Thanks for getting the coffee going Larry.
My wife just woke me up in a panic over some computer issue. I calmly walked downstairs and fixed everything in like 2 minutes. So now I am the HERO of the day in this house!
It's a bright sunny day outside. Sadly, snow is supposed to be coming in soon. (Sorry Sara.) 3 to 5 inches.
Still trying to finish the story that will not end. Maybe today.
Coffee and a cookie would rock.
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Thanks for the fresh cookies, Sara. I've just submitted a new microfiction for approval so I think Victor and I will take a nap.
Take care, folks.
Looking forward to reading the story, Larry.
After a bad sleepless bout Saturday night, I slept about a million hours last night. Feel good, if a little groggy.
Gonna try yet again to finish a story I tried to finish all last week. It just keeps getting longer (that's what she said) (sorry).
First Spring training game is 6 days away!
I'd love a coffee and a cookie.
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If any baseball junky drops in, y'all let 'em know that the college baseball season is getting started today, though it will b fitfully for now.
Later, Inspirators.
Baseball junkie reporting as ordered, sir. We used to go to CSU Pueblo games. Now we are resigning ourselves to watching the Rocky Mountain Vibes, easily the worst team name ever. But the ballpark is close, and I love minor league ball, so I expect we will go. More importantly, the Mets are coming to Denver in mid-April, and I have already extracted a promise from Talia that we will go.
Coffee would be a winner.
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Good morning all. Snow is beginning to melt away, and the temp has climbed into the 40s, and baseball is near. Ah, Spring, you are near!
Gill, I understand the quiet of the empty nest now, but it's not bothering me (maybe because Talia is always stomping around
). I love waking up to an empty nest! So far, anyway. Maybe I'm just contrary.
Very few chores to do today. I have an outside chance of finishing a new story, about scary bat-like things pouring out of the crater of Mount Rainier!
I'd love one of Sara's cookies, and of course, coffee would hit the spot.
Gill, I understand the quiet of the empty nest now, but it's not bothering me (maybe because Talia is always stomping around
). I love waking up to an empty nest! So far, anyway. Maybe I'm just contrary.Very few chores to do today. I have an outside chance of finishing a new story, about scary bat-like things pouring out of the crater of Mount Rainier!
I'd love one of Sara's cookies, and of course, coffee would hit the spot.
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Thanks for all the kind words everyone. An RR! Been awhile! It's actually just a horror story, with low stakes, scaled down for younger readers. It's kind of written with my two daughters in mind, and dedicated to them (I need to add that to the story I guess).
Still snowy and cold here. Sorry Sara.
BUT it's Spring Training, so hope springs eternal. Nice to see Cub fans, Nats fans, Padres fans, Braves fans, Mets fans here. First training game in a week and a half!
And we have robots with helicopters landing on Mars today! Good luck to Perseverance, who will be streaking across the Martian atmosphere in a couple hours, and surviving seven minutes of terror to land and explore a brave new world.
Coffee would rock. A snickerdoodle too please, if there are any left.
Hi Gill!!!! (insert hug here)
Still snowy and cold here. Sorry Sara.
BUT it's Spring Training, so hope springs eternal. Nice to see Cub fans, Nats fans, Padres fans, Braves fans, Mets fans here. First training game in a week and a half!
And we have robots with helicopters landing on Mars today! Good luck to Perseverance, who will be streaking across the Martian atmosphere in a couple hours, and surviving seven minutes of terror to land and explore a brave new world.
Coffee would rock. A snickerdoodle too please, if there are any left.
Hi Gill!!!! (insert hug here)
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What's up? Lots to celebrate on this Hump Day. For our baseball fanatics, today is the date for MLB pitchers and catchers to report for spring training. Many claim that's a much better sign that spring will arrive eventually than any groundhog foolishness.
Baseball is one of my greatest joys—the American pastoral game. With baseball's return, I hope that the world will start returning to a more normal place.
Go CUBS!!!
https://www.storiesspace.com/stories/poetry/hopeless-dream.aspx
A cup of herbal tea and a couple of butterscotch marshmallow crunch cookies that Sara donated sounds great. I have never had a butterscotch marshmallow crunch cookie before, and it sounds like an epicurean delight.
BTW, Sara, it took 3 hours for my wife to get home on the train because of a foot of snow that had happened the night before in Chicago. I love snow!
I got this in the mail earlier in the week from an old baseball pal and Cubs fan: Opening Day program, Cubs/Mets, 1979. I am, if you haven't guessed, a big Mets fan. But I'm more a fan of the game than any one team in particular. I love the game.
Let me buy you a coffee. I'll have one too. And a cookie for Sara!!!
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Good morning, all.
Spring training is here! About frikkin time. It feels like years.
It's still very cold here, and snow is likely later in the day (sorry Sara).
I submitted something here, about a Filipino creature called a Wakwak. Assuming it gets accepted, I hope you like it.
Coffee and a snickerdoodle would be swell.
Spring training is here! About frikkin time. It feels like years.
It's still very cold here, and snow is likely later in the day (sorry Sara).
I submitted something here, about a Filipino creature called a Wakwak. Assuming it gets accepted, I hope you like it.
Coffee and a snickerdoodle would be swell.
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Not too much snow here yet but they are promising round 2 overnight tonight so we shall see.
Yeah, Mardi Gras will probably be a bit restrained again this year. Have never had the pleasure of being in NOLA for Mardi Gras. The conference that was my usual excuse for going there was usually a few weeks after. Sigh. The year Microsoft stopped that conference, it was supposed to be in New Orleans. Have not been back in a while now, though I've nudged my family about taking a cruise out of there sometime so I can show them the city.
Mardi Gras was unbelievable in NOLA until the mid-1980s. Even today, it can be fantastic, but the best spots are in some of the suburbs. A weeklong party that never stopped. I met my wife on the way to Marti Gras in 1976. I toast you with a Hurricane.
I was in jail in New Orleans for a night during Mardi Gras. A story for another day. It was kinda fun.
Freezing cold and snowy weekend here. Watched a bunch of romantic comedies with my girl. Maybe a few horror movies sprinkled in.
I hope everyone had an excellent Valentine's Day. We gave each other Pez! Ah, true love.Tax meeting at 1:30. Coffee and a cookie would be wonderful. Enjoy your day all!
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Good morning all. I'd love a hot coffee. And a cookie!
5 degrees here now, and expected to get colder. Sara, I suspect I'll be sharing my weather with you this weekend. Stay warm!
I've been reading about "light pillars" which are tall trippy pillars of light when it's very cold, very still, and foggy. Those have been our conditions the last couple of days, and though the weekend.
Anyway. That's what we'll be looking for the next few days.
Happy Valentine's Day this Sunday, all!
5 degrees here now, and expected to get colder. Sara, I suspect I'll be sharing my weather with you this weekend. Stay warm!
I've been reading about "light pillars" which are tall trippy pillars of light when it's very cold, very still, and foggy. Those have been our conditions the last couple of days, and though the weekend.
Anyway. That's what we'll be looking for the next few days.
Happy Valentine's Day this Sunday, all!
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A large hot chocolate with mini marshmallows will be great
A beautiful day here even if it is chilly
I have fresh cookies today...
*moving the cookies to the emergency cookie tins behind the counter and filling the cookie jars to the tippy top with fresh cookies
In Big Bird (diabetic friendly cookies) : snickerdoodles, oatmeal raisin cookies, butterscotch marshmallow crunch cookies and lemon ginger cookies
In Cookie Monster (regular cookies): snickerdoodles, butterscotch marshmallow crunch cookies, ginger snaps and lemon softies
What is everyone's favorite cookie?
*giving the adorable mascots fresh water and treats *
Good to see everyone here!
Snickerdoodles! I love snickerdoodles! I even love snickerdoodle ice cream!
I'd love one, Sara.
Who are the mascots? Big Bird and Cookie Monster?
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Welcome Jeff. Relax and enjoy the quite life.
Thanks, Elizabeth, for the warm welcome. And thanks too to Larry, Henrietta, Sara, Gill, Anna. It's nice to step in from the cold. I'd love a coffee and a Cookie Monster cookie (!!!) please
We've had an eerie fog the last three mornings which coasts the trees in light white frost and leaves everything lovely and shining.
Enjoy your day, folks.
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Well, my power just went out, so I can't work! They stopped by yesterday and said this would happen, for about an hour. Rhank God my phone has a mobile hotspot.
Not much else gojng on here. I may write. I may kick back and read and drink coffee.
I've been going for a 6,000-10,000 step walk every day for about a month now. It's really improved my life. I look forward to it. And as I get to think about what I plan to write while I walk, it helps my writing too.
Hope everyone is doing well.
Not much else gojng on here. I may write. I may kick back and read and drink coffee.
I've been going for a 6,000-10,000 step walk every day for about a month now. It's really improved my life. I look forward to it. And as I get to think about what I plan to write while I walk, it helps my writing too.
Hope everyone is doing well.
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Hope everybody is having an excellent day.
Hi Larry, hi Sara, hi Scott!
Scot, I just bought my eldest a car, which she will pay me back for. It's nicer than my beat up mini-van! It's hard to watch your kids drive off like that. Parenthood is not for the faint of heart.
All the snow has melted off here. Drizzly day, which doesn't really bother me. No Mets game today, which does.
A coffee, lotsa milk, no sugar, would be swell.
Hi Larry, hi Sara, hi Scott!
Scot, I just bought my eldest a car, which she will pay me back for. It's nicer than my beat up mini-van! It's hard to watch your kids drive off like that. Parenthood is not for the faint of heart.
All the snow has melted off here. Drizzly day, which doesn't really bother me. No Mets game today, which does.
A coffee, lotsa milk, no sugar, would be swell.
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I have a quick question, abd this may or may not be the right thread for it. I noticed, on the front page, below the number of votes in the circle, most comp entries say "Scored 5 Comp." Some however (like mine) say "Score Comp" with no 5. What does the 5 mean? I qualified for the comp, right?
You have absolutely qualified. We do not have the number of comments/votes requirement as other places do. Not yet anyway. I'm hoping to get to that point where have a need one day.
Can you not see your vote amount? As Survivor said, the number on the other comp stories show what you voted on theirs. If you can't see your amount could you please send me a screenshot of what you have?
Oh, man, it's my own vote! D'oh! Who knew?
Thanks to you and Larry for answering so promptly. There are some really fine stories in this comp.
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I have a quick question, abd this may or may not be the right thread for it. I noticed, on the front page, below the number of votes in the circle, most comp entries say "Scored 5 Comp." Some however (like mine) say "Score Comp" with no 5. What does the 5 mean? I qualified for the comp, right?
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Hello all. I'd love a cup of decaf.
Thanks to everyone who voted on my very last second entry. I didn't know the deadline was today until today. So I looked at the contest words, and sat down and wrote the story in one sitting, which I NEVER do. It was fun. I'm about halfway through reading the other entries. Lotsa good stories in there. Good luck everyone.
It's very smoky and weird here right now, from the fires. The sun went down red. And a cold front is coming in that's bringing heavy winds, followed by snow. Feels very apocalypse-y out.
Hope everyone had a pleasant Labor Day weekend.
Thanks to everyone who voted on my very last second entry. I didn't know the deadline was today until today. So I looked at the contest words, and sat down and wrote the story in one sitting, which I NEVER do. It was fun. I'm about halfway through reading the other entries. Lotsa good stories in there. Good luck everyone.
It's very smoky and weird here right now, from the fires. The sun went down red. And a cold front is coming in that's bringing heavy winds, followed by snow. Feels very apocalypse-y out.
Hope everyone had a pleasant Labor Day weekend.
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Okay, no guarantees, but I will try to get an entry in by midnight, Pacific time!
A quick question - can we use different tenses of the required word? Like, "screamed" instead of "scream/s"?
I say yes on the tenses. As long as they are being used. Good luck getting one done!
Yay! I'm in! Submitting now.