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That was hilarious... and it would be nice to do a continuous counter-protest, I must admit...

I generally browse electronically for anything I read... it's just so much easier to deal with than print. My collection of e-books is growing, rapidly, since I don't buy hardcopy anymore.

Radiation is. Most people really overreact to the idea of it. You can pick up a huge load of radiation from something as simple as taking an airplane flight, or getting an X-Ray taken. Should you try to minimize 'excess' exposure? Yes. Should you fret over it? No. Also, chemotherapy is only parly about radiation. It's actually a chemical treatment, with the addition of radiation. They poison your body with the chemo, hoping to poison the tumor worse than you (this is why chemo is so terrible; they are literally shooting you as full of poison as they 'safely' can). The radioactive aspect of it is because up to a certain threshold, radiation exposure actually helps your body's immune system.

Thanks everyone!

That soon?! COOL! If you need any help with testing, drop me a line... I'm good at breaking things

That was pretty good.

That was... beautiful. I just hope the e-mail listed at the bottom is still accurate, and valid.

I haven't been following the story (actually, I haven't had time to follow a lot of stories, school / work / my own writing keeps me busy), but I finally decided to throw my own .02$ in. Tough scenes are part of a good story. Sometimes in life, bad things happen. When a story is written to be 'true', (as opposed to 'real'), sometimes bad things need to happen in it. In 'Heart and Home: Finding My Way Home Book 2', several major characters are killed in a completely random accident. It's devastating. It's horrifying. There isn't even a decent 'why' to be had. But it makes the story that much more powerful, and it insures that no one who reads Boudreaux's work will ever take what happens lightly. In my own writing, I wrote a rape scene for Guardians that literally pulls no punches. It got re-written a bit to focus less on the highly-disturbing physical side and more on the emotional trauma, but if anything that made it more potent, more powerful. I actually have trouble reading that scene; I wrote it 'from the heart' and to read it tears at me as if I'm the person whose pinned to the bed, helpless. Sometimes, a story has to go dark places if you are to do it justice. While it's always wise to warn the readers ahead of time, never -- ever! -- apologize for it. It is what it is. And if anyone doesn't like that, they can go take a flying leap!

What makes these lines rather amusing is the fact that, with 'The End' of one of my stories coming up, I'm considering acting on the 'when are you going to publish' type questions I keep getting... and 2$ for the e-book version, when a free web version is available elsewhere, seems just about 'right'! (Though I'm actually focusing on getting a print-on-demand physical copy for people who want that)

That was a great story, and don't let anyone tell you differently.

I mostly used the free books to pick up all the hardcover books I'd bought back before I had an e-reading device (an old palm handheld, second hand from my dad... then I 'graduated' to buying a Tungsten E2, then a Palm Treo, and now I'm on a Samsung moment with a e-reader app).

Probably because they want you to go ahead and buy the actual ebook at webscriptions.

I've been told I can write. I'm also a decent programmer. Play a bit of music. Did I mention I can write?

I'll chime in with my support with thunderbird, though google mail has it's own quirks you should be aware of. (The only one that's ever caused me problem is it's non-standard implementation of pop3: rather than letting the pop3 client decide if e-mails get deleted from server or not, you use the web-settings to do it, with the result that you can't have a mobile device to check the mail and then have your computer be the only one deleting it from server).

But just imagine the fun of being able to read a good book on your phone while eating lunch... like any of the stories posted on e-fiction, for example That's one major reason to go with a smartphone! I use it as an e-reader, and because it has a good web-browser attached, I'm not stuck to 'normal' books, I can grab 'em online too. I used to be a die-hard Palm fan, but they're going down the drain so I jumped ship to a Samsung Moment (android). Great phone!

That was so perfect! LOL!

Hell, I'd probably be 'happy' to have those malicious people track me down. I'd give 'em a run for their money, and be glad that I saved someone else from their harassment ofr a while. And I'll go for the cops, preferably after I finish settling the bastards hash, but if it's the other way around that's just fine too. Better me than someone else.

My public school had a 40 hour community service requirement to graduate.

They also cover transit to and from school -- and from experience, that's justified. Too much bullying occurs not just on-campus, but after (and before) hours as you walk to / from it. It's necessary, and fair, to extend school 'protections' to those hours as best as possible.

Yeah, but he's an icky nasty assassin! Why can't they have any good guys for me to jump? Like Alistair... yum! Or even a 'I'm not very moral' guy (what's her name, the shapeshifter? Her, but male... ). Edit: BTW, how do you shrink a golem down? With a chisel, and a lot of nerve!

I can think of a few reasons, but nothing really compelling. God is considered 'above', and lightning comes from the sky, which is above, being the most compelling one. (Most of the rest revolve around that theme)

That letter was good; that video clip reminds me why I always mean to start watching West Wing (I've seen a few other clips, my grandmother loved that show).

Eh, that article had some info in it that I missed. It passed their assembly and only failed in the senate, which means the bill is in legal limbo rather than 'dead'.

Given the dearth of (real) study in that area, it would make sense.

That poor cat! It's almost as bizzare as a Chimpanzee Riding on a Segway http://www.youtube.c...h?v=xp9Gm-aRe5A