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It's also why Twink and Bear porn is popular... or is that just me? 😛

I wish you all the best of luck, Wayne. Just don't turn into one of those CrossFitters. They are almost as bad as militant Vegans.

Random pic looking it up "Campfire at Night" on Google. I believe it's from Pixabay. It is a beautiful picture.

This hasn't happened in a while... guess I'm in Nightwatch.

It was my pleasure. 🙂

On the topic of Flat Earthers... this is really sad, but saw this today: Daredevil "Mad" Mike Hughes Dies in Steam Rocket Crash Trying to Prove The Earth is Flat He was 64, and was being filmed for a show for the Science Channel about Amateur Astronauts. And a quote from him:

I don't think this has been posted before. But, I go with the cat.

If I'm ever in the Great White North, I'll look ya up for a Guinness.

I've got to brag a little. One of the Cousin Kids got accepted to a special tech school starting next year for 6th grade on. An Aerospace Academy for STEM training.

I agree to disagree. It boils down to promotion, self vs automated. The Story Updates Side Bar, List New Stories (or Updates) First, and Story Updates Activity Feed are all automated promotions. Add into that following an Author and/or Story you get automated notifications that something was posted. That's four different promotions that happen automatically. Side Bar is just one aspect. Self-Promotion takes initiative. Self-promotion is also required to be a Promising, Signature, and Classic Author. Doing what I outline above can all be done at the same time as you are posting a new story, and or chapter. And of course being active in the community.

I stayed out of this topic for the most part, as I like a nice clean forum, and the smaller Story Update side bar was perfect for the new setup. If an Author wants more readers, and viewers, then self-promote. 1. Make a discussion post in the Story Discussion Forum, or if you're a Purple or Crimson badge the Promoted Author Discussion Forum or your Fan Club if you have one. 2. GA has an internal blog that everyone can have one. Post about your stories there. 3. Status Updates. 4. Cross publish to other sites, and link back to GA. There's also, posting quality work. All Authors, regardless of badge color, should be doing that. Ultimately, it's up to us to Post/Publish quality work, and let people know it's there. We shouldn't rely just on the side bar, and the latest story to post to be at the top of the list on the Stories Page. @Myr, @Cia and the GA Staff, thank you for what you do here, and keeping this place running smooth.

Have a blessed life everyone.

First off, hugs... Second, it's supposed to be down in the 40Fs overnight, and tomorrow, we're back to 70Fs again. This Canadian Polar Vortex/Polar Bomb was good, as we were on the 80Fs just a few days ago, but it's playing havoc on the asthma.

Interesting article. Though it did leave out that the further South in Florida you go, the more Northerner you become. I would love to see what influence those snowbirds have had in Miami.