Ron

You’re missing numbers 1, 6, 7, and 9 no less, and although that’s extremely close to being proficient, achieving 6 positions out of 10 just means that you have room for improvement. Yeah, yeah that’s it … you have room for growth. I’m going to go with that.

Ba-dum — Ching! While I prefer prologue to prolong they both amount to the same thing.* *Damn, I’ve been holding that in for a long time. I’m glad to finally get it off my chest.

Sort of like: looking over your shoulder to see the future.

Exercise! I don't need no stinkin' exercise! Once upon a time I lived in Boston, the big-little city that pulls up the rug incredibly early each night. But it's a great walkable city and I often did so, perambulating North, South (Although not too far South - lots of homeless and the too often associate drug addicted who hung out there ), East and West. If I got tired the MBTA transit system was there to get me home. Now, I live in the North Coast area of MA (So called because it's North of Boston ) and traveling on the MBTA takes lots of planning (Upwards of 2.5 hours each way to get to Boston. The border to Salem, which has already begun with the Halloween festivities, is a long block-and-a-half away but a bus trip takes 45 minutes to get to the core business district). I have no car and so I must walk (That's the exercise part) when possible (Barring torrential rains - we are in drought - or hurricane winds and blizzards). I chose the area because of the amenities such as pharmacies (2) and grocery stores (2) are within reach of a short or longer hike (just over a mile or just over two miles round trip), I get to choose. I also must walk down and walk back up a good-sized hillock to begin and end my trips as part of the walking mileage.

Those people are merely rightly challenged.

I don’t know, dude. It strikes me that this is eerily similar to the exalting of exaltation … which I have already wondered might be exhausting, although I did ask for a friend.

What I want to know is might the exalting of exaltation make one exhausted? Asking for a friend.

"Nooo!" "Nooo!' "Nooo! Say it isn't so!" "Umm... "

I’m going to write a story just for you. I’m going to begin with, “You. Yeah, you.” You may think you’re impervious to my machinations (much sniggering), but you aren't. You will succumb. You will fall, just like everyone else, and you will delight in my every word. — The Mule.

I like this word. Merely saying it gives me a frisson of expectation! ”Frisson; Frisson; Frisson.” Ooh, ooh, ooh — goosebumps! Every time.

“Let’s get technical, technical. I wanna get technical. Let’s get into technical. Let me hear your physics talks; your physics talk. Let me hear your physics talk. Let’s get technical, technical. I wanna get technical … .” I paraphrase. CRAP! I see @Bill W has beaten me to the punch! Hmm, it seems that when prompted we like minded think alike. (Also, humor is ‘effing’ humorous.)

Ron is still incredibly sad that his (insert: laziness) has resulted in his (insert: inability) to manage his time. With (insert: unlimited) time he (insert: may have/might have/could have/have had) offered the most (insert: fantastical/stupendous/thought-provoking) story and or stories you have ever had the pleasure of reading. You may even have had a (insert: pleasurable/emotional/questionably awesome) experience while reading his words. To have read one of his stories might well have been ... . Sadly, we will never know. Nevertheless, despite Ron’s (insert: unfortunate) and potentially (insert: devastating) injury to his reputation, I expect you will all have some (insert: phenomenal) stories to read.

I'm glad to have finally gotten around to reading your story. You've written a nicely rendered vignette of youthful memories and the reality of life. I noticed one slip up in the second paragraph (so easy to miss) but not another one. Notwithstanding that single insertion, bravo!

I completely understand. Nevertheless, I personally look up words that I come across in the news or (gasp) a book I’ve been reading. Knowledge is power as they say, and others say, “You never know” so you may be able to work this word into a story of yours at some point. Or to paraphrase Taylor Dayne, “You’ve got to work. Work it girl.”, but I digress.

@Myr Good grief, man! You're a juggernaut with these 'Word of the Day' words, as it were. "Never give up! Never surrender!" - Jason Nesmith

Um ... . What do I say? Firstly, of course, thank you for your adamant admiration (Snort! Really? Oh! ... It's just too much! I couldn't!). Otherwise ... Reference the original, Bud.

I have met my enemy, and it is ... Laziness. That and too much news. I don't believe that it will be possible, despite my previously hinting elsewhere and otherwise, that I will be participating in this anthology as an author. If any of you got your hopes up , I apologize (deeply) for quashing them. Best to you all.

Oh, man! I have thoughts

Somehow, I have the feeling of being back in time, to a time when I had more than enough time to create a creature for the feature. But, now, I have very little time and so many ideas — the bane for writers.

I caught on rather quickly to the subject matter, but the execution was well done. You get a Bravo, too!

I liked it, my friend. You made a valiant effort in short time, but it’s not so easy to do. Remember: I’m is a contraction of ‘I am’ — you slipped that one in, no judgement.

Hmm, what’s that ball of string doing on the floor? Wait a minute… you’re no ball of string? You’re not fooling me!

Meanwhile — in Massachusetts: It’s meteorologically Fall. How is it that it’s still light outside at 7:00 p.m.? Beep, beep, beep. What’s that? Oh, yeah, it’s Frozen-DiGiorno (now baked) come to the rescue! Even a WAPO investigation (I mean a taste test) says, “Eat me”. Turn on that oven? “No, way! I’m turning on the toaster-oven — It’s twice as fast, and at a lower temperature!” And, and … What were we talking about? Oh, yeah: Friday Prompts. Go ahead, take on an opponent opportunity. 😉

I'm glad I gave the original post a thumb-up. I remain enthusiastic about short stories. One can achieve much of their objective vs. a much longer adventure, and all encompassed within far fewer words -- if you're willing to give up a bit of work. Oh, but that declaration is wrong! As is so often the case miniaturization is much more difficult than expanding upon an original idea with many words; there's more work to be done .... Edit: See, I had to remove a word and a space in time to further clarify this post. Ugh(!); Editing a short story, am I right?! Edit 2: Bows head — more editing for such a few words. It appears that I’m proving a point; short stories = hard.

Yes, I’m sure it was. 🫠