Bondwriter

Well, no, my breakfast mainly consists in coffee. Plus at the time of posting, I had just gotten done with lunch. The person below me has had a wonderful morning today.

Michael's sorting out made it clear to me that in the initial post there was some flaw in exposing the facts; indeed it was the definition. Reviewing some things... But I taught for over a decade, and I've been quite amazed at how little reaction you could get sometimes saying things that could appear outrageous. There are group dynamics involved. And sure some teachers are idiots, but I've also met a number who were really involved and concerned. And yes, intelligence and brightness may be scary for a lot of them. So hold on, people! The workplace dynamics are not any better! As for Old Bob's proposal, it seems some already use the resources available. I'm willing to help out with French learning, and essay writing in general, provided it's not a last minute request and it's help, and not actually doing the homework.

Welcome, ixchemistry! It shouldn't take you more than two or three weeks to find your way around!

Argh! No! *thinks over for a few seconds* Do what you have to do and go where the story tells you. I just couldn't do it. Even in my adventure stories, I start having trouble putting my hero through hardships. If I ever did something in your genre, the 'Boys' would always triumph and overcome the dark forces of evil and international terrorism. Looking forward to reading chapter 9...

This is a chapter with lots of making out. They should stop using public restrooms before they get caught with their pants down! There are lots of threads that are left hanging, and waiting to be pulled in further chapters. It seems (but maybe I'm wrong) we're halfway through, or something's going to start. As for the ursine situation, I know there were some in Northern Minnesota but never saw one. I've got friends who were woken up by one as they were camping in Alaska. They were quite scared. I've got lots of cats outside, living wild (they're not wildcats though). Less scary.

Oh! I forgot to comment when I read the latest chapter. Well, time to make up for it. This chapter uncovers more of the past, while making the mystery thicker. The whole Brian/ John situation gets Gabe to realize a few things about life. And still dialogues rife with good humour. I tend to see your point. Man, I wish I had these novels in paper forms, which is still the interface of choice for me to read long fiction.

Thanks a lot for the explanation, James. As you may have noticed, a few around here do NOT live in the USA. The media we're exposed to have very different things on, and if, overall, we tend to have 80% of US movies, series and cartoons, the perception of it is not the same. In an average Mad Magazine, there are always 15/20% of jokes I won't understand. Your explanations are then quite welcome, and nicely done. I had read the blog, but had no idea what it referred to. But, this being said, it seems some number superstition is building up here, with people refraining to add posts and going to edit previous ones. I clicked on the subject by mistake, otherwise I wouldn't have noticed your kind reply. Which was technically your thousandth.

Come on, something has happened to the CJ we knew! 15 posts in a thread dedicated to him and still no reply? I was only kidding CJames, come back! Unless you're extremely busy (and logged in) because of the anthology!

I didn't get it. Maybe the voices besides Jack Bauer's are supposed to be dialoggues of some other pop culture thing unknown from me. But I found a great video on the same site "Roger Daltrey loves the Wii".

Old Bob's comment triggers a few thoughts. This cannot be happening. This is a superhuman feat. Hence, let us think rationally and see what possible, plausible explanations can be given. 1/ CJames is in league with the Devil. Hence the hooves, the fact he almost never sleeps, his uncanny ability to post. I'd tend to reject this first hypothesis, since there is no evidence of such an embodiment of evil existing. Evil doesn't need it/ him to flourish, obviously. 2/ CJames is a robot. As these robot spammers, he's a piece of cleverly programmed computer software. If this hypothesis is a reality, then it must be part of a secret government program. And these people are good. Way good. 3/ CJames is an actual man, who's in the process of testing some forum invasion software. Clues: the repetition of some message (I'm just a shy, quiet lurker) that could be automatically generated. Maybe this software also allows for a participation in games. For instance, in the Person Below Me, the software has a number of sentences already made, that it posts at appropriate moments. Then the human being behind it does customize other messages a computer couldn't produce. 4/ None of the above. CJames actually exists and did all of the 3000 posts. Back to square one, but the enigma remains.

Congratulations to CJames for the numbers, but this little feud with Jack might have prevented the maple syrup pusher to get done with his own chapter. This doesn't call for any cheers.

Dream On is one of my favorite Aerosmith songs.

Obviously, CJames, you're not working for the Arizona Board of Tourism!

As an old man once told me: "Build your own legend..."

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I'd go with Clint Eastwood, though John Wayne is a sort of childhood hero. (Though I now wonder what the appeal could be for a six-year old boy...) Movies Clint Eastwood only directed or movies in which he plays?

Congratulations! And now, let's cross our fingers so it doesn't get lost and forgotten in some exec's drawer, but finds its way onto the screen!

Sneak preview... Chapter 28 Ben led me into the house where he greeted a man who seems to be in his mid-30s. "Steph, meet Fran

Obviously you never clicked on my signature's first line. *turns around and cries* Well I'll go write my cameo in your thread... Back on topic: Yeah CJames, it's highly likely you might mix religion and sinful sex (like Thaddeus adopting the practices of the Foreign Legion, but you wouldn't do that, would you?) One small detail: being pretty much a sucker for ant dumb TV cop show with forensics in it, in which they find a hair and are able to have a DNA analysis within a half-hour - it didn't strike me at first. But then I wondered - since you seem to be intent on having a fiction that could happen in reality - do they really fingerprint people on the spot in Arizona?

You don't even want to know how much it cost me to get this extra confidential information.

Jack, do not antagonize the goat! Here is how it's gonna end (as from the report of the PI I paid to hack into CJames' computer): Chapter 47 - The Showdown (...) Thaddeus stepped out of the shadow and into the bleak whitish spot the streetlight shed onto the ill-maintained Piedmont street. "So, you made it, Mr Legivre? No hassling by the nosey Lonesome Valley Sheriff?" "No, everything's all right, not to worry..." Jacques Legivre was quite a match to Thaddeus. These two were quite the yin and yang of crime in this part of Arizona. Legivre had been raised in Pennsylvania, but having opted for a life of easy money and hence of crime, he had gotten in touch with his Canadian background. As smuggling maple syrup to Buffalo had proved rather tiring and not the cash-maker he thought it would be, he had turned to bringing caribou antlers illegally into the USA. It was a much more lucrative business, and it had gotten him connected with the seediest underworld. That's how he had met Thaddeus; if it all worked out well, he'd be a rich man before the week was over. "Have you got what I'm willing to buy?" "Yes, it was a piece of cake to get from these kids. They were about to make out," Thaddeus frowned with both disgust and envy, "when this guy Steve's mom came in and asked them to run some errand.The coast was clear, and I just had to grab the data stick from the desk." He handed the grey rectangle to Thaddeus. "You, moronic piece of crap! This is not a data stick! This is a lighter!" (...)

Modern evil at work: A method that has proved it works to lay off workers cannot be really bad, can it? And thanks to statisticians, who revel in charts and spreadsheets, you only need to look at the numbers you know you want to get! O Brave New World! I like the idea of standard procedures implemented to get an ISO 9001 certified board though.

Hey, some do both! But my favourites are magicians... Charles Dickens or Mark Twain?

I should say celebrating quantity instead of quality leads to some posting frenzy that seems to have more the counter in focus than the syntax, grammar and overall meaning. This post should have been titled: "Graem, the great poster" and have started with praise and review of Graeme's posting quality, and THEN mentioned the fact he had hit the 1000 posts mark. *picks up the phone and calls a PI to investigate on why Jack is so mad at CJames. There's something fishy...*

The Mount could refer to the place... Could be some sexual innuendo... Could be an increase... Polysemia, watch out, here comes the goat!