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Young man!!! Go stand in the corner and meditate on the inadvisability of using your nukes on any place other than where Putin is standing at the moment! I'm going to check with Page to see if and I can create a competitive Insane list to your obviously biased list. Your list reeks of yellow journalism!

Tristan was about to tell Jessie how crazy in love he was with Jessie. Jessie beat him to the punch and totally distracted Tristan. Poor Jessie needs to hear Tristan telling him the same things he tells Tristan. Great chapter. Tristan needs to even the score! Jessie: Tristan:

These are not palinodes, but the definition sparked a memory of my youth. I remembered a couple of songs by Leslie Gore from the 1960's I think may serve the purpose of demonstrating how far these words of the day can take our imaginations. Well at least my imagination. "It's My Party" and "Judy's Turn to Cry". The first is her love, Johnny leaves her for Judy. The second is Johnny leaves Judy to return to her. Leslie sang many dance songs with the word "cry" in the title. 😉

Hi Albert! Hope your day goes well for you!

Tristan and Jessie are in perfect sync! Whether overthinking, anxiously waiting to talk together or panicking at the same time about the same things, they are a matched pair. Tristan's conversation in the car with Lori and Michelle will come back to haunt Tristan. They will probably plan their revenge for tomorrow's ride to school. Finally we will get to see the reaction when Artie meets Scottie. I am betting that Scottie will be speechless or faint. We will probably find out the reason Scottie sent a vid of Justin Bieber getting punched.

Glad you and your muse are back together. I have enjoyed this story as it has evolved, first on other sites, and now here where I find myself spending a lot of time reading. 😁 Daedalus Crater

My first car was a 1958 Chevy Bel Air in the same colors. I have very fond memories of that car. ❤️ Unfortunately none were in the back seat...or front seats for that matter. 😉

Kage is stalking Elijah very efficiently to set up their next meeting. I think he picked the diner as the place that Elijah would feel lest uncomfortable, and more willing to listen to what Kage would say. Their meeting at the bar after the diner closed gave Elijah information about his parents as well as some of Kage's suspicions. Kage is trying to gain Elijah's trust. The fact he was honest about his work, and Elijah did not judge him negatively, suggests that they may start working closely together to solve the crime. When Kage asked about Elijah's connection to Seb, I think Elijah's reaction was more surprise that Kage knew about Seb. Like @Danilo Syrtis suspects, I do also. However, knowing our dear @kbois, this is probably a red herring casually tossed our way to feed our hungry curiosity.

I love the pranks Artie and Jessie play on each other. I do feel a little sad that Artie hasn't found his true love yet. I suspect he will be Scottie. Tristan had a moment of clarity in his Jessie hazed mind and my have time to think about getting Scottie and Artie together. Hopefully.

As Gary well knows, I was a pain in the ass begging for more the first time I read his books. I do apologize!

"Mouthful" huh! Why do I imagine that Artie is a lot more sneaky and resourceful that Jessie gives him credit for. Can't wait for Tristan to payback Jessie. Another great chapter.

The date was so cute. The photo booth and alley had me rofl.

Artie is adorable and needs to meet Scottie now. I loved how Artie flirts outrageously with Tristan.

Me too! How about Sidewinder also? 😇

Hi All! I'm checking out for the night. You are having an interesting discussion of the rock cairns. Some are sites like Fairy Glen park in Scotland where locals are trying to take them down faster than tourists can build them. I often appreciated them on hikes when I was younger, but this trending thing is like defacing the natural environment. It is sort of like spray painting "Kilroy was here." of the face of a rock. The picture Albert posted made me cringe. For a balanced discussion you might wish to read this article. Rock cairns: meaning and history of the ubiquitous trail feature It does end by explaining the problems to the environment that can result, and ends with the idea of don't move the rocks when you hike Anyway carry on the conversation. It will make interesting reading when I wake up tomorrow.

This date had a few bumps in the road, but nothing to worry about unless Tristan starts overthinking again. Which he probably will do.

These two are so head over heals in love with each other. The really nice thing is they are a truly matched pair. Tristan finally has the confidence to totally ignore and reject Jason! This is an amazing change for his character. I am really enjoying this story, and have to congratulate you on the great sense of humor in the story. It totally fits the characters and their ages.

Hi Gary!I hope it has cooled down a bit for you. Did you get the grass cut?

I have read them all and enjoyed the very much. I also don't like spoilers, so if I ever get close to doing that just let me know! @Ordu378 I can see you are enjoying this very much. I like your comments and enjoy reading them. Trust me when I tell you that each one of mawgrim's Pern stories are great. She has also written other stories I have loved. If you are not already following her, I would recommend doing that.

Feeling sorry for Scottie, but looking forward to when he meets Artie. Tristan will be a thing of the past. Tristan better make the call soon or it won't be soon like he promised. I wonder who came up with the dream job idea, Artie or Jessie. Too fun!

It. Was. However, if I didn't stop binge commenting somewhere, my comments would have ended up longer than the chapter. I'm waiting until Tristan's mother finds the napkin.

You are so evil Aditus. Just like one of my best friends here in Thailand. He's from Hamburg. I had to go look, but google translate failed miserably without the umlaut. I finally found it. Hillbilly indeed!

It's fun to see Jevikel and Kadin begin to relax and learn more about the weyr as the make new friends. I was pleased that they got to talk to J'rud and H'rek. Also that these two and their connection to they weyrs that have gone forward. They have so much more to offer Jevikel and Kadin. Great reading @Mawgrim!

I love the way you can bring up visions of how little it takes to stimulate hormonal teens. I know I did it too, but this is sooo cute! And...it just got better from this! Do they realize that they are now flirting outrageously, but innocently? No and that makes it ever better! Keep it up, I need the laughs and warm fuzzy feelings! I was binge commenting, but this chapter was soo good with soo many laughs I had to stop. Nonstop laughs from the depths of my belly. This definitely meets the criteria of your essay on Character Empathy!

To me the thing that makes this so real is Tristan and Jessie both are having the same conflicts, confusion and emotional stresses happening at the same time. Almost all readers have faced this same situation with the same resulting feelings. I enjoyed the awkwardness so much!