Enjoy your trips, David and Kat! ❤️

We are finally supposed to have a break from heat here. Woohoo. Don’t you fucking tease me, fall!

Morning, Rumpies

I’ve laid out a goody for y’all in the bar…

Good afternoon, Rumpies

Swamped at work this month, installing new software release. Ick.

Congratulations on publishing your book, Rowan!

Morning, Rumpies

Happy Anniversary to Bear and Lady Jay!

My parents used to drive a Genesis. Fab cars!

Have a great weekend, y’all!

Morning, Rumpies

Caffeine me up, please. Just started annual software upgrade at work. Will be busy beaver for next few months.

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Good Morning, Speaking of getting away, my wife and I and a friend are headed north on a 8 day cruise in 25 days. I’m wondering what the reception will be like at the 3 ports of call. I’ve been looking forward to some Tim Hortons Coffee and Timbits. That’s it for now…Take Care and Stay Safe and Healthy!

Fun! After sneaking away with David and his wife, I’ll tag along with y’all!

Hiya, Rumpies

Kimmi needs a holiday. David, can I sneak away with y’all?

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My boyfriend and I will have been together for two years on September 1. Doesn't feel like it's been that long - probably cause it feels like I've known him forever.

Awww, so happy for you! ❤️

Feeling pretty, oh so pretty… NOT 🤣🤣🤣

This is my 10th day of it. Dr says 2-4 weeks to look mostly normal. Yay!

Have a great weekend, peeps! Cooler here!

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I shall check Kimmi I know my stock of

MS Contin (extended-release tablets or (morphine) for you 😃

Woohoo! Thank you! All of that sounds good! This fucking Shingles shit is awful!

Fuzzy Lion, care to share any of your good meds

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Maybe Halloween? 😀😈

I hope so!!!

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Love that avatar. And ouch. I bite my tongue periodically but never when it is already blistered. Hope you're healing.

The alternate comp entry I have mentioned is now up. It is about a young artist whose efforts to improve his art end up teaching some lessons of another kind. A porn mag and a sexy neighbour are involved, though not at the same time.

https://www.lushstories.com/stories/first-time/summer-sketches

Nice! I’ll read it after work. This comp was a fun theme, wasn’t it. KimmiBeSpooky hopes we go dark again in nearby future comps, though. 😈

I sneezed and bit my blistered tongue. Fuck me!

Hope y’all are good! ❤️ I did have fun making my new avatar. 😊

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Neither have I – died, I mean.

Nice to see Elyse back on her barstool!

And just so you all know, I've finished a first draft of the book!

Now comes the hard part – editing and making sure it is suitable for Columbia University Press!

So – this round's on me, folks! Belly-ache to the … I mean "belly-up" to the bar!

So happy for you, Bear!

Congratulations, MasterWordsmith, Toreador, AmuseBouche, rest of Top Ten, and everyone who entered. Fab, creative entries all around. :worship:

Everyone, be proud of your entries, smile at the comments left by those who chose to make time to read your stories.

Enjoy this wonderful thing called writing! ❤️

Just popped in to clear Butters name. Was coincidence her scratch on my ear was near same time as ear swelling/pain. I have Shingles on left side of face from ear to eye to jaw to inside mouth. My fucking face is on fire.

It’s indescribable pain. I don’t wanna whine every day, so I’ll be back when it’s gone.

Love you all! Feed and water and play with the toys in Storeroom 4, please. ❤️

Happy Sunday, Rumpies

Still hot as fuck here (and not in a good way)!

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Today’s heat advisory says 109. There is no breeze. The fronds on the palm tree outside my window are not moving at all. Swimming at 9 instead of 10 today to beat the heat. No outdoor meal this weekend. We have reservations at an Italian restaurant we haven’t been to instead.

I like ice, Kimmi. Here, let me help you with that. 😉

109!!! Damn!

I scribbled a micro about ice. I’ll be in Storeroom 4 teaching the boys how to play the game in my story. Come join us, Kat!

I’m up early to get a walk in before another hot-as-fuck day begins. From Kentucky to Canada to England to France. Hmmm, maybe non-believers will see there’s something to this global warming thing. 😊

I’m thinking maybe a story with ice cubes is in order.

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Have a great weekend everyone! Avoid the storms if they are in your area. If your state is having a fair, try and go! Tennessee’s just started. It’s great people watching, supporting the 4H kids, and of course disgusting unhealthy food that we all will try.

I love funnel cakes!!!

Our fair starts this week, but it’s gonna be too effing hot outside for me to go.

My cat is in the doghouse! I was in urgent care two nights ago with swollen lymph nodes and pain just inside my ear. Dr thought it was a lingering infection from pneumonia and gave me an antibiotic that didn’t work.

Pain has been indescribable!!

I saw my regular Dr today and she said she saw what looked like a scratch around the swollen insides of my ear. My left neck, face, jaw is swollen, too. I remembered Butters tried to hurdle my head and scratched my ear 3 nights.

Dr said, “That’s it! It caused this massive infection and cat scratch bacteria won’t respond to the antibiotic ER put you on.”

Sigh.

Started new antibiotic and steroids today, and pain is livable now. And went to acupuncturist and he stuck a needle right behind my ear. Ouch! But it all felt better by the time I left.

Hoping my day goes up from here. 🙄

Drinks are on me today! So, bottoms up, Rumpies

Congratulations to the always-enjoyable Toreador for earning an Editor’s Pick award on his latest story — In The Closet!

It’s a fast-paced, sexy, humorous tale that you don’t want to miss. You also don’t want to be the dude in the closet. 😳

Read it! It’s brilliant!

❤️

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Night all just a random thought what do you say to pain 1 to ten hmmmmm I'll ask around if anyone cares

Music helps me, Fuzzy Lion. And make sure you tell your caregiver. You should be receiving meds to help. ❤️

Hi, Fuzzy Lion

Thanks for the tunes!

David, there is the funniest razor commercial with 3 women, naked from waist down, standing in front of topiaries that were positioned in front of their mounds. They are each trimming their “topiary”. 🤣🤣🤣

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Good morning all. I’m up at this ungodly hour because it’s the first day of school here. Need coffee.

Hope the new school year is a great one!