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![]() FanStory wrote to CD Richards: Be Careful What You Wish For finished second in the contest "Halloween Flash Fiction" |
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CD Richards: I just bought Stephen Fry's "The Ode Less Traveled". I'm so looking forward to finding out what wisdom Stephen has in store. I think this quote from Auden in the preface gets it off to a delightful start: The poet who writes "free" verse is like Robinson Crusoe on his desert island: he must do all his cooking, laundry and darning for himself. In a few exceptional cases, this manly independence produces something original and impressive, but more often the result is squalor -- dirty sheets on the unmade bed and empty bottles on the unswept floor. No offence to any of our talented free versers, but I think it pretty well describes my few forays into the Dark Arts :) |
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CD Richards: When danger reared its ugly head, he bravely turned his tail and fled. Yes brave Sir Donald turned about, and gallantly he chickened out... - The Holy Grail, by Monty Python (almost exactly according to script) |
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CD Richards: Stolen FB quote of the day: Blaming all muslims for terrorism is like blaming all musicians for Ted Nugent. |
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Thanks, GMan, for providing a great challenge, you always do. And thanks to those who gave me their vote. It is appreciated more than you know. - | ||
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CD Richards: I keep six honest serving-men (they taught me all I knew); their names are What and Why and When and How and Where and Who. -- Rudyard Kipling |
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CD Richards: For dedicated ukulele players, the urge to perform "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" is never more than a whim away. |
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CD Richards: Jesus, interceding on behalf of the Boy Scouts: "Forgive them father, for they know what knot they do." - HA Hildebrandt |
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CD Richards: "Guns aren't the problem. The problem is a godless society". So then, consider this: When's the last time some lunatic who mowed down a crowd in a mall or at a concert or a church ranted about how much they loved God? Answer: every day. When's the last time someone who hates guns and refuses to own one committed mass murder with a firearm? Oh, that's right -- never. I don't think you've thought this through. |
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CD Richards: Waiting for the obligatory "thoughts and prayers" posts to begin. |
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CD Richards: My partner and I recently had a long talk, and together we decided we don't want children. The kids are taking it pretty hard. |
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CD Richards: Happy Birthday to all my American friends. I happen to think 3rd July is a far more important date in the scheme of things, but even so, hope you have a great day! Be nice to each other. |
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CD Richards: OK, so I know how to spell "grateful". I don't even have to think about it. So why is it every single time, without fail that I type it, my fingers produce "greatful", and I have to go back and correct??? |
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Which according to Gloria you don't remember. or don't want to remember. I'm just in a jockery mood. - | ||
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CD Richards: Now this is funny... The owners of Noah's Ark (well, a full-size replica, apparently) in Kentucky are suing their insurance company, for... you guessed it... flood damage! |
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Apocrypha, which details Noah's centuries-long legal battle with the underwriter of his project: Punitive God, Inc. - | ||
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CD Richards: Another one bites the dust. Wakey, wakey. |
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CD Richards: My bull***t meter has gone off scale, and I've encountered enough of it this past week to convince me it's time I took a break from this site. I won't be here to review, post new content or participate in the forums for some time. To my friends here, thanks for understanding. |
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As Gloria says the meter can be reset any time by turning it off and on at the switch. - | ||
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CD Richards: If you feel like today (or tomorrow, for those whose clocks are behind ours) someone is stabbing you in the back-- it's probably because they are... Beware the Ides of March! |
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CD Richards: For those who aren't feeling the love... The roses are wilted The violets are dead I need you like I need A hole in the head Not original - I heard it on TV this morning, and thought it was funny. I liked this one too... Roses are red Violets are blue But we've got a mortgage So don't buy me any useless crap ~~~~~~~~~ Last year, my sweetheart told me nothing could be better than the present I got her for Valentine's Day... so this year, that's exactly what she's getting. (that one's mine) |
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![]() FanStory wrote to CD Richards: Lords of Creation finished third in the contest "Dribble Flash Fiction" |
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CD Richards: Current status: twelve views, one review. I think I'm going to set myself a new record here for lowest read-to-comment ratio. I'm noticing a pattern, the more something I write amuses me, the less anyone else will find it of interest. I suppose that says something; exactly what, I'm not sure. |
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Views also do not mean someone read the work. If they glance at it, see that it's on a subject about which they have no interest, they move on. It's really nothing to be concerned about. - | ||
Seriously, that is about average: I have noticed that the first 10-12 views often get me nothing and that a final ratio of 5:1 is Tom Jones (not unusual). A good return (for me) is 3:1 and I do have a couple of those but by the same token I have one piece with 739 views and 35 reviews: that's around a 5% hit rate. Of course, if you offer a dollar you tend to find that you piece is a work of brilliance and you have more friends than a lottery winner with a dodgy heart. Who'd a thunk it? Remember: genius is pain... so if readers find you painful then that's a good thing, right? cheers phill - | ||
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Where IS Austalia anyway? Seriously it's all to do with fanning and the dollar value of your poem. 2 cent poems are not very popular as they don't pay. If you promote just once it goes to 27 cents which may get you on a good day to page 5 maybe. The people who put in the hard reviewing yards will reap the rewards especially starting at the feature page where the first 12 poems may be worth up to one dollar. As I have said many times we are all slaves to the system. Those who have the time, effort and popularity will always be rewarded. I would really love to know how long the top 10 poets spend on here reviewing to be able to acquire enough member cent pumps to promote their work to feature page status so regularly. I know for the first four and a half years I would spend hours reviewing and constantly posted two poems every night. Yep it appears the secret is to just fan as many people as you can and hoping they will reciprocate. To those whose whole life is dedicated to FanStory and attaining high rankings through sheer determination and tenacious reviewing, kudos to them. They deserve everything they attain. I just wish that the title of 'ALL TIME BEST" for achieving over 26 reviews be re evaluated. It is rather a misleading word in my eyes. I would be lucky to get 10 views these days and maybe three reviews max, but deservedly so, as I never hardly promote past 'pot of gold status' which is only worth 27 cents to a reviewer which is chicken shit in their eyes. Tom is a very good business man to have set this up like this and kudos to him. After paying the yearly or two yearly subscription, I don't see why one should actually buy member cent pumps with real cash that always fascinates me. Hey, each to their own I suppose, Their money their life, their happiness to do so. respectfully dip - | ||
Holy Crap! Now that leaves a mental mark. ; p Well, it's not the work that sucks, nobody even opened it to skip it, and the title isn't a string of vulgarity... so ... err... I wonder if it must just be me, then? So many vote without even opening all the entries. Not even a glance to see what's the possible payout. On a side note on high views, low reviews: Some of those views might be from fans who love to read your work, but don't always have time to give a review on the run, even if they enjoy it. Low views means no eyeballs. High views means somebody 'maybe' opened the work, doesn't even mean they read it. And some of those same somebody's may have gone OCD on the mouse and can refresh your work a dozen times. Yep... 12 views can come from the same person. I remember back when the views included your own viewing numbers. Those where the days when my views were up in the 200's. 192 of those views were likely me trying to spot errors, making a change... refreshing... trying to spot errors. - | ||
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CD Richards: There's plenty of fish in the sea It's time now to fly and be free A new day is dawning No need to be fawning These PDAs really are twee |
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CD Richards: "Foment" is, and always has been, a verb; never a noun. Just saying [shaking head]. |
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I mill wever morget Never foment me as I will mever you Spell check me and UPPER CASE ME You are my pronoun of adjectivity My indefinite article among definite articles Adverbally incomplete our love maybe But let me put this preposition to you Will you still respect me in the morning for this fleeting foment - | ||
that contest-winning poems use the proper parts of speech? It really isn't right when one just throws in any word; for such a slip can make the piece entirely absurd! I'd love to take you for a ride in this, my quickly car, or gaze up in the sky so I can wish turquoise a star. Upon deaf ears, I know, will fall this pitiful lament, So I'll just shut up now and have a glass of green foment. - | ||
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CD Richards: It's likely, though not certain, that I won't be able to be online much for a couple of days. So, to avoid getting too far behind, I'll be pushing through a couple of poems today. If I don't respond to your review, or read your piece straight away, I'll try my best to get to it as soon as I can. Cheers, Craig |
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CD Richards: Additional tidbit re "disappearing reviews" on Amazon... I heard from one person who attempted to leave a review, and was denied. It turns out they had not spent a minimum of $50 on Amazon, and that is the reason they are not allowed to write reviews. I've since confirmed this from other sources. So, bottom line. Amazon requires people to spend money with them, to be able to leave reviews which encourage people to spend money with them. Top policy that. |
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CD Richards: Just wanted to say, if anyone has purchased my book, Earthshine, and left a review of it on Amazon, please don't think me rude and ignorant for not thanking you. It seems none of the reviews (and I know there have been some) are showing. So, to those who bought my book, and those who left a review, heartfelt thanks. And, good or bad, I'm sorry I didn't get to see it. Thanks, Amazon, you're a peach. Craig |
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Rant over (for now). Thanks again :) - | ||
I'll see what happens with my review. It's a short blurb, five star. No reason to censure. I've never had that happen before. - | ||
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CD Richards: From my Facebook feed: Man is the most insane species. He worships an invisible God and destroys a visible Nature. Unaware that this Nature he's destroying is this God he's worshiping. ― Hubert Reeves Amen to that. |
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CD Richards: I'm excited that my first collection of 40 Earthshine: Reflections on life The links are in my profile, for anyone who's interested to check it out :) |
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CD Richards: Whenever I get involved in conversations about the meaning of life, and where everything's headed, I can't help but feel that there's an underlying assumption that because these are 'big' questions, they necessarily need big answers. There aren't any, though. We're not here for a universal purpose, and there is no grand plan, no matter how tempting it is to believe it. But that's absolutely fine, because it means that if there aren't any big answers, the little ones are all the more important. So every day, I take my dog for a walk in the field near my house. Sometimes I get to see a pretty sunset, but usually it's either bucketing down and I get soaked, or cold, or the field is full of mud and bugs and dog turds, and it's a pain to navigate through. Whatever the situation, though, my dog has the most ridiculous fun ever, and being a part of that little moment of joy is what it's all about. So be nice to the people and things around you -- it doesn't cost anything, and generally makes the world a nicer place to live in. Focus on the little answers. - Dr Pete Etchells |
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things that might mean little to others...a smile, when I'm not feeling well, the joy that comes with a love I have for my dog, yes I believe we can even love an animal...the beauty of a plant that has grown from seeds, that I have planted...and most of all the love of my children, and friends.. There is but one cost for all of that, a belief in kindness, caring, and a willingness to accept that others feel the same...and should we find otherwise in the people that we meet, there will always be another person in our journey that Will feel the same...just keep on keeping on... - | ||
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YOU made it impactful! Congrats!--Karenina - | ||
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CD Richards: I'm sorry if my out of office autoreply gave you false hopes of my swift and enthusiastic response. |
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CD Richards: My new "out of office" message: Sorry, I'm currently out of the office, and can be reached by waiting until I get back. |
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I however, CAN'T be reached haha - | ||
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CD Richards: Isn't it just as well we never get tired of being told what will happen to us if we don't buy what you're selling? I do not find your threats all that scary, for I'm sure your friend's imaginary. |
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CD Richards: Random thoughts on political correctness ----------------------------------- I'm offended that you find my words offensive And responding to you makes me apprehensive For it never takes you long To find what I've said is wrong It's enough to make a bloke withdrawn and pensive My world is rarely solemn and mysterious I'm really bad at recognising "serious" If you can't take a joke We'll I'd say that's your yoke If it makes you feel good, just call me imperious |
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Aussie tongue in cheek humo(u)r is not always understood. I have learnt to bite my tongue. lol - | ||
Sometimes it seems like you're tip-toeing on eggshells around this place not trying to upset some sensitive soul. As if people are looking for a way to be offended. I think your last sentence is excellent advice. From now on, it's cut and paste: "Your excellent comments have been duly noted. Thanks for reviewing". See anything offensive in that, before I put it in the paste buffer? lol - | ||
Everyone seems to think critique is a personal 'attack' on them. Yes, in every site, be it whatever it is, there's always a vast diversity of personalities, some with sensitive egos that need nurturing, drama Queens, grammar Nazis, smart arses, finger on the pulses, to literary geniuses. The world needs personalities, it needs sensitivity, it needs arrogance, it needs compassion. What one person's morals and ethics are is usually a direct reflection of how they have been brought up. We are all born with a certain gene handed down to us, a certain DNA that determines, our demeanour, our looks , our attitude and our personality. Sure, some of this can be taught and can have a lot to do with peer group association through those teenage years as we grow into young adults. We cannot always control our chosen sexuality, be it hetro, bisexual, homosexual or lesbian but we can learn right from wrong good from bad. Life is one big learning curve. Fanstory is one big learning curve. Everyone seems to gravitate toward those with similar taste and style in the written word. What is one person's trash is another's treasure. When it comes to individual taste in literature be it story writing or poetry, everyone is different and we wouldn't want it any other way. I suppose the analogy here is everyone's different taste in music. It would be a boring old world if we all liked the same music just as it would if we all liked the same style of poetry or short stories. Diversity is the spice of life. dip - | ||
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CD Richards: Quote of the day: "Most liberals are name-callers, so I'm not surprised." ROFL. Well, lest I be accused of being one of those nefarious types who are out to silence all opposing views, I thought I'd publish it here. Thanks for the best belly laugh I've had in days. Isn't irony wonderful? |
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If it's any consolation, I've also been accused of being a liberal despite the fact I've been a card-carrying, bona fide Conservative most of my life. - | ||
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CD Richards: He promised to make them a beautiful philosophical book, written very small for their usage, and said that in this book they would see the point of everything. Indeed, he gave them this book before leaving. It was taken to the academy of science in Paris, but when the ancient secretary opened it, he saw nothing but blank pages. "Ah!" he said, "I suspected as much." Voltaire. Micromegas (1752) |
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CD Richards: But unluckily there was another animalcule in a square cap, who, taking the word from all his philosophical brethren, affirmed that he knew the whole secret, which was contained in the abridgment of St. Thomas. He surveyed the two celestial strangers from top to toe, and maintained to their faces that their persons, their fashions, their suns and their stars, were created solely for the use of man. At this wild assertion our two travelers were seized with a fit of that uncontrollable laughter -Voltaire, Micromegas (1752) |
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![]() FanStory wrote to CD Richards: Hero and Leander finished second in the contest "Loop Poetry Contest" |
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CD Richards: I wrote a crap review, my comprehension's not real good You took the bait, and called me out -- I didn't think you would So then I got all snarky and I played the teacher's pet But sucking up hasn't produced the ends I wanted yet I'm gonna sign me up as a free standard member now And leave another crap review -- perhaps I'll sign it 'sow' I'm not the slightest sorry if my antics made you frown I think it's time I took a Bex, and had a wee lie down |
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CD Richards: A busy few days - several events on, and building work to supervise. Hopefully, I'll be able to catch up on reviewing and posting after the weekend. |
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CD Richards: It's time to make a change. The following is part of a piece which appeared on Australian Sixty Minutes tonight. It shows footage taken by a Pakistani whistle blower of an Australian shipment of sheep to the middle east as part of our live export trade. Some 60,000 were crammed into an area where they had to stand the entire journey, and sent into an environment high in heat and humidity. Over two thousand sheep died on this one trip, and it's not the first time. Most were literally cooked alive, others were trampled or suffocated. I seriously doubt that Australia is the only country in which this happens, but I'm disgusted and ashamed that it happens here. And it never sees the light of day unless some whistleblower can manage to smuggle out footage of what is going on. If you have the stomach for it, I suggest you watch the entire appalling Sixty Minutes program. What I find equally appalling is that people might think this applies only to the live export trade. It's equally as bad in the domestic market. I've seen mountains of fly-blown bodies laying for weeks beside unloading ramps at saleyards, where animals have died due to conditions as bad as these, or worse, on transport trucks. I'd like to make a plea - if you say you care about the welfare of animals, and are against them suffering, please consider not eating them. Not lambs, not cattle, not pigs, not chicken and not fish; because ALL meat production involves horrendous cruelty, in spite of what the industry tries to tell you. |
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My daughters are vegan and pointed out animal abuse to me. I'm going vegan. There's lots of rainbow healthy foods to eat. Forks over Knives for recipes. Never to Late to go Vegan...by Carol Adams. People need to be a voice when abuse happens. Thanks for sharing. flylikeaneagle - | ||
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CD Richards: Congratulations to the brave youth of America, who are addressing the problems their parents and grandparents have washed their hands of. By 2020, there will be 20 million of them voting. Perhaps the politicians who receive millions in blood money from the NRA ought to keep that in mind. |
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So who is funding the NRA? Its members. Who are these members? Why support the NRA? They do not trust big government to take care of them. Too many dogs stomped to death by SWAT teams. Guns and conservatives are on the way out, big, big government is already in, and the common man will be sorry. - | ||
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CD Richards: The last male northern white rhino in the world has died, thus ensuring the extinction of yet another species. Well done, humans. |
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Humans are GREEDY! RIP dear white rhino. You will be missed. - | ||
When Sudan was born in 1973 in the wild in Shambe, South Sudan, there were about 700 of his kind left in existence. At his death, there are only two females remaining alive and the hope that in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) techniques will advance enough to preserve the subspecies. Sudan, elderly by rhino standards, had been ailing for some time, suffering from age-related infections, according to his keepers at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy. ?His condition worsened significantly in the last 24 hours; he was unable to stand up and was suffering a great deal. The veterinary team ... made the decision to euthanize him.? - | ||
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?We on Ol Pejeta are all saddened by Sudan?s death. He was a great ambassador for his species and will be remembered for the work he did to raise awareness globally of the plight facing not only rhinos, but also the many thousands of other species facing extinction as a result of unsustainable human activity,? said Richard Vigne, Ol Pejeta?s CEO - | ||
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CD Richards: It's something I've been becoming increasingly aware of lately. The people most likely to toss around the term "liar", like it's going out of style, are the ones most likely to be doing it, even... especially... to themselves. |
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CD Richards: Watch your back today... just sayin'. "Beware the Ides of March" - Bill S. |
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CD Richards: There is a big black hole at the center of the galaxy today, created by the passing of Stephen Hawking. It is unlikely we will ever see someone like him again. RIP, Stephen. You, your giant contribution to human understanding, and your sense of humour will be sorely missed. |
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CD Richards: I'm no great poet or writer, but I have fun trying. There are some very good writers on this site. Then there are others who are good, but spend way too much time listening to the panderers, and consequently think they are a lot more talented than they actually are. Welcome to the world of "artists". |
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![]() FanStory wrote to CD Richards: Heaven and Hell finished third in the contest "Antonym Poetry Contest" |
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CD Richards: Happy New Year to all my FS friends! If anyone is wondering why I haven't reviewed their work or responded to their review or message, it's because I'm away from home for a couple of days and have almost no online time - but I'll be back soon, and do my best to catch up! cheers, Craig |
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CD Richards: It's official. Sydney's newest aquatic public transport vessel is named Ferry McFerryface. Everyone in our household thinks that's a hoot, including our as yet unborn foal, Pony McPonyface. |
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CD Richards: Christmas tip #1: Get a bunch of empty cardboard boxes and wrap them in pretty seasonal paper and ribbons. When the kids start misbehaving throw a couple (of the boxes, not the kids) on the fire. (P.S. I hope I shamelessly pinched this from my FB feed, not someone here - I honestly can't recall. If I pinched it from you, please let me know and I'll remove it - or at least give credit where credit is due). |
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![]() FanStory wrote to CD Richards: A long way from Durham Town finished first in the contest "Double-Blind Challenge" |
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![]() FanStory wrote to CD Richards: My loving heart finished second in the contest "Love, Compassion and Kindness" |
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![]() FanStory wrote to CD Richards: Tragedy at St. Matthew's finished first in the contest "Shaggy Dog Poetry Contest" |
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CD Richards: Congratulations to all the participants who made it through the NaPoWriMo contest, on a job well done. Special congratulations to Kim for winning! And on a personal note, to everyone who took the time to read and review my pieces over the month, and especially those who voted for me - I can't thank you personally, but your support means everything. |
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Congrats on being selected as a POM entry! :) See, great things come out of NaPoWriMo!! - | ||
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CD Richards: Answers to the Rolling Stones poem quiz (in order of appearance): It's all over now Bitch Start me up Miss you Love in vain Under my thumb Loving cup You can't always get what you want Satisfaction Get off of my cloud Time is on my side Let it loose Rocks off Angie I'm free Wild horses Play with fire Happy Dead flowers Moonlight mile Sorry, I originally said there were 22 songs, but I left a couple out when I was reworking it. 20 is the final number. |
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CD Richards: I've recently become aware that to have made the grade as a proper poet, you must have created your own poetic construction. Not wishing to miss the boat, I've created my own - here are the details: The Trumpolet 1. It must contain no rhyme nor reason of any kind. 2. It must go on and on and on and on - without end. 3. Preferably, it should appeal to the primal instincts - fear, pack behaviour, etc 4. Anyone giving critical reviews of a poem adopting this form will be forcibly removed and beaten. 5. The louder, the better. 6. Certain people won't be allowed to enter. Deal with it. 7. If you don't like it, you're stoopid. A contest featuring this form will be created shortly. If you can't handle it, go back to where you came from. Thank you. |
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It's so fun to now be the laughingstock of the world... go ahead... smack us while we're down... Can I move to Australia? alpaca my things. ;) - | ||
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CD Richards: A couple of people may have noticed I haven't posted anything in a bit. No major dramas, it's just that life has a tendency to get in the way of more enjoyable pursuits from time to time. By the look of it, I won't be posting much, if anything in the foreseeable future. All of that is neither here nor there, the real point of this post is to say "sorry" to the people whose stuff I regularly love to review that I haven't been able to review much lately, and also to apologize in advance that I won't get to read much at all on here for a while. Textbooks will be my bedtime reading for the foreseeable future (sigh). To those who have brought me so much joy reading their stuff (you know who you are), keep it up, and I hope to catch up one day! |
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