Bill W

Personally, I believe it's the height of human arrogance to believe that Earth is the only planet the contains intelligent life. Of course, if we are, that would make us the most intelligent species in the Universe, so why wouldn't they want to cling to that idea? It's merely an extension of the same arrogance that leads some to believe that their race, gender, religion or whatever else is superior to all others. I think they have taken Shakespeare's quote too literally. Hamlet: Act 2, Scene 2: "What a piece of work is man! How noble in reason, how infinite in faculty! In form and moving how express and admirable! In action how like an angel! In apprehension how like a god! The beauty of the world! The paragon of animals!"

Happy Birthday, James! And may you enjoy many, many more!

Hi, Michael. Welcome to GA. We have a very welcoming and friendly community here, which you should enjoy. However, this post should go into the 'New Member Welcome-Introduce Yourself' section.

It will be interesting to see what else they might be able to discover about it. Since it's sun is 1.5 billion years older than our sun, if the planet is inhabitable, is it far more developed than our own or did it miss the ingredient that sparks life? I can't wait to see what they learn.

I know of a couple of authors who have done this. What happened is that they didn't think the story through before they started writing. Since they didn't have an outline or a more than a vague idea of where the story was going, plus the fact that they were posting it as they wrote it, they painted themselves into a corner. Things that they had written in earlier chapters eventually prevented them from taking the story where they now wanted it to go. Since they couldn't figure a way around the problem, they just stopped writing the story. I think this points out two different approaches, one of which you should use before writing. Either have a detailed outline of what you plan to do in the story or write most or all of it first, before posting. I actually do a combination of both, but I primarily like to write all or most of the story first before posting, because there have been many times when I have gone back and made changes to earlier chapters (some minor and other times major changes) to get it to fit in with an idea that came to me later.

Happy Birthday, Kiltie! And may you enjoy many, many more!

After waking up and getting out of bed, Beraut dressed quickly and hurried downstairs, so he could enjoy a quick breakfast with Magistrate Odilon, King Brolin and Captain Baith. While he was eating, he decided to explain to the dwarfs that he would be leaving them shortly. He felt he needed to share his reasons for doing this before going on ahead. “Although we made fairly good time on our trip here,” the wizard announced, while looking very serious, “the rest of your march will go consid

Happy Birthday, Mann! And may you enjoy many, many more !

Happy Birthday, Lenny! And may you enjoy many, many more !

Congratulations, Cia!

There was a special on the National Geographic channel last night and I'm sure there will be more over the next 16 months, as new pictures are sent back. They were also talking about similar sized dwarf planets they've seen beyond Pluto and expect to be studying them, along with many comets and asteroids in the Kuiper Belt. It should be a fun, interesting and informative time.

After Beraut finished preparing the dwarf troops, Commander Elgin ordered those under his command to begin the march forward. Once they had moved far enough away from the area so they would no longer interfere with the next group forming up at the same location, he brought them to a halt. Commander Elgin did this so he’d be able to brief everyone on the remaining details concerning the deception they'd be carrying out to disguise their movements from the condor. The commander had decided

Happy Birthday, Victor!

Happy Birthday, Layla!

Thanks for the memories. I liked Queen a lot, but I'm one of the old fogies that was at Woodstock too.

Happy Birthday, Dabeagle!

Welome Laevi and brandnewfan! This is a great place and I'm sure you'll love being here.

J Hunter Dunn, I found your article interesting too. So often the gays that were exterminated by the Nazis go unrecognized, but they were part of the holocaust too. Thanks for sharing that as well.

Very interesting article. Thanks for sharing, Cynus.

Bear this in mind? lol

It's such a pleasure to see something like this for a change. Thanks for bringing it to our attention.

Although Kieren and his two friends had slept well, the same wasn't true for the remainder of Kieren's protectors. They had suffered through a far less pleasant night’s sleep, although each of the warriors had been affected to varying degrees. This was due to two factors. The first was that throughout the night a frigid breeze sneaked through the tiny gaps that ran around the flap at the front of their makeshift lodging. This meant chilling blasts of air struck those closest to the opening w

A good message, James. We run into enough bigots and haters that we don't need to bring it or allow it in here. Personally, I think it's fun and interesting to chat with others from around the globe and see how they think, feel and live. I hope no one would attack anyone in this community just because they might be a little different.

Hari, welcome. Just like when visiting a relative, you have to do a little snooping, so just start looking around. Check out different authors, do searches on topics that interest you, read and comment in the forums, spend some time in chat... just get to know the people here and I think you'll enjoy yourself.

Happy Birthday, Billy! I almost missed this, but I hope it's a truly great! I'd also like to wish you many, many more!