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It'll be fun to travel around with just what's on your back, but I love trains as well, so it wouldn't be a complete backpacking trip.

Yeah, I know. Some had to stop due to health issues, and others had problems in their personal life that they needed to resolve first, but still write. I had my own existential issue due to a few bad relationships as well, so I haven't written for a while on Roland's site either (Roland is the author of the CSU series The U.N.I.T ). http://castleroland.net/index.php?page=stories My Stories Exodus and World's of Difference on there haven't seen a new chapter in a long time, sadly. I actually have both stories outlined and a general plot ready, but I just don't feel like writing it for some reason. My heart is cold and empty for writing my stories at the moment.

Hehe, been a while since I've worked with ACfan, Roland, D&B, Ilu, and the others, but that sounds interesting. Only problem is trying to get the continuity together. I mean even for "Dark Vacation", Commie and the gang had to do a large deal of work to get those stories in line. You won't believe how hard it is to work out CSU material with so many threads and storytelling genres. I think one of these days, they will need to pull another DC comic, "Crisis of Infinite Earths" again. ("AHBL" in CSU was the equivalent).

I love ghost movies on Halloween; even though, I am scared of ghosts. Anyone ever saw a real ghost?

Wohoo! You go girls!

There is actually a fun hypothesis about inter-planetary pollination of life. As the solar system was forming, asteroids and comets would carry matter from one planet to another, which would hold the trace material for life. As exobiology has shown, bacteria can survive inside asteroids and other stellar fragments for a good period of time, i.e. the bacteria from rocks. (Not just the infamous martian meteorite) Maybe, they aren't aliens at all just our distant redkneck cousins from mercury with a hot foot One thing, I would love to look into more is Venus. The planet is so often forgotten for Mars, (No, I don't think people are being chauvinistic about those planets ). We know that on earth carbon based life forms can survive in high pressure, high temperature, and toxic environments to most humans, so why not Venus. It would be cool to find Venusians, although based on the old stories, they probably would be fems

Let me get the probe-ulator out (don't worry if it's shape like phallic object, it'll be just a repressed memory afterward.) On a serious note, I do think we are not alone and aliens have more to do than sexual experiments. Sometimes, I do wonder if our ancestors ever met aliens and maybe we are some kind of developmental curve that will one day take us to stars. In the last few hundred years, humanity has developed faster than in the last ten thousand years combined; we have been hitting a stride in development. Maybe, it's like inter-Galactic "pay it forward" program. An older civilization helps a younger civilization develop until they either kill themselves or they become smart enough to join the group as a peer, then they're assigned a civilization. (Don't steal that idea, I am going to use it, it's trade marked W.L ) Or, we could all live in the Battlestar Galactica universe and there are no intelligent life forms except humans, human cyborgs, and robots with a bad 1980's sounding voice, plus some unknown entity that acts as he wants and laughs at the mortals for their foolish infidelities and soap opera like lives .

I really need to get back on the treadmill

Seems logical to me I loved him as Sylar in Heroes, hands down one of his best performances. Also a big Wohoo! Another Star Trek actor, wonder if George Takei knew? Kirk and Spock shippers can commence on new stories now in the parallel universe. (I want Anton though, who can say no to Chekov, plus he's my age )

Try it out again James the last season was really fun to watch (Arcs are where science fiction and fantasy shows improve), besides, there are a few crossovers with Eureka that makes the shows kind of part one universe Even after Eureka goes into the sunset, we still have Warehouse 13 and the Alphas (a blatant Heroes rip-off, but still quite fun to watch). SGU is another story, liked it, but thought it was a little too far outside the stargate universe. At least Atlantis still had stargate stories with alien cultures we can understand (They speak English in the pegasus galaxy, too ).By the end, the show had gone down in ratings dramatically, because many of the old Stargate fans had jumped ship. Caprica for me was the show that shouldn't have been canceled, I really loved how the story was evolving between the AI robots, Cylons, and humans of the twelve colonies. It was interesting. Again, BSG fans jumped off, because there was just not enough tension (BSG had the gall to nearly kill off the main male lead in season 1 finale and install a military dictatorship, name a show that could do that and still look great on TV)

Okay, Am I the only gay man who loves this show? I just read the review from After Elton and wondered what others thought about the show: http://www.afterelton.com/tv/recaps/warehouse-13-311 Probably not the only fan, but I haven't notice many fans of the series. I mean you have a fun gay friendly science fiction/fantasy show, campy objects with magical properties, and lots of Indiana Jones-esque action. While the fact that they had or still have (If the watch does what fans are hoping for by turning back time) a gay main character with so much untapped potential and character development is awesome and great to see on TV. I also love the subtext lesbianism between Myka and HG (yes, it was there even in season 2). I love strong women in science fiction along with strong gay men; this show at its best has a combination of both in the season finale.

Grr. I want me a redneck I'm already a geek, so I just need a guy with a gun.

Just wanted to share a classic poem for my thoughts on the day, it might sound religious, but at its heart there is a deep humanism: THE SECOND COMING By William Butler Yeats Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity. Surely some revelation is at hand; Surely the Second Coming is at hand. The Second Coming! Hardly are those words out When a vast image out of Spiritus Mundi Troubles my sight: a waste of desert sand; A shape with lion body and the head of a man, A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun, Is moving its slow thighs, while all about it Wind shadows of the indignant desert birds. The darkness drops again but now I know That twenty centuries of stony sleep Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle, And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?

Sounds very interesting and listen to your heart. If it makes you feel like writing, then write it. Although, listening to my heart sometimes leaves my stories unfinished, too. I know the dilemma.

I just had a very odd story in my head, but it seems to work. I don't know what prompted the story, maybe, it's me trying to recapture my youth, my love of old Nick shows, or maybe my desire to give stories a finality. I won't say what my story is until I actually write it and edit it, but by just my simple description, you guys can guess at the possibilities. I don't know if my story will be interesting or maybe it will be widely chided as too retro to be readable by most audiences. As a stand alone story, I think it can work, but as a finale, I am hoping that it gives closure to my thoughts. Okay, time for me to write.

I've done a bit more sex scenes now, so I think I can chime in. For pure excitement, I love the anticipation of sex rather than just the writing of it. If you build tension between people, build the world around them, then lead them into the sex; there is something rewarding from it. In my anthology story, I used a lot of build up about sex and dominance. I have a particular love of dom/sub sex, but it's not about a fetish like many S&M writers go for, for me it's more about the nature of the two people in the sex. In my thinking, there are no absolute masters or submissive; a person can switch to the other side as he sees fit in all aspects of a relationship. However, at the point of sex, your choices has led you to the sex and whether you give or take in the exchange is based on how things before the sex.

I always wonder where people come from and Old Bob tale is very much a story of self realization. I can't wait for more.

Well, maybe it is personality. I just am less inclined to talk about art and other interest with people, but on the other hand, I can talk to people a lot about sports and politics. I'm an avid NCAA bracket guy in Basketball and Football, both sports which I enjoy as a spectator. Hockey is kind of a new love for me and I rarely touch Baseball or Soccer. Why is a person extroverted on some subjects and introverted in others? If the subjects are related to a stereotype of their sexuality, is there really a connection? I mean that's why I kind of got that reflective jolt. The conversation somehow ventured into music and she talked about her interest in modern rock and its incorporation in society, then somehow it lead into "Rent" (I know, maybe she was baiting me, but I was there at the 2nd to last showing on Broadway, 3rd row second seat on the left and it was memorable for me.). I mean, it was like lightning and I talked about the fun musical scoring, thematic genres, and the issues of an urban society seeking something to relate. Maybe, it's just Rent as I really don't care that much for Hairspray or Sweeney Todd to be honest that my thoughts explode in so many directions.

I just had an interesting conversation with a co-worker. I am more or less an open secret, no one really cares about my sexuality as I don't care about their lovers, infidelities, or other romantic/sexual partners. The thing though is how I realized that I hide part of my "gay" characteristics during most of activities versus actually living with it. I have a strong dislike of the fems and fashionista crowd, no offense guys it's just that I don't like being associated with those traits. However, when it comes to drama, artists, and music, I am very cosmopolitan underneath everything. I enjoy Woody Allen movies for their poignant humor (even our politics are different), I love Norwegian films for their bitter experimental realism, I love artwork built on layers of color and emotions somewhere between the old school impressionist and expressionist school, and I might be an avid Punk Rock devotee (People get a double take at me, when I tell them I love Punk Rock as I wear a suit and tie with horn rimmed glasses ), but I am also really varied in my taste in music as I branch into a lot of styles and interests. I can enjoy Bluegrass as much as I enjoy Arena Rock, Gospel or Screamo (Kind of the same almost when you think about it deeper ), and Bach or Eminem. The little conversation kind of touched an interesting area; it's like I am repressing my traits more than I should be. I rarely talk about my interests and most people think I am really "straight", but I do rarely go into my passions and interests, which give people a strange "wow" sort of look. It's not a bad type of look like "burn the fag", but it's like why are you a different person thing. I guess for me, my interests go hand and hand with my sexuality and while I am open enough to expose my sexuality, I am still closed off to expose my character and nature with people. Does anyone else ever have that sort of thing, like you're not expressing yourself?

Yeah I know what you mean. It is almost impossible to take vacation nowadays with so many shortages of help (Note we got plenty of unemployed people, but money has been really tight as we are keeping payroll full of people with mandatory pay rate increases that makes UAW workers look like farmers.) Business is always crazy, no matter what company you work for. Even management, especially people not in senior management, don't get things much better. I have about 140 hours of vacation, because I put in a lot of overtime at work crunching out my numbers, but I haven't had any chance to use it. It's like I try to plan for a trip or something and plop another disaster that I got to go in to solve. Life is no better even if your higher in the ladder.

For me its introspection, characters going into themselves or find things about themselves through self examination. I guess my stories reflects my introverted personality recently. I've been withdrawing out of my extroverted obligations.

Thank you Graeme, Lugh, and the many others who faced editing, timing, and even a site infrastructure update to deliver a great Anthology. As a a writer, I just want to thank everyone, including the readers for their patronage and the reviewers with fun insights and good analysis on all our stories.

Hope you had a great Birthday and are now enjoying a full day of (insert age here, unless you want to be 21 forever )

Probably was my subconscious, when it came to Talia and Jess. The idea of a literary foil and a doppelganger are really interesting, part of me was probably thinking of that as I look back now on the story. Thanks Dannsar for reading my subconscious. It's kind of wierd to have some one in your head

Probably was my subconscious, when it came to Talia and Jess. The idea of a literary foil and a doppelganger are really interesting, part of me was probably thinking of that as I look back now on the story. Thanks Dannsar for reading my subconscious. It's kind of wierd to have some one in your head