DesDownunder

Flamboyantly gay may be an understatement. I'm definitely a fan.

And here is Cameron discussing his frustrations as he plays the organ at the Sydney Opera House I have to say that his approach reminds me of a young Virgil Fox.

This is very informative and entertaining. Watch the rather cute and very talented, Cameron Carpenter show his skills playing the Berlin Philharmonie Organ YouTube has several videos with Cameron at various organs around the world.

Thanks guys.

Dude, that's a great idea.

A terrific story, cleverly told, with an unexpected message. Thoroughly recommended.

I found that a sign which reads; "Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here" has stopped the door knocking preachers.

I like this one:

I don't know that I found the end startling, but it did make me consider the character development again, which I thought was very apt to the age of the characters. Author, Gil Saul, has certainly captured the internal self questioning of maturing youth. Well Done.

Perhaps I should apply for a job at Target?

I opened chapter one just to browse it and didn't stop, but I'll have to read the other chapters after I awaken tomorrow. (Today).

ooooh! Look, it's Des from Downunder, Yuck, quick run, run for your life.

Those are hysterical.

Not sure about bumpin,g but Clappity-hump requires two people,

Really good story of the dark side being defeated, but I'll side with Camy. It is an abrupt ending, and needs expanding, even if it is just a description of their marriage in the Great Hall, with the theme from Star Wars, of course.

It's fast becoming a need of mammoth proportions to stand against religions as antiquated belief systems with no redeeming features. Moreover, religious belief is an immature explanation for what science now reveals as fact without superstition, morality without coercion, and love without the need to appeal to, or appease a god. How many lives will the religious sacrifice on the altar of their ignorance? How many beating hearts will the priests of burden rip from the bodies of the innocent? And how many times must we witness insanity destroying reason, intelligence, and truth, before we understand that nurturing the love within ourselves is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the mystery of life?

Okay, I formally regret posting the Notes For the Teacher.

From Terry, (I just had to share) These are real notes written from parents in a Mississippi school district. (Spellings have been left intact.) My son is under a doctor's care and should not take P.E. today. Please execute him. Please excuse Lisa for being absent. She was sick and I had her shot. Dear School: Please ekscuse John Henry being absent on Jan. 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, and also 33 Please excuse Gloria Jean from Jim today. She is administrating Please excuse Roland from P.E. for a few days. Yesterday he fell out of a tree and misplaced his hip. John has been absent because he had two teeth taken out of his face. Carlos was absent yesterday because he playing football. He hurt in the growing part. Ethel Pearl could not come to school today because she has been bothered by very close veins. Please xcuse LeRoy from school, he ain't got no rain cot and it was missing rain. Please excuse Bowdiddly fom school cause he uncle died. Bow say, "I sho glad it want me." Lugene will not be in school cus he has an acre in his side . Please excuse Ray Friday from school. He has very loose vowels. Please excuse Pedro from being absent yesterday. He had(diahre)(dyrea)(direathe) the s----. [Words were crossed out in the ( )'s} Please excuse Tommy for being absent yesterday. He had diarrhea and his boots leak. Irving was absent yesterday because he missed his bust. Please excuse Jimmy for being. It was his father's fault. I kept Billie home because she had to go Christmas shopping because I don't know what size she wear. Please excuse Jennifer for missing school yesterday. We forgot to get the Sunday paper off the porch, and when we found it Monday, we thought it was Sunday. Sally won't be in school a weak from Friday. We have to attend her funeral. My daughter was absent yesterday because she was tired. She spent a weekend with the Marines. Please excuse Willie being absent yesterday. He had a cold and could not breed well. Please excuse Mary Ann for being absent yestitty. She was in bed with gramps. Lizie was absent yesterday as she was having a gangover. Please excuse Brenda, she been sick and under the doctor. Maryann was absent December 11-16, because she had a fever, sore throat, headache and upset stomach. Her sister was also sick, fever and sore throat, her brother had a low grade fever and ached all over. I wasn't the best either, sore throat and fever. There must be something going around, her father even got hot last night.

I really enjoyed Sidewinder Ranch. Just what I needed to read before going to bed. Of course, my psycho cat had to attack my ankles just as the action started towards the end of the story. Thank goodness I have my own trained shape-shifter in bed waiting for me.

Artifice is certainly a double two-hander piece. First with Jeff, and secondly with the doctor. It would make a great stage play or an edgy movie. The ending is a question that can only be resolved in the positive as the author points out in his notes. Of course it could also be seen as a pilot for a TV series in which the heroes escape the clutches of the corporation each week. The same sex outcast metaphor is obvious but not overdone, as it combines many of the attributes of coming out and discovery. Good catch Graeme, thank you.

Camy, Thank you. You have to use the right kind of staples. The best ones are those used in Gastric Sleeve Surgery, the idea of which, makes me shudder. Smooches back to ya.

Merkin, thank you. The irony of your comment is much appreciated.

I used to think that I fell off the edge of the world and hadn't landed yet. Then, I became an atheist and discovered that the world was round, which means I'm in a low orbit until I free-fall smack into the planet's surface, unless I land in an ocean and drown.

Being an ardent comic lover for fifty years, I remember the experiments with using other than comic sans fonts, and those newer more formal fonts detracted from the reading experience. It was as if comic book characters just don't talk in Times Roman or even in Arial; too formal. However books and written stories don't seem to suffer as much when written in Arial. I'm not overly fond of Comic Sans for stories, but neither do I sit and worry about it. If Cole likes his Comic Sans I'll read it. Just don't use Courier.

Same thing happened to my erection.