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[Catrin Lewis]

Waiting on a call from the director of communications about upcoming book events. Hoping they can all be scheduled in a specific region during the same week. This stuff is never simple. Whine, whine.

Never a rose without a thorn, eh?

 

[Catrin Lewis]

I apologise, but that would turn me off. (And stars don't stink!)

If I were to use a metaphor, I would use something like what happens when a bomb explodes. To quote from AI:


This is just what happens when a star explodes, except on a much smaller scale ... and I'm sure enough people have seen the aftermath of a exploding bomb. (Remember the Boston Bombing, the London Bombing, and others?) Also, enough people have seen (or even felt the effects of) an exploding bomb, particularly if they work or worked in the military.

For a non-military metaphor, imagine what'd happen if a gas oven exploded. Here's google again: Can a gas oven explode? I agree it's less common than it used to, but it could still happen: gas leak coupled with the spark of a match, or faulty ignition that leads to the build-up of gas.

How funny. I was thinking cosmic awe.

 

[Louanne Learning]

That massive star that was torn apart by a black hole as it exploded as a supernova is 730 million light years from Earth.

No need to wipe.

blown to shit.

Good one!

 

[GrahamLewis]

I dunno. It grosses me out, but I'm still gonna have the giggles ten minutes from now. Gives a whole new meaning to something being blown to shit.

I've ceased whining. Communications person is going to do all the tour planning and the publisher is going to pay for it. Found out the first run of the book was 17,000 copies and as of a few weeks ago, 16,000 of them had sold. I had no idea, so that was a pleasant surprise.

I'm impressed. Bravo. It is a good read.

 

[Set2Stun]

16,000 copies, hot damn, that absolutely rips. My heartfelt congrats! Sounds like your publisher is going to have to do a second edition soon.

Heatwave here is finally over and I am so PLEASED. Today was the first this week where I felt comfortable wearing a t-shirt over in my office nook. That's right, I've been working topless.

 

[CatrionaGrace]

Thanks, y'all. It cheered me up considerably.

 

[Whiskii]

I am thinking about the temperature-controlled cheese caves the American government keeps under the ground

 

[Rigor Mortis]

Sometimes I really shouldn't be let out. Or left unsupervised at any screen that gives me access to this forum. Seems I somehow managed to click "ignore" on two members, one of whom was @Louanne Learning. I mean...wtf!

 

[Louanne Learning]

One time my keyboard suddenly changed, and when I pressed on letters, numbers came up. That was a WTF moment. I finally had the presence of mind to Google a solution on my phone. Seems I had somehow pressed the number lock key, so there was an easy fix.

 

[Rigor Mortis]

I think I left the forum open on the phone and grappled with it when the alarm went off this morning.

 

[Louanne Learning]

Well, I am happy for our reunion, nevertheless!

 

[CatrionaGrace]

Though my computer guru gave me a plug in keyboard for my malfunctioning laptop, the beast is now fighting with the internet and disappearing connections regularly. Sigh. Time to wander down to Best Buy.

 

[Louanne Learning]

What would we do without our computers?

 

[Rigor Mortis]

Well, I am happy for our reunion, nevertheless!

Even trying to come up with something smart leaves me with responses that are ridiculously complimentary, so….any opinion on the Lions in Australia?

 

[CatrionaGrace]

BAck to w

What would we do without our computers?

Go back to writing longhand on Big Chief tablets?

 

[Louanne Learning]

the Lions in Australia?

is that a sports team?

 

[Louanne Learning]

Go back to writing longhand

I think it was a mistake to take cursive writing out of the elementary curriculum. Kids in my family cannot even sign their name.

And we always have to write our poems in their birthday cards in printing!

 

[THUNDAIR]

I made peach cobbler but forgot to peel the peaches, but the cobbler turned out great. I started parboiling the peaches, but forgetful me turned the stove off, mixed up my self-rising flour, and layered into the Pyrex. I will never peel another peach.

 

[Homer Potvin]

I made peach cobbler but forgot to peel the peaches, but the cobbler turned out great. I started parboiling the peaches, but forgetful me turned the stove off, mixed up my self-rising flour, and layered into the Pyrex. I will never peel another peach.

Pro-tip: canned peaches are better.

 

[Louanne Learning]

peach cobbler but forgot to peel the peaches,

When I made peach cobbler, or peach crisp, I never peeled the peaches