Well, I was sitting under a tree, minding my own business. I was minding it hard and fast, and it had grown from a medium enterprise, to quite a big business, when this woman just fell out of the tree onto me. I never got her name and I'm sure it happens quite frequently*, so who knows who she was?
* Apparently, it happened once to Isaac Newton, which got him thinking. It was only years later, after his wife had got upset at hearing the story many times, that he invented a story about an apple...
I can last fifteen seconds!
I did read the comments first on a few occasions, but even seemingly innocuous comments like "I love the twist - it really works" could spoil it (because I'd be reading thinking, 'what's the twist?'). And I'd much rather get comments on which bits of the story worked (or didn't) than a generic "hot story". Besides, the comments don't tell me much about whether I want to read the story, so I learnt pretty quickly to not read the comments before the story...
1. The duration of the collective works of Pink Floyd would be pretty close to how long it would take me to run 10k.
2. I've never run in an organized 10k race.
3. I have been going to yoga classes, though...and not just to see the women in yoga pants...honest!
I'm still a bit new around here, but getting to really like the place, and a lot of that is down to the influence of one sprite - behind the scenes and in often hilarious and often thoughtful (sometimes at the same time) forum posts.
Congratulations, your Royal Awesomeness!
Thanks sprite for the kind words, and the RR. (I did thank her privately, but my talent for thanks giving might be up there with my horn blowing skill...)
And thanks also to Emerson, oceanrunner and our esteemed barkeeper for kind words, and a relatively restrained Rumple rant. Oh, and further thanks to Mr Foreskin for the pointer to Burquette's story, just in case I was getting a big head and thinking I'd figured out how to do this story-writing thing. Definitely a PhilU recommended read. Hmm, that would be a PURR, which is perhaps not appropriate for a story called 'Dirty Dog', but the point is - it's a mighty fine story.
And, last but not least - hi Gill. Of course we missed you! I'll have a beer (with a cocktail umbrella on the side) to welcome you back.
Something So Strong...in my pants - Crowded House