Bondwriter

How would you like to see the story end for Eric? 1/ Thaddeus sells him as a slave in a Canadian brothel. 2/ He gets shot by the Piedmont Sheriff as he's about to spill the beans on the evil law person's involvement in a large illegal porn ring. 3/ He dies of thirst in the desert. (Positive side: he provides much needed proteins to vultures) 4/ He dies in a car crash in a stolen vehicle. 5/ He amends, and after a short stay in prison, gets a business degree, and becomes the successful CEO of a large multinational company. After downsizing and outsourcing production in Africa, setting a new trend for the 2010s (last continent with cheap labor) he's elected CEO of the Year in 2014. 6/ Other (please develop)

I'd have questions on this about someone who gets picked up for a job in a parking lot. I mean, he's gonna get a serious degree from university, and someone comes up to him and asks him to come pose shirtless at the entrance of a store, and he says sure! More seriously I agree, this type of interviews has always puzzled me. It used to be female models who went through this sort of treatment, so does this mean the male audience want brainless sex objects? Kris has a very cute smile, by the way. The rest's not bad either.

My sympathy also goes to the poor rattlesnakes who'll die instantly if they ever bite into the mean little b...'s leg. I'll get in touch with the Humane Society.

1/ Being the guy's little brother. 2/ Setting up the cams without him being aware of it. 3/ Providing him tons of sex partners. 4/ Charging people a fortune for watching. (Uh, CJames, you know the account number in the Cayman Islands where to transfer the 500$ of my fee for this shameless FTL promotion)

I agree with Nick about keeping discrete in case she tells people you wouldn't want to know. But is it better that you tell her and that eventually (I don't believe in secrets being kept for eternity especially NOT in families) your aunt finds out or that it's the family gossip/ questioning for the next few months of "is Kevin gay?" because she reports what she witnessed in Houston? So yes, you know these people best, and I bet you'll make the wisest call. If you have trouble making a decision, you might always toss a coin. (Just kidding...)

I can relate to this, definitely. Well I found out my mom had done the job for me last year, since the family communication network is pretty good at spreading news. Thanks, Mom! You say you want to tell her face to face, but can't you manage to tell her on the phone before she comes? I mean, so you avoid feeling all nervous when she gets there? Just a question, not even an advice.

I hope you pull through all these hardships. It's hard seeing a loved one lose it. Bunnies and duckies frolicking in a meadow? That's an interesting concept... I'm all for bunnies in stories!

This chapter brought some heated debate! As for the first aid issue, it didn't shock me as I read. Having taken a little training, I hope I could stop someone from bleeding to death in such a situation. I think it's a narrative trick to make Chris look good, and the Lonesome Valley Police bad. Sorry Emoe, if you happen to be an articulate geek. I guess some people in every trade will realize that using jargon will keep them from being able to work in good intelligence with others.Just my experience with computer specialists, but then it's yet another stereotype, isn't it? I thought the same thing when they discovered the cameras. But then I expect more revelations, and an even more complex web of misdeeds behind all this. It seems Chris and Steve are up against a particularly nasty opponent, or set of opponents. But many criminals are either arrogant or stupid, or both, and that's how they get caught. And the last thing we'd want is the bad guys to win at the end, despite CJames' claims not to yield into clich

Well, Thaddeus

ROFL! Thanks Connor! Yep, poor Eric, people just don't seem to understand him. Yes, let he who never thought of setting up a website displaying relatives in the nude engaging in sexual activities or any aspects of their intimacy for that matter for the purpose of making money cast the first stone. Way to go goats!

Well, he's been quite active lately... But I won't believe his aims were as base and low as trying to reach a landmark. Congrats, Kevin! Let's dance! (Sorry, couldn't help it, I love this animated GIF!)

Or run from a mob that wants to lynch a hippie werewolf! (Just kidding, couldn't resist this vicious little attack. I'm hairline challenged myself, and hence need to take a little revenge...)

Damn! Just as we were about to know more from Dex. I hope Eric did not manage to get his hands on a firearm and take his own life. Man, Steve and Chris, review your knots! Didn

We all gather to dance around and wish you a HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

The best to you in these times of hardships with your mom, Carl. I hope writing a new story will get you in a much better mood, and that you can sustain it for a while before you hit the road again once your wrist has healed.

Can you be logged under two identities in Live Chat? I really have NO CLUE WHATSOEVER what you guys are talking about.

I've heard the people in Montreal were about to launch a surprise attack on Geneva to plunder their stocks of chocolate. Why don't they just stick to maple syrup? I agree to a certain point. It's a kind of chicken/ egg thing: are they an attractive couple because they're put in the middle of some major adventures, or are the adventures breathtaking because they're lived by a cute couple?

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Go check out this guy's movies. Then you'll find AI exciting. My problem with most reality TV is that it seems to exist to format people's brain for a fascist world in which 99 people exist for one to shine. This sucks. Big time.

I didn't see American Idol, but we have an equivalent program. It seems humiliation and scorn are the basic elements that drive this type of show (see Krista's post above). Plus the jury people feuding are also a feature of this show. So using rumors/ innuendoes are just a way to get the show going. Do they avoid making fun of people's background in general?

Yeah, all the important things have been said above. The whole "mood swings" thing is typical of abusers' manipulative ways. You may definitely stop all this without breaking the law. Not saying it'll be easy either.

Switzerland, its banks, its chocolate, home of the Red Cross, a neutral country that always had a great role in dire times of global conflict. A model of direct democracy and prosperity. With its peace-loving, quiet and friendly citizens... who can't wait to see people shot down and nice guys engaging into murder. Has this whole world gone CRAZY! Am I the only one to give a F... about the F...ing rules?* *Walter Sobchak, in The Big Lebowski

Look at it again. Wait for the end. Read the credits. I may also save you three minutes (though it's an entertaining moment), and repeat what I said above: "Yes, irony, as opposed to coppery , was involved in this whole fake trailer. But Nicholas Cage would be a wonderful Richard the Second." "But I'd advise watching Conan the Barbarian which is a great epic. With great pecs. And which is quoted in this spoof's credits." I really didn't know if it was for real until the end. Though I didn't see Arnold exactly in a Leslie Nielsen type role. And the tributes to previous Hamlets kind of give it away. Otherwise it is masterfully done.

I feel your pain about no longer having a ledge... You crack me up, Kevin. And give me ideas for further adventures... I usually put the washcloths with another laundry load, so they might be dry or wet, it doesn't matter. They just don't go through the hamper. I usually put towels in the hamper the day after I used them so they have time to dry. If a towel/ washcloth takes more than 24 hours to dry, your bathroom has a venting problem.

Hey Ephialtes, can we trust you with the last three digits in your member number? This is a tempting theory, only flaw for me is that the technicalities of managing to shoot/ edit/ sell a porn video secretly seem to be beyond the grasp of the brat. Can Eric be this mean/ wicked/ evil? I'd be more on some cuter newsgroups pics, like twinks in bathing suits. Or something more public, like a Chase and Shawn site advocating the "gay lifestyle"; thus Thaddeus may use this as evidence of their "perverted proselytic ways". I wonder as Steve does about the link between the pics and the Data Stick. shudder at the thought that a man of the cloth and a law enforcement officer could be involved in some sex scandal. But hey, this is fiction!