I have a fairly wide range of erotic tastes so there a few sexula acts I purposely avoid in the typical freely available videos.

What turns me off is when one or both of the actors simply aren't into it. To me, that includes most of the available content. As often as not, I prefer audio stories to the video media, but even then it requires a reader or voice actor who is genuinely into the performance. I'm a very empathic individual and if the a reader is not invested emotionally in what they are doing I become bored extremely quickly

As a dyslexic, Grammarly saves me uncounted hours of repetitious rereading during edits. Without it, I have a bad tendency to repeat or invert words. My dyslexia affects my writing in many ways beyond that as well from basic spelling to homophones. In my past writing, it would take me days or weeks of rereading it line by line before my mind saw the problems and even then when I posted the problems could persist.

Grammarly has me correcting those issues quickly and easily.

That said, I tend to ignore its suggestions for rephrasing my sentences. Left to itself, Grammarly is going to give you a sentence that is lifeless and mechanical, and will always flag any metaphorical phrases one might create.

It’s a tool like any other, but if you rely on it to do your writing for you, you’re not going to get pros worth reading.

In fact, I ran this post, through Grammarly and disregarded a couple of changes that it wanted to make, but I also corrected many mistakes that I simply wouldn’t have seen otherwise.

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OK, I'll admit I'm ,um, borrowing this, but it seems so apropos for this joint:

A cowboy walks into a bar and orders three mugs of beer.
He sits in the back of the room, drinking a sip out of each one in turn.
When he finishes them, he comes back to the bar and orders three more.
The bartender approaches and tells the cowboy,
"You know, a mug goes flat after I draw it.
It would taste better if you bought one at a time."
The cowboy replies, "Well, you see, I have two brothers.
When we all left our home we promised that we'd drink this way to remember the days when we drank together.
So I'm drinking one beer for each of my brothers and one for myself."
The bartender admits that this is a nice custom, and leaves it there.
The cowboy becomes a regular in the bar, and always drinks the same way.
He orders three mugs and drinks them in turn.
One day, he comes in and only orders two mugs.
All the regulars take notice and fall silent.
When he comes back to the bar for the second round, the bartender says, "I don't want to intrude on your grief, but I wanted to offer my
condolences on your loss."
The cowboy looks quite puzzled for a moment, then a light dawns in his eyes and he laughs.
"Oh, no, everybody's just fine," he explains.
"It's just that my wife and I joined church and I had to quit drinking."
“It hasn't affected my brothers though."

Dammit I just spit my coffee out my nose laughing at that 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆

It’s just after 8 on a nice chilly morning. The sun is just over the trees in the back now and pouring in through my sunroom windows

I’ll have a cup of your coffee with a nice shot of Irish Cream.

I’d have a donut but my diet won’t allow it. I’ve lost 35 pounds since the start of April so I’m the slimiest I’ve been in 20 years now. I still have a bit to go but my Keto diet is so easy I don’t feel like I’m sacrificing at all.

I’m hoping to finish my next story today. I didn’t want to post until the results from the contest were back and settled anyway. The Mod team will no doubt be somewhat preoccupied with that and I’ve been posting at such a high rate I felt it wise to let my readers catch up.

My Rams are facing the Ravens this weekend they may be 1-4 but they are still the Ravens so we can’t let look past this game. Especially after losing the last row in a row.

And I’ll finish up with the one question every guy would like to hear from his lady at least once in his life.

Anyway my coffee is hot. Y’all have a great day.

Hello Rumpies. I’m just checking in. I’ve been working on a group sex story lately that has proven more difficult than expected. I don’t write many multiple partner scenes and it’s taking me some time to get it done the way I wanted. Happy Thursday to you all

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Wow, congratulations! Only seventeen? I didn’t realize it was such elite company. Well done.

Personally, I have a plan to get to Prolific, but Omnium seems a whole other deal. As you said, doing so would ultimately require me to delve into things that disturb me. I have quite a few writing goals that are more important to me right now, but I suppose I could get inspired someday.

I think you have the right idea. Let on them come when it comes. Don’t chase it that was probably my biggest mistake.

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Precisely. Instead of the checks and balances it's an unrelated issue that may, or may not, save the country (and the world, given the power the US still has globally).

That’s one of my greatest fears. Donald Trump and his fascination with autocracy and the autographs who rule them. I could easily see him wanting a world where the United States Russia and China split the world into thirds. His obsession with invading Greenland and Canada and Panama and Venezuela only reinforced that idea.

Fortunately, even the most of the hard-core mag don’t agree with him on that and those ideas poll very poorly, which is why he hasn’t acted on them.

Issue by issue, the actual policies that he and his cult for lack of a better word push poll very badly. And he’s been blocked with resultingly in the lower courts on most of his ridiculous lawsuits and policies. It’s only the Supreme Court that has been giving him any traction at all.

We’ve got a demagogue on her hands and due to a combination of factors, from inflation, driven by Covid and the blame that that was put on the Biden administration, the Progressive’s not backing Harris because they weren’t happy with her support for Palestine, and immigration issues similar to what you see in much of Europe and the reaction to it real loud a group of extremist to take power in the country

But now even his immigration policies are polling poorly.

And Donald Trump got elected with some surprising demographics

Women voted for him by a 45 percentile margin

Black Americans Voted for him for over 20%

Latinos shockingly voted for him by 42% and it goes on and on with other minorities that didn’t understand how they were going to be treated

But they know now and. those numbers with all of those groups have cratered. And all of his attempts to lockdown cities with federal troops and his evasion of the Epstein files, which is own base doesn’t support will lead to electoral destruction for their his party in the midterms.

Now we just have to watch and see if his followers in states and the federal government will risk an actual attempt to fix an election in this nation. We haven’t seen that ever happen before in a large scale. Hopefully, we won’t see it now, but if the Democrats keep their eyes open and are watching they should be able to prevent it.

But I hear people all the time now whispering about a national strike should that occur so there will be resistance. I’m 61 years old and I’ve never seen anger like this bubbling under the surface.

This isn’t over yet

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Most checks and balances seem to have failed so far.

For the moment. It’s shameful the GOP has been complicit but they won the election so they feel empowered. What matters regarding that is the mid terms next year.

If they are able to steal an election then the system has failed and God help us and the world

But I don’t believe they will be able to do that.

The Supreme Court is another issue and the question then will be if a new democratic president in 28 will have the courage to expand the court or investigate it for corruption

We face an unprecedented problem where a major party is acting in concert to subvert our laws and we’ve never seen that in 250 years so we are in very dangerous ground now.

The one thing we have going for us is that Trump leads not by idiolgy but through a personality cult and he’s in poor health and 79 years old. Should he pass, Vance won’t be able to replace that and the GOP will lose the right-center votes over night

His passing is our best chance to end this movement because without those 70 million votes Trump moved to the polls MAGA will lose mandate and the party will fracture. And the weak performance of MAGA in elections where Trump isn’t on the Ballet gives me confidence that their grip is going to fade as soon as he takes his dirt nap

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Civil war, which many on the far right have wanted for years to provoke, may well be coming sooner than that.

Besides being a sop to those in his rural base who hate cities, Trump's/Hegseth's military invasions of "Democrat cities" seem deliberately intended to provoke resistance. Even a small amount of violence (or possibly even nonviolent resistance) on the part of protesters in the occupied cities will likely result in a disproportionate response, supported rabidly by Trump's base, and could quickly spiral out of control.

By renaming the Department of Defense to Department of War, Trump threatening in a speech this week to use domestic cities as "training grounds" for troops who are not ordinarily allowed to fight on American soil, and Hegseth boldly proclaiming an increased emphasis on military "lethality," the Administration is openly signaling a desire to wage civil war.

Keep an eye on what happens in Portland. Illegally federalized Oregon troops occupied the city for the first time yesterday, with a bit of violence perpetrated against perpetrators but cooler heads mostly prevailing. Then the city seemed to get a reprieve last night, with a Federal judge temporarily ordering a halt. That case will go to the Ninth Circuit, which is almost certain to uphold yesterday's ruling. And then ... it will go to SCOTUS, probably on the emergency docket, and who the fuck knows what they're thinking anymore?

Meanwhile today, Trump executed an end run around last night's ruling, whose scope was limited to the Oregon National Guard, by sending up the illegally federalized California National Guard. Watch this space and pray.

Fortunately Trump‘s test of our generals if that’s what it was seem to feel miserably. By their reaction to his outrageous comments in that of his lackey, it would appear that they officer core of our armies and military forces will not back his attempts to usurp our government. They may believe that a bunch of redneck hicks can beat the US Army in a fight, but I believe they would find such a contest one-sided, not only in the quality of the army in Air Force, but in the numbers of maga that would actually show up for the fight

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Unfortunately Democratic Presdient tend to try to bring thre country together and, if we get one in 2028, won't do much in the way of retaliation

That’s why I intend to vote for Gavin Newsom

After following him for several years as California’s governor, I can tell you he’s not the typical Democrat just who will just forgiven and forget

Good morning all. Thanks for the donuts, Bear. The weather is cooling and the leaves are starting to fall from my trees. I mowed my lawn for what will likely be the last time this year as the grass growth is already slowing.

Fall is here and I’m impatient for the temps to drop into the low 70’s.

Now I’ve started restocking my firewood and can’t wait for a cozy evening in front of a crackling fire 🔥

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And people wonder why we're polarized. Trump can't help himself. He lies about everything and so most of what he says are lies. There are NO "Democrat Agencies". Notice he doesn't list them, just uses a general statement to suggest their existence.

Tell you this much I hope when we get a Democrat in office, they declare Maga a terrorist threat

Just an update for anybody who follows this thread I’ve changed my username

You’ll not see me as David_LeRoy instead of Milik the Red

Quote by KimmiBeGood

“Morning, Rumpies,” I whisper.

Am I the only person to get a concussion from her cat? 🐈 🙄

Splitting headache. One inch gash in temple. Still not sure what happened. I assume I sat up to adjust covers right as Butters was hurdling me from the nightstand to her spot on the bed by the window box. A very hard hit to my head. Blood on my face. A loud cry from Butters. A louder cry from me. Not sure what caused the gash—her claws or the contact.

A painkiller please, Bearkeep, in liquid form…

Aw, I feel for you. But at least you have a good story to relate 🤣🤣🤣

Hugs though. I hope you feel better soon

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Leroy. got it. 🤣😇

Yeah I've head that one before. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

That's okay though. It has a certain ring to it 🤣🤣🤣🤣

It's Le Roy. Damn dyslexia, kicking in. It was my grandfathers first name and my fathers middle. He passed it to me.

It's an Americanization of the French, Le Roi, or the king so, as they said in Game of Thrones, I'm the 3rd of the name 🤣

I think I'm going to make the change. Like you said it’s a new chapter

well, I did concede its use to you so I people could call me LaRoy

But yes, it’s a great name 👍

I'm considering a change to my long-standing user name of Milik the Red. I used that for years as it gave me a necessary anonymity from my professional life

I'm retired now and I have no need of that any longer

So, I'm considering changing it to my first and middle names of David La Roy.

My only concern is that I built quite a brand under Milik, but since my return, most of that is lost anyway.

Of course, I'll have to make some notes in my status so people will know it's me. I'm going to take some time to consider it

Consider this as the first of those notices

Quote by KimmiBeGood

Morning, Rumpies

I can feel my fingers on my right hand now. Yay! My acupuncturist has added carpel tunnel syndrome to the list of things he’s treating. One of the needles he put in my wrist felt like a lightning bolt, but it helped. He says he’ll need to treat it each session though to bring long-lasting relief. So far he’s rid me of TMJ pain, sinus troubles, knee pain, and a few other things, so I’m hopeful.

Hope y’all are having a good week! :)

I remember after I had my knee surgery I got acupuncture from my girlfriend‘s daughter

She was a massage therapist offered to do it for free. It really reduced the swelling tremendously so the stuff works.

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Jen extended the deadline to Oct 3 because of the site glitches.

That is a wonderful idea and gives writers a chance to beat the deadline

With the Competition now closed, if anyone wishes to read my entry,

I humbly offer a tale of Gothic Obsession,

Vamp

https://www.lushstories.com/stories/horror/vamp-7

good morning all you Rumpies. After not sleeping the night before I went to bed early last night had a great night sleep, and then I woke up at the crack of dawn.

And this let me get even with my puppies because I got up and forced them out of bed before they were ready

My poor beagle went outside and he crawled back in the bed and gave me such a pathetic look, but nope, I’m staying up

Now, time for my morning coffee.

Oh, and here is a pic for all of us who fell in love with Suzanna Hoff from the Bangles

What’s an interesting idea. I struggle mightily with micro fiction, so I’m not sure I’m going to enter, but I will be paying attention.

Quote by JamesLlewellyn

OK, but who's "Spite"? And does she have a sister?

oh my goodness that must’ve been a Freudian slip.

Did I just type that out loud?

Shit. I'm a dead man now.😳

Quote by naughtyannie

Interesting point about total views. The other day, when I was looking at my "famous story" count, I took the opportunity to add up the overall story view count. It came in at 3,600,262, which isn't too shabby for 178 stories. I excluded any collaborative efforts.

It's a similar spread to yours, Milik. 4 "legendary" stories, plus another 30 at "famous". Many fewer RRs and EPs though - well done for all those!

And I agree it seems to be harder these days to get the big numbers. Most of mine that were written under Lush v.2 are bubbling around the 10,000 mark, plus or minus a few. The only one that has reached "famous" status is this one Naked Pool Party Swingers | Lush Stories, which is on 35,000. I suspect the fact that it's in the "I***t Fantasy" category has something to do with it.

Most of my "famous" ones are approaching ten years old now - a sobering thought! But it's nice that they are still getting the hits, especially since they must be buried several pages into my stories list.

I certainly noticed my count average per story going up with the older works so it's likely even the oldest stories are still being read.

3.6 million is an impressive number if views. To be honest I'm somewhat overwhelmed by my views total

If anyone told me that almost 3 million people would have even clicked on my work Id never have believed it.

Good morning, Rumpies.

Some say the best part of waking up is Folgers in your cup, but I think they miss the point. It's not the cup. It's who one is drinking the coffee with.

We’ll be in Spites office

Um, better send a cleaning crew later. 😎

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Some time back, I was seriously advised to write more, say less, and make sure someone spurts in the end (or elsewhere, I suppose).
I didn't take it to heart, so I've no one to blame, but myself.
I'm okay with that.

The only advice I would give is write what you feel. I put form post up, asking what people want in her story. I’ve taken advice from people, but the only stories I ever regretted writing were the ones I wrote in an attempt to pander to votes or views.

And I’m no saint on that issue. But over the years, I’ve learned that the stories I’m most proud over the ones that came purely from my creative desires.

So I would just say right what turns you on what interests you and the heck with how they accepted

After not sleeping much at all Saturday night, I finally managed 11 hours last night. Time for a cup of coffee.

Hello Bertha, you wonderful ancient beauty…

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Congratulations! Not an honor I will ever accomplish, or even attempt.

A wonderful tribute to your creativity, longevity and dedication to craft.

Thank you. where I had to start over I don’t believe I would try again. My advice to anybody who did would be to just write what they want until the day they realize they’re only a few away. There are too many categories to try to push this out unless somebody has a desire to write diverse stories that goes beyond the quest for the Omnium

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Wowzer.

All I need is 2,400,000 more reads and I'll be right there with you. At my average, it should only take around 335 new stories. Maybe less, if I scored one of those fancy badges.

I can't explain it. There was a time when I had quite the readership. Now I'm just trying to dog paddle to 1200 views. I just have to trust that quality writing will bring the readers back.

But the site changed as well. The system doesn’t seem to log non-members' views anymore, so everyones been cut back on what it records. I’m not sure it’s even possible to get a legendary story now.

But thank you again for your kind thoughts.