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Just a Fairy Princess
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Enchanted Forest and/or editing cave
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Imagination is far superior to reality; reality has too many preservatives.
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Outward Hound
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Dogpatch
Posts: 19,947
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"Preservatives eaten in sufficient quantities will keep you eternally youthful," read the dubious ad.
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A bit of snow's better than nothing
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Lost in the Wyoming mountains. Don't try to rescue me.
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Ad infinitum is the core of the mayoral candidate's speeches ... or least they seem that way.
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Blood Atonement: A Pioneer Trail Mystery release August 22 by Writers AMuse Me Publishing. Clear and Convincing Evidence, a contemporary mystery, is under contract! Blog Twitter Facebook |
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Outward Hound
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Dogpatch
Posts: 19,947
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"Way to properly make body armor," he said, "is to start with a knitting needle and a ball of steel wool."
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Editing
Join Date: May 2009
Location: UK
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Wool is good for knitting with, but not if you have kittens.
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Outward Hound
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Dogpatch
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Kittens have lost their mittens, so they all purchased designer gloves.
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Benefactor Member
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: in the shadow of Lincoln Center
Posts: 29,104
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Broken blossoms littered her path through life's travails.
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Outward Hound
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Dogpatch
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Travails of an Escargot Chef recently won the coveted Coq D'or in Paris.
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In Honor of Peter Tomich,USS Utah
Join Date: May 2007
Location: King Louie's town
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Paris, Kentucky was Secretariat's retirement home.
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Outward Hound
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Dogpatch
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Home cooking in Paris, Kentucky consists of grits au vin, possum soufflé and Kentucky fried quiche .
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Benefactor Member
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: in the shadow of Lincoln Center
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Quiche should not be served with gravy.
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Outward Hound
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Dogpatch
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Gravy, c'mon baby, I need gravy
Gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme Gravy tonight On my mash potatoes
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In Honor of Peter Tomich,USS Utah
Join Date: May 2007
Location: King Louie's town
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Potatoes should never be the only crop grown in a country.
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Benefactor Member
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: in the shadow of Lincoln Center
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Country girls who go to the big city can get into trouble.
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Outward Hound
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Dogpatch
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"Trouble is my middle name," he said, "and my first name is..uh..Percival," he added meekly.
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Benefactor Member
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: in the shadow of Lincoln Center
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Meekly approaching his monarch, the trembling vassal said, "Your Majesty, may you forgive me for making this request, but I've toiled in the fields for twenty-six years now without a day off, and I've never been sick, and I worked as hard as many of your other serfs, and my loyalty to you and your gracious queen knows no bounds, so is it remotely possible, in Your Majesty's infinite kindness, that perhaps Your Majesty might consider giving me a break next Sunday, so I can take the wife and kids to Walt Disney World?"
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Outward Hound
Join Date: May 2007
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"World affairs bore me," she said, "mind you, I'll never forget the continental breakfast that the Ambassador and I shared in bed together."
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Location: in the shadow of Lincoln Center
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"Together we could rule the world," he said, "if you'll just advance me that fifty thousand, which I promise I'll pay back next week."
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Small fry
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: 100 metres from the Mediterranean.
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Week by week, her WIP grew a word at a time.
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"You don't have to be blind to not know where you're going." José Saramago. Goodreads |
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Benefactor Member
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: in the shadow of Lincoln Center
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Time is but an illusion in the mind of the Great Oryx who rules the universe.
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Outward Hound
Join Date: May 2007
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"Universe is a nice place to visit," she said, stifling a yawn, "but I wouldn't want to live there."
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Benefactor Member
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: in the shadow of Lincoln Center
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There Goes My Heart is a 1938 film starring Fredric March and Virginia Bruce that is essentially a knockoff of It Happened One Night.
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Outward Hound
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Dogpatch
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Night owls were frowned upon by day owls, who rose early and ate a sensible high-fiber breakfast before commuting to work.
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New Fish; Learning About Thick Skin
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Central Florida
Posts: 37
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"Work it baby!"
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