Mann Ramblings

To you and everyone else who had such rotten health and personal issues in 2013: I say we just skip forward and go right to January 1st. Onward to 2014 and better days!

I know the feeling! One year they bought me a shower radio. Like I need to start dancing in the morning on a slippery surface...

I would totally wear that tie. LOL

About 3 or 4 years ago my brother and his GF got me a very colorful hardcover book of maps and stuff of The Pirates of the Caribbean. For ages 10 and up. I question their sobriety during shopping excursions sometimes.

Then comes the sequel, right?

A couple dvds, clothing (including items that can not be shown in the gallery ) and money towards the purchase of an art fair tent for future sales. All stuff I asked for!

A new Tuesday has come around with a new chapter! Let me know what you think! https://www.gayauthors.org/story/mann-ramblings/solittlemagicleft/13

Get me past Christmas and I'll finally have the time to sit down and read the various holiday stories that have appeared. Now I can add these as well. Thanks for showcasing these.

Awesome! An early Christmas present! As soon as I can get the presents wrapped I can start reading!

Mine was dead on. All three maps were in Michigan including Detroit. How eerie. This science smacks of magic I say!

Busy, busy week and now we're so close to Christmas! Glad to see there's still so much going on even with the oncoming holiday!! Welcome back, Trebs!

Oh god. If only I could have witnessed that. I would have loved to be a fly on the wall of that McDonald's... wait... that doesn't sound right.

All of mine are very personal so I'm fortunate that I likely won't tire of them. I planned the design and placement of all of them. Hope yours isn't too painful to remove. Ouch.

Tattoos are not for everyone. I have a number and will still be getting more as I come up with the proper ideas. But there is still a residual stigma that began from feudal Japan using tattoos to mark criminals. The Yakuza took that idea and began tattooing themselves as a mark of their allegiance. That viewpoint is still persistent in some form, although nowhere near as strong now. It's a matter of self-expression and I myself find tattoos utterly fascinating when done well. I have certainly seen some awful ink as well as stupid. (I've seen a woman who had an outline of the state of Michigan tattooed large across one cheek and a series that looks like ink vomiting out of her mouth, covering her chin and down her neck. I'm not kidding.) I don't subscribe to the automatic concept of all body modification is mutilation. I also don't subscribe to the "too much is when it can't be covered" mantra. That just implies that there's something wrong with it in the first place. Granted, it does potentially create friction in the work environment and depending on the job you're looking for, it may be smart to be able to conceal them. Or at least until people realize that tattoos are not just for the depraved and criminally inclined.

Can you come to my house next?

But Christmas is on Wednesday which gives you Thursday to write both during the day of rest! You can do eeet!!!

This is an amazing well written and researched short. The setting, relationships and sword crafting information is so genuine I doubt anyone would contest it. I haven't read your work yet and now I'm going to have to find the time to dig into your others. Fantastic.

Aww... she'll be destroying something in your absence in no time, the little cutie!

Boxers, Briefs or Other?

In case I'm not on at the requisite time I'm posting a question in advance. Of all the sites hosting gay authors what brought you and keeps you here at GA?

Chapter 12 is live! We've left off at a most delicate cliffhanger! What will become of our hero? https://www.gayauthors.org/story/mann-ramblings/solittlemagicleft/12

My best answer is: A pizza with no meat on it? There's just no point in that...

if we get enough participation, I vote we sticky this for reference purposes.

feel free to add me to the list for Art - Painting, Drawing and Ceramics method and techinques

Thanks, Ron. Even though it's a short story, I tried to be as thorough as possible in its handling. Glad to see it's responding so well for so many readers. Thanks for reviewing.