BlueDev

Reply to JU Writing Challenge #2: Spreading red in Writing JoeUser Forums

Thanks for the comments. There are still some things that bug me with this sentence, but it was actually an interesting exercise. Glad you enjoyed it.

Reply to Next Challenge for the JU Writers Club in Writing JoeUser Forums

I really wrestled with this one. And I think the result is weak. An exercise in one sentence

JU Writing Challenge #2: Spreading red in Writing JoeUser Forums

Fascinated, she watched the pool of red liquid continue to spread until she realized the dead don't drink.

Reply to On-Demand TV/Movies come to Xbox Live in Gaming JoeUser Forums

I haven't tried it yet, but I have downloaded the 2 episdoes of Viva Pinata and they look great. I fully intend to rent some movies. $3 to be able to watch it pretty instantly (SD movies will start playing about when they hit 7% downloaded per reports over at QT3) sounds like a great deal for me. I won't be buying anything, but for renting, I think it is a brilliant idea.

Reply to Cold car morning in Writing JoeUser Forums

An excellent snapshot. I see his strength, in the face of terrible odds. This was the only part that, for me at least, didn't fit. Where are the terrible odds in the moment? I guess it just seemed to come out of left field, made the end felt a little inconsistent. But what do I

Reply to This Week in Skinning in Community JoeUser Forums

Nice highlight ID.

Reply to Do You Use Webmail, Or Get Your Email Locally? in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

Webmail pretty much all the way. I hate Outlook as a mail program. I just like having my mail wherever I have internet.

Reply to Are you Ready for the Wii-kend? in Community WinCustomize Forums

Nope, not getting one. I will just stick to my 360 for now. Time and money don't allow for a second console.

Reply to Closed doors and open windows in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

If and when Simon and I take the plunge, I insist on whatever we purchase being on a considerable bit of it's own land, far away from neighbors, which tend to be a royal pain in the ass no matter how you look at it. We don't have a ton of space, the lot is about 1/3 of an acre. But there is plenty of space on the sides and behind, I doin

Reply to Writing Challenge #1: At the edge in Writing JoeUser Forums

Again, Dan, I do appreciate your comments, and have already started to consider them with some actual stories I am writing. Thanks again.

Reply to THIS IS JUST PLAIN WRONG!! in Health & Medicine JoeUser Forums

I guess I don't get why you seem so surprised about this. Influenza spreads a TON faster and easier than HIV or Hepatitis. It can easily spread like wildfire and often does. Every year its multiple strands of RNA recombine, mix and match to form new antigenic types of the virus. Hell, the type that infects you can likely be different than the type you pass on. With this shifting and recombining what should really shock you is how few people die, not how many. Your outrage just does

Closed doors and open windows in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

We married almost 8 1/2 years ago. Since that time we have lived in apartments, in close proximity to others. Since that time we have owned a piano, and my wife has taught lessons. Never before has this caused problems. Until now. Apparently, our neighbors find anything more than playing once or twice every couple of weeks to be excessive. My wife teaches for about 2 hours an afternoon on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Our daughter has to pract

Reply to THIS IS JUST PLAIN WRONG!! in Health & Medicine JoeUser Forums

I bet at least half the people who get the "flu" every year really just caught a cold. We often get lulled into thinking that influenza is this silly little, benign bug that doesn't really bother anyone. For those whose health is less-than-perfect, influenza can be a devastating infection. As mentioned, for old and young especially. And the flu shot is nothing more than a best guess of which specific antigenic type of flu will be most common that year. It is a best guess and due to

Reply to JU Writer's Club 1st submission - the story in Fiction Writing JoeUser Forums

Wild. Most obvious to me are the Opeth references. Other than that, I have to admit, I didn't follow a lot. But I enjoyed the imagery.

Reply to Life Closed Eyes (JUWC) JU Writing Club #1 in Writing JoeUser Forums

Tova: I am sufficiently amateur I wouldn't really try to criticize. It would be presumptuous of me. I just wanted to say I really enjoyed it. I think you built up the characters enough, without going too far, to really hammer the idea of the inspiration home.

Reply to Writing Challenge #1: At the edge in Writing JoeUser Forums

Dan: I appreciate the further input. Of course, as the author, I don't agree with some of it, but mostly because I suppose I am the only one who really understood what I wanted with this. Calling it a story is unfair to real stories. All I was going for was an attempt to capture a moment. Nothing more. I don't want the reader to "care" about the character, I don't want them to know him, I don't want them to mourn or celebrate his ending. I just

Reply to Writing Challenge #1: At the edge in Writing JoeUser Forums

Tova: Excellent! That is exactly the kind of feedback I was hoping for. Passive voice regularly vexes me. I use it far too often, but stepped away from this kind of writing long enough, I just let it slip back in. Thanks for the critique. Dan: Criticism is welcome. But something as worthless as "Exceedingly feeble" serves no purpose. If you have something to add, please, add. But, if all you want to do is trash something, without offering feed

Reply to The last few days...wow in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

Congrats! I am glad to hear things are going well.

Reply to Short Story for JU Writers Club Challenge #1 in Fiction Writing JoeUser Forums

Cool stream of consciousness.

Reply to How much sleep do you get? in Health & Medicine JoeUser Forums

5-6 on average, when not on call.

Reply to Writing Challenge #1: At the edge in Writing JoeUser Forums

Well done Peter! Many thanks FS. Mason: Glad you found it interesting. Zoo: Thanks for the comment. Exceedingly feeble, IMO, but a good attempt. Dan: Please, more detail

Reply to Writing Challenge #1: At the edge in Writing JoeUser Forums

Very deep, BlueDev, very deep. I really liked it. Thanks bro. I look forward to yours. Excellent! Thanks Shovel, that means a lot coming from you. <TABLE cellpadding=8 wid

Reply to The First Challenge for JU Writers Club in Writing JoeUser Forums

Here is my entry: WWW Link

Writing Challenge #1: At the edge in Writing JoeUser Forums

He stood at the edge of the precipice. Thousands of feet below, he could no longer make out individual trees in the carpet of brown and green that filled the canyon floor. Updrafts of sweltering air caressed his bare skin, ready to enfold him in a lover's embrace. The pungent aroma of the desert filled his every breath. He inhaled deeply, smelling, tasting, relishing nature's banquet. Looking over the edge, he let the rock fa

Reply to The First Challenge for JU Writers Club in Writing JoeUser Forums

So here is my suggestion: For the time being, we post our contributions on our own blogs (so we have access to them and can save them there), and then drop a link to our entry here, or in each challenge thread. Sound okay to everyone?