obscured, unsettling, inquiry, trace, hidden, omen

Here is the look at the past week's postings on all our Authors and Poets!

1 Recently Updated 'Premium' Stories

1. The Double Hex by Topher Lydon

7 Recently Updated 'Signature Author' Stories

1. The Lord of the Pierced Dawn by Topher Lydon
2. The Construct by Topher Lydon
3. The Double Hex by Topher Lydon
4. TRAVISTY by Mark Arbour
5. Out of the Blue by Mark Ponyboy Peters
6. Hazardous by CassieQ **Complete**
7. The Holy Lance of Antioch by Topher Lydon **Complete**

1 Recently Updated 'Classic Author' Stories

1. Secrets 3: The Road to the Future by Bill W

2 Recently Updated 'Promising Author' Stories

1. Oklahoma's Son by Wayne Gray
2. Blades of Ashes by lilansui

34 Recently Updated 'Author' Stories

1. Role of a Lifetime by KKirk
2. Between the Times by Celian
3. Noah's Quest by AquariusGuy
4. Gilded Things by Nuno R.F.C.R
5. The Seducer: A Gone From Daylight Inspired Story by MrM
6. The Vulnerability Protocol by chris191070
7. B is for Biceps by Boy Mercury X **Complete**
8. Revelations 2026 by mastershakeme
9. The Best Man At My Brother's Wedding by StoriesByTroy **Complete**
10. Bring the Dawn by dragonthusiast
11. The Cwtch. by E K Stokes
12. Hollywood and Vine by Albert1434
13. The Curse of Love by Yeoldebard
14. The Luggage Paradox of Barnaby the Chrono-Capybara by chris191070 **Complete**
15. Alex & Neil: Moving On by Robert Hugill
16. Shooting Stars by Littlelovestories
17. Salt and Stone by CarlAccolla
18. Monstrum by Laura S. Fox
19. Aethan's Reign by ValentineDavis21
20. Everything Meant Nothing by StoriesByTroy
21. The Mirror of Dreams by Lupus
22. My Straight Best Friend Asked Me to Be His Boyfriend by StoriesByTroy
23. Another Time by Celian
24. Holiday Drama by quokka
25. Frat Games: The House Plaything by StoriesByTroy
26. Kismet by E K Stokes **Complete**
27. A versatile Count by Thomas Lindblad
28. Blades of Ashes by lilansui
29. Ly's Pandora's box by Kileoli
30. The Scandal by FV2112
31. Beyond the Veil by Laura S. Fox
32. A Tickling In The Wild West by Ticklishboy30
33. turmoil by Paladin
34. Futile Devices by CasualWanderer82

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