Bill W

A well crafted and imaginative world you have created for your readers. I found it captivating and your characters very believable and endearing. This could be the beginning of a wonderful series.

Some pretty oddball facts in that collection. Thanks for sharing.

Interesting, Addy. Instead of a blossoming relations, we got to witness the demise of one instead, although it was nice to see they'll still remain friends. That's often hard to do after a break up. Good job.

Interesting take on PTSD and its effect on people. I would have liked to know if the results Clay experienced lasted or if they were only temporary. I was also saddened to think that with such promising results the project had been shut down due to Jason's breakdown. Great job and I enjoyed your story.

Wayne, a skillfully crafted story. You brought in multiple cultures and mythology to touch upon important and relevant topics such as environmental pollution and global climate change. A thought provoking look at the world around us and what we're doing to it. .

Thanks for the feedback, Lisa, and I'm glad you enjoyed the story. As I had been told many times while growing up, brains can defeat brawn. In this case, it's exactly what Nate did.

Thanks for the feedback, Aditus, and I'm glad you enjoyed the story. I'm also glad you liked that description. I felt it would adequately describe how the characters looked and felt.

You know me, Wayne, always in the little guy's corner. Just wanted to do something a little different this time. Thanks for the feedback.

Thanks for the feedback, Suvitar. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

I guess you've never heard the song. Here it is, if you're interested. http://search.yahoo.com/search?n=10&ei=UTF-8&va_vt=any&vo_vt=any&ve_vt=any&vp_vt=any&vst=0&vf=all&vm=i&fl=0&p=%22Unicorn+song+-+Irish+Rovers%22&vs=

I found this very interesting and I watched the clip at the bottom as well. I only have one question for the Bible literalists who believe the Earth is only 6,000 and dinosaurs and humans co-existed. If that were so and Noah took 2 of every species on the ark, where did he put those gigantic dinosaurs and where are they today? Is it possible, that as the Irish Rovers sang about the Unicorn, that the dinosaurs just missed the boat?

Thanks, Cole. I'm glad you enjoyed the story. I wanted to do something unusual with the theme and this is what I came up with.

I'm glad you enjoyed it Joann. I decided to go for something a little off the wall.

It was my first day as a junior in high school and I was excited about being back. I was an upperclassman now, so I was looking forward to having a great year. As I walked into my first period class, I realized that I had never seen this particular teacher before. She appeared to be only a few years older than me, so it was obvious I was going to have a recent college grad for English this year. Shortly after I sat down, the class got underway and the teacher began taking attendance. This

Nature can be merciless, so you must be ready to relent or prepared to pay the price.

Thanks, Sparky. This is one of my older stories, but maybe someday I'll go back and address this situation.

Happy Birthday, Wings!

Welcome to the GA family, Benedicte. You should find plenty to ready here. Enjoy!

Zombie, you obviously misinterpreted what I said. I wasn't saying this phenomena had anything to do WITH the survivalists. What I was saying was that at least the survivalists were teaching their kids where the food actually came from and were doing their families a service. Unfortunately, not enough children understand this fact. Therefore, they misunderstand many of the issues today and think ob cattle, chickens, turkeys and other food sources more as pets and expected them treated as such. They are also upset if they see a slaughtered animal. I mentioned in another forum some time ago that a housing development was built across from an old farm near where I grew up. Shortly after the first groups of people moved in, they started complaining about the farmer on the other side of the road, because he hung slaughtered cows and pigs from his barn to drain the blood. They were offended and didn't want their children to see this. What we thought of as a normal part of life whe we were growing up, they were offended by, yet they weren't vegetarians either. Besides, what did they expect when buy a house in a rural subdivision across from a farm? If some tragedy did strike, they would have no idea how to survive, because they don't know the basics generations of children had been familiar with.

Happy Birthday, Mattie! I hope it's a good one.

When I was a kid, everyone around us raised animals for food. As kids, we were warned against naming the animals, because we'd become to attached to them and then would have trouble dealing with it when it came time to slaughter. It was, however, a part of life and part of growing up. Kids now are often too sheltered from the harsh realities of life. I'm not a fan of the survivalists that are constantly preparing for the end of the world, but in a way they are doing their families a service. They are teaching them what it will be like if a major disaster strikes and the world suddenly is cast back into a more primitive existence. If that happens, how will some of these complainers and naysayers survive? Then again, it will be their problem, won't it?

Now I know what my editor was trying to tell me.

Maybe dosages should be based on a combination of factors, such as gender, age and weight. I'm sure each has some impact on the drugs effectiveness, yet me are always instructed to take so many of the OTC pills, without these other issues being pointed out. The only exception is for children under the age of x. Go figure.

We had a party line too and a nosy neighbor that used to listen in on everyone's calls. You had to learn the difference in the ring tones to know if the call was for your house. There was one short for one family or one long for another. Then someone else had one long and one short ring, while another family had either two short rings or to long rings. You just couldn't pick up when the phone rang. Our rotary phone was even an older style than the ones used in the clip and I remember when the touch-tone phones made them obsolete. When I was young, telephone numbers were just five digits. Then before I was a teen, they added a two-letter prefix. ST stood for Stillwell, PI was for Pioneer and RA was for Raymond, so if you told someone your phone number, you would say, "Call me at Pioneer 8-7432." It was fun to watch the kids reactions.

Gene, I'm glad you liked the way it ended and that it relieved your concerns.