[Andrew_Q_Gordon] The Trial of Jordan Colmar

[Andrew Q Gordon]

Dave,

 

My plan is to make it one, that is what it's been all along, just wondering out loud.

 

As for us, I have off for 16 weeks. Mike will take 8 weeks after I go back so that's the plan. I'm 'hopeful' to get stuff done, but I'm being realistic that baby Q comes first so I'll see what happens.

 

Thanks for weighing in and for the feedback along the way.

 

Andy

[Daddydavek]

Dave,

 

My plan is to make it one, that is what it's been all along, just wondering out loud.

 

Thank you!

 

As for us, I have off for 16 weeks. Mike will take 8 weeks after I go back so that's the plan. I'm 'hopeful' to get stuff done, but I'm being realistic that baby Q comes first so I'll see what happens.

 

That is really wonderful. I am so happy for the both of you. A child represents hope for the future. One note of caution, you can't "spoil" a newborn, but they can really wrap you around those baby fingers!

 

Thanks for weighing in and for the feedback along the way.

 

Your stories have provided hours of pleasure, so the thanks are all mine. This venue makes it easy to provide feedback so that was not a problem. Keep your positive attitude and enjoyment of life. It encourages others! Dave

 

 

 

[Andrew Q Gordon]

You and the others on here really make it a pleasure to post my work here, I really feel like folks appreciate it.

 

That and I've learned quite a bit from the feed back I've gotten - so it's a win win from my perspective.

[Daddydavek]

" I've got a little something that is taking up a lot of my time right now, things might be rather slow to develop after this. Or not, depends on how much sleep we get "

The above is quoted from your response to the latest review (which was pretty nice!) and I just want to tell you that when things get a little hectic, to take a deep breath and just do it. Babies don't come with an instruction book and each one is different. So like a good trial attorney, sometimes you just gotta wing it! (Hint, sleep when the little princess sleeps!)

 

In between, if you get time, keep writing!

[Andrew Q Gordon]

Thanks Dave, I have to say that I'm not the best at learning about others, BUT I did read on your profile that you are the father of two adult children, I envy you that experience and look forward to having my own. I hope you don't mind if there are times I get flustered and send you a PM asking for 'HELP!"

 

I actually got a good bit of writing done on Chapter 6, it is mostly fleshed out, now to add in the details. Then I can post the epilogue and this 'chapter' of Jason and Peter's lives will be put to rest. Hopefully there will be more stories about these two, but as I keep saying, much as I love to write, I think I found a new obsession/hobby. Writing will always be a passion and I'm sure I'll always do some, but just not so much right now.

[Benji]

Hey Q-man! As a father that basically raised my child by myself, I do not envy you But the joys come with the worries, so no problems here. It is not until they hit puberty or 13, whatever comes first that the problems arise. Stick with the punches and rolls, it will work out!!!

[MikeL]

Hey Q-man! As a father that basically raised my child by myself, I do not envy you But the joys come with the worries, so no problems here. It is not until they hit puberty or 13, whatever comes first that the problems arise. Stick with the punches and rolls, it will work out!!!

 

I would consider the "terrible twos" a trial run for puberty.

[Andrew Q Gordon]

Whew, good thing I got my own forum or else we all might get flagged for being off-topic, but as the Master of Andyland - a.k.a. Q-topolis, I can do pretty much whatever I like

 

Hey Q-man! As a father that basically raised my child by myself, I do not envy you But the joys come with the worries, so no problems here. It is not until they hit puberty or 13, whatever comes first that the problems arise. Stick with the punches and rolls, it will work out!!!

 

Haha, well I'm quite happy - aside from the lack of sleep some nites, and the fact that she's already decided we're doing things her way J/K. As for puberty/teenage years, yeah, I'm so NOT looking forward to that. LOL

 

 

 

I would consider the "terrible twos" a trial run for puberty.

 

Haha Mike, don't try to scare me already, that's just not fair.

[MikeL]

Haha Mike, don't try to scare me already, that's just not fair.

 

Didn't intend to scare you, Andy. I'll check back when you have had sufficient experience.

[Daddydavek]

Andy, just try to relax and savor each day. Don't worry about terrible twos. Pretty soon she will be smiling and doing baby sounds and then following you with her eyes and then holding her head up and then sitting up and then on and on and on. It just is so neat to see a real person grow from a helpless infant into a self-sufficient adult. Of course there will be bumps along the way, a few heartaches, lots of joy and hopefully, somewhere a long, long way down the road, grandchildren you can spoil!

 

I see that you have been catching up on reading some of the other authors and providing comments. I am hoping that means the next chapter is at beta and will be up soon! Dave

[Andrew Q Gordon]

 

 

I see that you have been catching up on reading some of the other authors and providing comments. I am hoping that means the next chapter is at beta and will be up soon! Dave

 

Sadly no it does not mean it's done, I've fleshed it out, but it needs work. While I can concentrate enough to read, writing is hard to come by at the moment. It's going to be a week or so late in posting - sorry, but I am working on it and other things as best I can. I haven't forgotten or abandoned anything, just not feeling moved to write at the moment - or at least not moved to write well. So I'm taking it as it comes.

 

But I won't make y'all wait long - I promise that much.

 

Andy

[Daddydavek]

 

Sadly no it does not mean it's done, I've fleshed it out, but it needs work. While I can concentrate enough to read, writing is hard to come by at the moment. It's going to be a week or so late in posting - sorry, but I am working on it and other things as best I can. I haven't forgotten or abandoned anything, just not feeling moved to write at the moment - or at least not moved to write well. So I'm taking it as it comes.

 

But I won't make y'all wait long - I promise that much.

 

Andy

 

Hey, it's ok! I just hope you are eating your Wheaties!

[Benji]

Whew, good thing I got my own forum or else we all might get flagged for being off-topic, but as the Master of Andyland - a.k.a. Q-topolis, I can do pretty much whatever I like

 

 

 

Haha, well I'm quite happy - aside from the lack of sleep some nites, and the fact that she's already decided we're doing things her way J/K. As for puberty/teenage years, yeah, I'm so NOT looking forward to that. LOL

 

 

 

 

Haha Mike, don't try to scare me already, that's just not fair.

 

.......... I never had a problem during the 'terrible twos' at all. Not sure if I should say this on an open forum or not, but I guess my logical thinking is behind my passion here. Around 13 she she was invited to a 'family' outing with her boyfriend and his family and cousins at the lake for the weekend, I met the parents and approved as there were going to be some 12 people including girls her age on this trip..... long story short, while the group decided to venture the lake the BF feigned being sick and my daughter said she would stay behind to look after him, they thought 'ok' because one of his male cousins also decided to stay. .......Long story short again, the cousin knew the BF raped my daughter but was afraid to say so. The family soon knew and was afraid, my wife and daughter were also afraid, .... so they never told until 3 months after that family moved somewhere out of state. They were aware I was still good at over a thousand yards, and prevented me from acting. ....Sigh! Truth be known, I looked for this piece of shit for two years afterwards, that is something my 'family' does not know of.

 

Anyways, about a few months later my daughter and her goofy friends decide to steal a car and drive to Reno, (I taught her how to drive when she was 11 in my Jeep). I was a bit amazed she had manged to make it from Vegas to Tonopah Nevada, but when they were finally pulled over, the other parents ran out and got their precious daughters. I told them if they had a good cell, when told yes, I replied I would be there sometime tomorrow as I was totally pissed I had to take the day off work and drive somewhere I had never been to before. Hahaha! It is funny now that I think about it, but my car radio was out, so as I fumed the 4+ hours it took me to get there, I pretty much told her off for the 4+ hours on the way home! She never forgot that, and I really had no other problems with her accept a little pot smoking, which she doesn't do anyways. She got married to a guy with 3 very young kids, 5,7, and 9! See G-D believes in payback

[Andrew Q Gordon]

B-man, I was going to make a humorous response, but then I didn't think that was appropriate, so let me say, I'm sorry you went through that and that you didn't find him.

 

Now me? I'm a shotgun man myself. I'm deadly at 10 feet. But that's okay, I'd want him to know it was coming if he did that to my daughter.

[Benji]

B-man, I was going to make a humorous response, but then I didn't think that was appropriate, so let me say, I'm sorry you went through that and that you didn't find him.

 

Now me? I'm a shotgun man myself. I'm deadly at 10 feet. But that's okay, I'd want him to know it was coming if he did that to my daughter.

 

Perhaps! but that was about 12 years ago, and I can assure you that if I would have found him, they would have never found me. I could not do that today though.

[Daddydavek]

I have a daughter and a granddaughter so I can relate.

 

To turn the page, I have posted that our modern trial system is mostly theater.

Here is a more current rendition of

Pink Floyd's the "The Trial"

 

Edited October 16, 2011 by Daddydavek

[Andrew Q Gordon]

Dave, wish I could give you more than one 'like' for that post. One for the content and one for the Pink Floyd song

 

What you said about modern trials is dead on. There is an element of theatrics and there is also an air of who does the jury like more. it's all about making a good impression.

[Daddydavek]

Dave, wish I could give you more than one 'like' for that post. One for the content and one for the Pink Floyd song

 

What you said about modern trials is dead on. There is an element of theatrics and there is also an air of who does the jury like more. it's all about making a good impression.

 

Glad you liked it! Also glad you are old enough to appreciate Pink Floyd!

 

The soundtrack of my life starts in the Fabulous Fifties and Elvis and goes right on through Nellie!

[Andrew Q Gordon]

Glad you liked it! Also glad you are old enough to appreciate Pink Floyd!

 

Remember them? I grew up on The Wall and Dark Side of the Moon.

[Daddydavek]

In reply you posted today to a review of this story you wrote:

 

 

"Believe it or not the Prosecutor's closing is harder for, because of all that he needs to get across. stay tuned, the end is coming."

 

 

The prosecuter almost always has the harder job, especially when the legal standard for a conviction is high "as beyond a reasonable doubt." The presumption of innocence is a strong legal protection.

 

Now my question: Is the end coming in a matter of minutes, hours, days, weeks, or months? Pregnant pause awaiting your response!

 

 

[Andrew Q Gordon]

In reply you posted today to a review of this story you wrote:

 

 

"Believe it or not the Prosecutor's closing is harder for, because of all that he needs to get across. stay tuned, the end is coming."

 

 

The prosecuter almost always has the harder job, especially when the legal standard for a conviction is high "as beyond a reasonable doubt." The presumption of innocence is a strong legal protection.

 

Now my question: Is the end coming in a matter of minutes, hours, days, weeks, or months? Pregnant pause awaiting your response!

 

More than minutes but less than months.

 

I've written a lot of the closing, but I keep tweaking it, then I have to send it to Nephy for her to see if I've been too Lawyerish or not, then to Anyta. So not this week for sure. But I'm hoping it won't be 'weeks' let alone a month.

 

Sorry, as I've said, it's hard to focus on writing when I have some free time. But I'm going to go back and take a stab at finishing Chapter Six today. Sigh, I need more time. LOL

[Andrew Q Gordon]

Chapter 6 is with Nephy - but as you may or may not know she's had internet issues and now computer issues- not hers, but her sons so her time is limited and I don't think it's fair to press this right now.

 

Also - and here I expect a few slings and arrows - Chapter 6 does NOT include the verdict, sorry, I was struggling enough to find the time to get the closing down, if I had to do the verdict too, it would take me too long. BUT I am working on that too.

 

So, what's left is 6, 7 and an epilogue. That will tie up everything - i.e. it will be a few weeks or so after the verdict and will shift from Martin's POV back to Jason's as it will complete Jason and Peter's story - for now.

 

So I'm sorry if this disappoints folks, but geez, who knew this dad thing so gonna be so rough?

 

J/K, it's not so bad, just soaks up most of my free time.

 

Andy

[Andrew Q Gordon]

Good new, bad news, good news:

 

Yeah that's what this post will bring.

 

Good news: Chapter 6 is done, just need to go over the edits one last time and then get it read to post. Be up today - contingent on no more baby melt downs like last night - ugh!

 

Bad news: Chapter 6 does not include the verdict - sorry didn't have the focus to put that in. So I sent it off without the verdict - sorry gang.

 

Good news: While dealing with baby melt down last night - i.e. when I set her down and she'd sleep for 20 minutes - I finished 95% of Chapter 7 - which ends the trial - yes there is a verdict - no I don't have a hung jury - promise.

 

So that should be off and out and I won't wait two weeks to post it. Once it's done and edited and approved, I'll post it. Promise. Then all that's left is an epilogue which as I mentioned before will be from Jason's perspective.

 

Okay, baby to work.

 

Andy

[Daddydavek]

That is good news and as usual, we wait with baited breath.

 

The baby thing is always a lot more time consuming than people expect. Some parts will get easier with practice. She just has to break you guys in to doing things her way.....

[Andrew Q Gordon]

Chapter 6: Rebuttal, is posted.

 

Read it here.

 

As I mentioned earlier, this chapter doesn't get us to the verdict that is next.

 

Hopefully this one was worth the wait.

 

Andy