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Oh, you think my characters lack depth? You think it's suitable reading for a ten or eleven year old? Wow. Glad you're such an expert, unpublished writer with NO CLUE!

Ok, I feel better. 8-)

Sorry, came late to the party and didn't realize the b----ing about this and that was over. So please disregard my little rant. 8-)

Shannon wrote: "Sorry, came late to the party and didn't realize the b----ing about this and that was over. So please disregard my little rant. 8-)"

No Shannon,
It is not over. You are right on topic. Feel free :-)

*Rubs hands together and prepares to get mad.* 8-)

Sue wrote: "Dwayne... I have to ask, and no sarcasm here. Did you not like The Chipmunks as a kid? All I remember about them was a Christmas song they sang and that Alvin had ADD."

I do still kind of think that original Christmas song is kind of cute, but it can get tiresome if I hear it too often. I remember there was an Alvin and the Chipmunks show back in the eighties and I kind of liked it, but they weren't trying overly hard to be hip.

Dwayne wrote: "Sue wrote: "Dwayne... I have to ask, and no sarcasm here. Did you not like The Chipmunks as a kid? All I remember about them was a Christmas song they sang and that Alvin had ADD."

I do still kind..."

Ah the 80s. My childhood. That included Alvin and The Chipmonks.

As for this new version (movies and tv show), it's obnoxiously ridiculous. Or ridiculously obnoxious.

I've been putting off writing the 3rd book while our new house is being renovated, but now it has dragged on (mostly due to weather, but that is no longer an excuse) for a month and a half after it was supposed to be finished. There's a ton of work that needs to be done, and it mostly is, but it is still frustrating. I just want to settle down and focus but the last three months have ground me into hamburger. :\

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Charles wrote: "I just want to settle down and focus but the last three months have ground me into hamburger."

Oh, you work for Wendy's!

Charles wrote: "I've been putting off writing the 3rd book while our new house is being renovated, but now it has dragged on (mostly due to weather, but that is no longer an excuse) for a month and a half after it..."

Welcome to the infinite world of home renovation. I am so very sorry you have decided to join our ranks.

It will be worth it...one day.

Dwayne wrote: "Charles wrote: "I just want to settle down and focus but the last three months have ground me into hamburger."

Oh, you work for Wendy's!

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After reading that sign and LMAO, I am reminded of a certain scene in Pink Floyd's movie The Wall.

Charles wrote: "It will be worth it...one day."

I want the pictures of the 'chamber room'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Andrew wrote: "Charles wrote: "It will be worth it...one day."

I want the pictures of the 'chamber room'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Yeah, I don't think those pictures would be appropriate to post here. :D

Christina wrote: "Charles wrote: "I've been putting off writing the 3rd book while our new house is being renovated, but now it has dragged on (mostly due to weather, but that is no longer an excuse) for a month and..."

They've been known to possess the new owners with relentless demands as if they have a life of their own.

Sue wrote: After reading that sign and LMAO, I am reminded of a certain scene in Pink Floyd's movie The Wall.
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And Soylent Green.

Soylent Floyd? Pink Green? Soylent Pink? Green Floyd? Whee!

The only good thing about caulking is saying caulking and laughing like a twelve year old boy who just discovered his calculator can spell boobies.

I'm mad at the time change. Why do we still do this? It's archaic. Okay, I admit that I like gaining an hour in the fall...

Right? Nothing like losing an hour and being made to feel as if you overslept! (Though I admit, I rather we stayed on daylight savings and had the later day sun all year.)

I'm mad that I arrived 10 minutes too late to post message #500!

Christina, I agree with you. I've always thought we should fall back and stay back.

Ian, Sorry I stole your spot.

I don't care which, I just wish they'd pick a time and go with it. It's days like this that I realize I have way too many clocks. It's only a little helpful that just one of my clocks, plus my computer, phone, and DVR, reset themselves. I have to do the rest manually.

My tiny little brain sometimes gets confused. Let's see if I have this straight. When you fall back, it gets darker earlier. When you spring forward, it stays lighter longer. If that's the case, then I wish we'd never change the clocks again. Ken, we also have too many clocks.

Sue wrote: "My tiny little brain sometimes gets confused. Let's see if I have this straight. When you fall back, it gets darker earlier. When you spring forward, it stays lighter longer. If that's the case, th..."

Yep, you got it. But even though changing the clocks is a pain in the butt, let me try putting it this way:

In winter, we only get about 8 hours of daylight (more or less, depending on your latitude, but let's go with 8). Noon is (or should be) when the sun is at its highest, so those 8 hours are divided equally either side, so it's light from roughly 8am to 4pm. Yes, it'll be plus or minus 1/2 hour or so depending on where you are in your time zone, but that's probably the best compromise you're going to get for the darkest days of winter - the most light when most people are most out & about. You probably don't want to mess too much with that.

Now switch to summer. You have the opposite - 8 hours of darkness and 16 hours of daylight. If you leave the clocks alone it will be light from 4am to 8pm. In other words you're wasting daylight in those early hours while most people are still asleep, and it gets dark when you want to be out barbecuing and drinking beer. So we shift the clock an hour to move some of that daylight from where it's wasted to where it's wanted. It's a pain, but I like the light evenings.

Oops. Just realized my last post was entirely out of keeping with the spirit of this thread. Let me try again...

Grrr ... clock changes ... Grrr!

I remember when I was a kid, no daylight saving time in our area, we played in the summertime until 8:30 pm, when it got dark, and then went in. No school until September. Life was great.

Grr!!! Now I'm mad that teleportation doesn't exist! I want a teleportation device so that I can always live where the world is getting the most sunlight. Grrrr!!!!!!

DAMN YOU hangnail!!!!!!!

So much better. . .

Ian wrote: "Oops. Just realized my last post was entirely out of keeping with the spirit of this thread. Let me try again...

Grrr ... clock changes ... Grrr!"

Thank you for your explanation, Ian. I guess I'll just have to put up with it... grr... cause I like it light later... grr...

Ann wrote: ""

LOL!!! Anne, I remember that scene. When she'd done, she says something like, "Well Ted, if you're going to get upset anytime I shoot a gun off in the office..." I miss that show. Thanks for the laugh!!

Sue wrote: "I'm mad at the time change. Why do we still do this? It's archaic."

Christina wrote: "Grr!!! Now I'm mad that teleportation doesn't exist! I want a teleportation device so that I can always live where the world is getting the most sunlight. Grrrr!!!!!!"

If it helps, Christina, the characters from my novel are working on a teleportation device in my sequel.

Dwayne wrote: "Sue wrote: "I'm mad at the time change. Why do we still do this? It's archaic."

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Dwayne, I feel tired. : o zzzzzzzzzzzz

I'm mad at myself because other than laundry, housework, and dogs, I've basically goofed off all day when I should have been writing. So here I am hoping to humiliate myself enough to get back to writing. I wrote myself into a corner and can't seem to get out of it. : (

Sue wrote: "I wrote myself into a corner and can't seem to get out of it. "

I'm interrupting the usual flow of f bombs to offer three possible solutions for your being painted in the corner.

1) Delete the last few pages and start over, trying to steer away from the tough corner (if there's no way out at all).

2) Work on another piece while you let this one rest. When you come back, maybe you will see the solution to getting out of your corner.

3) Don't beat yourself up. Don't humiliate yourself. Don't be mad. Relax. Maybe your creative juices have stopped flowing because you're feeling you have to write instead of doing it because you want to.

Just to add...
4) If you write yourself in a corner, write in a bulldozer and show that corner who is boss. They will never see it coming!

Im going to go back to our usual string of f bombs and also offer a solution to being in the corner:

Open a new document.
Type a string of nonsense and curse words.
Feed your swear-filled nonsense into the text to speech engine of your choice.
Laugh as your computer swears in a monotone robot voice.
Go back to writing. You'll still be in the corner, but you'll have a smile on your face. ;)

okay now goodreads looks dumb

Sue wrote: "I'm mad at myself because other than laundry, housework, and dogs, I've basically goofed off all day when I should have been writing. So here I am hoping to humiliate myself enough to get back to w..."

One way out is to blow everything up. An explosion usually rechannels everything.

Mine just changed too. Does every social media site have to use circles now? Are corners out of vogue? Will we see round televisions in the near future?

Christina wrote: "Im going to go back to our usual string of f bombs and also offer a solution to being in the corner:

Open a new document.
Type a string of nonsense and curse words.
Feed your swear-filled nonsen..."

Side note: This is amazing. Also try to make your computer sing rap songs. Always a guaranteed good time!

I can only see one book I have written in my Author Dashboard panel thing when it is on the side of the home page... over there! I need to click it to see other books I wrote? I was expecting that when another book was added that my string got longer and longer and that eventually I could bask in the amazing glory that is nothing by myself on the sidebar.

Alas, just one book. And it looks like a random one? Or something? I have no motivation to fill it up anymore!!!

Yeah, it has one very random book. You have to actually go to your dashboard to see everything.

(Side side note: pastry themed swears are just as fun to listen to)

Dwayne, I'll take door number 2, Thank you very much, cuz yes, I do need to fill in the corner... there's a giant hole there, and this a story I've been wanting to write for a long time, so while I have the time, I'm snagging the opportunity. : )

Charles, We're not dumb... we're fun! And who's going to know?

C.B., and Ken, the bulldozer and dynamite arrive tomorrow.

Christina... profane pastry?? Never heard of it.

Thank you all for being supportive and making me laugh! : )

Round television! And round ipads, and round comment boxes . . . yes, I can see it now.
Oh, biscuits. (Plus, they're round.)

Thanks for reminding me Denae, I forgot to order the cement... or should I flour and paste? 8 D

Christina wrote: "Grr!!! Now I'm mad that teleportation doesn't exist! I want a teleportation device so that I can always live where the world is getting the most sunlight. Grrrr!!!!!!"

Take an Amtrak up the Pacific coast because you actually want to see the passage of time. They should have offer that feature with the teleportation device. Have they considered all you'd be missing?

Keep heading north to Alaska and you can bath in the sunlight, But now I can't recall if you want to be there in the summer or the winter. Check with your travel agent

95% of the people I encountered out in the world today were obnoxious, bitchy, annoying, frustrating, obsessive, and/or rude. I encountered A LOT of people today.

Geez Louise.

Is there something in the water? I saw pretty much the same attitude today as well. :/