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One NHL club is finding an outlet for its idle resources...Smashmobs! The Nashville Predators surprised a youth hockey game by bringing the full NHL experience to the rink. The families and kids were stunned to see and hear the NHL announcer, Paul McCann, the national anthem, the Predators mascot, Gnash, head coach Barry Trotz in the bench area, cheerleaders, a band, sports reporters, and about 250 unexpected fans take over the game.

Happy Birthday, Mikie!

Here's an impressive human invention... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3j6HaAieEU&feature=player_embedded

Twinkies now available at a premium price...http://www.ebay.com/itm/4-Hostess-Twinkies-/140888288185?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item20cd98abb9 $1,000,000, but delivery is free.

Number 36...

Chapter 143 hasn't been posted yet. You will see it listed in the Table of Contents, but is noted as "not yet published". It is scheduled to be released on November 26. See: https://www.gayauthors.org/forums/topic/35958-vacation-posting-schedule/#entry392342 Don't feel bad; it took me a while to figure that out.

Hey! Welcome to GA, Andrew. I've read the first two chapters of your story and am really enjoying it. Exceptionally well written. Keep up the good work.

You are right. That's a "feature" that I was not aware of; didn't know that I could see the chapters as posted when they were pending. I just checked without signing in and I can read all the chapters except the pending two. Maybe I need a vacation. Oh, you won't be disappointed when you do read the chapters. Cliffhangers? My definition of cliffhanger is so different from CJ's I've given up arguing about them.

Post here short videos that you find to be amazing examples of the natural world and man's inventiveness. For example: http://player.vimeo.com/video/27920977?autoplay=1

Hey guys...I can read both chapters now. I don't think that is what you are saying.

Hmmm....again. I think those story notifications go only to members who have elected to "Follow this story". Neither of the two chapters is listed in the "Latest Story Updates" block on the home page. And the Table of Contents shows that neither chapter has been published. It's a mystery and Christmas Eve is nearly six weeks away. Poor goat! He really needs this vacation.

Hmmm....I received two notifications and both chapters have been posted. Poor goat! He really needs this vacation. Buon Viaggio, C J!

It occurred to me that I should call your attention to my poem A Placed Not Far as an appropriate work to be read on this occasion. It is part homage to friends, part personal remembrance of war as seen from the home front.

I bought a poppy! Haven't seen anyone selling them for years. This morning, as I entered a supermarket, there were two Cub Scouts selling them for the VFW. So, I now have a poppy to wear to church tomorrow.

Growing up, I remember the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) selling poppies as a fund raising effort every November 11 (Armistice Day, as it was known then). My parents always bought them and we all wore them proudly. I served in the US Army in the years between Korea and Viet Nam. I was a "peace keeper" in Korea. My father was in the Navy during World War II, but was never sent overseas...was never even on a ship. Mom and I were able to live with him most of the time because he was assigned to Navy hospitals in California (Oakland and Yosemite National Park). A friend of my parents, for whom I am named, was a French cavalry officer who disappeared during the war. We have never been able to locate his family or determine his fate. I had three great-grandfathers who fought in the Civil War. Two of my great-great-great-great-grandfathers, one born in France and the other born in Ireland, fought in the Continental Army during the American Revolution. So, our family has served...always out of necessity, not as a career. None of my four sons has been in military service, for which I am grateful. My thanks to all who have served.

Happy Birthday, Nephy!

Yeah, you would think someone in the Miami office of the FBI speaks Spanish. Even an Anglo agent would suspect the word was Spanish and seek an agent who could translate.

LOL! The goat has already demonstrated his problems with numbering chapters, limiting the number of chapters in the story, and math in general. Now we find he doesn't know how to use a calendar. Does that deter him from making promises he can't keep? Nope.

He may be harmless, but keep an eye on your chocolate.

Careful, Ricky. Yang Bang a/k/a Y_B isn't a new member.

Welcome to GA, Richard.

Funny you sent sheets. I sent a ginormous jug of laundry detergent.

Congratulations, Andy. Do you know who the likely successor is? Might it be you? You apparently did a good job on the database project.