Tomas

So very sorry. Someone on another board posted the following when I mentioned that I had lost my cat.

Speaking of Twain: It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress. --Mark Twain

In no particular order: The Lost Legion Vitus August Rush Prayers For Bobby Dream Boy Latter Days Beautiful Thing The Last Mimzy Lost Boys Edges of the Lord Bridge To Terabithia Actually, there are way too many films that I have enjoyed to list them all. The ones listed above are films that I have watched more than even once. Of course, there are more in that category also.

Something I wrote in a dark period on an April day... many a year ago it is dark and raining and i cannot feel the sky there is oil paint on my finger

Some Country Wisdom Don't name a pig you plan to eat. Country fences need to be horse high, pig tight, and bull strong. Life is not about how fast you run, or how high you climb, but how well you bounce. Life is simpler when you plow around the stumps. A bumble bee is faster than a John Deere tractor. Trouble with a milk cow is she won't stay milked. Don't skinny dip with snapping turtles. Words that soak into your ears are whispered, not yelled. Meanness don't happen overnight. To know how country folks are doing, look at their barns, not their houses. Never lay an angry hand on a kid or an animal, it just ain't helpful. Teachers, Moms, and hoot owls sleep with one eye open. Forgive your enemies. It messes with their heads. Don't sell your only mule to buy a plow. Two can live as cheap as one if one don't eat. Don't corner something meaner than you. You can catch more flies with honey than vinegar, assuming you want to catch flies. Man is the only critter who feels the need to label things as flowers or weeds. It don't take a very big person to carry a grudge. Don't go huntin' with a fellow named Chug-A-Lug. You can't unsay a cruel thing. Every path has some puddles. Don't wrestle with pigs: You'll get all muddy and the pigs will love it. The best sermons are lived, not preached. Most of the stuff people worry about never happens. The Ten Commandments display was removed from the Alabama Supreme Court building. There was a good reason for the move. You can't post Thou Shalt Not Steal, Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery and Thou Shall Not Lie in a building full of lawyers and Politicians without creating a hostile work environment.

Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups

Not really surprised. The paradigm for all sports these days, whether team or individual, has become win at all costs.

QTF = Quoted For Truth

QFT

Yay! All 23 chapters are finally here. Now I won't have to go elsewhere to read the entire story when I decide to read it for the ??? time.

Riley, add me to the list of people who find no fault in the way you wrote that last chapter. It is your story and should proceed in the way that is determined by you. No one was forced to read it and there was a warning at the beginning of the chapter. If the warning was ignored, all anyone had to do was stop reading if it rubbed their sensibilities the wrong way. I have to wonder about people who, when reading something that they don't like or disagree with, or find offensive, continue to read to the end of whatever it is and then complain and make a big issue about how they found it offensive. IMHO, no one, and I mean NO ONE, has the right to tell an author how to write his story or try and dictate the content of those stories. If you don't like what you are reading stop reading, or If there is a warning that the content maybe disturbing to some people then don't read any of it. It seems to me that if the Admins who monitor eFiction had thought the chapter went too far it would not have been allowed to be posted. Likewise, if Riley's editor had some reservations about it, he would have brought those reservations to Riley's attention. Personally, I think that Riley should put the chapter as it was written back up and continue on with the next chapter in HIS story. But... that is just my opinion.

Two more. I have no idea if they would be considered nasty or not, but they have no appeal for me. Calamari Escargot Tried Calamari. Not my cup of tea. It was like chewing a rubber band cut from an old bike inner-tube and tasted about the same. Escargot doesn't quite make it past my ick-factor.

Elves... oh yes, Elves. And Dragons... forever Dragons.

I lived in Minnesota for 17+ years and and enjoyed feasting at many a smörgåsbord while I was there. The only item on your list that I've tried and can honestly say that I would never try again, is Lutefisk. Even though I have some Scot in my ancestry, Haggis has never been a dish that I wanted to try and I'll try most things at least once, but there are some foods that may be a delicacy in some cultures but are unable to get by my ick factor. Of course, if I were starving, I'd most likely eat anything to survive.

Add Lutefisk to the list.

Haggis

Red Beans and Rice with Andouille Sausage And Tasso. Collard Greens French Bread Or a bowl of Seafood Gumbo. Sorry, no pictures.

Don't know about talent, but in the waning days of my 73 year, I've purchased a Yamaha YPG635 Digital Piano and I'm having fun taking piano lessons. I was in the choir and I sang in an acapella quartet in the days of yore, when I was a nerdy high school student.

As sad as it is, Mississippi has always been Mississippi... a haven for redneck, fundamentalist bigots as have Alabama, Georgia and up state Louisiana (well anything north and west of Baton Rouge, with a few exceptions). Primarily, but not exclusively, in rural areas and small back water towns. It has been so, as far back as I can remember and that is quite a few years. Injustice is injustice no matter where it occurs or how large or small. Unfortunately, as long as the "Boss Hogs", ignorant sheriffs, similar cop types, and the Fred Phelps of the world continue to exist and have an audience for which to expound their brand of hate, it will continue to be so. Oh! Really shouldn't leave out large segments of Texas.

That would be Judy Garland

As Nephylim said: But don't you know that according to Rick Sanchez at CNN No accounting for idiots is there?

THE WINNER IS... IVAN!! with: Awwwww Shucks cuteness!

Amen, Brother! Amen "Blade Runner" 1982 - Ridley Scott, director with Harrison Ford and Rutger Hauer. "Fahrenheit 451" 1966 - Fran

One of many movies that John Ford directed that could very well be considered classics.

Oh yeah! Funny you should mention that. I just watched it about two weeks ago. I've always been disappointed that they have never been able to film "Atlas Shrugged". Modern Classics. There are several most of which have been listed. Maybe "Interview With the Vampire" Of course I maintain that Julian Sands (of Warlock) would have been a better Lestat than Tom Cruise, but that is just my opinion.