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All bluster and cowardice. Just what you’d expect from Ole Bonespurs. I’m surprised he was ‘brave’ enough to visit Holmes Labs instead of sending in someone he thinks is more expendable – like his VP! ;-)

I should have tried that the last time a woman tried to hit on me! ;-)

I’m sure @Aceinthehole is honored to have written the first story you’ve Commented on. Welcome to the chaos! I look forward to hearing your opinions and impressions! ;-)

So now Teddy realizes there’s sill something there. Or maybe he just realized he can’t deny it anymore. It just took a simple touch from Ryder for him to reach that epiphany. ;-) Ryder needs Teddy and Teddy needs Ryder. They both need to realize they are much more if they are together than if they are apart. Blake realizes that. How long before Teddy and Ryder realize it? ;-)

Hey, I didn’t give up on you! I was just giving you space! I was trying to not be annoying! ;-)

But Kaleb & Davis would point out that washing machines do too! ;-)

Ditto again! ;-) When will Brett’s mother start behaving like a mother? Couldn’t she generate some anger on her son’s behalf and defend the LGBT Alliance? She should have some extra credibility as a Psychiatrist! ;-) And this is yet another reason why we all need to research candidates as much as possible and get out to actually vote! You might be surprised to find out that there are LGBTQ candidates running for office where you live! I did a little digging and found two Gay men running for City Council seats in two different cities that I lived in (10 years apart). Unfortunately neither one won their races, but unless we have candidates running for lesser positions, we can’t have experienced candidates for more vital races! ;-) The religious fundamentalists have been doing this for decades and it’s been paying off for them. In many races, name recognition trumps policy positions. It’s extremely difficult to overcome that advantage, especially if you don’t have deep pockets. We don’t have weekly brainwashing services like they do. ;-)

Ditto what everyone said! ;-) And it must be painfully obvious to everyone that Randy isn’t interested in Deanna if a brand new student picks up on it in just a few minutes! ;-)

I think there have been teachers prosecuted for cheating on STAR tests (changing answers on completed tests) and others have been fired. There have been major scandals involving systemic cheating in schools or even school districts. Of course, the reasons for the deception was different because it involved funding and teacher pay, but the principle is the same. I agree that the real victims are the kids.

For a while, it felt like the wait for Michael’s operation took months! Time seems to drag when you’re very worried. It just stretches out forever, taunting you! ;-) It’s too bad the rest of us don’t have guardian angels and cupids taking care of us! Although, it could be argued that a guardian angel watched over me while I was homeless. I managed to survive an experience I would have thought was unsurvivable for someone brought up in suburbs like me! ;-) But I’m still waiting for a cupid to match me with a Peter, a (Gay or bisexual) Tor, or a Joel! ;-)

Very! ;-)

@Timothy M.! I have come to the conclusion that Farmor and the twins’ grandparents are messing with your muse! Have they brainwashed him or her? Or just held him or her hostage to try to force you into writing new chapters to their satisfaction and agenda? ;-)

If you periodically check the Activity Tab of my Profile, you’ll see that while your stories are very well represented, I do Comment on many other stories by many other authors. I don’t think it’s likely that there are very many, if any, readers who are monogamous with a single author. Good try though! ;-)

I said It’d confirm my suspicions that you were toying with me when I find ‘yore’ in there, but I didn’t mean that you’d done that yet! I was sure I had seen an incorrect “you’re” in this chapter, but I can’t find it now. I must be remembering someone else’s mistake from a different story. But I did find this: ;-)

You know, I think you’re just toying with me! And when I see you drop a “yore” in there with the other incorrect ‘your’ and ‘you’re’ usages, it’ll just confirm my suspicion! It only takes a couple extra seconds to try saying to yourself, does this make sense if I say “you are”? Aargh! ;-) So there’s a different President in the VUNworld than in the MakaroviaWorld. Or she had a sex change. Does this President use Just For Men hair dye?

Sounds kind of like a discussion Leonard and Sheldon once had on an early episode of The Big Bang Theory. ;-)

Ursula Le Guin also explored gender and sexuality in books like The Left Hand of Darkness.

But aren’t Don and/or Sue the Executors of the trust? ;-)

I don’t see Teddy as overreacting. Ryder set out to hurt him as badly as possible in order to force Teddy to hate him so much that Teddy would forget him. Teddy, being Teddy, is possibly being more polite to Ryder than Ryder deserves. ;-) It’s good for Oli to finally hear more of why Teddy has reacted the way he has towards Ryder. In ‘protecting’ Oli, they neglected to provide enough information to understand the animosity Teddy had towards Ryder. Oli is now seeing a much more complete view of his hero, Ryder. ;-) But Teddy isn’t as over Ryder as he seems to think he is if Ryder has been able to cause so much turmoil and confusion for him. ;-)

Better Dodger than Enforcer? ;-)

Much more interesting than the “” that some of the other Canadian (*) authors choose to reply with! ;-) * There is no Curling emoticon. ;-)

What! Now you’re going to blame me for the plot twists and turns? After all this time? ;-) I’ve bathed in a lake. And I had to take a bath when my ex’s water heater died and he heated water on the stove. But I’ve never had to do that any other time and I didn’t think former Princes should have to either! ;-)

Of course I looked! ;-)

I prefer Drought Quijote. ;-)

And how to perform CPR! ;-)