Daddydavek

Happy Birthday! & Many More!

Shay has manifested another power outburst that affected the sharplings. Did it also have an effect on Mira? Plenty of ways the plot can go and I am still hopelessly hooked.

Reads like a real Grim fanasy!

hh5 wrote: Yeah!!! Congrats!! Now how many of those CD made it to 30 years or died of CD Rot before its time? I still have all mine except 2 that my son lost. Of course I did not leave them in a car out in the sun and took care of them. They sound great!

The Beatles were right in my generation and Sheron is right, Come Together is great. But I really like about 2 dozen more including: The following which starts out in B&W and goes to color: And the answer to all your questions.....

CJ you know I appreciate you and really love this story, even if it has driven me nearly insane at times!

Well maybe Bridget's luck is starting to turn. The asset list it seems is about to be published. Gonzo set up surveillance on a business that was supposed to be a trip wire, but somehow lucked out with honest locals. Additionally, it seems that Grays team merely looked at the boat to try to determine if it was the one that had made the Southern Ocean crossing after being stripped by the pirates. Finally, Bridget learned that more than a few of the other members of the cartel disliked her. While these are crumbs and the sea witch deserves a really horrendous ending, I guess this will have to suffice. As for as CJ's intense desire for feedback (adulation) we all bow to the master's wishes! All Hail CJ! In all seriousness, thanks for all the hard work, research, rewrites and sheer inventiveness the epic story has shown so far!

Windows 95 was the first PC operating system that went mainstream for home and office use. When MS was about to release it, the joke going around was that it would take 95 floppy discs to just to load it onto a machine. (Direct downloads on an 8 baud modem was out of the question at the time!) It did come out on CD-rom and floppy disc (fewer than 95 but a sizable number!) So even someone who was put away 20 years ago would be in an alien tech enviroment. Smart phones are another whole new technology. I can remember when my family got it's first black and white television in November 1952. We've come a long way!

CD-ROM was a big deal and a parallel development. However, digitalizing music on a reliable medium (remember digital tape?) was the engine that made it all profitable and cost effective. We have certainly lived through some interesting times from a tech POV.

When CD's came out I was ready to replace my LP's and cassettes most of which had been played to death. SO CD's were a gift for me. Of course when PC's came along I loaded them all on my hard drive. So now I have about 3500 songs in my iTunes library....BTW many of the recordings are of classical music.

Yeah, right! The second one about the linguistics prof was my favorite!

Above post: "Does Darius seem lost to anyone else? It's like he made this great decision to really help out that deserving kid get into the Naval Service Academy; then he just seemed to lose his way. Is there something more going on there then we realize?" Good point!

We got a chapter in Paternity today, so maybe in another week???? Based on his post in another thread, probably at least 2......edited 10-1-12 Another week to go? At least the Cards are providing me some diversion. NLDS starts today! Cards up 2 games to 1 and can finish up today in DC. Well, it took until Friday and 5 games with a near death defying spotting the Nats 6 runs and then having to make those runs up, but the Mojo of the Cards held and they came from behind and won a heartbreaker for DC. Today it's on to the Giants. I'm hoping a Granger episode or a CAP chapter is posted tonight! PLEASE! PRETTY PLEASE!!!

Hooray, hooray! Chapter 65 is up and those of us in end-stage CAP withdrawal got our fix! All Hail our esteemed author/CAP creator Mark Arbour on a nifty chapter that showed Brad really does get it concerning his relationship with Will. Unfortunately, JP must be feeling fairly frustrated. After criticizing the family for infighting, it erupts again while still at table. Darius, JJ, Will, Robbie and also a few others may find their Christmas stockings a little lighter this year. Thanks Mark for another interesting chapter!

Well JP voices his thoughts on family in-fighting and then after everyone is feeling bad, Robbie comes in and the in-fighting starts all over again. How frustrating for JP! The good news is that Brad really seems to get it regarding his relationship with Will. Will calling Robbie on his relationship with his mom was big reminder that no one in this family can be pompous without being hoisted on their on petard.

I came across an interesting article on compact discs. I have about 500 of them and started buying them in 1983 from BMG. Today most people use iTunes, Amazon or other digital downloads, nevermind just browsing over to youtube.... http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/gadgetbox/30-years-ago-cd-started-digital-music-revolution-6167906

Happy Birthday!

Andy I'm certainly happy to hear you will be paid for the extra work. I wonder did the person you called Margaret get forgottten? The one who declined to help you but then went to the boss when you told her no? There is more than one problem person in your department....

I posted my first story, the 24 chapter long Dean Warner Intrigues from May 26, 2012 to June 23, 2012 and am astonished it has to date received over 5900 views. I thank everyone who read it. I really appreciate those that liked it, reviewed it and/or sent me a private message. As a first story it is far from perfect and there were some justified criticisms. I appreciate all the comments I received. In the end, I am gratified by the sheer number of people that bothered to take a look and then proceeded to follow it to the end. I admit, I give some of the more well-established authors on the site more grief than encouragement and Jon, CJ and Mark can bear witness to that. However, I do appreciate the hard work and thought that goes into writing and for a new author I try to accentuate the positive!

The latest chapter is a major cliff-hanger. Trev and Shane are headed for the Rip and Gray has called the sea witch with news of his major success and calls are made. Meanwhile Lisa and Joel are getting a new orifice ripped by her dad for the police confiscating all of his records and computers. And Bridget undoubtedly knows they were in the islands looking for her, as does the cartel..... I don't think things could get any darker without death and mayhem exploding among the four young people in the story.

Money talks and BS walks and in the NFL it's all about the money.

Here are two of mine. Just my imagination by the Temptations http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yjcg3fFKXvY Surfin' USA by the Beach Boys http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbRKfieMsdQ Oh, and I'd have to add: Yesterday by McCartney

Happy Birthday! May your day be joyful and Playful!

Happy Birthday! I hope you have an awesome day!