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Ah yes, my innocent-looking eyes when I misplace my sunglasses. I don't see how anyone could consider them troubling, though? Ummm, you have minions? Now that is ominous!!! But... I'm worried about the "No Hero Killed" part.. What if it does happen? I mean, right now we have one of our heroes alone and on the run after his industrious web-based enterprise fell apart. Being alone and on the run is dangerous, so it is quite possible that something fatal could happen?

Congratulations Nick! :2thumbs: :music: Ummm, regarding this bit, Sorry, but I am a firm believer in 'if you can't take the heat, stay out of the kitchen', so I'll have to decline your, um, offer. :fire:

Welcome to GA!

Underground? Hmmmm.... Goats usually don't go underground, so that would have the element of being unexpected... Piedmont? MHmmm... That does have possibilities... But, lurking and hiding are sort of similar things, and I'm sure I'll be every bit as good at hiding as I have been at lurking...

ACK! This just isn't my week! First, an attempted coup, and now, I'm on the menu, again! BTW, on a serious note (and one which will likely give more ammo to the conspirators), FTL 21 will likely not be ready for posting on Tuesday. Emoe does have it, but Emoe is traveling again and several days ago he let me know that Ch 21 was unlikely to be ready by Tuesday. BTW, rumor has it that Emoe is at a Southern Baptists ministers convention, brushing up on his Leviticus. So, I can guarantee that CH 21 will be posted at some point, as it does exist, but I can't say exactly when. Now, I'd probably better go hide before you guys see this and start planning a Goat BBQ...

Happy Birthday Ethan!!! I hope you have a great and very special day my friend!

Could well be... Just overly pushy salesmen. Maybe they are selling girl scout cookies? OK, you want it, you got it! Riding off into the sunset they go... Steve wheeled the charger around, distracted by the flying bullets buzzing through the air. Jamming his foot to the floorboards, he raised his arm to sheild his eyes from the glare of the setting sun, "Chris, I can't see!" he yelled. Chris, hanging on for all he was worth as the Charger accelerated throguh one hundered miles per hour actoss the rough and rolling terrain, tried to see ahead, but couldn't. "I don't know, dude. But we can't go in any other direction, they've got us boxed in." The sudden silence as the Charger's wheels cleared the canyon rim filled the car. Chris felt his stomach churn as he became weighless, and stared in awe out the side window, looking down into the magnificent canyon below. As the nose of the car slowly dropped, revealing the onrushing canyon floor below, Steve's final words were, "that's one heck of a sunset, dude..." Thank you, goat-buddy!!! And welcome back! We missed you!! Now, if only that pesky moderator would show up... They are never around when you need 'em... Yes, yes, I fuly agree about Eric. He is being unfairly maligned when all he has done is to display the vitues of enterprise and dedication. I honestly don't know why people malign him so. He's just being industrious. Of course! Us goats gotta stick together! ACK! Talk about having a critical audience... Mine keeps putting me on the menu!

ACK!!!!!!!! Oh no, first, I'm deposed as author, and now they are trying to cook me! Emoe!!! Heeeeelp! Time to gather the herd! The battle lines are drawn! :pickaxe: :mace: :fire: :chris: :axeman: :sword: :ranger: :2hands:

I have to agree with Dan here... I think it's unanimous; shdowgod is a shoe whore. Hrmmmm... I just checked my own garage; I do have a couple of ancient pairs of sneakers that I keep for painting, engine work, etc, and those push me perilously close to the limit. Not counting those, I have two pairs of sneakers, one pair of western boots, and one pair of hiking boots. Shdowgod, please seek help with your condition soon. I'm sure it's curable.

He's calling for backup already? Wow, that was just too easy... ACK!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm being replaced? Emoe, heeeelp! Noo! Oh no, Its a revolution! I'm being replaced! But, but, but, Echidna, you really wouldn't do this to a quit and shy lurker like me, now would you? And even my anonymous beta reader is in on the act! Whatever will I do? Help?

Bad grammar and copious amounts of uncensored scenes? But, those person or persons are no longer stalking around the outside of chris' apartment (so you can't blame me there!). They decided to come in, though we don't know quite why yet. I will raise a possibility! Overly pushy door-to-door salesmen? Ack!! But, with Frosty about, Wouldn't that be Cheese and whine? I believe in proper gun control: Always use BOTH hands. And what over-promoting? So far, only Betty has been a little enthusiastic (With her "armed queers" remark) on the gun issue. ROFL!!!!!!!!! I was thinking of another line of dialog for on their way to fiery doom on the canyon floor: "I know I said I like going down, but this isn't quite what I meant... "

I'm utterly shocked and appalled that anyone could own that many shoes! I don't own anywhere near that many, and I have twice as many feet! I think shdowgod has a problem, and may be in denial... Isn't there a treatment program for such addictions? And yes, oc course I'd count flip-flops as shoes; they are footwear, after all. But I highly dount that anyone would ever own more than one pair of those, right? On the serious side though, that job situation is horrible! You could try and confront them over it; bosses tend to take the path of least resistance.

See? I've been telling everyone that shdowgod is eeevil, but nobody listens to me... Hmmmm! That does sound intriguing... The idea of ending a story with a cliffhanger.. Hmmmm....

Actually, he's right... shdowgod and I were discussing (he is my anonymous beta reader, after all) possible ways to end FTL... And shdowgod came up with a doozy of an iudea! I think it would be perfect... Has everyone here seen the Movie "Thelma and Louise"? In the final scene, they drive their car off the rim of the Grand Canyon, only to end up splattered on the rocks half a mile below. So, shdowgod's idea was for Steve and Chris to do likewise. Very dramatic, I think? I can see it now... Pursued by Thadious J. Emoe and the Piedmont Sheriff, Steve wheels the Charger around, flooring the V-8 engine, only to see the rim of the canyon dead ahead. Steve, slows the Charger to a near crawl, looking for some way out, but he's boxed in, no escape. Chris puts a hand on Steve's shoulder, telling him gently, "Floor it." Steve jams his foot to the floorboards as the engine redlines, hurling them forward in a rising cloud of choking cloud og dust. Surging forward, the Spedomoter passes 100 as the car surges across the barren, dusty landscape. Only the muffled 'thud' from the shocks tells the guys that they have cleared the rim, that, and the sensation of weightlessness. Chris and Steve join hands for the last time as the Charger passes three hundred miles an hour in it's three-quarter-mile plunge to the rocks below. Days later, what remains of Chris, Steve, and the Charger is collected by a park ranger, and deposited into a single coffee can. So, That sure sounds dramatic to me! shdowgod, of course, gets ALL the credit for thinking up this dramatic end to the story!

oops! I'm using firefox tabbed browsing, so I don't see the full browser bar unless I look. I should have looked! I glanced around and saw no mention of gays, but then again I can't view Flash either (I ripped it out of my system a long time ago). Wow, a gay party in Palm Springs? Cool! Looks like it would have some great eye candy too. Thanks Kevin!!

:king: Happy Birthday! :king:

Happy Birthday!!!

ACK! Confined with Frosty? Brrrr!!!! That's just mean!!! Yes, it will be within 24 hours... I don't know how you do it! Well, my clock is telling me that it is now 1:52 AM my time, on Tuesday, so therefor, Chapter 20, Visitations, is up!

I don't recall Leviticus discussing residency? Probably because he didn't; he just said FROM a neighboring country. So, you will be coming to the US FROM Canada, which is a neighboring country. Jan, I have an idea for you... How would you like to make a geographically convenient purchase? I'm pleased to offer for sale; one somewhat addled and near-literate Jack Frost, who may also be put to use as a soft drink cooler during the summer months.

What? I'd never tease you, now would I?

Hey now! No extraterrestrials in my story! That's your bailiwick!

Nope... Leviticus said that slaves merely needed to be FROM neighboring countries, not caputred there. So, I think you residence in Canada qualifies you, even if you are in PA. Humph... you are being so difficult about this. Ouch!!! 17 HOURS in an airport? UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry to hear that Emoe!!! It's fundamentally ridiculous when you have to spend more time in the airport than actually flying! ACK! Talons... Not good! I'm feeling so threatened around here lately. Other than you, I didn't think we had any of those around here? Yes, but I'll probably have to give that "best antagonist" award back, due to Eric being one of the good guys. BTW, I can't recall if I've mentioned it or not, but he next chapter is entitled "Visitations". and will be posted on Tuesday, Arizona time.

Kevin, this wouldn't have happened had you not gone shopping. This therefor proves my contention that shopping is hazerdous to health and sanity, and should be avoided at all costs.

Of course I lurk! That's what lurkers do! :-) Hmmm, so you WANTED post 666, did you? Now why might that be? The only thing that I can think of is that it is YOU in league with the Devil!! And "Spawn of Beelzebub"? Hmmm.. But, Beelzebub is the cat! Are you saying that Eric is the sun of the cat? Hmmmm, interesting theory. There are, however, some people here who might say that this would be more likely if Beelzebub was a female dog. Roasting Goat?!?!?!? Why do I feel so endangered around here??? And Eric, becoming Vulture Bait! Poor Eric! He's so maligned, it just isn't fair... Okay, I think we have procrastinated long enough... Time to get Frosty sold, as Leviticus allows.