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Darn ark VS. arc! And I didn't see it! I remember thinking of CJ possibly making a flying saucer comment (which he did), but the punctuation seems right. A quick search of the issue leaves me even more puzzled. Steve usually manages to write long sentences requiring little punctuation. The more it goes, the more I find the proofreading tasks difficult and almost impossible to get completely right. (*puts his nasty revenge cap on and gloats evilly* by the way, the possessive adjective is "its", "it's" being the contracted form of "it is" )

There were attempts at influencing him with the end by many writing snippets of stories in the For The Love thread, quite a few actually describing the possible "walking into the sunset" ending. A goat disguise for Halloween? Good idea, I'll start producing the "goat scent" spray that goes with the fake horns and the sunglasses. Though cheap trick or treaters will certainly just avoid a bathroom for a week.

Mmmh... I'd bet animals education in Arizona is government-run, that's why it doesn't work. Of course, you can hire my services as a private (hence efficient, but expensive) consultant, so I come in and audit the situation, assess that rodents and arachnids could be taught to act properly, and set up some animals-education curriculum that could rid you of such problems. Of course, it will be costlier than the old state/ Bolshevik-type inefficient program, but I have to pay for the rental of the 4-wheel drive to come and audit, don't I?

*Accidents/ rural or urban/ motorcycle crash *Homicide/ revenge/ disgruntled readers mobbing against a writer who got away with a loveable character, using one of the many ways in the list (Sorry for hijacking your blog with the ongoing feud, James, but some of these kitchen containers have to be reminded of their not so clear color)

A very intriguing and bizarre start for your story. You know how to get your readers hooked, with this curse, and calling to the great 19th century influences of the fantastic/ horror stories. Now, you're cursed too, with a spellbinding need to provide more chapters to your readers!

Tons of interesting suggestions, and a great story, Wildone, though I was so scared I couldn't sleep afterwards. Let's think about all these names for a while and we might start voting in a few days. I wonder if only CJames can post polls in this forum, since I tried to have one in this topic with a first binary choice (goat or non-goat related), but it doesn't seem to work.

That's a challenge I think only you can take up. But you do have to keep matching quality with quantity, though.

Notice that you're the only one to have offered "goat lovers" as a name, CJ. To me, Clan and Klan really do not bring up the same views at all. I was indeed imagining thick thighs getting out of kilts rather than ghost-like spooky fanatics. I can always set up a poll in this thread if needed. The Hornies? CJamians? (This one does sound like some loony cult, doesn't it?)

I think so far you had done well with older characters. If you design characters you visualize and hear, then let them play around in your mind, I don't see why you wouldn't be able to do it. Then it's also about the genres you experiment with. If you do some 3rd person narrative that's very much plot-driven, you might be more satisfied than if you do a long novel about two people in a room. Anyway, don't lose faith in your abilities to succeed. You will.

What makes me think this has to do with the big fire hose?

:o ... A serious research should be conducted to know what BAAAD foods people were fed that may cause them to wander on the WorldNetDaily site. And sorry, Mr. Rutz (like in "stuck in a....") but come and check my testosterone level; I have very little excess estrogen from what I know. The kind of article that makes you wonder about the First Amendment allowing airheads to be unaccountable for spreading BS.

Good story. There's enough style and fresh spin on the "coming out gone wrong" story so that I read it until the end. I love it when fate has meant to have two people meet for the longest time, and they find out just in time! Glad to know you're writing more.

As for a favorite scene, the mural's painting and its discovery are some of the nicest scenes. They encompass the whole story and are a counterpoint to all this hospital nasty stuff. The moving in of Jacob and Joanne is what made it click for me too.

The nice thing about Clan James is that its members can be of various denominations: the Kids, the Minions, and even the L

On Graeme's request, this new thread is meant to discuss what the CJames fans should be called: I suggested: "The Friends of Mr James" Ieshwar's proposals: "Animal lovers" ( , this does sound quite perverted...) "CJamish" "CJ fans" I bet collective thinking might help us to get more creative (yet...)

Isn't a goddess supposed to be omniscient? I was thinking of an African character who speaks in Bantu mixed with Icelandic with Krist, Ben translates in French to Steph while Maat throws water balloons at all of them...

Favorite character? I'm not sure. It was said before, but the adults were really good. Yes, Matt, Jacob and Valerie were fun to follow, but Joanne and Viola are great moms. Joanne's family is great too. And I liked the pizza woman, and stories in which everybody's good and cuddly can become boring quickly, so hail to Richard and his dastardly sidekicks.

This would be basic outsourcing. But Chase talked about OUR crew, so I'd assume he thinks they hire (they being the band) the roadies. As for Helen, as a manager, she could have a checklist of things to say when getting someone in. That was what I meant. All of the recruiting went down quickly, so I see how she could forget such things, but I remember getting into a band and once the audition was over, all the money/ administrative questions were studied carefully. I agree that the outsourcing and the fee paid for a service are two different things. What is plain unfair from the situations I know in the service industry is company A (a bank/ insurance company or other big organization used to paying huge fees) hires company B, which has a nice website selling its technical expertise. Company B has three salesmen who don't know anything about technical issues, but are good at selling. They call company C, a small organization that can handle the technical issues but is short-staffed. Nevertheless, they have a number of self-employed partners. They call one of them, Bob. For a day's work, the big company A is invoiced

Actually, here is the track listing for the first compilation released in 1980: 1. Bohemian Rhapsody 2. Another One Bites The Dust 3. Killer Queen 4. Fat Bottomed Girls 5. Bicycle Race 6. You're My Best Friend 7. Don't Stop Me Now 8. Save Me 9. Crazy Little Thing Called Love 10. Somebody To Love 11. Now I'm Here 12. Good Old Fashioned Loverboy 13. Play The Game 14. Flash 15. Seven Seas Of Rhye 16. We Will Rock You 17. We Are The Champions A few similarities, aren't there?

Thanks a lot, gal and guys!

Happy Birthday!

No. Though the weather has been weird, no hail on the forecast. The person below me has some writing planned for today, among tons of other things.

No, I haven't made a conscious choice towards this. But I do, apparently... The person below me regrets the sunny day turned into a cloudy one.

That's a decent "Greatest Hits" listing, and apparently they can have a couple more yet. Is it much different from previous releases of the kind?