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Eight Ten Sixteen so far. It looks like you’ve discovered yet another bug in the GA software! ;-) At least the Newest Stories page shows only the first posting. And it’s not preventing others from posting – something I wondered about when I realized the ‘postings’ were randomly spaced and no other new chapters had been posted until about 15 minutes ago.

Man bun. The stupidest, ugliest men's hairstyle ever! Nobody, not even Kit Harrington, looks good with one! Unshaven makes you look lazy, not sexy. Get out the weedwacker, you’re not in the hockey playoffs, and you’re not a lumberjack. No one wants to see the remnants of all the meals you ate in the last week! But Chance might be a better choice than Reed…

Maybe you should ask a moderator to look into the problem because it’s now five times.

Why does this chapter keep popping up as being posted (as opposed to updated)? It’s happened four times so far.

Oh how this takes me back! I can remember Kansas blasting from the speakers of my Pioneer stereo. Nothing compares to vinyl. Nothing. Great song choice BHopper2.

Burke’s Premium – I wonder how that compares with the stuff they sold on True Blood?

I think I’m a little more like Ryder, but I was more successful at being invisible. I definitely wasn’t Out of the Closet in the ‘70s in the very conservative Navy Town I grew up in. And I would never have gone to any party with alcohol or drugs…

Teddy + Ryder?

He is a sexy Nordic young man!

When we touch, and make love, I feel a connection with you I’ve never knew I could have with someone else, nor will I find that with anyone else. The tenses don’t match: either ‘…I never knew…’ or ‘…I’ve never known…’ We discussed love the other night, be it human of vampire. Human or vampire. I’d like Mark to take me to the hotel! (Stan can come along too.) So was that Tony's Mitch who checked Colin and Devon in at the hotel? ;-)

I have a friend who is very proud to be from King Island (it’s a small island off Tasmania, Australia). ;-)

If you’re on a computer (instead of a phone or tablet), you can also highlight the text you want, wait a second or two, and a little ‘quote’ will popup. When you click on the word ‘quote’, it quotes just your highlighted text. Alternately, you can copy and paste text into this window and use the quote button ‘”’ in the bar above, but this method doesn’t retain the time stamp or person’s name. It is useful for quoting text from the story though.

I just reread "Zusammen ist man weniger allein." "Together your are less alone" by Anna Gavalda

Reading Full Service by Scotty Bowers. Some of it is beautifully written, especially his early reminiscences. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_Service_(book)

Mom & Dad are highly educated teachers. I think Reggie is underestimating his parents – like all teenagers do! Just like he underestimated his classmates! ;-)

That is a wonderful declaration of love.

Costume party, anyone...? Cecil Armstrong Gibbs: Fancy Dress, 1934

Guten Appetit! Good appatite!

We have wild carrots on our meadows, were the horses are. In the moment it is wonderful, they blooming white and the horses wade through them. It is true, the roots look more like normals tree roots, but they would be eatable, if one cares to pick them. Maybe I can take a picture today. I often pick greenery from the wilderness to eat, it is fun and there is so many things you can pick, if you know for what to look for.

This was a cute little story. I’m not a cat (or a dog) person, but they seem to like me. ;-)

Considering that China grows nearly 13 times as much carrots and turnips* as the US, it’s likely that the Sam’s Club carrots came from China. It’s also possible that they were prepared in China and shipped here frozen. I saw a YouTube video which showed a wild carrot root. It looked more like a tree root than anything someone would eat. According to Wikipedia, the carrot was originally grown for its aromatic leaves and seeds. Parsley, cilantro/coriander, fennel, dill, and cumin are close relatives and are still grown for their leaves and seeds. Old English did not clearly distinguish between carrots (which were white at the time) and parsnips**. The Moors introduced the carrot to Spain in the 8th century. In the 10th century, the roots were purple. The modern carrot originated in Afghanistan around that time. A Jewish scholar mentioned red and yellow carrots in the 11th century. Cultivated carrots appeared in China in the 14th century and in Japan in the 18th century. Orange carrots appeared in the Netherlands in the 17th century. *Turnips are related to rutabagas, cabbages, mustards, radishes, broccoli rabe/rapini, bok choy, and Napa Cabbage. **Parsnips are closely related to carrots as well as parsley. Parsnips were used as a source of sugar before cane and beet sugars became available. Parsnips were replaced by potatoes as a main source of starch.

Why do I feel like I’m destined to be confused throughout this story? ;-)

This really looks tasty. It is very similar to what I wrote and you could add a lot of different veggis just in the mix. And if you put some chicken, right on top in the oven. There would be a complete very easy meal.