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California puts same-sex marriages on hold

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I've seen a few blog entries over time dealing with California's "Proposition 8" - apparently there's been a last-minute delay in getting it repealed...

A federal appeals court has put same-sex weddings in California on hold while it considers whether the state's gay marriage ban is constitutional.

A three-judge panel in the US Circuit Court of Appeals blocked a lower court's ruling that would have allowed gay marriages to begin on Wednesday.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-10994651

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Nature's out to get me. Seriously.

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I feel like the main character in that movie, the name of which escapes me, who sets himself up as the target for a bunch of woodland creatures after threatening to develop on a nature preserve.

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PDF format in stories

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I have been reading and enjoying the stories on this site for a little over 2 months now. I have been saving the PDF formats to a stick drive to read at work since this site is blocked and it is the only time I have to read them. Now when I come back from vacation, there is no more PDF available. What is the reason for this? I am disappointed.

Clarification of the definition of ‘poH.

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If you’ve discovered that someone stole all of your DVD’s and most of your music CD’s, would that be ‘poH or just a crappy day?

Some days I just want to run away and hide.

*sigh*

Connie

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Bike - my falling off one - update.

For those of you who enjoy my scribbles, it might please you to know that our practice nurse thinks I'll live a bit longer, after she checked my leg. It still bloody hurts, especially when standing up from sitting or sitting from standing. Which means I'm on sick leave for the next day or two. Dunno which is worse the boredom from inaction, or the pain when I try to move.

Sitting at a computer probably doesn't help especially when I try to get up afterwards.

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Reality vs Dreams vs Isa: 6 Isa School Day

Are you sure you want to eat that?
Reality vs. Dreams vs. Isa
by Amaya the Night Rain
Part Six- Isa School Day


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No Princess For Hire This Week

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And no, I don't have that good of an excuse. I could go on about how I'm having trouble figuring out exactly how to write the next part (which is true,) or about how I've been so exhausted after working on server issues and redoing several days' worth of hotel paperwork and all of that in the middle of a nine-day stretch at work (which is also true,) but really, those aren't the biggest reason I'm running behind.

Three words: Final Fantasy Thirteen.

I. Am. Such. A. Geek.

Melanie E.

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Sarah Carerra - 2.03 - Family Therapy

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sc2.jpg She too was taken aback by my appearance. For the first time since hearing that they were coming to visit, I was worried that my relationship with Madison might not survive the changes in my life.

Sarah Carerra
Chapter 2.03 - Family Therapy
by Megan Campbell
Copyright  ©2010 Megan Campbell
Released: August 16, 2010


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Something Feels Strange - 52

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Feels Strange   Mrs. Harrison gives me a tight hug before turning to the rest and nodding her readiness to get back to the meeting. They return to the conference room to continue whatever planning they are doing. Dr. Quinn smiles and winks at me as he returns with the group. I’m pretty sure that he knew what my answer would be. He knows me too well.

Now, I only have to await the decision.

It’s going to be a long afternoon––

Chapter 52: We're Not Done Yet



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Agony.

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I really don't know how much more I can take. After every shift at my work, I am in such pain I can hardly walk. I wake in the middle of every night having to stifle a scream from the pain. Something has to change, and soon. The only good news I have is that I now have a picture of myself that my counselor took on my last session:
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From the Other Side

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Zach loved the outdoors: the fresh air, the open spaces, the rugged mountains, the sheer diversity of nature. Maybe what he liked most was the fact that there wasn't any of those damn LGBT types out there. Heck, that was why he was out there now, them and their damn Pride parade! Still, storming through the woods and mountain trails helped work off some of the anger, though there was still a lot left. Maybe if he wasn't so angry, he would have paid more attention to where he was going that misty morning, would have been more sure of his footing. Unfortunately, such things are left as afterthoughts of such incidents and looked back on in hindsight.



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Psst. Hey...

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I've been fiddling around with a small website. A place to warehouse cleaner versions of my stories, and to post tales that either are not yet ready for prime time (i.e. posting here), or are languishing in my pitiful brain.

Clearly, I have too much time on my hands.

Anyway, I've added a tiny amount of content, and will add more as it happens in real time. (Exciting, no? Or is the answer to that actually 'no!')

Click below if you are so inclined.

Armond's Place

Thanks!

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Lost in the Hills of Iowa?

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Golly, America is a big place! However, much to my astonishment, I ran into a Muslim woman at a motel in Sherman, Wy. Wow. We hope to be back on line Tuesday night, and how I have missed you all. I simply can't say how little the fact that I am trans and Muslim matters to anyone. Everyone has been so friendly. See ya all later. miss you.

Gwen

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Easy As Falling Off A Bike pt 1085.

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The Daily Dormouse.
(aka Bike)
Part 1085
by Angharad

Copyright © 2010 Angharad
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A Winter of Discontent

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Do clothes really make the man ... or woman? An invitation to a night on the town becomes an object lesson in what it means to be a friend.

 

A Winter of Discontent

by Randalynn

Copyright © 2010 Randalynn. All Rights Reserved.


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Anonymous Attack "Reviews" Are Not Tolerated

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Attack "reviews" in the style common on another TG site are not tolerated here. Whingeing that something was not worth reading is not criticism, it's just ego. Doing so anonymously will get the whinger banned from BC.

If one of your stories gets review-bombed, don't answer the reviewer just PM me.

Hugs to all,
Erin

Complaints About Genres, or Themes and Elements in Content

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There have been a number of complaints recently about Genre and Content. The complaints are always of the form, "There's too much _________ here, I can't find anything to read." With sometimes nastier comments included, attacking whatever the person doesn't like as being poorly written or worthless in general.

This will stop.

I'm taking a harder stance on this because I'm getting tired of removing such blogs and comments as violations of the Terms of Service.

The TOS here is really simple, it's in the motto at the top of the front page, "A friendly place..."

On the release of 300 Rains

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Okay, so this is the beginning of a novel length story that I am planning on releasing a chapter a week, probably on Sundays. It may be a little shaky here at first, release wise as I am still dealing with the fallout of the death of my wife's mother and needing to take our daughter up to Ohio for school, so it is going to be a bit crazy for a while. It will calm down and the story will get to you guys.

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Reality vs Dreams vs Isa: 5 Isa New World

What would you do if your life took a turn for the better?
Reality vs Dreams vs Isa
by Amaya the Night Rain
Part Five - Isa New World


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Daddy's Girl

Daddy's Girl
By Stanman63


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single, and not loving it

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I know that its not a big thing to complain about, but I really am feeling the lack of a companion in my life. As I have become more intergrated, I have found that the desire for a partner has gotten stronger. Its more than a desire for sex, but a wish for someone to hold me when i am upset, tell me I am beautiful when I feel ugly, and who will stand with me come what may. ah, well.

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A Reluctant Spirit - Filtered Spirits

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A RELUCTANT SPIRIT — FILTERED SPIRITS

By Ingrid Halb

Dan's wife Chrystal, owns the magical vessel but Dan wants to wish for his wife and him to have nicer things. Unfortunately for Dan, she lets him. A cautionary tale set to remind us to appreciate our significant others and appreciate the efforts taken to keep a house clean and tidy.



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Past Lives, New Lives

Past Lives, New Lives

by Desiree Jones

An alternate reality, all characters are fictional, well sort of names are changed of all non family members.

The Goddess Makes life for Des easier Literally

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Easy As Falling Off A Bike pt 1084.

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The Daily Dormouse.
(aka Bike)
Part 1084
by Angharad

Copyright © 2010 Angharad
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Plot device tactcs

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I have my plot nicely sorted, I know where my characters are going, I have a several of chapters in hand, but I have a small stall in a particular detail.
So here I am, typing this while listening to music and occasionally playing along on the mandolin. It usually works....but any other tactics used to try and shake the nuts and bolts into place?

Rise of 'Mamils'

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I have just read the article below about the rise of ‘Mamils’ that’s Middle Aged Men In Lycra,

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-10965608

Now I know what word to use, when all those cyclists on Southsea seafront, zoom past me on my morning exercise
Now, if I can find a word that I could use when a certain young blonde girl goes by, making my sedate pace look like standing still, I will by happy
Love to all
Anne G.

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Fool Me Once

At eleven-years-old, Zoe is fed up with being played a fool by her fraternal twin Zack. Not only did Zack force her to share a womb, but he's aways arranged for her to be blamed for his lifelong efforts to become a girl like her. An unusual story, told from a sister's perspective, with an unusual twist. After all, this is a DeWinter tale. Thanks to Princess Chelsea and Geoff for enthusiasm and editing.

Fool me Once
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Dawn DeWinter

“My Life” by Zoá« Enderson —



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Unusual distraction robbery

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Thieves use breasts to distract victim

Police in France are looking for two attractive female thieves who bared their breasts at a man at a cashpoint to distract him before stealing his money. The women in their 20s exposed themselves to the victim as he punched his pin code into an ATM machine in Paris.

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Chapter 12 is posted for the Omega Unicorn

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Hello BC fans again!

I have introduced the Wizard from the SRU universe here. You will see him again in the next chapter and in Book 2. I know this includes a lot of elements from his universe.

I have the Wizard and Anya (Bikini Beach) as the last true Master Wizard and Master Sorceress on Earth. They keep a vigilant eye on the events on Earth. They know there are bad people seeking the ancient magic to do evil with it. They make sure the magic doesn't get abused.

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Falling Off A Bike - the real thing.

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I suppose using such a story title for so long was tempting providence - so today, I did just that, fell off my bike. I have two rather painful knees, but at least I've stopped the bleeding now.

As the time goes on I'm finding some new bruises and aches and pains, including my left wrist and thumb - both of which I've injured before.

The concern of motorists is breathtaking, they just drove past while I'm standing at the roadside dripping blood everywhere. Thankfully, I was out with friends, so managed to get home and do some first aid to myself.

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The Omega Unicorn Chronicles Book 1 Spring Break Chapter 12

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Spring Break
Chapter 12

By Rachel76m
Edited by Don Kaufman


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Toil & Trouble - 9 - Prophecy

Toil & Trouble
A Venus Cursed! Story
by Saless
Chapter 9 — Prophecy


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Tight Money


Tight Money

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Patricia Marie Allen

I noticed Sean’s clothes a little near the end of our fifth grade year. On weekends he’d come over to my house wearing shirts I’d see his seventh grade sister wearing the year before and shorts; I know I had seen similar shorts on girls.



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Organizer pages now have an Ongoing/Complete tag

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This is in place of the Series/Solo tag that other types of story post have. The default is Ongoing.

For author pages, if you're still writing then Ongoing is correct. :) Complete would be that you don't intend to post more stories.

For title, section and series pages, Ongoing means the final chapter has not been posted and complete means that it has. A section can be complete while the overall title is not. Or a title can be complete while the series is not.

Easy As Falling Off A Bike pt 1083.

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The Daily Dormouse.
(aka Bike)
Part 1083
by Angharad

Copyright © 2010 Angharad
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My Upcoming Stories

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Here's what I've got planned in as far as Becca goes:

Coming up next is a shorter story called Face of the Enemy.

After that is another new Center story I'm writing called Weight Problem. Becca and company will appear at some point in the story, including one of her friends that left with Gideon. That person is going to play a prominent role in this one.

Then I'll pump out another Becca, hopefully around the same length as the first.

I'm hoping that all of these stories will take place in the months between the end of my first story and the beginning of Off Center.

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The Center: Meet The Enhancer-4

The Center: Meet the Enchancer - 4
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Summerswitch

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Jerry Newington is having trouble fitting into his new school. No-one is in a rush to extend the hand of friendship, the school bully has him in his sights, and worst of all he has fallen for a girl in his year who doesn’t seem to know he exists.

When the school year ends badly, Jerry is offered the chance to go stay with his Aunt for a few weeks. On the train he meets a girl who’s pretty and fun to be with and they decide to spend some time together, but Jerry can’t forget the girl he left behind.

His new friend is disappointed but offers him a gift. It is unusual, special and has consequences neither of them could possibly expect. Whatever the outcome, this is a summer they will both remember.

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Summerswitch by Maeryn Lamonte



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Happy Birthday Stan!

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My turn to send out birthday greetings. And to one of the most helpful, encouraging people at this site.

Many happy returns, my friend, and may you have many more to come.

We all would be so much poorer without you here.

Hugs,

Maggie

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Respect

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If I've overstepped my bounds, then I ask that the admins unpublish this, no questions asked, no hard feelings. I feel like this needs to be stated, though.

I'll keep it simple. All I ever wanted from this community is mutual respect. That's it. You don't have to like what I write, or the style in which I write it. You don't have to comment or read it. But please, please be respectful of each other.

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Heroes Retcon And Center Help Wanted

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Heroes Retcon And Center Help Wanted

By Stanman63
Thanks To Lilith Langtree for giving us two wonderful stories!

Reason For BlogI have a Center story: Enter The Enhsancer and a Heros Retcon story: Queen Thunder that I'd appreciate a bit of help with.
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I want to thank Lilith Langtree for creating the Comic Retcon Universe. This story is a re visioning of Captain Marvel.
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Opening a old wound

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My sister was up here a couple of weeks ago. While she was here she told me that she had contacted our father. This was a bit of a shock. She had not spoken to him since 1999 shortly after a big fight at her wedding. I my self have not spoken to him for a couple of years now. She urged me to give him a call and try to work things out. It's funny. Before I stopped taking to him it was me urging her to contact him and work things out. I want to speak with him but I'm worried that if I do that things will go back to the way that they were.

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Giganta!

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Ok, so now it's time to try and see how this works in action:

Name: Doris Zeul (formerly Dr. Damon Zeul)
Codename: Giganta
Age: 29 (physically about 16)
Height: 5' 10 1/2"
Weight: 190
Stats: 34C-26-34
Power: Enhanced Strength, Size/Density Alteration
Talents: Doctorate in Genetics, Doctorate in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology*
Accessories: GL communications and costume ring

Shoe: 6
Dress: 8

*Acquired Doctorates at Thomas Jefferson University/Jefferson College of Graduate Studies

Strength: Class 3 (maximum press about 500 lbs.)
Agility: Class 3
Endurance: Class 3

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