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Well, they will get some (even) stupid(er)messages under their YouTube videos . Other than this, it can be handled by Helen. Over the years, they will attract to a different crowd. True fans will care for the music, and a gay metal band can be somehow cool.

Yeah, I agree with James. Marvel also had a gay couple, I mean explicitly, in the Young Avengers. Billy Kaplan, aka Wiccan, and Hulkling, aka Teddy Altman.

Darn. I'd always though that Batman and Robin... Well, never mind.

Over here in the Caymans, it's a Ferrari or nothing. Rolls Royces are frowned upon. Sooo dreadfully nouveau riche!

There was a question on a trivia show lately about the temperature at which water evaporated. The answer was: any temperature. Actually, even ice evaporates, as I could notice when we had ten days of below zero/thirty-two degrees lately.

I had noticed, but didn't dare call you on that one, I was too afraid my fee wouldn't be transferred in time to pay the bill for the yacht's cleaning after the New Year party. Five hundred guests in various states of inebriation will always leave the place a wreck.

CJ takes many forms, we've seen it already. My Arizonian spying squad confirms this is the actual CJ, with his summer hair. Plus we know how elegant he is, and how much he loves to dye his hair.

Aren't toads the evil batrachians? As for the goats, their reputation is no longer to be made in regards to being in league with Baal Moloch.

Mmh... When was there a Hollywood remake that actually could compare to the original? True Lies, I guess (remake of La Totale), but this is the only one I can think about. One to avoid at all costs is City of Angels, the remake of the AMAZING, BRILLIANT, GREAT Wings of Desire. The poetry and subtlety of the original got drowned into some "ER goes mystical" trip. Plus Nicholas Cage is good only to play dimwits (I can't think of any movie but Raising Arizona in which I questioned his acting capability), and Meg Ryan... Well, 'nuff said.

Grey for me. No pain involved, thank you. There's an author called David Brown who has his characters (scholars or businessmen) wear grey silk puffs instead of hankies. This is another fetish yet (silk puffs, I mean).

And do you think this is the effect of sheer luck? If so think again...

I saw this movie. It was quite well-done, with all the issues linked to moving on into higher studies.

A goat, a general, a dangerous mission with airborne troops... I hope CJ will get the much deserved credit from Parker and Stone.

Between Scylla and Charybdis...

Nice theme. Thanks for sharing.

Signatures: what's going on? Could anyone clear up the issue of the signatures? Is it technically possible for anyone but a member to edit his/ her signature? If yes, who can actually perform such a dastardly deed?

Here is your signature, Eric. Plus the cryptic banner with this URL : http://krista.gayauthors.org/images/FHA.gif There are some really weird things going out behind the scenes. Think horns, X-Rays, escarpment.

I'd say this is all part of CJ's twisted sense of marketing and hunger for glory. He pays Krista a hefty sum (and he can, I'll tell ya) to campaign as a contender. Then he can claim (of course, not directly, but through another bought member), and get more votes eventually. Plus if there are more contestants in the race, he will have more merit than if it's a soviet-like election.

I'll agree with lesfeuxetc. & Kit and disagree with the sharp one. I'm utterly annoyed by contractions and "phonetic" spelling. Trying to characterize someone with and accent or else doesn't work for me. The example coming to my mind is Hagrid in Harry Potter. They're all Brits (or almost) in the series, but he's the only one with this annoying accent. When he has too much dialogue, it's REALLY annoying. As for teen, I got the same criticism from my friend/editor Nicholas H. about the characters in my Boarding School story. No way they're gonna say "gonna". I'm not too good at dialogues in general, and when not in my mother tongue it's worse. The issue is they come from a rather posh background, and they're Brits. I thought at one point of asking for a special dialogue editor, well versed in British public schools. I eventually decided to try to have as little dialogue as possible. And after reading Stephen Fry's The Liar, which takes partly place in a public school, I decided that one of my characters, who acts as the leader had to use as complex a vocabulary as possible. This sets a contrast. I remember using way more than 800 words when being a teenager, and yes we had phrases, that have long been outdated. One thing is that JRoss' little dialogue by his sister should be saved and submitted to teenagers in 2020, and will certainly be unintelligible. I didn't understand much myself. As Graeme said many times, dialogues create the illusion of reality. If you ever manage not to experience TV/ radio for a few months, and then watch a movie, you'll realize how unnatural it sounds. Because dialogues/ speech in the media are conventions, not a reflection of reality.

Very nice poem. Nice pace, visual and funny.

I'm supposed to lobby to campaign to get Shadowgod elected in lieu of CJames. I was asked to do so by a person creature that wants to remain anonymous, but is also my employer. What should I do, when I think that few authors on this site have even come close to being on the edge of producing cliffhangers?

You manage to type on a keyboard and twiddle your thumbs at the same time? You do mess around with black magic...

From The Big Lebowski:

Yes, the number 13 appeals to such an evil creature... Oh, BTW, all the hints on Eric's guess are supposed to be in chapter 7, when he visits their appartment the first time around. I couldn't find them, but as we have a bunch of sleuths in here...

So... Who thinks the exotic dancers are family?