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Thanks Ape I got the Muppets show theme stuck in my head .

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Who wants bacon I have pancakes as well ..the kettle is on. Coffee is ..sort of OK, I guess I can make it.

Good afternoon. Got in a walk, though the weather is iffy. Even got sprinkled on a bit as I turned the final corner to come home.

Syracuse

Unfortunately, no one brought any games to play, not even a deck of cards

It's time to put on coffee

It's time to make some tea

Let's start the weekend party

In a cafe where all is free...

(sung, roughly, to the tune of the Muppet Show theme)

Good morning. Grey day in my neck of the woods but I have seen worse.

Kung Pao chicken and yam noodle salad.

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Hey hey everybody!

Did you miss me how are things on here. Hope all is well and everyone is settling in OK! 

Remember ..be kind ..stay safe ..keeping smiling ..spread the love! let the sun shine in.

bfn

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Is Dune out yet

Respect

Venom: Let There Be Carnage

Clifford the Big Red Dog

Yeah, Nova is a perennial classic of science journalism.

Been watching a few episodes of Closer to Truth. Runs on PBS apparently (though I don't recall ever seeing it on the PBS station we got before cutting the cord) but I am watching onnthe show's own YouTube. Basically it's quest for meaning stuff so lots of philosophy, theology, and cosmology. Forays into fringe science like panpsychism (the idea that all matter is "conscious" to some degree from quarks up to galaxies), but mostly pretty solid stuff. Very academic in approach, though. Mostly dialogues between the host and various academic experts.

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Yes, I see your image. 

Last week I found that I had to go through the uploading procedure TWICE for the same image to stick and appear in my media. The first time, "it" claimed the image had been uploaded but nope, it wasn't there. Second try, it worked. 

And not just for one image either, for a few. Go figger, eh. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Okay, the new one is there right now. Will monitor to see if it stays. Does anyone else see it?

Testing:

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I see there is now an upload tab when you click the camera to add media to a forum post so thanks for that. Have not tested it yet (well, until this post)

Frankly, unless she's playing Irish tin flute or something, our sideways-facing flutes look less like that than something like a clarinet. Says the clarinetist. 😈 Still, good to take advantage of the teachable moment, eh.

Good morning. Grey, damp day here so far. Coffee is brewing and I've filled a pot of Earl Grey Supreme (Earl Grey with twice the bergamot). Hope you have a good one!

And there's Gary Moores "Over the Hills and Far Away". You know which cover I am going to post, though, right?

Ah, good old Roger. I saw him live many years ago. Parents and I were fans back then. And I love that song. Another good story song from an old favorite:

Antarctic. It has actual land, not just a rapidly thawing ice sheet between me and drowning.

Read in bed or a comfy chair?

By night. Looks prettier and you can't see the ugliness.

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Why not an evil lady vampire?

Long walk or ride a bike?

Uh oh. Divided loyalties. Drama could result. OTOH, Jane could play herself in the resulting Netflix series.

There are sites where "Forgot Password" is my primary login method.🙄 Microsoft's recent move to eliminate passwords and rely on biometrics and authenticator apps will hopefully change that.

Rather than burying our announcements of our Spooky Tales competition entries in the comp announcement thread, let's have a thread for it. Post a link and tell us a bit about your "Spooky Tale"

My entry is The Empty Office. As a desk jockey myself, the idea of dealing with strange, spooky goings on in an office has long been an idea floating in my head. There's still this idea about going to the washroom and finding myself in another place together that I need to get to. However, this one went in another direction entirely. As Molly has already commented, there's a Twilight Zone vibe to it which was not necessarily conscious, but I was very happy when I realized it was there as I wrote and edited the piece.

David's sells online through Amazon, I think. My local shop has an online store but not sure what shipping to the USA is like. For Canada I think it is free over $50 or something like that but have never looked at international. Since I live in the same city, I get free local shipping on orders over $20 or I can drive downtown to pick my order up.

And that means, it is tea and coffee time. Tea du jour is Scottish Breakfast. Coffee pot has been washed and fresh joe is brewing as we speak.

My comp entry is in the queue. Watch for it.

Okay, so I just did my first real submission (the one I did right after the upgrade was really just me testing the feature). And this one went really well. Saving the submission, adding the tags, editing, all seemed to work well. Will still do my drafts and editing in Google Docs for now, but the current state of the story submission form and editor seems pretty good. So, another like there.

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All categories are open except for the following ones: Micro Fiction, Plays, Poetry, and Songs.

The maximum word count is 5000.

Molly, the two items above aren't on the competition page. I had to come here to confirm the word count.

I'm adding it now.

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All categories are open except for the following ones: Micro Fiction, Plays, Poetry, and Songs.

The maximum word count is 5000.

Dracula. I am definitely on Team Vampire. (oddly, though, I have yet to put out an actual vampire story)

Evil vampire or sexy loverboy vampire?

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That tea sounds yummy .

I only ever read the Ox/Orn/Omnivore trilogy, an early s-f series by Anthony. Never got into Xanth. Ogre Ogre has the better title, though.

Fantasy or something realistic?

Making a pot of Buddha's Blend (white tea, green tea, jasmine, hibiscus) for anyone wanting an afternoon tea. And I will have an acorn and a leaf.

Would you believe I wrote 1500 words of a sequel to my fantasy story that I am not even sure is finished per above? It picks up from a bit in the original that I thought was a throwaway but when I was cycling this afternoon, I started spinning a new story around that throwaway.

If this one comes off, that'll be three in about a month. And three substantial ones. For last year's Cheers to 10 Years comps I did four in a short time but two were fairly short poems. So this could be a new record for me as a writer 

Well, if we are talking Gordon Lightfoot, this is probably my favorite of his songs.

LOL. I am, mercifully, not allergic to the kitty crowd. If I was going to have a pet, a cat is where I would go. Much more suited to me.