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***GASP!!!!*** You probably didn't have a hot 'Mickey' in your life that you could mouth the words to... oh Mickey you're so fine

I don't get it either, but apparently the not in your league line really didn't sit well with lots of people. I'm still a big Owen/Aiden fan and am so glad they worked things out in the end.

I'm kind of an exercise junkie already, but I shall join thee in your challenge. I won't be giving up soda (cause it's diet), but I'll try eating out less.

Yes. Nightsky seems to understand what pos-ing or neg-ing a post means and what the reputation stands for. People who have strong opinions on a topic (particularly in the soapbox, where many members have strong beliefs) should expect their posts to be rep-ed. If you want to acknowledge a member for being nice, you can vote their 'User Rating' by rating them from 1 to 5 stars. Another option would be to add them as a friend. Take Care®, Vic

That's the movie I was thinking about Talon!

Excellent point! This Chapter in particular reminded me of a movie I had seen a while back that dealt with a similar situation. I'll have to look it up...

Thanks for the heads up about 'Three for Jake'. I just finished reading the prologue, Ch1, & Ch2 and really enjoyed them and will definitely read the short story to get more background. I look forward to future chapters to find out what the memory of the visits by Brett & Corey mean. This is the first CJ story I've read and should probalby now consider reading his others. Thanks, Vic

Getting ready for work this morning, I decided to pack up a couple pills so I could have them when I ate breakfast at work this morning. I had a horse sized glucosamine pill (they're for joint pain relief due to my running), a multivitamin, and then an advil. I started taking the glucosamine because apparently it helps with joint cartilage, the advil because my knees were sore from running earlier in the morning, and the multivitamin just because I'm probably not getting enough from the soda I drink. I stared at the pills all lined up and had to mentally memorize what each of them were for big white one is glucosamine, orange one - vitamin, little round one - advil. I then realized that I was going down the road of aging in america. It was quite disturbing...where big pharma has us taking a multitude of daily pills. The image of my parents 'drug drawer', where they keep their stash for cholesterol, high blood pressure, arthritis, etc, etc, etc. I need one of those old people pill boxes that have a compartment for each day of the week. In other news, I'm psyched for a trail race I'm doing this Saturday. There's 3 or 4 of us who are going to run the 10miler, so it will be fun to be running with guys who run the same speed. The course has a lot of hills, so that will make it extra challenging. Take Care®, Vic

Taylor & Luke In The End All things Domluka related are explained here in the Domaholic FAQ Take Care®, Vic

Good Thinking! Here are the descriptions for the other stories. Maybe someone from here can suggest something similar for WT & HS. The Lo(n)g Way (TLW) After tragedy strikes at home and he loses a special friend, is betrayed by someone he trusts and his father discovers hes gay, Owen Dovan moves in with the brothers he hasn't seen in two years. Even in a loving environment things aren't always easy. This is a story about making friends, losing them, learning to trust again and dealing with everything in between. The Ordinary Us (TOU) This is the story of seventeen-year-old Quinn Moore. He has a loving family, good friends and a girlfriend he's deemed as perfect. Quinn's also gay, not that he's about to admit it. He likes things just the way they are, thank you. But then he meets Jude Landon, and everything in Quinn's comfortable world is turned upside down. Dessert Dropping (DD) Rory's mom just died and soon after the funeral his life is turned upside down when he finds out that his mom has contacted the father that he never knew. Now, he's forced to live in the desert with a family he doesn't know, a father he doesn't want to know, and to top it all off, Rory's gay and no longer has anyone to confide in. Friends will be made and the meaning of family will be found as Rory discovers that everything isn't so bad in the desert. The Other Side of Me (TOSOM) Stuck in the-middle-of-nowhere Arkansas with his mom and his sister, Frank Seaberg wishes that he could return to his old life. When he meets his neighbors, Oliver and David Martin, he's just happy to have found some friends. But, when Frank begins to suspect that not all is well in the Martin house and begins to search for answers that no one wants him to know, he finds himself in the middle of a family feud that could test his patience, his morals, and ultimately place his own life and those he cares about in danger. With Trust (WT) Nelson meets a painter. Hello Stupid (HS) TLITE

Poor Amelia. You know, if you read those stories/chapters that quickly (and in a state of exhaustion), you probably missed a lot of the details. You should re-read them at a more leisurely pace. That is, if you haven't already re-read any of them. Take Care®, Vic

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Welcome, Welcome!!!! As a long time follower of Cross Currents, it's so good to have you here (Plus, now we won't have to keep this Cross Currents thread up to date - It was hard trying to keep up with where the latest updates were going ). Take Care®, Vic

Strictly from this reader's perspective, Nifty is the archive. I find it simple and easy to use and it's What's New page is a great way to easily keep up on the latest updates. I like that it's such a comprehensive archive. I love that I can go to Nifty and find a story that I read in 1995 (yes, last century!). It's the first place I go to when I want to find a story I want to revisit. Sure there is crap there, but crap is in the eye of the beholder. If I were running Nifty and tried being gatekeeper on quality, about 95% of it wouldn't be posted. However, if I were running GA eFiction, about 70% of what's there wouldn't be allowed. Again, eye of the beholder. Nifty's survived many years when other story sites have come and gone. For example, now that Archerland has closed, I was worried about what would happen to Jfinn's the Human Condition. Luckily, it's still on Nifty. So to answer your question, I'd say Oui to posting on Nifty. So basically, you want to use Nifty to gain readership, but as soon as you hit the big time, you'll leave? Your questions kinda sound like some of the reasons Nifty has had to add all the fine print in their Terms of Service. If I were Nifty, I'd probably be miffed too with Authors requesting their stories being pulled. Or Authors posting some of their chapters on Nifty and posting the rest of them at another site. It's been my experience that some authors can at times be sensitive & egotistical . As the Nifty archivist, that meant he was dealing with hundreds, if not thousands of them. Nifty's TOS are probably a response and a coping mechanism to reduce the amount of work he (they) had to do. I think if you mentally commit to posting a story on Nifty, I think you should post it to completion on Nifty (whether or not you get hosted elsewhere in the interim). Take Care®, Vic

There's a discussion thread that started when the rep system became available: Discussion Thread on the Rep System But as Yap said, the reputation count is the sum of all the times people 'Pos' one your forum posts minus all the times people 'Neg' one of your threads. So if your rep moved from 16 to 18, that means two of your forum posts have been recently Possed. Then again, it could mean 3 of your forum posts have been recently Possed, and one has been Negged. Or 10 of your forum posts have been Possed, and 8 Negged. You get the idea.

it makes him that much cuter that he's a daddy.

He finally comes out...now people will really saying he's living la vida loca http://abcnews.go.co...ory?id=10234454

I'd be flattered that the teen thought your sweater was fashionable enought to wear .

Glad to hear from you Kevin and glad things are going well!

http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=site%3Anifty.org+%22on+the+mark%22 Look's like our very own Mark Arbour wrote this in 2003

Over the last week, I re-read both DD & Hello Stupid. DD I read at work and Hello Stupid I read on my smart phone while waiting for my oil to be changed. I keep hearing from others about 'good' stories I can read from other authors, but I can't seem to get into many other stories/authors. I try reading a chapter or two, but then lose interest and fall back to something I know I'll like. Weird...

My understanding is that the mirror sites mirror the main site, that the content is the same on every one of the mirrors (with the exception of new content appearing on the main site first and then showing up on the mirrors when they update).