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I am a middle child, so I declare that the shiny is miney for the rest of the day

That was back in my heavy metal days. Had to give it up though. Not enough money to buy new guitars after smashing them all the time and/or buy beer. Beer won out

Yes, I've never seen Niagara Falls from the US side, aka Buffalo. Halloween, maybe I can catch a Sabres game. **calls travel agent. should be able to fly direct to Hamilton and avoid Toronto** Who wants to meet me in Buffalo? @Myr, you up for a visit Not sure how long of a trip it is. Hmmm, much cheaper than I thought. Val, can I borrow your house since you won't be there Save on hotel fees.

I chose kinetic sand

I took the desktop into a shop. $45 for the diagnostic and they couldn't find anything that was causing such a slow boot up. He was actually surprised it took over a 1/2 hour or more before starting up till you could even start any app or browser, then another 15 mins before typing into a browser He called and since I backed up all my files on the cloud ☁️ I went with the cheaper option for him to reformat the hard drive and install Windows 11 on it again. Just means that I had to load all the apps back on, Office 365, Adobe, etc. Oh well, it is a hell of a lot faster now. In a way, it wasn't as bad as I thought when I thought of reformatting and losing everything on the drive. It had me glad that I did all the backups that I did. I hope I can get a couple of more years out of this one . Then only file I loss was my collection of all the blog banner headers So I just spent a half hour putting them in a file on the computer again. I'm finishing up the past 2 weeks of a staycation. Did I get anything really done, nah I caught up on sleep. Now I will not be looking forward to Monday AM getting up at 6 AM 😭 I really don't have a question of the week this week 😮. So how is the weather in your neck of the woods ? We just had the 3rd wetest July on record and August hasn't started off much better. If I start growing gills and flippers, I will let you all know . Let's check what happened this past week, shall we. All hell broke loose on Monday . Cia released a blog with the link for the authors of one of the Secret Author contest, and all the stories. now everyone is trying to figure out who is associated with which story. 12 pages already, oh my!! Tuesday was Myr's chance to have us look at the Literary Fiction genre: Word's Of The Day for the past week: heliotropism, decimate, mnemonic, assemblage, panoramic, halcyon, mystique 2nd question of the week . I did not get anywhere near all of these words. Guess which ones I did get . Upcoming Writing Events 2025 Yearly Anthology - Creature Feature - Due Oct 1, 2025 - All the information you need is here. 2025 Prompt Team Event - More information to come! Member Participation Blogs - Great way to promote yourself!! Ask a Author 3.0 If you have a author you want to get some answers from, write a PM to @astone2292 Author Guess Who Get our members to guess who you are and also let everyone know who you are. Also write a PM to @astone2292 Here is the look at the past weeks postings on all our Authors and Poets! 3 Recently Updated 'Signature Author' Stories The Freshmen by Mark Arbour Learned to Lie by Krista Beyond Salvation by Mark Ponyboy Peters 5 Recently Updated 'Classic Author' Stories Carter's Breach by Topher Lydon The Watchers by Topher Lydon Swing for the Fences by LittleBuddhaTW A Summer in Iowa by Altimexis Secrets 3: The Road to the Future by Bill W 1 Recently Updated 'Promising Author' Stories Blades of Ashes by lilansui 55 Recently Updated 'Author' Stories The Ticklish Brotherhood by Ticklishboy30 Fates Mates & Pirates by P. E. Knapp Face Value by empath LEGALLY BOUND by vanalas The Clinton Boys Head South by Lee Wilson The Weight of a Secret by and9993 In My Mind by ChromedOutCortex Kill the Messenger by mastershakeme Love is... (Marcus and Justus) by Tony S. Flame and Frost by lomax61 Traded Goods by Yeoldebard A Jewel in the Dirt by Celian The Legend of Fred Krueger by Twisted_Dreemz Sapphire in the Stars by JujuTheDruid The Storm Wolf: Gathering Clouds by RedMoon Misaligned by Laura S. Fox Serenity by Albert1434 All Lost Things by Josh Aterovis Peter's Story by Connectwriter Black Sun by Jeff Burton W.R.E.C.K. by Thirdly Blood Money by Yeoldebard Not just another Summer by Robert Hugill Do You Ship Us? by Littlelovestories The Flower Thief and Other Tales of Yalda by Page Scrawler How the Coronavirus Jump-Started my Sex Life by KKirk Liar vs. Liar by Laura S. Fox Adventures Of Joy City's Heroes: Book 1 by Ticklishboy30 Everything Meant Nothing by StoriesByTroy Gagged, Grinded & Legally Screwed by Inkognito **Complete** The Scandal by FV2112 The Purple Phoenix by GENERAL PIGNOUF Shadows of Consequence by mcarss Surrounded by the Darkness by Lupus Just a Tuesday by Celian Family Practice by Tomkin Watts **Complete** What the Ship Remembers by andy cannon Family life, but not as we know it by Robert Hugill A Love Worth Having by irivera Blades of Ashes by lilansui Egypt by CLJobe Reverent: Six by Tony S. Lines of Attraction by Tony S. Yours to Bully by Littlelovestories What Brings Us Together - Part 2 by Paladin Somewhere to Go by astroguy Neighbour's Riddle by Thomas Lindblad A Silver Tongue is a Double-edged Sword by Absolute Debauchery House Of Exiles by GENERAL PIGNOUF Unspoken by Late to the party Only What the Moon Sees by thedelfinoplaza Wolf in the City by Laura S. Fox The Merge: Through a System of Control by astroguy Lee: Lessons in Adulting by Bndmetl Another Time by Celian 1 Recently Updated 'Poet' Stories Family embrace by Jean87 Read, Write, and REVIEW!!! (Don't forget to Recommend too!)

If you are confused, think about me. We have counties in Canada but don't really use them too much Other than rural municiple governments and infrustructure, I think that is about it. Don't get in on how many miles are We have 10 provinces to go west to east coast With Ontario and Quebec HUGE, and we are wider than the US of A. How many states are there coast to coast So don't confuse me with counties now

😮 I hope it is education, not just intolerance Sadly, people are educated but they choose to be ignorant and hurtful 😢 I really don't know why, does it make them feel superior in the moment? I mean, if someone doesn't look or act like you, especially something like Tourettes, you must know they are not doing it on purpose and probably a medical condition. Give your co-worker a collective hug from us.

Loni Anderson Aug. 5, 1945 - Aug. 3, 2025 Just heard another TV icon has passed away sadly Loni Anderson passed away just before her 80th Birthday. I remember watching her and the cast of WKRP in Cincinnati with my family. I think it also might have reaffirmed my feelings that I was gay. All the cast members would stare at her breasts every scene she was in, at the time that was okay in TV . Include my dad and all the other males that would talk about her breasts. Although I loved her in the show, I always felt sorry for her and really didn't understand the draw to breasts that all the other males seemed to. RIP 😢

I think we went to Lynn Canyon Bridge as it was free when I was really little, but don't think I ever made it to the Capilano one as it charged admission, @ReaderPaul. Being a family of 5 and dad in the military we didn't usually have a ton of free money to spend. Didn't one year someone try to cut the cables on the Capilano Suspension Bridge too? 😮

it is interesting how different people take the actions of others differently. Throughout reading this story up to now, never did I take Joel as standoffish. I would definitely say an introvert, maybe a loner that has a love of the game that exceeds his desire to be alone. I don't see him as a leader in the traditional sense but the type to give everyone coming into the dugout after a 3rd out a slap on the ass with his ball glove. I mean you can fake it with teammates without the close soul sharing moments too. My experience was hockey, mainly. My experience was also knowing that I was gay and that was bad at around 9 or 10 and that I had to keep that secret safe from everyone. Yeah, I could bs with the guys, but I had to be very careful on who I made friends with. I often wonder, even though I admitted to myself I was gay, did the hiding take a mental and maybe even a physical toll on me. Not sure @PrivateTim, over the years I've heard you talk about your water polo days. To be honest, I knew a guy in hs who played and i was always attracted to him but he had to be one of the best all around in shape and athletic guys I knew. How many players does a water polo team carry? I would hazard a guess that a team of 7 or 8 might be more cohesive than a team of say 17-22 teenagers and young men? Was there ever any players that maybe were not Type A personalities and more Type B, if you believe that logic?

Hello GA'ers Or would that be GA'yers I like GA'ers better So thank the unusual weather here in my neck of the woods. I got woken up by a thunderstorm and have kind of been watching the lighting storm lighting up the bedroom. Whilst doing so, I said to myself, 'Self, did you do the Wrap Up last night before bed?' I knew I had not, so here I am at 3:15 AM wrapping things up I was out to a smaller town called Golden, BC the past few days. Took two my my nephews to the highest suspension bridge in North America and actually made it across. Then ziplined back across the canyon and took the lower suspension bridge to do the mountain coaster. You regulate your speed, I left the brakes off and loved it!! I thought of @TalonRider as I was going down . The boys enjoyed the adventure park which was them way up in the trees doing different obstacles on 4 different courses that I could never attempt . We skipped the axe throwing as we were all too tired at that time. Now if you had a park like that, don't you think you'd be filling your machines with the $5 bottles of water and other beverages other than pop on a ridiculously hot day? Nope, everything sold out but pop . Water, Gatorade, Iced Tea and pop was all the same price. Next day we went white water rafting down the Kicking Horse river! It was a great trip and everyone had a blast!!! There was like 11 rafts in our group and it was nuts going down the river doing class 2, 3 and 4 rapids. It is 5 km (3 miles) where you drop a total of 137 meters (450 feet) in about 1.5 hours. Luckily nobody fell out of their boats or flipped their rafts, but everyone definitely got wet . Now if you ever been to B.C. (British Columbia) it does have its unofficial nickname, Bring Cash I had to save all the pop bottles from the kids to help pay for some of this trip . But the boys had a blast and I guess they have told just about everyone they know. Took the 16 and 13 y/o nephews. The 18 y/o decided to go to Indianapolis for World Drum and Brass championships I guess. So I will have to make it up to him when he gets back. At least I know when I take him out to a fancier restaurant, he will probably eat all that he ordered, unlike his younger brothers . How about you all? Any exciting vacation days taken? This was unplanned but I knew I couldn't go camping this year. Did you get away 1 day to do something wild and crazy? if not, just do it Side note: Do you think I should have told a certain author beforehand that I was going to do what some may consider life threatening activities, so she knows that I might not finish looking over her chapters before she posts? I didn't see it as a problem Well let's get onto the wrap up before I see the sun Monday, Cia had a great interview to finish up the past months CSR Feature's author. Give it a read, it was really great!! Myr went all spooky on us when he did the Deep Dive into the Horror Genre: We kind of had a malfunction at the junction for the rest of the week Cia wrote a blog, just never got formatted as a blog I only have one thing to do per week on the GA schedule here, I would hate to think all the mistakes I would personally make if I had to do what she does daily and weekly 😮. The blog did get up on Friday though. If you read any of the Secret Author stories, make sure you check this one out: Now here is the Words of the Day as provided by Myr: proliferate, vellichor, yaffle, zenith, apathetic, cosmology, cryptid And since I'm so late... here is today's word too : heliotropism Upcoming Writing Events 2025 Yearly Anthology - Creature Feature - Due Oct 1, 2025 - All the information you need is here. 2025 Prompt Team Event - More information to come! Member Participation Blogs - Great way to promote yourself!! Ask a Author 3.0 If you have a author you want to get some answers from, write a PM to @astone2292 Author Guess Who Get our members to guess who you are and also let everyone know who you are. Also write a PM to @astone2292 Here is the look at the past weeks postings on all our Authors and Poets! 5 Recently Updated 'Signature Author' Stories Learned to Lie by Krista The Freshmen by Mark Arbour Beyond Salvation by Mark Ponyboy Peters Peace of Amiens by Mark Arbour tim's Bits and Pieces by Mikiesboy 7 Recently Updated 'Classic Author' Stories Carter's Breach by Topher Lydon The Watchers by Topher Lydon Swing for the Fences by LittleBuddhaTW A Summer in Iowa by Altimexis Secrets 3: The Road to the Future by Bill W The Lion's Pride by Topher Lydon **Complete** 50 Recently Updated 'Author' Stories Fates Mates & Pirates by P. E. Knapp Solving Word Crimes by Inkognito **Complete** The Clinton Boys Head South by Lee Wilson A Class Reunion by Tomkin Watts **Complete** Arcum Nights by mastershakeme My Best Friend’s Brother Dylan Was Supposed to Be Straight by StoriesByTroy Life's Ticklish Situations by Ticklishboy30 Misaligned by Laura S. Fox Egypt by CLJobe LEGALLY BOUND by vanalas In My Mind by ChromedOutCortex Traded Goods by Yeoldebard The Merge: Through a System of Control by astroguy Sapphire in the Stars by JujuTheDruid Light Bringer: Fireborn by Jack Poignet Frat Games: The House Plaything by StoriesByTroy It’s D’reg, Sweetheart, not Drag! by Rafy **Complete** Adventures Of Joy City's Heroes: Book 1 by Ticklishboy30 The Brotherhood: Awakening Book II by The Writer X Peter's Story by Connectwriter Reverent: Six by Tony S. As They Say - (Revised) by D.K. Daniels Serenity by Albert1434 All Lost Things by Josh Aterovis Blood Money by Yeoldebard Family life, but not as we know it by Robert Hugill Love is... (Marcus and Justus) by Tony S. Do You Ship Us? by Littlelovestories The Neighbor Across the Window by StoriesByTroy Liar vs. Liar by Laura S. Fox The Kiss That Waited by Rafy **Complete** What the Ship Remembers by andy cannon Neighbour's Riddle by Thomas Lindblad Cursed by Gary L **Complete** Just a Tuesday by Celian Only What the Moon Sees by thedelfinoplaza Shadows of Consequence by mcarss Surrounded by the Darkness by Lupus Everything Meant Nothing by StoriesByTroy A Silver Tongue is a Double-edged Sword by Absolute Debauchery Lines of Attraction by Tony S. Not just another Summer by Robert Hugill Three Texas Swimmers by KKirk **Complete** The Flower Thief and Other Tales of Yalda by Page Scrawler The Straight Boys Took Me On Vacation by BrokenBoundariesGayErotica The Second Circlet: The Old Places by MrM **Complete** Wolf in the City by Laura S. Fox Grit by Inkognito Finding Home: Hood & Holy Water, Bk 2 by JJQuinn The World of the Legend of the Red Star by Lupus 1 Recently Updated 'Poet' Stories Marvin B Erotic Poetry Collection by Marvin B Read, Write, and REVIEW!!! (Don't forget to Recommend too!) Now back to bed!!

@Daddydavek, he is always up fr a pint or 15 🫢😇

Unfortunately, the biggest celebration got missed on the list. NATIONAL GOLDEN GIRLS DAY 40th Anniversary I'm putting this in before @Krista comes in like a wrecking ball if it isn't recognized.

Kind of looks like Val

God made us this way for a reason 🍺

I love these discussions!! I think we all have or try to guess what kind of person an author is by their writing. What kind of life have they had, what kind of influences maybe steered their writing. You know, the personal stuff. Not too often we get some of the personal details that Cia seems to get for us. Sometimes understandably, there is a concern with anonymity but these questions allow an author decide what they want to share to get a bit closer to their readers. I've read most of Topher's works and kind of had an opinion of him, but other than him being Canadian and British, this was all I got right The fact that you were open about yourself Christopher, is really appreciated. Makes us feel a bit closer to you and your stories. Bravo!

Are you saying, 'Takes one to know one' @Mattyboy, I'm shocked, shocked I say 😮 Not like me to put words in your mouth though

What perfect gentleman!! Sitting so patiently for their beers. I'm sure they are fighting off the gurl otters all night long.

Krista isn't ignoring you all She is currently mad at me I convinced her she should go camping with her family ⛺ She hates camping

Just tell me you are seeing a professional for multiple personality disorderS 😛

I never knew about this until i was six, then horrified when I saw it being done How do you like the tighty whities