Andrew Q Gordon

Do I get to choose which Batman I get to kiss? Christian Bale all the way!!!!!!

The what in the world part made me chuckle - how about what in the out-of-the-world realm of non-corporeal spirits would make people kill the host? Um . . . well . . . next chapter maybe? [and yes I am ignoring on 'purpose' the darkside/dark Purpose comment for now. ] No chance of a Journal Entry from Ryan, not going to leave Gar/Will's POV but we'll get some explanation from him before the end. Thanks for taking the time to comment - always appreciated. Andy

Thank you for taking the time to tell me your thoughts. Someone else recently told me they had to stop reading for a bit - that makes me feel good and bad - good that I got the emotions right, bad that it upset folks. I will say that getting comments like yours and others made it worth the effort it took to write it. Thanks for sharing - I do really appreciate it. Andy

Thank you, Rad [Rad sounds better than D.R. ] Glad to see you decided to stick around - soon I'll get to read yours right ?

Thanks for the comments - I had/have a real attactment to this story - not sure why. I very much want to get back to it, but right not I lack the time. Glad you enjoyed it too. Andy

Wow I get to disagree with you in a public forum. Children making noise is a part of life - on the play ground, in their own house, in the park etc. On an airplane where people are forced by luck of the draw to sit near a loud - not crying but out of control child - in a restaurant where people go to enjoy dinner out, in a movie theatre to watch a movie - other than a kiddie movie - etc - no those places are not 'grow a little patience.' A loud child who runs around a restaurant or who kicks the back of the seat on a plane, or is brought to a movie and cant keep quiet, that should not be acceptible. The child and his family are NOT the ONLY ones in that space. They are guest, just as the other people are. There are rules of decorum that polite society abides by and teaches and expects their children to abide by. Children should be free to be kids and run and laugh and scream and play - but not anywhere they or their parents choose. Just as we set boundries for them - don't play with fire or knives, don't hit others, etc, we need to set boundaries on where certain behaviors are acceptable or not. If the kid can't behave, then we - me and the kid are leaving. [well on a plane that might be hard but I'll figure that out.]

Chapter 19 of Purpose is posted. Y'all know what I'mma gonna say next so do, write, tell me. Enjoy.

Well it's too late for me to say if I want or don't want kids, as my daughter is due in two weeks. But to commento on what Matt and Canuk have said - I don't blame the kid and i don't think you should ban kids from flying. Parents who don't control their kids should be banned however. In addition to flights, what about restaurants where the kids are running around? My feeling is if we go out and the baby/child/children don't behave, get fussy, start to cry, we - Mike or I will have to take them outside so others can enjoy their dinner. If it's on a flight, you can be damn sure that if my kid did that to either of you, it wouldn't take you turning around to ask me to stop them. I'd be apologizing after the first time and making sure they didn't do it again. Manners and respect are not out fashion out of fashion or whatever. It is the parents job to teach that to the kids. Just my take on it. My poor daughter has no idea what she's in for does she? Andy

Don't weasels bite?

Yes Paya, two weeks early is today, but I'm not ready yet so it can't be today, besides, the office is having the baby shower today, I have to be here for the food As for pictures, I will post them, but no here. My plan is to create a secure place and then give whoever wants it the link. Probably not much privacy, but I figure it's better than making it public. Thanks for scaring me Andy

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TJ!!! Not sure what you do for fun up thar in the frozen north, but hope you have fun and make it memorable! Of course if you get naked and run wild through town, I hope you post pictures.

How did we go from confusion to weasels?

Greetings Throbby - interesting name choice - says the man who's screen name is hard to pronounce. Hey Yanks glad to see you decided to say hello Andy

Okay since no one else answered you, I figured I'd suck up and be the first - after lugh told us all you're scary I want to stay on your good side. For me, no these were not helpful, at least not at this time. Too little time too much to do. I think the exercise is useful because often you read stories and you don't know squat about the characters other than what they are doing. Do they like grape soda? oatmeal cookies? Scooby Doo, Shaggy or Thelma? Do they hate storms? Like the fall? Hate sports? Etc. It's the little quirks in a character that make them memorable and draw readers in. So yeah this would be useful. It's a good way to get inside the character heads. So maybe later I'll get back to this, but for now, I'm a tad busy

Is it really fair for y'all to confuse me this early in the day?

Welcome Daniel and Mike - Never Michael - always nice to 'see' new 'faces' Andy

Sharon, Cia, thanks for the photo advice, will look into both. I'm terrible at taking pictures so we'll see if I improve any

haha, are you saving them and hoping they'll come back in style??

Happy Birthday Dargon - sorry no snappy posts with bling and pictures and the like - that's for you to do yourself

Who determines what 'innocent' means??

@ Maria - sleep? I told my mom, I'm getting up every couple hours to practice for when she gets here @ JC : I fully intend to be in another room when it happens. Sorry ladies, yes I'm that squeamish. @Lugh: OMG I freaking love the idea. I'm gonna get them made for us and wear them whenever we take her out in public JK about the last part but I do like the idea a ton

So It's about two weeks before the baby is due. In some ways it feels like it's taken an eternity, in others it seems like it flew by. I remember the first entry -which is gone from the site sadly - my fault, no comments please - where I was discussing how the fertility clinic staff kept asking me, you're done already? when I turned in my little swimmers. That still strikes me as quite funny that they think I wanted to take my time and enjoy it. Yeah, so much fun being in the little jerk off room with their collections of straight and lesbian porn. I have picture of it if anyone is interested in what they look like. Then the issues with getting pregnant, having to shell out almost double than we planned, the insurance issues, the money issues with the surrogate - Interestingly enough they seem like someone else's life now. At the last ultra sound they told us her due date - what a misnomer if ever there was one - is now September 28. That was the original date the fertility clinic gave us so big shock that the OBGYN has decided that is now the new due date. The problem is we relied on the Oct 3 date for setting leave from work etc. Yeah I hear all the snickering going on about how a due date is anything but, but still. We needed some estimate and they could at least stick to one. Not that it will change when she - the baby - decides it's time, but it does make it a tad easier for us to be in denial. So, nursery painted - if you want to know the color, Benjamin Moore Country Green, color #540. Or you can go to Pottery Barn Kids and look at the Hayley nursery for an idea. The green was a big improvement over the yellow we had in there. It was kinda gold and it made the room darker. For those who don't know, my brother and his wife gave us a set of baby furniture that is really nice. Very heavy, real wood, not press board, sturdy. Very very generous and nice of them. My brother also lost the hardware for the crib and the instructions for both. We ordered the hardware and instructions and they sent us hardware only. Fortunately I am rather good with puzzles. Cradle and Crib are both assembled and set in place. Nothing broken, marriage intact. Woo Hoo The list of things we still have to do is HUGE. I can't even begin to list them. But I think come Thursday we will have finished the last of the super important necessary things - we are meeting with her pediatrician. Against my wishes, my office is having a shower for me on Wednesday. Yes I know I am not being very gracious, but one of the reasons I didn't want one is going to sound counter intuitive. We have some very nice, generous woman who work in the support staff I have been friends with since I started. They are already starting to buy things. Yes I know they want to do it and not feel like they have to, but I still feel a bit guilty that they are spending money on me. I am supposed to be the one who buys things for them because they don't make squat. My mother has been schooling me on just saying thank you and being better about letting others give me things. IDK, it's just not in my nature I guess. I noted that the Baby registry at Babies-r-us [won't do you any good to know where I'm registered if you don't have my last name - so I'm not giving anything away ] has seen a precipitous drop in the number of things left to buy. That's a good thing I suppose because there is so much else we didn't include we still need to get. So how many baby out fits are enough? I don't know but we already have 25 0-3 month old outfits and the shower isn't until Wed. We are already more than half way there in 3-6 month outfits now as well. One of our mothers bought us a burp towel that says 'mommy's little girl.' I've also told people, no clothes with the word princess on it. His mother gave us one that said, 'Daddy's little Princess." There are already two queens in this house, last thing we need is another one who has aspiration to royalty. Am hoping to create a website where I can put baby pictures. Not so keen on Face book, but I might have to go there if the website gallery doesn't work. I'll let everyone know when it's up and you can let me know if you want the address. Okay so last, tomorrow is another Dr. visit for the surrogate. We might know a bit more if she's looking like she's going to be early or we may not. Hopefully she'll make it to the 28th but I'm not counting on it. Too many people are already dreaming she's going to be early. Stay tuned - more to follow soon. Andy

Thanks for the comments - but I think you meant Jason not josh . Defense and Prosecution have very different approaches. As a prosecutor it's hammer home with everything you have - you have the burden and it is a high one. For the defense you are just trying to poke holes in the government case for the most part. It is that rare case where the defense has a lot to offer in their case by way of evidence. From a defense perspective, the best case you have is the one where you need to present the least amount of evidence. i.e. you've poked so many holes in the gov't's case you don't need to present any evidence of your own. Now let's see if I can pull it all together in the last two chapters.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CONNER!!!!! A bit early for you left coasters but still, hope it's a great day my friends. You should 'hook up' with a friend or two. I've been waiting for a chance to slip that is some how.

Thanks for that Dark - The comments after the video are funny - some one asked if they were chanting "Balls Deep" when they were chanting "Long Beach" too funny.