JamesSavik

Here are a few good stories to get your feet wet: Dom- The Log Way, Desert Dropping Lil Buddha- Some Day Out of the Blue Kit- Tappings Comicality- My Only Escape, Billy Chase VLista- Shane, Tyler That's just a start- there are many more.

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Two nations and their allies fought a tremendous war over oil. One of them was militaristic and aggressive. The other was more interested in building their economy. It started when the militaristic nation attacked a weaker, backwards nation that could barely defend herself. The militant nation turned their war machine on the weaker nation, slaughtering her population and looting her resources. Horrified by the attack on a nation that could barely defend herself, the economic powerhouse placed an oil embargo on the militant nation- starving her war machine of vital fuel and dooming her military expansion. The militant nation was left with only a year and a half of oil reserves. The militant nation did the only thing that she knew how to do within their code of honor: a year later she launched a horrific attack on the economic powerhouse and seized the oil resources that her military machine needed to operate. Does this sound familiar? Am I talking about Iraq, Iran or the United States? Of course not. The militant nation was Imperial Japan. The economic powerhouse was the United States. The backwards victim was China. The rest was a small affair called World War II in the Pacific in which millions died in combat, starvation and disease. That's the funny thing about history. Nobody pays attention to it and we end up at the same dance about once every fifty years or so. It is about that time.

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I am hell on spammers but they don't let me knee cap them anymore.

Frogs legs are a southern delicacy and can be found all along the Gulf Coast from Florida to Texas.

I love frogs legs! It sounds scary but it's a lot like a cross between white breast meat of chicken and a drum-stick. Rat is not so good but a lot of it is perception. Once it is skinned and roasted, you are hard pressed to distinguish it from squirrel. I had rat and several other... alternative menu items some years ago during survival school back in the old daze. DO NOT- I REPEAT- DO NOT ATTEMPT TO EAT POSSUM OR ARMADILLO UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. Possum is WAY WORSE than rat and carry many diseases plus they play dead and have an evil bite that is highly infectious. Armadillos carry the bacteria that cause Hanson's disease (leprosy). Of course rattus vulgaris can carry many diseases, you're probably not eating one because you have a big selection.

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why do the good die young? and the obnoxious and useless linger for decades like a bad rash? why does one guy walk away from the plane crash or the train wreck without a scratch? why does that guy wonder WTF for the rest of his life? why are we supposed to honor other peoples cultures when they spit on your own? why do they tell you to do unto others as you would have them do unto you when you feel like you are being done to death? why are all the cool games being made for game consoles and not for PCs? why are people so god damned dumb and think they are so f**king smart? if people are so smart, why do they close the store when the computers are down? why are people scared shitless of the flu and don't seem to care about HIV? why is it a misdemonor and a ticket for an ounce of weed in some states and a felony in others? why do guys in the bar tell you that they have a lover and you see them in the parking lot doing everybody? if hot strippers make money taking their clothes off, wouldn't ugly people be paid to put their clothes on?

my love usually splits when the credit cards are maxed out and runs off with the first lawyer or truck driver they can find

Depends on where I am and what I'm craving. For BBQ: the beef plate at Old Timers BBQ in Richland, MS Absolute best BBQ I've ever had in a place by the highway where all the truckers and cops eat. For Mexican: enchiladas suizas at Cozumel's in Clinton, MS Great food can be had for fast-food prices. For seafood: Gumbo and more at Don's Seafood in Picayune, MS Best Gumbo EVER. Sal & Phil's in Ridgeland, MS Shrimp, crabs, scallops and For Italian: lasagna, maticotti at Amerigo's in North Jackson Take me to dinner here, you'll get laid for sure.

Distorted Perspectives by Cole Parker at Awesomedude is a departure from anything that we've seen from him so far. Distorted Perspectives has a much grittier and more disturbing tone than any of his previous work. Follow the link and check it out. Cole is a gifted writer and this story looks like it is going to be something very special.

Dude- You need to study the wisdom of George Carlin before you blow a gasket. I took the liberty of... George Carlin Something else I'm getting tired of in this country is all this stupid talk I have to listen to about children. That's all you hear about anymore, children: "Help the children, save the children, protect the children." You know what I say? f**k the children! They're getting entirely too much attention. And I know what some of you are thinking: " Jesus, he's not going to attack children, is he?" Yes he is! He's going to attack children. And remember, this is Mr. Conductor talking; I know what I'm talking about. And I also know that all you boring single dads and working moms, who think you're such f**king heros, aren't gonna like this, but somebody's gotta tell you for your own good: your children are overrated and overvalued, and you've turned them into little cult objects. You have a child fetish, and it's not healthy. And don't give me all that weak shit, "Well, I love my children." f**k you! Everybody loves their children; it doesn't make you special. : : : John Wayne Gacy loved his children. Yes, he did. That's not what I'm talking about. What I'm talking about is this constant, mindless yammering in the media, this neurotic fixation that suggests that somehow everything--everything--has to revolve around the lives of children. Ist's completely out of balance. Listen, there are a couple of things about kids you have to remember. First of all, they're not all cute. In fact, if you look at 'em real close, most of them are rather unpleasant looking. And a lot of them don't smell too good either. The little ones in particular seem to have a kind of urine and sour-milk combination that I don't care for at all. Stay with me on this folks, the sooner you face it the better off your going to be. Second, premise: not all chidren are smart and clever. Got that? Kids are like any other group of people: a few winners, a whole lot of losers! This country is filled with loser kids who simply...aren't...going anywhere! And there's nothing you can do about it, folks. Nothing! You can't save them all. You can't do it. You gotta let 'em go; you gotta cut 'em loose; you gotta stop over-protecting them, because your making 'em too soft. Today's kids are way too soft. : : : For one thing, there's too much emphasis on safety and safety equipment: childproof medicine bottles, fireproof pajamas, child restraints, car seats. And helmets! Bicycle, baseball, skateboard, scooter helmets. Kids have to wear helmets now for everything but jerking off. Grown-ups have taken all the fun out of being a kid. : : : What's happened is, these baby boomers, these soft, fruity baby boomers, have raised an entire generation of soft, fruity kids who aren't even allowed hazardous toys, for Chrissakes! What ever happened to natural selection? Survival of the fittest? The kid who swallows too many marbles doesn't grow up to have kids of his own. Simple stuff. Nature knows best! Another bunch of ignorant bullshit about your children: school uniforms. Bad theory! The idea that if kids wear uniforms to school, it helps keep order. Hey! Don't these schools do enough damage makin' all these children think alike? Now they're gonna get 'em to look alike, too? : : : And it's not even a new idea; I first saw it in old newsreels from the 1930s, but it was hard to understand, because the narration was in German! But the uniforms looked beautiful. And the children did everything they were told and never questioned authority. Gee, I wonder why someone would want to put our children in uniforms. Can't imagine. And one more item about children: this superstitous nonsense of blaming tobacco companies for kids who smoke. Listem! Kids don't smoke because a camel in sunglasses tells them to. They smoke for the same reasons adults do, because it's an enjoyable activity that relieves anxiety and depression. And you'd be anxious and depressed too if you had to put up with these pathetic, insecure, yuppie parents who enroll you in college before you've figured out which side of the playpen smells the worst and then fill you with Ritalin to get you in a mood they approve of, and drag you all over town in search of empty, meaningless structure: Little League, Cub Scouts, swimming, soccer, karate, piano, bagpipes, watercolors, witchcraft, glass blowing, and dildo practice. It's absurd. : : : They even have "play dates", for Christ sake! Playing is now done by appointment! But it's true. A lot of these striving, and parents are burning their kids out on structure. I think what every child needs and ought to have every day is two hours of daydreaming. Plain old daydreaming. Turn off the internet, the CD-ROMS, and the computer games and let them stare at a tree for a couple of hours. Every now and then they actually come up with one of their own ideas. You want to know how to help your kids? Leave them the f**k alone.

If I gave you advice on social ethics, you would surely fail... and probably be evaluated by homo-land security.

I always thought that slash fiction == fan fiction and avoided it like herpes.

Have you seen the commercial for Safelite auto glass repairs? Sleazy pitch man says: our special resin will fix you right up in 30 minutes... EWWWWW! Get away from me with your special resin weird guy. (That'll cost you 50 bucks like everybody else.) Is that what the kids are calling it these days?

Sci-fi works best when it makes sense and I think that can only help you by providing the readers some context.

My muse shows up at 2am drunk and abusive and goes to sleep before anything useful can be accomplished. I would call him Mike but that would be life imitating art.

WOW that sounds like fun. Reminds me of the old days where we would have "pasture parties" way out in the country. We would plan a big ass party out in the country far away from where people might complain or call the cops- usually out at someones summer place or hunting land. We would even have live bands. They could get to be pretty big- the largest I ever attended had almost a thousand people. We would bring kegs, food, tents- and set it all up in advance. Then the party could last all weekend. To see one of these in action, one appears in the movie Dazed and Confused. We did a lot of stuff like this. One of the biggest was held on the night of our Prom that was billed as a "drug and alcohol free" event. It was also free of attendees.

EEEKK! I've been elected!? Where is my cash? Where are my pants? Who wore bikinis? When do I get to interview hot college guys, err, I mean interns? I don't/won't speak for the community. I encourage self-reliance. I will endeavor not to be a douche-bag. Do I get my own paparazzi? Can I reserve a cute red-headed one?

I only ask two things of gay celebs: -don't be a douche bag -no one elected you, DON'T SPEAK FOR THE COMMUNITY

Alien and Aliens back to back. This new stuff: sparklely vampires??? WTF? What's next? Werewolves with manicures? Slay the abomination!

No. Where would I put my cellphone, mini-mag-lite, leatherman multi-tool, wallet, keys and Swiss Army Knife?