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Well, I've been a fan of the National League since I was ten, when I sat in the outfield bleachers behind Caesar Geronimo (Cincinnati Reds, circa 1977) and watched the Big Red Machine play. I am not a Houston fan, but I am disappointed that the AL won the series. Any NL fans? Anyone...

I was trying to find something interesting to read in the Writer's Showcase, and in the first two pages alone I found no less than 35 threads started by Sitaram. I appreciate prolificity, but is there any way we can combine these into one "Sitaram's Ramblings" thread or something?

Do you own a deep fryer? What is your favorite thing to fry? What is the strangest thing you have fried? What was the most dangerous thing you have fried? Did you buy it yourself, or was it a gift? How often do you use it?

Is it just me, or are we turning our children into oversensitive, tender morsels for the world to devour? I remember as a child we would beat up any kid we saw wearing a bicycle helmet! We played sports, and they counted. Score was kept and victory was celebrated! We had discipline in our...

I searched for this topic and couldn't find it. If it exists, well, get over it! It was kindly infered by Mr. Kid that I might continue his "stirring of the pot" while he is on vacation. So, humbly, I offer this: Are professional atheletes overpaid? Should all leagues have a salary...

Is it possible to exceed the speed of light? Einstein didn't think so. Hawkins hasn't promulgated a definite opinion (that I have read). I think that acheiving light speed is the next huge leap for our technological society. I also think it will require something unlike anything we...

Well, it's Friday night. The moment we have all been waiting for. (at least those of us with Monday through Friday jobs). I took my 10-year old daughter to see the new "Bad News Bears". I love Billy Bob, and thought he would make a great Buttermaker. He did. It was a little raunchy, and I...

Hey! Any fans of the old "Kolchack: The Night Stalker" out there? This was one of my favorite shows as a kid! (circa 1975?) I saw a trailer for a new revamping of the old series. It looks like it might be a little "X-Files"-ish, but I am pretty excited. Anyone know anything about the...

I finished my first novel(?) this weekend! (Yay!) I still have a lot of editing/rewriting to do, but I am at around 42k words (obviously no "War and Peace"). In the opinion of ye the learned, is this enough to be considered, or should I try to add another 20-30k? I originally had 35k...

My deepest sympathies, and empathic support, for our friends in the UK. We stand with you. The war against terrorism continues, and innocent civilians are, again, targeted. God Bless Mother England.

Background: I worked with a guy in SC for a while who was probably the most arrogant, self-centered person I knew (besides me). He constantly used mixed, made up, and nonsensical metaphores. (never sensical ones!) I called him on it one day, and he acted as if I were the moron, like people...

The Discovery Channel (I think) is doing (or has recently done) a series on "The Greatest American". I think they started with a list of 100, and, by viewer votes, narrowed it by half each week, until they milked it down to like three or four, or something. I was appalled to see that Oprah...

Don't know if this is the right place for this post or not, but... Has anyone been solicited by "FanStory.com" to enter a writing contest? Is this something I should steer away from? They are offering a $100 Visa Gift Card to the winner, and "online publication"... Any info?

Through flecks of dried paint and grease, Web could see the hands of his watch pointing at four and one - five minutes after four already. He wondered how long they would wait. He wondered how long the moron at the checkout counter had been on the ‘work-release’ program. The woman in the front...

I have heard every possibility for whether a new novilist requires an agent. I am told that agents won't talk to you seriously unless you are published, and that publishers won't talk to you seriously until you have an agent. I have heard that you don't need an agent until after you have your...

Hey, I was going through a footlocker I have full of papers, and I found a bunch of yellow sheets from a legal pad that I had scribbled on in high school. I have started transcribing, and here is what I have so far. I don't know, kind of a fantasy thing. Not what I have been writing lately...

Teachers' Workday - I - V Sorry for the length, but, like they told my aunt about her kidney stone, 'Hopefully, it will pass quickly!' 1. Rain pinged the window next to the bunk beds. Gene rolled over, and pulled the blankets up around his neck. He could hear Gary’s sleep breathing from...

I want to apologize for not having done this sooner... I didn't realize there was an "Introduction Forum". I have been running around, willie-nillie, critiqueing (sp?) and posting and conversating and just having a grand time without even a proper introduction. For shame. I am, as you...

What My Father Said - I 1. My father always said that I should think before I act. Not that anyone cared what my father said. Words are meaningless when they come slurred through a muck of sour sweat and Jim Beam. I guess I should tell you my story. I never thought I would have a...