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How do we enter?
Do we just post it?


If you go to the link on DirtyMartini's post, there are complete entry rules including how to submit. (BTW snail-mail only submissions)
Going to see '10 Cloverfield Lane' today in 4D. Can not get it out of my mind, I am so excited.
What would everyone think of a parallel competition? Two simultaneous competitions with the same parameters/rules except one would be micro-fiction and one would be poetry; and you could enter both (with different pieces) or just one.
Welcome Phillip. I hope you enjoy your time here. Best of luck and if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me or any other moderator. (you have already met Maggie)
I do not slap, but I have broken a few noses and a jaw once. Yes, I can be as stupid as anyone.

Would you take flowers from a funeral to give as a gift to a date?
"Complete" or "Finished"?


I have often had difficulty defining the difference between complete and finished. I mother sent me a little E-mail quip.


During a recent linguistic conference, held in London the question was asked to make that very distinction. The question from audience was this: "Some say there is no difference between 'complete' and 'finished.' Please explain the difference in a way that is easy to understand."

The response: "When you marry the right woman, you are 'complete.' If you marry the wrong woman, you are 'finished.' And, if the right one catches you with the wrong one, you are 'completely finished.'"

His answer received a five minute standing ovation.


Thought you might all enjoy this.
Oyakodon - Japanese rice bowl dish, in which chicken, egg, sliced scallion (or sometimes regular onions), and other ingredients are all simmered together in a sauce and then served on top of a large bowl of rice. Very yummy!!!



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I understand why you are a wolf. Your funny picture made me 'howl' with laughter.
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I am feeling unwell. Nothing in particular, just 'not right'. However, I am thinking about people who are really ill. Roland and Justine are in my thoughts...


I am thankful for your caring thoughts. I had a really 2 bad weeks when they had my meds too high and I went toxic. Now they have it sorted out. I have went a whole week without a seizure or bad brain day. It has been along time since I could say that. Hoping you feel better and Justine recovers quickly.
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A conversation would be nice. About anything at all.


Yes. I spent many wonderful years in my youth in Virginia and she is an excellent writer.
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WOW!!! I am a bear. That explains why I have been a Cubs fan all my life. (That is American baseball for you SSers overseas; Chicago Cubs, the 2016 World Series champions, I hope)
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A lot of what I write is in the form of blank verse, lacking in rhyme although I stick to a strict metre. Many people do not consider blank verse to be 'proper' poetry, and it is clear that those who count on this site think that my scribblings have very little merit. It is well to have the bubble of one's self delusion punctured, but the humiliation of the realisation of one's lack of ability still hurts.


Blank verse is a recognized and highly respected form of poetry. If you read the vast amount of poetry at SS, you will note that most falls into this category. It is often recognized with a Recommended Read or even Editor's Pick Award by the moderators. My only RR on this site was a blank verse poem.

Please do not be discouraged. Your entry was very good, but just did not quite make the cut off for top ten. Your talent is obvious and you have nothing to feel bad about.
Welcome Ivan! Hope you enjoy playing in our 'sandbox'! (Been following your series, sorry I am a slow reader. I am a little behind)
Welcome to our site! Hope you can teach me a few tricks and maybe I have a few for you too. Greatly enjoyed 'To the Moon Alice.'
I am, after my latest doctor's visit, glad that I am keeping a hand full of sleeping pills available for when the time is right,
They would probably look at our total lack of understanding of ourselves and our inability to make choices based on reality and think of us like a funny unreal comedy like WWA Wrestling or the Three Stooges. The ratings on the alien transmissions of the last American GOP debate rates as 3rd biggest comedy in Earth history.

If Extraterrestrials came to Earth, how bad would it be for Earth?