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Happy Leap Year I hope everybody is going to have a great Leap Year Day! If you were born on the 29th, I have to say in all honesty, you're looking old for your age Wait!!! What??? Oh, I've been just informed I'm an idiot and Leap Year Day was yesterday Looks like I will have to wait another 4 years to get the day right! Huh, so I'm wrong again, go figure. To have a Leap Year Day fall on a Sunday I'll have to wait until Feb 28th, 2032 😢 Oh well, what is 12 years among friends So what went on at the GA Blog this week you ask? Monday was our CSR Discussion Day. Cia had a great conversation with Richie Tennyson! Then on Friday, Wayne, aka comicfan, was by with a couple of new prompts! Did you check out each word of the day? What I would like to see is if you can formulate a sentence with all the words this week Factotum, Devious, Salubrious, Tramontane, Sanguineus, Fruition and Trek. If you don't know what they mean, check them out here! Anthologies Author Anthology Questionnaire - Click here to participate Anthology 101 - New in the Anthology Forum. Everything you need to know about GA Anthologies 2020 Spring Anthology: The Storm - Due May 15th 2020 Spring Anthology: Full Moon - Due May 15th Blog Opportunities Ask An Author: Send your questions for your favorite authors to @Carlos Hazday (no questions = no Ask An Author) Guess the Author: Open to all GA authors. PM @Renee Stevens to participate Premium Updates: He Said Maybe by Cia *Premium* **Complete** Classic Updates: Dancing on a Star by Ronyx Signature Updates: Adrift by Mann Ramblings Disasters, Delights and Other Detours by Parker Owens Endings by Headstall GFD: Sins Of The Father by Comicality One Hundred and Fifty-Five Sonnets by AC Benus; Book 5 of Verse Promptings from Valhalla by Valkyrie Unicorn Quests by Cia Promising Updates: Royal Duties by Sasha Distan Shrunk to Fit by northie The Cockney Canuck by Dodger Don't forget.... Read, Write, and REVIEW!!!

The fight between Robbie and Nicole was hilarious. It reminded me of the same thing between my older sister and me. I must say Dodger, this chapter has me a bit dazed and confused. I caught on right away with Mr.Andrews pulling away and Sue hanging up her coat. Doesn’t Don sometimes do overnight trips to Toronto? Where everyone assumes he is cheating on Sue. Maybe Sue knows too and is getting some on the side too The rollercoaster ride Robbie took us on regarding not only Rory Conner, but Nathan as well has me confuzzeled. I still don’t like how Rory Conner possesses Robbie, and that is not a good trait, especially with how moody Rory Conner got. But on the other hand, I still feel Nathan is bad for Robbie, like Alex, but in a different way. Curious to see what happens next Thanks for sharing Reason for edit: I'm an idiot

Ho Hum So is there such a thing as the February Blahs? I mean, the shortest month of the year is going to be one day longer this year and it just means another day of meh. Sorry if your birthday is in February, I'm not calling you boring or anything of the such . Maybe it is because the anxiousness of waiting for spring to be sprung for the Northern Hemisphere. Like some things are better, I'm not going to work in the dark and coming home in the dark, so the Earth is tilting itself in an attempt to appease me . Maybe I'm blah because I heard that March is the snowiest month in my neck of the woods So, are you suffering for the February blues? What are you doing to combat them? How about those in the Southern Hemisphere peeps, are you having blues knowing your autumn is coming and your summer is coming to an end? Well something that should put you in a good mood is the GA Weekly Blogs. So shall we see what mood lifting things happened this week? On Monday, Cia brought us another Classic Author Feature. This month it was @Andrew Q Gordon. (I've met him ) Then on Tuesday, Renee put the entire community out of their suspense and revealed the last Author Guess Who, @Brayon. (I've not met him ) Wednesday, Cia was back with the Classic Feature Excerpt (did I mention I met him ) Finally on Friday, a guy I've never met, comicfan had our weekly prompts: And did you check out the words of the day this week? Did you try to use them all in one sentence ? Anthologies Author Anthology Questionnaire - Click here to participate Anthology 101 - New in the Anthology Forum. Everything you need to know about GA Anthologies 2020 Spring Anthology: The Storm - Due May 15th 2020 Spring Anthology: Full Moon - Due May 15th Blog Opportunities Ask An Author: Send your questions for your favorite authors to @Carlos Hazday (no questions = no Ask An Author) Guess the Author: Open to all GA authors. PM @Renee Stevens to participate Premium Updates: He Said Maybe by Cia *Premium* Classic Updates: Dancing on a Star by Ronyx Signature Updates: A prompt a week by comicfan Adrift by Mann Ramblings Endings by Headstall GFD: High Jinx by Comicality Jessie-101: Online Celebrity by Comicality My Only Escape by Comicality PRIME by Carlos Hazday **Complete** Shelter by Comicality; Book 1 of Shelter Unicorn Quests by Cia Promising Updates: Royal Duties by Sasha Distan Don't forget.... Read, Write, and REVIEW!!!

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So did you survive the latter half of the week? Did you and your significant other rekindle the spirit on St Valentines Day? 💘Or did you wait for Saturday and celebrate Singles Day? Or did you do like so many others and just ignored them both equally? We had a pretty good week here at the GA New Blog, so let's jump into it and see what all happened! Monday, Renee brought another great review from our Review Team Member, @Puppilull Tuesday, Renee was back again with a new Signature Feature: On Thursday, Renee reminded us about the upcoming Spring Anthology: On Friday Renee, wait, I was so used to saying Renee, but it was comicfan that brought us all a few more prompts Have you been checking out Myr's daily Words of the Day? If not, you can look back at the past week here: Anthologies Author Anthology Questionnaire - Click here to participate Anthology 101 - New in the Anthology Forum. Everything you need to know about GA Anthologies 2020 Spring Anthology: The Storm - Due May 15th 2020 Spring Anthology: Full Moon - Due May 15th Blog Opportunities Ask An Author: Send your questions for your favorite authors to @Carlos Hazday (no questions = no Ask An Author) Guess the Author: Open to all GA authors. PM @Renee Stevens to participate Premium Updates: He Said Maybe by Cia *Premium* Classic Updates: Valenterrible Day by Altimexis **Complete** Signature Updates: Adrift by Mann Ramblings Endings by Headstall Fanfic by Comicality; Book 0 of Fanfic Flashy-thing: Valentine's Edition by aditus **Complete** GFD: Awakening by Comicality GFD: Bloodstained Duet by Comicality Prickly Prompts by aditus PRIME by Carlos Hazday The Hollow Hills: Galentine's Day Special by Valkyrie **Complete** tim's Bits and Pieces by Mikiesboy Unicorn Quests by Cia Promising Updates: Here Kitty, Kitty by Caz Pedroso Royal Duties by Sasha Distan Don't forget.... Read, Write, and REVIEW!!!

Why was the man dancing in front of the bottle? Okay, so that was on the board at my dad's senior residence today. Maybe it should have stayed there Shall we see what transpired in the GA Weekly Blog this week? Cia was here on Monday and she gave us the February CSR. Since we have an extra day in the month, you'll all have enough time to read Renee was back on Tuesday with her fun and games and another Author Guess Who Carlos popped in with the not to be mistaken for Alcoholics Anonymous. This is AAA 2.0; Ask An Author comicfan closed out the Weekly Wrap Up with a couple of new prompts, to get you in the mood 💖❤️ Myr was here, every day of the week with a word to expand your vocabulary and hopefully your writing too! Anthologies Author Anthology Questionnaire - Click here to participate Anthology 101 - New in the Anthology Forum. Everything you need to know about GA Anthologies 2020 Spring Anthology: The Storm - Due May 15th 2020 Spring Anthology: Full Moon - Due May 15th Blog Opportunities Ask An Author: Send your questions for your favorite authors to @Carlos Hazday (no questions = no Ask An Author) Guess the Author: Open to all GA authors. PM @Renee Stevens to participate Premium Updates: He Said Maybe by Cia *Premium* Classic Updates: Dancing on a Star by Ronyx Signature Updates: Adrift by Mann Ramblings Endings by Headstall GFD: Children Of Sunset by Comicality; Book 0 of GFD: Children Of Sunset GFD: Divine Right by Comicality On The Outside by Comicality Picture Me And You by Comicality PRIME by Carlos Hazday Unicorn Quests by Cia Promising Updates: Here Kitty, Kitty by Caz Pedroso Don't forget.... Read, Write, and REVIEW!!!

You realize if this said Math Lab was in Kentucky we'd have to shut it down

Well happy February all! I'm in another great mood tonight So please just humour me for a bit. See, my hockey team got their butts handed to them on the scoreboard tonight As most of you know, I live in Calgary and our arch rivals are in the other major city in Alberta, Edmonton. So back in the 80's and 90's, the two teams had games that were legendary for everything good, and some bad, in hockey. After 20 years, both teams are both relevant again to each others and the game tonight was a classic, as were the other 3 prior games this year. Yes, Calgary lost, but both teams preformed 110% in all the aspects of the game except Edmonton had the advantage in putting it in the net. I'm sure the majority of people could care less about ice hockey , but it has me literally giddy Okay, if I haven't lost 99% of the members here, shall we look at the what actually happened at GA this week Monday, Cia was around to bring us the January CSR Discussion Day Wednesday, well would you look at this, I did a blog on Politics and GA Thursday, Renee brought us some great and exciting changes about the upcoming Spring Anthologies Friday was all comicfan, as he brought some prompts to get you in the mood 💓 Anthologies Author Anthology Questionnaire - Click here to participate Anthology 101 - New in the Anthology Forum. Everything you need to know about GA Anthologies 2020 Spring Anthology: The Storm - Due May 15th 2020 Spring Anthology: Full Moon - Due May 15th Blog Opportunities Ask An Author: Send your questions for your favorite authors to @Carlos Hazday (no questions = no Ask An Author) Guess the Author: Open to all GA authors. PM @Renee Stevens to participate Premium Updates: He Said Maybe by Cia *Premium* Signature Updates: Adrift by Mann Ramblings Disasters, Delights and Other Detours by Parker Owens Endings by Headstall GFD 12: Blood Ties by Comicality; Book 12 of Gone From Daylight GFD: Awakening by Comicality PRIME by Carlos Hazday Unicorn Quests by Cia Promising Updates: Here Kitty, Kitty by Caz Pedroso Thorny Poetry by Thorn Wilde Don't forget.... Read, Write, and REVIEW!!!

As Graeme explained, if someone hypothetically says, 'Congrats Bulgaria on legalizing gay marriage,' that will be allowed. If someone hypothetically says, 'The bloody old school communists made this law an absolute nightmare to get passed,' that won't be allowed. Likewise, if someone hypothetically says, 'Congratulations to the Toronto Public School Board on making non gender exclusive washrooms available in every school,' this would be allowed. But if the hypothetical reply of , 'This is the first step but we are still failing everywhere else, we need to campaign all school boards to do the same,' it will not be allowed. As you can see, it doesn't matter if the subject is gay rights or transgender/non binary rights, it is treated the same. Anyone who wants to discuss trans rights, as long as it isn't political or creating divisions in the community, then you are more than welcome to do that. Once you decide to take on a political agenda, be it for Trans rights, Gay rights, racial rights, we have the Pit open and able to take that discussion to. All members are more than welcome to have discussions there, not on the rest of the site other than the personal blogs. We are an all inclusive community, we don't target groups that don't think the way we do. Unless someone's opinions which may cause harm against other members or the site, then they will politely asked to change or they won't be a member anymore. Once anyone targets another member for not following their own personal beliefs, then they are participating in a personal attack. In the Pit an idea can be challenged, but not attacking the person who stated the idea. If someone makes a post that is problematic (such as a post that is transphobic), then report it, rather than engage with it. If the moderation team agrees, they will deal with it. Engaging directly with the post simply aggravates the situation.

So what is Steve doing writing a blog outside of the Weekly Wrap Up? Well, once every four years something happens that affects our site in an unusual way. It overtakes a lot of the US of A as well as the rest of the world. What am I talking about? The US Presidential and Term Elections is what. Now before you hit the report button and report me for talking about politics outside the Pit, please read on. As many of our long-term members know, and I imagine new ones as well, politics can be very divisive and polarizing to everyone on our site and in some of our lives. They also can be a joining of ideas and learning how others see things opposed to our own views. Outside of the US you may feel what does this have to do with the day-to-day running of GA? The reason for this blog is that unfortunately in US Presidential Election years, the negative side of politics can rear its ugly head and the few can ruin things for the majority. We, unfortunately, have lost long-term and new members over their ambitions to make GA politicized with their ideas and how they posted them. Sometimes members don't have ambitions, but they can also get swept up in the environment and don’t know where or how it is best to express those ideas. The site’s wish is to have everyone here today and here next year at this time, and hopefully that no one leaves the site due to something political said on the site by someone else or themselves. We've tried different approaches over the years, from the wild west of the early years where anything went, to absolutely nothing on the site anywhere about politics at any time. I want to particularly acknowledge all the people who participated in debate of the recent Brexit and UK elections. These participants have kept discussion to the Pit and been respectful of the people and took issue with only the opinions. I do not believe the Site Moderation Team (SMT), had to review any issues of this political hot potato in Europe. This goes out to all our members, UK and elsewhere. I thought I would highlight for everyone the political pit falls that could lead to you having an interaction with the SMT. · Politics are only allowed in the Pit or in personal blogs. · Status updates on politics are not allowed, nor status updates to visit a blog with some reference of the topic of the blog. · When engaging others in the Pit or a blog, you must address the issues brought up, not the person bringing it up. Doing so will be considered a personal attack. If you so choose to join the Pit, it is a closed club and when your request to join is approved I strongly suggest you read Myr’s pinned topic: The Pit Rules. This will give you guidance to how to positively engage in this area where politics are okay. The SMT will monitor the Pit, and we do have some members who actively participate in there. We will investigate if someone reports someone else for a personal attack, but if we investigate and find someone made a false accusation, we will also suspend the reporter from accessing the Pit. In other words, don’t report someone just because you don’t like their view. The SMT is monitoring around the site for Political Content, and we also rely heavily on members to report political posts outside the Pit or blogs. Your anonymity will be kept private and only the SMT will be aware of your report. The biggest suggestion here is to hit the Report button at the top of every single post on the boards if you find one with political content, rather then hit the reply button to call out the original poster. Usually hitting the reply button will bring yourself into the review by the SMT. As mentioned earlier, some may have received a verbal warning in the past for political content, but as we ramp up toward November, we will in most cases have to take a stronger stance in warnings. Whereas a verbal warning is 5 points for 3 days or until they expire, we will be using the warnings for Political Content outside the Pit or Blogs as well as the Abusive Behaviour for personal attacks. These are progressive warnings that get more severe with the number of instances and/or severity of the offense. Sometimes these are just points but as the severity or repetition of warnings increases, it could include site suspensions even up to a site ban. Just so everyone knows, just like all the membership here, we do have different political leanings on the SMT especially as the team is global. At times, I wonder if we should have a Pit for the SMT discussions What I’m trying to say is that we do address all reports or findings and we talk as a group. Seldom does anyone dig in for their political beliefs, and we can usually come to a mutually agreed upon plan of action. If you feel that the SMT has left or right leaning people only, I can assure you that isn’t the case. All of us are middle of the road when it comes to politics and can put that aside when looking at the issue. To be honest, I’m proud of our team and how we address politics on the site. All of us, as in the whole site, would like to see less of the SMT having to deal with issues that can be avoided as the year progresses. That is entirely up to you though. If we can go through the next year or so like we have with the current UK issues, then the SMT can sit back and do what we enjoy so much, reading, interacting and enjoying everyone here on all of our site.

Actually @Slytherin, the joke is on her One look at Wiktionary: toady Jump to navigation Jump to search Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Synonyms 1.2.1.2 Derived terms 1.2.1.3 Translations 1.2.2 Verb 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Adjective 1.4 Anagrams English Pronunciation Rhymes: -əʊdi Etymology 1 Shortened from toadeater, +‎ -y. Noun toady (plural toadies) A sycophant who flatters others to gain personal advantage or an obsequious lackey or minion (archaic) A coarse, rustic woman. (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir Walter Scott to this entry?) Synonyms See also Thesaurus:sycophant Derived terms toadyish

Huh! I was snuggled into bed with the music of Rent going on in my head (guess what I partially watched tonight ) when I said to myself, 'Self, did you do the weekly update tonight?' Needless to say I had not. So here I am well past my bedtime and thinking if there is anything for a preamble. Since I'm in shut down mode already, I guess not. I don't even have a knock knock joke for you all So why don't we jump into the wrap up right away! Monday, Cia was out with a new Classic Author Feature for the month. Tuesday was the big reveal on the new family favourite guessing game, Author Guess Who! Wednesday, Cia was back with the Classic Author Feature Excerpt. Wayne joined us at the end of the week with a couple of new prompts. Did you all take a look at the Words of the Day, this week? I took a stab at the word Ecstatic on Friday Anthologies Author Anthology Questionnaire - Click here to participate Anthology 101 - New in the Anthology Forum. Everything you need to know about GA Anthologies 2020 Spring Anthology: The Storm - Due May 15th 2020 Spring Anthology: Full Moon - Due May 15th Blog Opportunities Ask An Author: Send your questions for your favorite authors to @Carlos Hazday (no questions = no Ask An Author) Guess the Author: Open to all GA authors. PM @Renee Stevens to participate Premium Updates: He Said Maybe by Cia *Premium* Classic Updates: Dancing on a Star by Ronyx Inside Information by Altimexis **Complete** Signature Updates: Adrift by Mann Ramblings Endings by Headstall Headstall's Reflections by Headstall Jessie-101: Online Celebrity by Comicality Left Without Words by Comicality Savage Moon 06 - The New Breed by Comicality; Book 6 of Savage Moon The Caretaker by Rob Colton **Complete** tim's Bits and Pieces by Mikiesboy Unicorn Quests by Cia Promising Updates: Here Kitty, Kitty by Caz Pedroso Stolen Pleasures: version 2 by Sasha Distan **Complete** Thorny Poetry by Thorn Wilde Don't forget.... Read, Write, and REVIEW!!!

"I love ecstatic waistbands in my sweat pants that I wear everyday."" Hmm, I think I got that one wrong

Well the Great White North is living up to it's name this week. Snow hurricanes in St John's, and in Atlantic Canada. Huge amounts of snow have fallen in central parts and the the Prairies have been gripped all week in -40 weather. Even the nice green lower mainland of BC is covered in snow and the travel is not recommended. Still, Australia is burning in some areas and other areas next door are flooding. Okay, the localized weather forecast is completed and I really should get to wrapping this week up Maybe I should talk about letting me be the GA Weather Person. He'll have to invest in a green screen for me to stand in front of. On Monday, Renee brought us a new feature, a Signature Feature Then on Wednesday, Renee was back with a feature on letting us know about the upcoming Spring Anthology Friday, comicfan was back again with a couple of more prompts. 808 and 809 in fact. Did you check out some of the words of the day this past week? Anthologies Author Anthology Questionnaire - Click here to participate Anthology 101 - New in the Anthology Forum. Everything you need to know about GA Anthologies 2020 Spring Anthology: The Storm - Due May 15th 2020 Spring Anthology: Full Moon - Due May 15th Blog Opportunities Ask An Author: Send your questions for your favorite authors to @Carlos Hazday (no questions = no Ask An Author) Guess the Author: Open to all GA authors. PM @Renee Stevens to participate Premium Updates: He Said Maybe by Cia *Premium* Signature Updates: 9 Houses Down by Comicality **Complete** Adrift by Mann Ramblings Disasters, Delights and Other Detours by Parker Owens Endings by Headstall New Year's Day by Carlos Hazday **Complete** tim's Bits and Pieces by Mikiesboy Unicorn Quests by Cia Promising Updates: Flash In The Pan by northie Stolen Pleasures: version 2 by Sasha Distan The Golden City by Aceinthehole Worse Things Happen at Sea by Dodger Don't forget.... Read, Write, and REVIEW!!!

Okay, so to get the guessing out of the way first We know that Maggie Thatcher was PM between 1979 - 1990. I believe the UK is like Canada in that they use the term Former before Prime Minister or their formal title they always retain, The Right Honourable Margaret Thatcher. The US I understand never uses Former before Presidents, so Jimmy Carter will always be the President of The United States of America This being said, the first chapter should have been between 79-90. Next, this chapter made me look at Foundation Scholarships at St. Andrews, and found one; CJM Foundation Scholarship. But this one started in 2004. There is other scholarships, but not one that was referred to as Foundation that I could find. So this doesn't work within the 79-90 time frame. Found a few post graduates, but think that both James and Tristan are undergrads. All the smoking, kind of makes me think that it would be in the early part of the Iron Lady's rule. By 1990 I think smoking was well on it's way out, but that may be just my personal impressions. Also, I wasn't part of UK aristocracy either So, onto the story, I'm really questioning if James will hang on for the whole weekend. Never having been a non public relationship I guess I wouldn't tolerate the extents this one goes to, but unless I was extremely in love and clouded by that judgement, I don't think I'd be staying. The one surprising thing is at the end that had Tristan and James alone, walking to the bedroom, I sure the hell wouldn't be talking about the situation and be entirely focused on the upcoming nuptials between Tristan and Louise!! Anyone else surprised that Tristan hasn't sought out his wife to be? This is interesting Dodger, as the idea of guessing the time frame has me analysing the story line a little bit more than normal. Except the advantage is in your court , you could write a chapter with no clue and we can all be wracking our minds trying to find the clue Since this is true, I am declaring ahead of every chapter, that it will be a cliffhanger by default Thanks for sharing Dodger

Well I'm in a good mood I just finished watching a hockey game that came out the right way I don't know about you, but do you come to GA for a mood change? What am I talking about? Well this week has had me thinking about a lot of things, Australia burning, Eastern North America in tornadoes, rain and freezing rain. The Royal family in turmoil (okay, so I like the Royal Family, shoot me ). A passenger plane accidentally being shot down in Iran and 100's of lives lost. With that all going on, I think about it but I also make a point of coming to GA to check in on some positive engagement week after week. Stories, Blogs, Status Updates, Clubs, and so much more. So do you come to GA to escape some of the real life that we all deal with day to day? Speaking of blogs, on Monday, Cia had the first CSR Feature of the year. Wednesday, Renee got our Sherlock Holmes caps and pipes brought out for the Author Guess Who. Who do you think it is? Friday Wayne was back with a couple of new prompts to get you writing. Saturday, Myr featured a blog about where GA is heading in 2020: And don't forget to check out the Words of the Day from the week. How would you feel if someone called you a farceur ? Anthologies Author Anthology Questionnaire - Click here to participate Anthology 101 - New in the Anthology Forum. Everything you need to know about GA Anthologies 2020 Spring Anthology: The Storm - Due May 15th 2020 Spring Anthology: Full Moon - Due May 15th Blog Opportunities Ask An Author: Send your questions for your favorite authors to @Carlos Hazday (no questions = no Ask An Author) Guess the Author: Open to all GA authors. PM @Renee Stevens to participate Premium Updates: He Said Maybe by Cia *Premium* Classic Updates: Dancing on a Star by Ronyx Signature Updates: Adrift by Mann Ramblings Breaking The Illusions - An Autobiography by Cynus **Complete** Endings by Headstall Happy New Year by Headstall **Complete** Left Without Words by Comicality My Only Escape by Comicality New Year's Day by Carlos Hazday Prickly Prompts by aditus Unicorn Quests by Cia Promising Updates: Here Kitty, Kitty by Caz Pedroso Stolen Pleasures: version 2 by Sasha Distan The Cockney Canuck by Dodger Worse Things Happen at Sea by Dodger Don't forget.... Read, Write, and REVIEW!!!

I've been called many things in my life, but farceur is a first. Should I be jocular, or indignant

Hmm, the Ab Lincoln narrows it down to most likely an American Does that help anyone guess?

Ahem *climbs up on my soapbox* So I think Jo will rip him a new one and in the process cut off Robbies dick and balls and shove them up inside of his new one with her foot. And before anyone questions Connor, Connor hasn’t had sex with three guys and two girls in the past year and not knowing how many partners they have had and if any of them have had unsafe sex. Connor may have been naive, but it is still inexcusable. I was really disappointed in both Robbie and Connor in this chapter. If they aren’t smart enough to be taking precautions with anal sex, then they are not mature enough to be having anal sex. Call me a crotchety old man, but am I wrong? I think too, that my hopes and dreams for Robbie and Connor has died like @chris191070 The fact that Connor totally passed out makes me think of a complaint of females of their boyfriends. Really, the sex would need to be pretty damn phenomenal to tolerate that Also, not sure where this statement came from, ‘. It was a bizarre situation for a boy fed on a daily diet of redneck politics and religious bigotry, and I failed to understand their motives.’ The only daily diet being fed is to Robbie from Don or other townsfolk. I don’t think any reference has been to Connor or his family, made to justify this out of left field comment. So where do we go from here? I don’t like Alex, or Nathan, and now have my doubts of Connor being a reliable and good boyfriend is there anyone else in Cobourg that can fit my lofty standards

Well Carlos said it first. Wayne said it second. So I'm going to say it as well Happy New Year to each and everyone of you from all the staff here at GA!!! We look forward to the upcoming year to see where our little corner of the internet will grow and expand with everyone here along for the ride! I think one of the main New Year's resolution this year was not to make any resolutions at all. And that is the best idea I've heard in years Cia wandered in on Monday in her flowing cloaks, carrying a scythe and wearing a fake beard (sure, you try telling her she grew a beard ) doing her best impression of Mother Time wearing a 2019 sash. Then on Wednesday, bright and early, we had Carlos wander in wearing nothing but a diaper and a sash reading '2020' Pictures can be bought at the GA Gift shop for $5.99 + tax Finally on Friday, Wayne returned after a months hiatus and brought back the much beloved prompts. I thought I would do a shout out to Myr as well. He is doing a daily blog to give us the word of the day. We've had Nascent, Skullduggery, Malinger and Mollycoddle so far. Check in daily to see what is next. So how did we do last week on our goals? Well, we definitely did better than Christmas week Anthologies Author Anthology Questionnaire - Click here to participate Anthology 101 - New in the Anthology Forum. Everything you need to know about GA Anthologies 2020 Spring Anthology: The Storm - Due May 15th 2020 Spring Anthology: Full Moon - Due May 15th Blog Opportunities Ask An Author: Send your questions for your favorite authors to @Carlos Hazday (no questions = no Ask An Author) Guess the Author: Open to all GA authors. PM @Renee Stevens to participate Premium Updates: He Said Maybe by Cia *Premium* Classic Updates: Dancing on a Star by Ronyx Signature Updates: Adrift by Mann Ramblings Endings by Headstall New Kid In School by Comicality New Year's Day by Carlos Hazday Shelter by Comicality; Book 1 of Shelter The Plateau by Comicality tim's Bits and Pieces by Mikiesboy Unicorn Quests by Cia Promising Updates: Here Kitty, Kitty by Caz Pedroso My journey through pain by albertnothlit Stolen Pleasures: version 2 by Sasha Distan Don't forget.... Read, Write, and REVIEW!!!

It appears that the holiday season is starting to wind down. So if you celebrated exchanging gifts, what did you get that made you the most happy? Myself, I got a PS4. Now I'm not an avid gamer at all, but I leaned towards the PS4 as I believe @Myr has an Xbox, and if I got one he would be CONSTANTLY bugging me to play with him in Dora the Explorer, Special Adventures So what did you actually get? I'm curious Before I forget, I want to wish everyone, your family and friends all the very very best in the New Year!! Shall we move on to the blog this week? On Monday, we got the final Featured Story from our amazing review Team for the year. This one from @Timothy M. On Tuesday, enquiringly minds were wondering who the subject of our last Author Guess Who was. All was revealed Thursday was to wrap up all the amazing stories that were submitted to the Fall Anthologies. Looking at our goals last week, we took it easy with the holidays Anthologies Author Anthology Questionnaire - Click here to participate Anthology 101 - New in the Anthology Forum. Everything you need to know about GA Anthologies 2020 Spring Anthology: The Storm - Due May 15th 2020 Spring Anthology: Full Moon - Due May 15th Blog Opportunities Ask An Author: Send your questions for your favorite authors to @Carlos Hazday (no questions = no Ask An Author) Guess the Author: Open to all GA authors. PM @Renee Stevens to participate Premium Updates: The Singing Cup by Rigby Taylor **Complete** Classic Updates: All I Want.... by Dabeagle **Complete** Gift of Human Kindness by Ronyx **Complete** Signature Updates: Adrift by Mann Ramblings Disasters, Delights and Other Detours by Parker Owens Give It To Me Straight by Comicality Our Christmas Cookbook by Cole Matthews, Aditus and Valkyrie **Complete** Ripper Christmas by Carlos Hazday **Complete** Spirit of Fire by Stellar **Complete** Unicorn Quests by Cia Promising Updates: Family Ties by Thorn Wilde **Complete** Flash In The Pan by northie Special Occasion Stories by Caz Pedroso Stolen Pleasures: version 2 by Sasha Distan The Cockney Canuck by Dodger Don't forget.... Read, Write, and REVIEW!!!

You know, sometimes something happens and it makes you say WOW. This appeared last night on a national broadcast of a hockey game between periods. What immediately caught my attention is that my best friends oldest son played with the youngest boy, Oasiz, last year. Watching him play, although smaller than most others, you knew the skill and drive was something special. All four are drafted and playing in the WHL, a Junior A league of semi pro athletes that is one of the main feeder leagues to the NHL. Yes, it is hockey, but a real feel good story

It looks like this will be the last weekly update before Christmas 🎅. So what constitutes a white Christmas you ask? In Canada it is 2 cm (.79 inch) of snow on the ground at 7 AM on Christmas Day, the US is 2.5 cm (1 inch) and the UK it is one snowflake observed falling anywhere in the UK . Obviously there is parts of the world that won't see or ever see a white Christmas, mainly most areas of the Southern Hemisphere. I'm also thinking about our friends in Australia that are fighting sever fires across a lot of New South Wales . No matter if it is a white Christmas or not in your neck of the woods, on behalf of myself and all the staff here at GA, we wish you in the spirit of season, a Very Merry Christmas!! Even if you don't celebrate know that this means we are wishing you well and hope that you get the opportunity to have some great times between now and the New Year with family, friends, and everyone that makes our lives so rich every day of the year. Now question for you all, are you expecting a white Christmas? Me, the forecast is up in the air. We are supposed to get snow tomorrow, but we've had rain and fog the past two days. Yet an hour West, they are in the midst of getting 1 m (39.37 inches) in 24 hours 😮 So onto the blog this week, shall we? Monday, Cia brought us the December Classic Author Feature. Wednesday Cia was back again with the Classic Author Feature Excerpt. Thursday saw Renee wrapping up the fall Anthology, and not too early, as Saturday is the last day of fall in the North, beginning of the summer in the South. Myr then popped in on Friday with some holiday joy in his year in review for everyone here at GA! I'm so proud to be a part of the world's premier gay literature site which is really made by all of you. Poets, Authors, Editors, Beta Readers, and all the Readers are what make it what it is . So, how did we do on the goals on this week before the holidays? Anthologies Author Anthology Questionnaire - Click here to participate Anthology 101 - New in the Anthology Forum. Everything you need to know about GA Anthologies 2020 Spring Anthology: The Storm - Due May 15th 2020 Spring Anthology: Full Moon - Due May 15th Blog Opportunities Ask An Author: Send your questions for your favorite authors to @Carlos Hazday (no questions = no Ask An Author) Guess the Author: Open to all GA authors. PM @Renee Stevens to participate Premium Updates: Geist by CassieQ *Premium***Complete** Classic Updates: After Alex by Mike Arram **Complete** Thirteen Candles by Altimexis **Complete** Signature Updates: A Class By HImself by Comicality Adrift by Mann Ramblings Chasing Toshiro by CassieQ **2019 Fall Anthology Entry** He Kalliste by aditus **2019 Fall Anthology Entry** Kiss Of An Angel by Comicality Our Christmas Cookbook by Valkyrie, Aditus, Cole Matthews Ripper Christmas by Carlos Hazday Semi Charmed Life by CassieQ; Part 4 of 4 **2019 Fall Anthology Entry** Spirit of Fire by Stellar Unicorn Quests by Cia Promising Updates: Re-Verse by northie Stolen Pleasures: version 2 by Sasha Distan Don't forget.... Read, Write, and REVIEW!!! ...and once again, Seasons Greetings to all!!

Following the ups and downs the forward and back steps of these two new characters in the Rothenian tales is a refreshing story that is well welcomed. Add in the fact that you will fall in love with Ben and Phil, you will be craving the next chapter throughout this story.