I have a micro in draft. I usually try to do something spooky or scary or just weird for Halloween. Having lost most of the time period when I would be doing that to my vacation, I am going to try to do some micro or flash stories in that vein for both here and StoriesSpace.

Yorkshire tea please. Leave the bag in. I (yawns) need it strong. And a slice of, um, Jane's pie. No innuendo there. Honestly.😉😁

Survived my first day back in the office. Pretty much a full day of meetings. Today is quieter. At least it's a short week this week.

I might try to bang out a micro or flash in hope of relighting my creative fire. We shall see.

Please Please Me - The Beatles

Not that I recall so if it happened, must have been pretty minor.

HYE posted something on FB or other social media that you regretted?

Used to be sometimes. My family kind of got out of the whole presents thing.

Do you go crazy with Halloween decorations (like some of my neighbours)?

Darjeeling and a piece of coffee cake.

5am this morning. Yawns While my actual sleep is improving, certain other bodily functions remain jet lagged.😒

Oh well, basically I am doing stuff before breakfast that would ordinarily wait until after supper. And it sort of works. Maybe this will become my new routine, eh. Just means I crash by 9:30pm, 10 at the latest, vs. 10:30-11.

My wife's office chair (I'm doing some work on her computer)

Is there a story you've never written that you would love to write?

Rarely get private messages here so bell.

Attire for a night out: Bare as much as socially and legally allowed or wear something that's still sexy, but more subtle?

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So how how's by y'all?

Hey there, Rump, nice to hear from you. Hope all is well with you. Doing fine here in Ape-land. Just back from vacation, in fact. Take care.

Good morning. Another early day. I might actually be getting used to this jet lag thing. I mean, I got caught up on my work email (2 weeks backlog due to the vacation) before breakfast.😊

Yeah, back to work today. Strong cup of Yorkshire tea, please.

Maybe by next weekend I will be up for writing again. We shall see how things develop.

Congratulations all. Nice to see some unfamiliar (to me, at least) names up there. I have largely let this one slip by me for various reasons but what I have heard about the field has all been positive.

I tend to fade into the background as much as possible but there are times and places where I will let my light shine. Used to lay preach and lead worship in my days in a Unitarian Universalist congregation, for instance.

LOL. Could give new meaning to "there must be something in the water." 🤪

It has gone both ways so probably 50-50.

Are you making plans for Christmas yet?

My wife is an immigrant so yes.

What is one thing you would like to change about your life today.

In Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada for sure. Probably others, but that one sticks in my head.

HYE been the initiator of a successful major project in work or personal life?

Sounds more like a hockey game, though at least the game was over. Hockey players rarely wait for that.

Straight.

Small, simple wedding or big, elaborate event?

No idea now. Maybe something with the orchestra in my birthplace, since I sometimes went with my parents.

What is the best concert you have attended in person?

We are married, so yes.

Is there a former partner you wish you were still in touch with?

Nope. Given how far ahead you have to book tickets anymore, I would just book vacation (I have something like 30 days now due to seniority and being management).

HYE visited a place you've always dreamed of and been underwhelmed?

Good morning, folks. Yorkshire tea and a Boston Cream. Jet lag is a bitch but it's been better than some trips. Bigger problem is that I'm having leg cramps after a long period without them. Woke up at five and my right leg went, "Hey, let's torture Seeker for a while." Give me the bag for that tea. Need to make it strong.

On a Lush note from my trip: In ancient Greece, their porn was often in the form of dirty pottery. Yep, there's a lot of Greek pottery with very explicit paintings on it. And the modern Greeks seem to have realized what the founders of Lush did: Sex sells. We visited a modern pottery shop that makes reproductions of classical work for the tourist market and, lo and behold, they actually had a graphic pot of a satyr banging a nymph on their store shelves. And there's playing cards and other knick knacks illustrated with ancient Greek porn, too. Wise and thoughtful the culture of Plato and Aristotle may have been, but they still appreciated good smut.😊

So referencing a fictional author like Dr. Watson (Sherlock Holmes) or Lemony Snicket (A Series of Unfortunate Events)? As long as it is a fictional author of your creation I don't see why not. Using a published fictional author who is the creation of someone else and comes from a copyrighted work could be a problem, though.

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Won't her nipples catch fire?

It does say "over by the fire pit" not "over the fire pit". But, yeah, having wild, hard sex by a blazing fire could have its challenges.

Yes. Shouldn't have happened but I was distracted and not using my geek brain.

HYE picked up a sex partner on vacation and has it turn into something long term?

By the time I am writing, I have often worked through the sex in my head and that's when I tend to get off to the scene. Once I am writing, I tend to be too focused on the writing and how the scene plays out in the story to be aroused. Not saying I never get turned on while writing. Sometimes I compose the scene as I write and then I sometimes get aroused. It's just not my usual.

Wow. I was just seeing the scores well after the fact and that Jays-Yankees series seemed to be quite the show. Since Greece is seven hours ahead of us, the games usually finished while we were in bed. Go Jays!!

And, yeah, I am back in the land of the maple leaf after my sojourn in the land of the olive branch (seriously, there's olive trees everywhere in Greece). Now to recover that seven hours of jet lag before heading back to work.

BTW, I might have a bit of a crush on our tour director. Cute Greek guy in his late thirties. Taken and straight, though.

I like the idea in principle, though more than maybe 4-6 would probably overwhelm me, being an introvert and all.

Is sex overrated as a pastime?

Sounds like Butters has been watching too much football with you.😁

One thing about Greece is that the place is lousy with cats. They're everywhere. People feed and water them so they kind of hangout in all the major spots.

My land tour ended today. Now we have a day off in Athens before our cruise. Unfortunately, I have been feeling off. Indigestion (or something like that) and a headache from being kept awake.by the tummy troubles. Hope tonight is better. Since Tylenol is involved, I have been laying off the ouzo and vino.

Good evening from Delphi, Greece. I asked the Oracle whether to enter Kimmi's comp but she just shrugged and said she saw great weeping and gnashing of teeth. So am I weeping because I didn't enter? Or because I entered and lost? The Pythia once again lives up to her rep for ambiguity.

And I have secured a stash of premium ouzo for the bar. If you've never had it, it is worth a try. Very strong but they often water it down here so you have that option.

Καληνύχτα (Good night).