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Posted on 10/15/2005 7:13:08 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
New verse:
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Good snaig, though.
It's not dead!
Just back from a write-in at a local coffee house. Nice to come home from a restaurant type deal smelling like coffee instead of cigarettes.
Man, it's intimidating being in a whole roomful of clicking keyboards! Last write-in we went to, no one was really taking it seriously, but time we really wrote. I'm not happy with how my story is going, but what else is new? I have a LOT of logic stuff to figure out. Plus characters that appeared out of nowhere, and characters that evolved so much from when I first thought of them that I need to eventually go back and re-write earlier scenes as they don't fit together anymore.
At least Bob is finally at the castle now. Hasn't met The Toaster yet, though. And he certainly doesn't know that The Toaster did in the last Dark Lord.
He also hasn't really come to terms with what it means to BE a Dark Lord. Neither have I, for that matter.
Yeah, it is...
I didn't notice those. They did have Milk Chocolate-Peanut Butter Chips though, but SirKit doesn't like Peanut Butter, so I got the Caramel ones instead. Man, those Turtle Brownies am GOOD!!
Good night!
Night Bear!
I get misty eyed every year this time... With the Marine Corps Birthday on the 10th, and Veterans day on the 11th, I can't help but reflect on the people I've known, the places I've served, and the experiences I've had...
the incredible pride I feel at being blessed to serve with the best the U.S. has to offer... at the God given physical and mental stamina required of me in order to serve...
the sense of accomplishment at a job well done... the praises of my superiors, and the trust of my subordinates...
the joy of living life to the fullest, savoring the jubilance and misery, ecstasy and pain...
I also feel humble and insignificant, in light of the sacrifices of better men than I... shame at my weakness, that I'm not still with my brothers... self-consious of my challenges, and my shortcomings...
I feel sorrow at the loss of friends and fellow Marines, of all that they have suffered willingly, gladly...
I thank God for my family, my country, and my Corps... my wife who is my bastion, and my children who are my joy...
I would change nothing, save for my ability to continue to serve... but I praise God for where I am now...
God bless the United States, the Marine Corps, and all those who have answered the call...
Well and beautifully put.
Evenin' folkses... been a long day of edumacatin' and entertaining.
Howzit going?
Thank you, one and all. "Fare thee well," indeed.
Well doesn't he have a copy of the job description? :)
My story's a mess. Characters aren't turning out the way they're supposed to. When I write the bad guy, he's coming off as comedy most of the time.
Yawn...
I decided to get to the gym first thing this morning but that means I hafta catch the bus in ten minutes.
He didn't really believe in Dark Lords.
Now he does.
What he doesn't yet realize is that Dark Lords are more show than substance...that and a few scare spells.
Only The Toaster is truly evil.
Off to work!
Good morning, and God bless you g'nad. :~D
Good morning. We watched another 4 hours of 24 last night. I really like this season better than the first so far! :~D
My toaster's been stuck on whole wheat for a while. Maybe that's why it's evil.
All right, g'nad, I got my Mama hat on here...
Don't you even THINK that!! The circumstances that led to your having to depart from your former active duty were NOT of your making. You are still the same person, strong, caring, everything we want in our military, you just don't have the physical capability to do the things you used to do. That doesn't make you WEAK, it only means your body can't do what it used to do. It was gonna happen some day, anyway. You are still able to work with your Corps, just not in the way you used to. You're still contributing, and we appreciate all you did before.
OK, Mama hat off! Love ya, hon! ;o)
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