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This may, or may not be, a blog. I don't know what it takes to qualify but I'm assuming this will be close enough, and yes, I know about assumptions. But it's my soap and my peter and I'll wash it just as fast as I want to. Latest entries will be on top.

Well how could I resist making a blog entry at the start of the new year, even if I didn't really have anything to say. Then again, most of you are probably too drunk to read by now. My only regret in starting the New Year is I don't even have one Lone Star Long Neck to get me through it all. Even though it beats the alternative, sometimes getting old is a bitch.

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Well I barely slipped in under the wire with two million downloads in the last two years. I had an extra strain making up for year before last when I only got seven hundred thousand or so due to my heart attack and recovery. The minor stroke I had last summer didn't help me out any either, but with the help of the good lord and a stout stick I was able to cram enough onto StoriesOnline.net to bring the average for the last two years up to a million a year.

I'll be taking a break for the next few weeks at least. I'll keep the rewrite of "John and Argent" going and occasionally I'll add a chapter to the others I have in progress, but "I Feel Lucky" and "NanoVirus" will be on hold until "John and Argent" catches up to them.

Happy Hangover to everyone.

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My main goal this year was to catch up on what I missed due to my bypass surgery and the two moves I made last year. Last year I only had a little over seven hundred thousand downloads and my goal was enough more downloads to average one million a year for the last two years.

I'm up to one million eight hundred and thirty four thousand now and am getting about thirty-four thousand a week so I'm pretty sure I'll make my goal of two million for the past two years. Thanks to everyone who reads my stuff and even more thanks to those of you who have been helping lately by catching typos and other mistakes.

Happily I've also been able to get off dead center on "I Feel Lucky" too and I consider myself well on my way to getting "I Feel Lucky," and "John and Argent" tied in with "NanoVirus" and the stories already tied to it.

All together now. Red and Victor, NanoVirus, My Mom's Fuzzy Heart, John and Argent, and I Feel Lucky should be tied together and done by June of 2009. I also plan to finish most of the other stories I have going now sometime next year, but plans sometimes get knocked back on their asses so there are no warranties implied.

I've also noticed the world economy seems to be in the crapper, or at least heading that way. Most of you know I'm not able to actually hold down a job any longer and I'm still a couple of years short of retirement age. I live mostly on donations I receive. If you can't make a donation don't and don't fret over it. If you can make one I'd appreciate it if you would. Clicking on the "Donation" animation above will let you donate via PayPal or donations mailed to the address to the right of it will come directly to me via the US Mail.

At any rate thank you for your support and thanks also for all the help I've been getting lately with typos and other mistakes I've made. It is possible I've been a little more sloppy lately since I'm trying to get out a lot of text.

I'd also like to wish everyone a nice holiday.

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Ok, lets go over this one more time. To start I want to thank everyone who is helping me by catching my typos, mistakes, and other mangled portions. Some of you don't realize how easy it can be. It is much easier for you and me if you'll simply do it this way. I'm assuming everyone knows how to copy and paste.

All you have to do after you spot a mistake is use your mouse to select the text starting one word before the mistake and move to one word past it. Press Ctrl-C to copy it and then press Ctrl-V to paste it into an email message. Really, that is all I need. If you find something with multiple words that need work just select, copy, and paste them at the same time - start one word before the foul up and end one word after the mess. Please, don't select the whole chapter and say it's all a mess.

The story's name, the chapter number, and the mistake are all I need to find and fix the error. I'm not going to be looking for what you found with my eyes. I'm going to let the text editor's find function do the hard part.

All I'll do is open your message, copy the mistake you sent me, and paste it into the text editor's find function and let the text editor find it for me. Computers are good at this sort of thing.

This little speech is only aimed at errors you come across. If you want to discuss anything else or if you have comments you'd like to share the format for those is up to you. Hell, it's your email message.

Thanks again for all the help I've been getting. I'm not complaining about the shape I'm getting it in I'm just trying to make it easier on everyone. It is always easier to let the computer do the actual work. That's what they're for.

There is one caveat. I do not render html email. All I will ever see is the plain text or occasionally some of the html source code. I only read email messages in plain text since I don't want a virus, malware, or other infections. This isn't saying you're trying to send me one, I'm just not taking any chances and besides, I've already seen all the cute little animated .gif images I need to see and fancy fonts are just a complicated way to format things. I'm a plain format type of guy. I'll still get and read your email if you send it in html, but I'll only see the plain text portions.

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Now I want all of you to know cmsix doesn't approve of any of the available candidates to lead the greatest nation on earth. However as usual all we have available for a choice is the Republican, the Democrat, and None of the above. You can probably figure out I'd rather vote for no one than vote for someone I don't believe in.

To me, loosing three airplanes is not a proper qualification for becoming commander in chief. Being willing to be shot at does not make you a military genius and all the years in the world in the Senate sure as hell isn't a qualification.

Barak Obamalamadingdog really doesn't appear to have anything going for him except the bright idea to fund his campaign from donations instead of taking taxpayer's money to fritter away. When you think about things you'll probably realize eschewing the government giveaway probably can't be a bad thing.

Obama has already made a serious though. Joe The Plagiarist couldn't have been the best man or woman for his second spot. Biden's honesty was suspect already since he is a Senator, but being caught Plagiarizing and twice besides throws doubt in my mind about his honesty and he is a lawyer on top of it.

Though she has been roundly criticized by thousands I can't help thinking Sarah Palin is the only one who has demonstrated she has character. She probably isn't as smart as Obamalama, but she isn't running for President. To those who think she isn't qualified to even be Vice-President I'd like to remind you she can spell potato correctly and as the picture below shows - when she goes hunting she shoots the game and not the other hunters with her as our current Vice-President had been known to do.

So, is she qualified to be Vice-President? She's got it all over Dan Quayle and Penis Cheney. Since it's also obvious she can walk around without a stick up her ass like Al Gore always did I think her qualifications for Vice-President are obvious, even if she didn't invent the Internet like Al Gore claimed to.

So you ask, cmsix, "Where does this leave us?" Isn't it obvious? If you feel you must vote, go to the polls, vote for Sarah Palin Vice-President, and scratch through John McCain writing cmsix in his place. You have voted for the only candidate who is really qualified for the office she is seeking and you've also mentioned your favorite author, or if I'm not your favorite you've at least mentioned one you can put up with.

You can go home satisfied you've voted for a qualified candidate and you've at least mentioned an author who can write a story you can live with for the next four years.

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Happy Birthday to me.
Happy Birthday to me.
Happy Birthday Dear cmsix
Happy Birthday to me.

That's right folks. Step right up and read all about it. November second, nineteen and forty-eight cmsix was born at ten pm. It was a historical night even without me. It was the night Thomas Dewey went to bed thinking he'd be the next President of the United States. He woke the next morning to discover he was just another loser. On a happier note cmsix is sixty today.

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I actually am overwhelmed by the number of people who want to help me with mistakes and I appreciate the thoughts and attempts, but parts of my disability make some of your attempts impossible for me to use. Here is the easiest way to do it.

If you want to help and if you see a typo or error:

Copy and paste the word just to the left of the typo, the typo, and the word to the right of the typo. Paste them into and email and send it to me. No HTML email please. I can then copy what you sent and search for it in the original document. If you think you need to explain something about what you've sent by all means do so.

If you aren't sending the message via the mail box at the bottom of the latest chapter please note which chapter and which story you found it in.

I'm not trying to be picky or bossy, but there is no sense in any of you going to a lot of trouble to make something I can't use in the first place. Please keep in mind my vision is poor and my manual dexterity isn't what it used to be.

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I really appreciate the help I've been getting from readers. It is very helpful for you to point out mistakes, misspelled words, and typos I might have put or left in the text I send. I appreciate all messages in that vein.

However, I don't need you to send back a copy of a paragraph with a mistake and the whole paragraph with your rewrite. This is not helpful since to use it I'd have to read both paragraphs and try to guess what you changed.

If you don't know already - I AM DAMNED NEAR BLIND.

If you see a typo or mistake copy and paste the offending part plus a word or two on either side into an email message and mail it to me. It's that simple and that easy. Please also consider sending it in a plain text email message. The form on the end of the last chapter will be fine.

HTML email is nice for sending jokes around, but do you realize it is also the main worry for spreading viruses? I never read html messages until I have stripped the text out of them anyway, so when you send me one it is an extra step for me to read it and no images or fancy fonts you include will be seen by me, they go directly to the Recycle Bin.

I really do appreciate your attempts to help and at first I wasn't going to mention a thing about the format of the help you are sending, but when I went to my computer after waking today I had eighty-five messages concerning typos and/or mistakes.

Don't get me wrong, I'm glad to have the ones I use, but some of you are trying too hard to no avail. I'm not in the market for an editor or proofreader. What I need is simpler than simple. If you read my stories and spot a mistake, send it to me and suggest the correction if you'd like to.

Be succinct.

If you have a question about word usage or about anything in my work send it too. I'll try to answer it if I can and if I have time.

Suggestions are fine and I might even read them, but no promises.

Thanks for your support.

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Have any of you given any thought to what you'll do if the economy gets so bad governments have to start laying off police? I don't think we have a chance in hell of being so lucky, but I was wondering and hoping.

I've heard Thomas Jefferson once said: "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."

What I'm asking is if you are ready to do any personal watering? Me neither. I also wonder about others in our wonderful democracy though. I have a feeling many others, especially in the lovely Lone Star State are ready and willing to water.

Don't say I said it, but I figure they might not be so picky over deciding just who might qualify as a patriot or a tyrant either for that matter.

Is the good old US of A so far removed from panic in the streets? Are our civic protectors prepared to go on with their duties if the idiots in Washington let us deteriorate so far the salaries can't be paid? Will our soldiers and police stoically remain on duty even if their paycheck bounces?

Of course it's too much for me to hope for, but wondering how far we actually are from mob rule won't hurt anything, will it? By the way, do you have a neighbor who owns a firearm and has some ammunition? Are you friendly enough with them so you might be able to pull off a sneak attack without them becoming suspicious? If so, you might have it made. A knife in the back of an unsuspecting armed man is the easiest way to obtain a firearm.

Remember, when it's root hog or die you'll be better off if you root first.

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I had a very minor stroke yesterday during an afternoon nap. I thought I might have when my left arm wouldn't type very well for me after I woke and wanted to try writing a little.

I walked down to see my Doctor this morning. H pretty much agrees with me about the arm. He thinks it might get better if I keep working with it.

He also wants me to have a CT scan, but I'm way too cheap for that.

Anyway, progress might be slow for a while.

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We've got a lot to cover this morning and I'm in a hurry. My goal for this year is advancing my total download count past two million. This will mean I've raised my yearly download average past two million, even though I had a heart attack and acquired two stents and a triple bypass into the bargain. I don't know about you, but I think I'm doing a hellofa job. My count for 2007 was a little over seven hundred thousand, including the bypass surgery.

A very few of you have mentioned that "scoring" is no longer available on my stories. The few that mentioned it were right. I decided that I do much better without allowing others to judge me. If you are determined to "score" on of my stories just send me the score you want to give it. I'll tally the numbers and figure the overall score via a calculation process that only I understand and I'll tell you what a stories score is if you ask.

I've done a short test run with this process and I can tell you that I like the results much better now. Like other places it is a 1 - 10 scoring system. "NanoVirus" current score using my methods is 26. I caution you to only vote if you feel you must, since calculation time comes out of my writing time.

Just to remind you after the chapter some of you thought was basically a "rant." I love the United States of America with all my heart. It's her politicians I hate. Anyone that isn't in love with this country only needs a couple of hours alone in "The Big Thicket" to fall in love, with Texas at least. In fact it doesn't need to be "The Big Thicket" at all. Any pine thicket will do, and especially any one that's fought it out with hardwoods to make a place for itself.

In a place like that you can hear the squirrels arguing over who gets which nut, pinecone, or acorn. If you're quiet you might see a white tail browse by, the crows will talk dirty to you whether you're doing them any harm or not and what could be a better way to pass an afternoon - especially if you remember to bring some good tick repellent.

Anyway, I mentioned a blog entry yesterday at the end of a chapter and damned if I didn't forget what I was going to say. I just made this one up and it'll just have to do.

Even though we have Presidential election coming along and in my opinion neither candidate is worth shit, we can be glad that surely one of them will lose.

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Why am I starting another story? I ain't, this one has been hanging around for months. I'm a little stuck on or bored with the others right now so it was start posting this one or have nothing new for y'all to read. If you don't like it that way, well tough shit. Blame it on Esmerelda. You remember Esmerelda don't you. She was the smart ass muse from my story "How Much Is That Musey In The Window." She's the reason I don't have some holier than thou Muse.

I thought it was also about time to show some of you that I don't have to give the hero every god damned thing I can think of just because I want him to have it. You'll see what this poor bastard starts out with and I'm gonna make you suffer through every detail of him making his own stuff by hand, or maybe not.

So, read it and weep.

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All right, I keep getting emails asking where I am. I'm at home. The lack of output lately has been caused by needmore. I've had to take in some computer cleaning and repair. It's depressing what some people let on their computers and I'm not talking about the written word or the tasty pictures either.

To save yourself money, "STOP OPENING HTML EMAIL AND TURN OFF THE PREVIEW PANE." There are reasons spammers and advertisers use HTML email and none of them are good for you. Normal people you know who send you HTML email probably got it from someone else and are forwarding it. Ask yourself if you trust the people who are sending you email to run a program on your computer. Well, do you? And just so you understand, all those fucking little smiley faces are usually a homing beacon so some shitass can find where your computer is located and send something nasty back down the pipe.

HTML is a language. When you get an HTML email it is a program source code and Outlook Express acts as its runtime. Outlook Express isn't the only email client that does this either. Any of them that show you rendered HTML email are doing it. Some are better at protecting you and some aren't so good. If you just have to see the smiley faces and have the cute little pictures in your email then get a damned good anti-virus program that scans email messages on the way in. Here is another clue. Symantec or Norton is not a good Anti-virus solution. It's just an expensive one.

Avast! anti-virus is a damned good one and it is free for home use. It isn't just a free trial either. If you register it, for zero money, it is free for a year and at the end of the year you can get another registration. It will update itself on its own without any action from you and it doesn't do a big song and dance about it either. Now you know.

If someone sends you a bunch of pictures in and email and you want to look at them, drag them out of the email and onto your desktop or into a folder. Look at them with an image viewer then.

Anyway, that's where I am, sitting at home mad because my customers are so fucking hard headed about wanting to fuck up their machines. I even have one that thought he wouldn't need to make his daughter back up his QuickBooks because surely I could fix anything that went wrong.

He was partially right. I knew just where he needed to send his hard disk after it quit. There are plenty of places that can usually get your data back off a dead hard drive. Only cost a few thousand to do it too, so don't bother with a fifty-cent blank CD or DVD to make a backup.

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Ok, faithful blog readers, here's your clue for the mail in vote tally over my non-winning "Sex In The Rain" contest entry. Everyone who checked My StoriesOnline.net Homepage lately found out about it there already.

I just got control back for a story I submitted to Desdmona's "Sex In The Rain" contest. Of course the story reverted to my control since I didn't win. No real surprise there because people don't usually care much for my short stories. Hell, it takes four or five chapters before anyone finds my stuff interesting at all.

This is the more I promised about the voting, and now that I've already got you in here I can admit it isn't much more. Just email me a yes (start posting it now) or a no (hold it till you get more) - I'll count the votes and do things like the winners want me to, this time anyway.

The only real rule is one vote per email. If you want to vote more just send more emails. It would be nice if you mentioned voting in the subject line but I read them all anyway so it won't make much difference. Anonymous emails count just as much as regular ones so feel free to do it that way if you'd prefer. It would probably be better if you didn't go hog wild and set up a program to just keep sending votes though.

This Just In

No, this isn't another free shot at an anynonymous emailer. The email was anonymous, but I'm pretty sure it was trying to be helpful. It complained about no voting form at the bottom of "Alaskan Vacation."

This is not a diabolical plot on my part. Basic Voting is turned on for "Alaskan Vacation" and for all my stories except "An Email To My X" so if there is no form available for "Alaskan Vacation" you have already voted or some other writer had jealously hacked into the system at StoriesOnline.net and has maliciously set a bit to hid voting forms. I suspect the former in this case. I don't really have any feuds going on with the any of the other authors right now. Not that I know of anyway.

I do appreciate the message though since it gave my an oppurtunity to make another blog entry which hopefully will draw more people to the blog and give a better chance for thorough testing of the new pre-blog blog pointer system.

Cheers

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A stab of guilt hit me after posting the almost phony entry for my pre-blog blog and so I decided to cobble up a real entry for the blog pointer to point to. I'll admit it isn't much, but hey, I'm working on a deadline here.

First off, I'd like a moment of silence in remembrance of my first dog, Sugar. I got her when I was five and she was a faithful companion for my two brothers and I. An email message referring to the last blog entry before this one brought her to mind for the first time in several years. She was a good dog to put up with three little wild assed brats like we were.

Next, I need a little feedback on the blog path I have in place now. It's not much bother to me but it does seem to work out in a way that doesn't seem to be doing what I intended it to do, namely, get people to visit my blog without having to change the end note on every single story separately every time I want to point out there's a new entry. Anyone care to comment on how it's going.

Last, but of course not least. I'm considering changing the "cmsix" at the top of this page for one that's animated, similar to the "Donation" animated .gif. Does the page already take too much time to load? Inquiring cmsix wants to know.

Last Minute Addition
I've also changed the reply address for blog instigated emails to my new address cmsix@storiesonline.org - and I hope to be putting a link at the bottom of each entry. Unless I forget.

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A reader emailed me about a small snag in Chapter 21 of Oregon. He/she mentioned that cancer would have been almost unknown to laymen of the time period my tale is set in.

The word cancer comes from Latin and I'm guessing the word might have been used before the civil war a time or two. I'm not saying Frank understood any of the details of cancer as we know it, but I'm pretty sure the word was in use at the time and that it meant something bad.

History of Herbal Treatment for Cancer describes herbal treatments for skin cancers far back into antiquity, so I feel comfortable that my use of the generic, for that time, phrase "skin cancer" is completely legitimate.

As far as Frank guessing about the causes of what he thought of as skin cancer on gray horses (who actually do suffer from its occurrence more than horses of a different color - and yes, I stole that from "The Wizard of Oz"), I think it is entirely reasonable that a cowboy or horseman of the time would have plenty of theories about what caused certain maladies horses acquired. There's no point in shunning this scene just because Frank happens to be correct for the right reasons.

I also have a quarrel with calling Frank a layman in this instance. Calling anyone in any field at the time a professional is problematic at best. Besides being a trained and living soldier after going through the civil war - Frank was also a trained, experienced, practicing, horseman and cowboy. If you think that's a layman just get your lay ass up on a pony and cut us some yearlings out of the herd.

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Many of you write me wanting to know the date of the next scheduled release on a story or a chapter or whatnot. Here is the complete schedule for all upcoming post.

As soon as I get a round tuit

I almost always upload an update as soon as I finish it. If it isn't on the website it isn't written. Now this doesn't count for stories I'm working on that I haven't started posting yet, but it is gold for the ones that are in progress and not sleeping. Right now that means "Alaskan Vacation" and "Oregon." There are several more listed as "in progress" but most of them are sort of sleeping. Nothing has come to me lately and I haven't uploaded anything on them. It's because I don't have anything on them.

In case you think I making excuses - think what you want to think. I spend most of every day writing and when something is ready to upload I upload it. I don't mind answering emails asking for a schedule, but all I can say is I don't have a schedule.

Thank you for your support

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I really appreciate the suggestions I've received for notepad.exe replacement from everyone, but some of you are so used to my typos you didn't understand the problem. Service Pack 3 didn't cause me any trouble with "notepad.exe" because I don't let that program stay on any of my machines. Microsoft's notepad.exe was an afterthought when it made it onto Windows 95 and it never has been worth much except in emergencies. The first program I install on any Windows installation is P J Naughter's Notpad - notice there is no e in the word.

Notpad is "An improved text editor for Windows 9x, ME, NT, 2000, XP and 2003 ZDNet Award Logo A ZDNet 4 star Award Winner." As far as I'm concerned it is THE text editor for authors because it has a text-to-speech engine that will read your work back to you aloud. It lets me proof "listen" and my ears can't be fooled into hearing what I thought I wrote like my eyes can be fooled into seeing what they think is supposed to be there.

If you do any proof-reading at all you know you can be tricked by what your eyes expect to see. I have over nine megabytes of text on StoriesOnline and I've written probably five or six more megabytes that haven't seen the light of StoriesOnline. Believe me, I know the proof-reading drill and I've never found anything that helps more than an editor that uses text-to-speech so you can listen to what you wrote. And I've never found a single one except Notpad that can do it

Even with Notpad I still make mistakes, but I'll Guarantee you there are a lot less of them now than without Notpad. I paid ten dollars for my copy back in 1996 and I can safely say it was the best ten dollars I've ever spent.

So, I thank everyone who sent me a link to a text editor I might use, but I didn't find a one that could talk, and if you have a suggestion to send I'll still check it out, but if it can't read it doesn't have a chance.

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I've just had two days of sheer torture. The hell of it was there's no one to really blame, not even Microsoft or myself. I probably know as well as anyone that unexpected things can happen when you do software upgrades, and expecially when you put on a Service Pack from Microsoft. This time I was lucky enough to get a completely unexpected snafu.

After the mandatory reboot, Notpad would not work. I could see by looking in Process Explorer it had launced and was running, but there was nothing in the task bar for a clue and there was no friendly window for me to start typing my hero's exploits into. I spent twelve hours uninstalling and reinstalling and not a damned thing worked.

I even wrote the author and he said it worked just fine on Windows XP with Service Pack 3 for him. I was within an hour of putting in another hard disk and starting over with a fresh install of Windows XP when I had a lucid thought and download "Hide Master" - a utility for letting you check out hidden windows.

It showed me right away that Notpad was indeed hidden. I clicked a button and it came unhidden right away and has worked fine through three more reboots. I've even reinstalled Service Pack 3 again with no problems.

For once I got a very good outcome.

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How timely. Here's just an example of the things I get from some of the anonymous cretins. I'm still not complaining about anonymous messages but this one just looked so familiar.
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From Anoynmous:

same old shit
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If that isn't profound what could be? I guess the dumb ass can't read the blurb that says this is a rewrite. At least it put a little laugh in my day.

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If nothing else you can count on cmsix to keep changing his mind. I removed the block on anonymous emails just now. I'm not going to let one shitass ruin things for everyone else and I realize some of you don't need the hassle of having to fuck with the address verification.

Of all things, the guy is bitching about too much sex in the NanoVirus rewrite. I'm not adding any and I'm damned sure not taking any out. There haven't been any plot modifications yet and there won't be many at all anyway. Mostly I'm just smoothing out things I did the first time. I hope I've learned a little as I went along. In fact, a lot of the changes are exciting things like redoing the punctiations on dialog and removing a lot of the extra justs and thats that I sprinkled in as if from a salt shaker.

The original award winning version of NanoVirus is still available at:

http://www.cmsix.net/nanovirusov/index.htm

so if you want to check it out you'll find the sex is the same.

Yes, I'm going to brag on it a little bit more right here and now.

NanoVirus was a co-winner of the 2002 Golden Clitoride for Best Serial/Series. The other winner was "The Seduction of Simone" by Harriet. If you haven't had the pleasure of "The Seduction of Simone" you have missed a damned good read. It isn't the same type of work but it is a very good one and certainly better than NanoVirus. I voted for it.

That doesn't mean I'm going all modest and bashful on you, I'm not. As far as I know NanoVirus is the only story that ever won two monthly "Silver Clitorides" in a row, and I do remember the rules were changed later (not very fucking much later at that) to keep it from happening again.

So, the story NanoVirus is not technically the same one as the award winner. I happen to think I'm making it better and easier to read, but if I'm not you can still read the first version. What I'm not doing is adding or cutting sex scenes. It took a lot of fucking to get NanoVirus on paper and there's no sense in leaving any out. Hell, if you don't want to read a sex scene just scroll past it.

Now that I have it off my chest we can all return to our regularly scheduled rat killing and people can resume sending me anonymous emails if they want to.

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You might know already that I'm not much for apologies, but this is one for the posting mess I created this morning. Thanks to Lazeez it's over now and the proper chapter is in the proper place. Thanks to everyone who sent me a message letting me know something was wrong. I'm taking a break from replying to the rest of the messages for now since I need to get Back To Work so I'll have more to post and hopefully I'll put it in the right place next time.

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Well, things went pretty well for a while there, but I've finally picked up an Anonymous nit who thinks shitty messages are the way to deal with me. Shitty messages I can't reply to. What the hell, I know it will be a slight pain for some of you but I'm going to turn off Anynymous messages for a while. If you have something you want to tell me and don't want to reveal your address just wait a while and I'll turn them back on again after I figure the jerk-off has finished playing with his peter

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I guess it's true, Time Flies When You're Having Fun. Seems like it was only yesterday when I added to this blog and damned if it hasn't been a week already. Thanks to everyone who sent me a donation. And that's another thing. I appreciate every one of them, no matter what size. Like the man says, Sooner or later they all add up.

That don't mean I appreciate the hoops PayPal is making me jump through, but that part's probably more in the nature of me bitching about a fee meal, sorta. I should have kept up the payments on my driver's license even though I knew my eyes were gettim eight riving big trucks, both over the road and in the log woods, and when my sight got too poor to do it anymore I was the first one that knew it. Still, what with Homeland Security or Insecurity and all, I can't even get a checking account without a driver's license or state ID and I can't get a state ID without a drivers license that's been expired less than two years.

You guessed it. I didn't have one. I had to mail off for a birth certificate and I have to go to the county courthouse for a copy of two legal documents that have my name on them. So tomorrow the county folks will have to dig up a copy of my marriage license and one of my divorce decree. Let the government folks do a little digging for a change. Anyway, that should be the last of the bad part for a while.

On the subject of newer and better my writing style is likely to change now. I'm trying my best to get a modern perspective on things. Some kind soul gifted me with a brand spanking new, off ebay, Microsoft Natural Keyboard and mouse. It bothered me at first because it doesn't make much noise while I type. I'm not sure I'll be able to make the switch but I am trying.

Of course it doesn't have the trackball built into the upper right hand corner. You know, the little add-on piece of crap IBM thought was such a feature - the one I never bothered hooking up. Maybe I can cut the corner off one of the Model M "clickers" I've worn out and attach it to the Microsoft keyboard with epoxy. Maybe I'll put it on with Bondo and spend a lot of time wet sanding and painting to keep it all looking good. Maybe I'll shit and fall back in it too. Anyway, don't be surprised if the stuff I write changes a little because of the new keyboard. The good thing is this one's wireless and if I get mad about something I wrote, I can throw it without causing other damage.

While I'm on the subject of the technical aspects of writing I might as well admit I'm now without my favorite chair. I don't know if I mentioned it before, but I had a custom-made desk chair for a few years. It was part of an air-seat from the last log truck I drove. A friend of mine welded up a bracket that let me remove the air bladder and shock absorber and replace them with a set of closer to normal chair casters so I could roll around when I needed to. The car my daughter borrowed to bring me back to Atlanta didn't have room to carry all the stuff I had at her house so I lost my chair. It just isn't worth the money it would cost to ship it up here. I don't guess it matters because by now my ass doesn't miss it, much.

Anyway, today is my daughter's birthday and for the occasion I'm forgiving her for costing me the chair.

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I want to thank eveyone who sent me a donation. I appreciate it very much. I am having growing pains with PayPal but they were to be expected since I don't have a bank account. I found a type of prepaid debit card that can serve as something similar to a checking account, it has a bank routing number and an account number that PayPal recognized and everything is merry, kinda. I did all the fill in the blanks crap for PayPal yesterday and now it's time for me to wait until they can get around to sending the two small deposits so I can go back to their site and enter the numbers and get verified. Only thing holding me up now is the two deposits, and...

I'm sometimes anal about getting familiar with something I have to do later, not always, but sometimes and this was one of those times. I made an exploratory trip to see if I could find where I was supposed to "Confirm Bank Account" and guess what? It isn't there. I emailed customer support and they told me exactly where to go and do it. I'd already been there but went again and sure enough it still isn't where they said it would be.

After emailing them again I thought maybe the "Confirm" link won't appear untile they actually get around to doing their part and sending the two token deposits. So, I'm back to waiting and wondering. And cussing over it. Oh yes, I've been doing plenty of that. I haven't had any trouble actually using the account online, except for finding out that my phone company, ATT, doesn't accept Paypal and neither did the State of Arkansas where I had to order a copy of my birth certificate so I could try to get a Texas ID. I can't open a real checking account without a proper ID. I visited a bank I used long ago, and even though I've known the woman I talked to for thirty years I still can't open an account without the proper ID. To me it seems that George Orwell had things just a little bit off center. It isn't Big Brother taking us over, it's Homeland Security. Which reminds me...

I saw a piece in the news about a county, somewhere in the US - I don't remember where. They started having their police pick up every illegal alein they came across. When they made a traffic stop and the person couln't provide a green card, or whatever, they took them in. They didn't make any kind of special roundup or anything, just started taking illegals into custody if they coudln't prove they had a right to be here.

Turns out they're stuck with them. The Federal department that is supposed to deal with them is so far behind they don't have a place to put them. Now the damned county jail is full and they don't even have a place to put real criminals they arrest. I guess I'm not the only one who wonders what our country is coming to and I sure as hell won't be the last. I do have one thing figured out though. We don't need another big "Department of Something" to get things straightened out, we need someone who will actually do their god damned job once in a while, and I'm pretty sure we're getting low on those. Thank God I gave up working for a living is what I say.

Of course that last line was bullshit mostly for your entertainment. I'd love to be healthy enough to get a job, but I just ain't. I guess now my job is writing things for people to read, and bitching. Oh yeh, bitching is a big part of my job now and I think I'm doing a hell of a job, if you ask me that is.

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I guess it's time for this little announcement again. I don't fuck with earthlink's RSVP crap. I get as much spam as anyone, probably more. If you send me a message from an earthlink account it is up to you to make sure you can get a reply because I don't have time to jump through their hoops. I hate to be a jackass about it, but there you go. An apple don't fall far from the tree.

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Sometimes it's funny how things can change day to day, and it's also embarrassing when you find out you've been stupid and hard headed to boot. For nearly a year I shied away from opening a PayPal account. I don't have a bank account and knew I couldn't get the account verified. Yesterday I opened one anyway, and even though I wasn't able to put up a "Donations" button I was surprised to look in my email this morning and find that several of you knew how to use PayPal without any old button. I appreciate the contributions to the cause and it looks like I can keep doing exactly what I've been doing and spend my time working on writing for StoriesOnline.

Like I said yesterday, I'd rather write than anything else and it doesn't take a lot of money to keep me going. If you like what I write and can afford to send me a few bucks I'll certainly appreciate it. If you like what I write and can't afford to send anything, I appreciate that too. I gave up on getting rich about twenty years ago and I'm not a damned bit sorry about that either.

The only proper response to your generosity is Thank You, or at least it's the only one I know. Thank you all. Now, I need to go back to work.

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Don't Panic! I'm not moving anything off StoriesOnline and I'm not quitting on any of the stories I have going. I can also read numbers just fine and I know people still read me as much as ever. The fact is that the donations have slowed down and I can't get by without some support. I hate to ask for them as much as anyone, but that doesn't mean I can live on what I have coming in - and I'm not talking about the donations only.

Since I like writing better than anything else and since I hate to charge money for it donations were the best way for me. It seems to me that they won't get it done alone though, so the only real change is that I'll be trying to sell the stories before I post them for the chance of getting donations later. I took the address down because I'm not convinced there isn't a chance for my mail to be intercepted. Monday I'll go get a post office box. I'm also registered for a paypal account, but I haven't figured out how to put a Donations button in this blog page. One will show up as soon as I do. The email address for my paypal donations is cmsix@att.net but I don't know how to code the button. I'll have to study on it for a while, or ask for help from some of the smart guys in ASSD.

I'm still up in the air about staying in the house wh4ere I am but you can probably understand that my choices are limited. Anyway, I'll try to pay more attention to keeping the blog more current.

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I can tell from the response to my latest request for donations that many of you have lost interest in my work. Perhaps I have become boring. At any rate I can't continue to post new work for free when I can't keep my phone bill and light bill paid, much less buy food.

Donations were generous at first and I really appreciated them. I can understand that they dropped off, and I'm not complaining. I do realize things change and it means I have to change too. I am not eligible for any type of government assistance, or so they tell me, so I have to do something to supplement my income - it's less than three hundred dollars a month.

Recently I moved back in with my brother. He had just been released from the Texas Department of Corrections and he seemed to be trying to keep out of trouble, but it looks like he has reconnected with those who sell him "extra" prescription drugs. His behavior is becoming very erratic and I don't think his parole officer has noticed as she drives by the house every month or two. Maybe she can't get a good estimation of his progress from her moving car. I guess you can understand that I'm going to have to find another place to live. Right now I have no idea where that will be.

I have removed my address and the request for donations from the top of the blog. If you remember it and think about making a donation, DON"T bother. Within a few days from now I will probably be gone from this address and if you send a check he'll just get it cashed and buy more "medicine" with the money.

Thanks again to everyone who has donated in the past. If I get a chance after I find a place to live I'll try to get finished with the work I've already got started at StoriesOnline.net. I'm pretty sure it will take a while, and I probably won't be starting anymore here since the interest has dropped off so sharply and I'll need to work on selling my work. I had hoped to keep my work freely available and subsist on whatever people though it was worth, but I now know my opinion was overly optomistic.

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January Four, Two Thousand and Eight - Well, shit happens. I'll be out of pocket until I can get internet service back at the old home place in Atlanta, Texas. My daughter is kicking my sorry ass out but at least she'd arranging transportation.

I found out an hour ago I'd be leaving Central Texas and heading back to North East Texas tomorrow morning.

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December Twenty Five, Two Thousand and Seven - Merry Christmas. Ho Ho Ho - I'm sad to admit that I'm not going to complete my Two Thousand and Seven, New Year's Resolution. I intended to post enough work to get over a million downloads this year. I've only got 636,243 right now, and I ain't gonna make it. I promise to do better next year.

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December One, Two Thousand and Seven - I might as well admit it, my trip back to my old hometown was a Pain In The Ass. The brother that lives there was freshly released from prison. They'd been hosting him for the last eighteen months because he didn't seem to catch on to the new rules about drinking and driving, as in, don't do it dumbass!

Don't get me wrong, I love both my brothers, even that one. Of course he came home with the idea he was now a tough guy and he even made a couple of minor threats to me when he was way off into his medicine. I didn't have to kick his ass again but things were dicey a time or two. I guess he'd already forgotten that he was on parole and that a minor fuckup like two grown fighting out in their front yard would send him back to the crossbar hotel.

Complicating things on my end was my ride home fizzling out on me. I was stuck up there with him over Thanksgiving and I'd only brought twenty bucks with me. Luckily I had a case of Ranch Style Beans still in my room from before I left in the first place so I didn't starve.

My other brother Darrell and his family came in from Plano for the big day and luckily his wife and kids came along a day early so he showed up in his pickup and was able to return me to Temple and carry a heck of a lot of my things back with me.

All's well that ends even half assed pleasantly though and now I'm back here in downtown Temple Texas and getting back to writing. My only recent complaint is with the NFL and Time Warner Cable. You'd think the greedy bastards had enough money already without trying to squeeze out more and cutting me off from the Cowboys - Packers game. Just wait until the spacemen notice what a fine upstanding young gentleman I am and make me king of the world. I've already started my list.

Merry Christmas and Happy Hangover to all y'all, and remember to support your favorite porno author. Don't applaud, just throw quarters.

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November Twenty Eight, Two Thousand and Seven - If you use Earthlink and expect a reply to any email you might send me you will have to tell their ignorant ass spam filter to let it come through on your own. I don't have time to jump through their hoops.

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November Fourteen, Two Thousand and Seven - I've been away from home since early May and today I'm getting a ride back there. I probably won't stay more than a week before coming back to stay with my daughter. Wish me luck, but don't bother emailing it because I won't be taking my computer with me.

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November Eight, Two Thousand and Seven - What? You didn't know that November 2 was my birthday? I guess you didn't since the birthday emails were nowhere to be seen. That's right, I'm fifty-nine now and if you math is good enought you'll know that I was born the night Dewey went to bed thinking he was the new president elect of the United States. Alert newspaper reporters gave him the bad news the next morning, or something like that.

I think I'm over a bad couple of weeks involving some flu like symptoms and a lot of the quick step. I've never had that kind of trouble before for that length of time. I was miserable for most of it.

Anyway, hopefully this latest chapter means I can get back to it now.

Thanks to everyone who has been kind enough to help me out with donations. Currently they are my only form of income and will probably stay that way until I get my lies straight with the Social Security people.

If you sent a donation, thanks. If you didn't but can afford to, please do. If you would like to but can't, thanks for thinking of me. I don't have a paypal account so if you want to send a donation the address is:

Chessley Grogan
818 North Main Street
Temple Texas 76501

Thanks again

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October Eighteen, Two Thousand and Seven - I've been so out of it lately that I forgot to even call my brother on his birthday, nearly a week ago. It was even worse since he'd just finished eighteen months as a guest of the Texas Prisons, for refusing to refrain from driving while he was indrunkicated, not to mention the barroom brawl where he bit a guys ear off. No, I don't have any pictures of him in his striped suit, or of the unattached ear - the guy got it sewed back on.

I have finally figured out that I'll never get anywhere on the rewrite of "NanoVirus" if I don't start posting it, so I'm going to, probably tonight.

I'm begging here, if you see some SNAFU that I've missed, PLEASE send me a note so I can get it fixed up. I know polishing a turd won't even give you a shiny turd, but I'm trying.

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October Nine, Two Thousand and Seven

Ain't I Purty?

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October One, Two Thousand and Seven - I made it all thhrough the reread of "John and Argent" and it let me know I wasn't ready to do more work on it so far. I need to get the "NanoVirus" rewrite done before taking another step in the "NanoVerse" direction. The hell of it is I really enjoyed reading my own work after it had been dormant for me for so long. Next on the agenda looks like "Snatched." I'm pretty sure it is near the end of what I want to say about it so I'll give it a reread and see what happens.

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September Nineteen, Two Thousand and Seven - Yesterday I started reading "John and Argent" to get the story back in my mind and also to make a few corrections and changes. I'll have to brag and say "Damn, I do good work." It will take a while since the story is so long but at least I'm getting a good start. "NanoVirus" will be next on the redo list.

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September Fourteen, Two Thousand and Seven - I've had several requests lately to finish this or that story. I understand how you feel and wish I could help, but I'm not going to chop another one short just because I can't think of where I want to go with it right now. It just isn't fair to other readers who are waiting patiently. Nobody wishes I could just sit down and type and get on with it any more than I do.

I tried waiting "I Feel Lucky" out for new direction for months once. When I finally gave up and started something else a flood poured out. I'm not waiting any more of them out. When I think of something I want to write I'm going to write it even if it never finishes. That doesn't mean I'll ever give up on one of them, not until I kick the bucket for real.

Anyway, I hate to get started on that topic and now I am finished with it. From now on if you write asking why I don't work on something I'll be sending you here to read the reason. Don't get me wrong; I am not mad about people wanting me to finish certain stories. I am mad at myself that I haven't been able to do better. But I can't do what I can't do.

On a better note, for me anyway, I have been very happy with the response to my request for donations. Keep those cards and letters coming in. As soon as I get the kind of Space Alien help I write about I'm going to order a Lear Jet big enough to take you all to Lost Wages. If you're too old to go don't worry, I'll have the aliens spruce you up when they do me.

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September Nine, Two Thousand and Seven - I'd like to thank everyone that sent me a donation. As promised, today I uploaded the first chapter of "A Log Truck Driver In Outer Space" to StoriesOnline. Keep those cards and letters coming in.

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August Eighteen, Two Thousand and Seven - I hate it but I don't think I really have a choice. If you enjoy my work and are able I'd appreciate a donation. I'm stuck off here in Temple Texas now and I've lost the few customers I had so I'm pretty much without income.

I like to write and I also like to make it available for free. If I can get by on donations it'll mean I don't have to try selling my work. I'm not asking for a king's ransom but if you can spare a few bucks I'd appreciate it. I received three donations before my heart attack and they were generous. I really appreciated them. If you can, please do donate to: Chess Grogan 818 North Main Street Temple, Texas 76501

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July Seven, Two Thousand and Seven - Well, I was doing pretty good, until I got over it. Monday I was lucky enough to acquire a stomach virus. It cleaned like a white tornado, from both ends. If I had proper manners I'd never have mentioned anything so gross online, but you know what kind of son-of-a-bitch I am. Anyway, a few of you have mentioned that I should post something here to at least let everyone know I was still alive. So, this was it.

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June Seven, Two Thousand and Seven - Here's a before and after of what the bastards did to me. I guess I should be more grateful but when the pain pills wear off I ain't.

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May Seventeen, Two Thousand and Seven - I had a fucking heart attack Wednesday week ago. God Damn that hurt, and waking up after the bypass surgery two days later hurt even worse. Far as I can tell there's not one advantage in a heart attack so you'd all best avoid them if you can. I can function for an hour or two a day but the pain medicine makes me so loopy I wouldn't trust myself to write anything. I've heard from others that I have probably ten more days to two weeks before I can get around without pissing and moaning about every move. Maybe I can get back to work after that.

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May Four, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded Chapter 36 for "Snatched" to my web site.

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April Twenty One, Two Thousand and Seven - I'll be out of touch for a while, maybe until the end of the month. I'm going to visit my daughter and granddaughter. I'm taking my machine so if I have time I'll do a few chapters, but no promises.

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April Seventeen, Two Thousand and Seven - Just another reminder that I don't deal with ISP spamtraps. Inquiring mindspring doesn't want to hear from me either.

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April Eleven, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded Chapter 35 for "Snatched" to my web site.

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April Ten, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded Chapter 34 for "Snatched" to my web site.

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April Six, Two Thousand and Seven - I don't want to sound like a complet asshole here, but it doesn't distress me overmuch. If you send me a message and expect a reply you will have to make sure you can recieve it on your own. I don't have time to fuck with earthlink's spam stoppers, or anyone else's. If your provider bounces my reply and asks me to go somewhere and request permission to send it again, YOU AIN'T EVER GONNA SEE IT.

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April Four, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded Chapter 5 for "I Hate It When That Happens" to my web site.

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April Three, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded Chapter 33 for "Snatched" to my web site.

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April One, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded Chapter 34 for "D I V O R C E" to my web site.

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April One, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded Chapter 32 for "Snatched" to my web site.

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March Thirty, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded Chapter 7 for "I Might Not Know Where I Am, But I Ain't Lost" to my web site.

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March Thirty, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded Chapter 31 for "Snatched" to my web site.

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March Twenty-Nine, Two Thousand and Seven - I will start posting Chapters of "Why Me, Lord?" to StoriesOnline.net either later today or tomorrow. They will be available in the normal StoriesOnline manner. I've decided I miss some of the features of the Author's Premier Membership more than I thought I would and I've finally beaten myself into submission, on this point anyway.

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March Twenty-Nine, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded Chapter 30 for "Snatched" to my web site.

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March Twenty-Eight, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded Chapter 29 for "Snatched" to my web site.

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March Twenty-Six, Two Thousand and Seven - I appreciate all email feedback that I get and I do read them all. Sometimes I don't reply and it is often because I'm too lazy. I'm sorry, but that is just me. I also don't have time to unmunge munged reply addresses. I just get too many emails to take the time for that. If you want a reply from me, your reply address will have to work. I understand if you don't want to do that.

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March Twenty-One, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded Chapter 33 for "D I V O R C E" to my web site.

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March Twenty-One, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded Chapter 28 for "Snatched" to my web site.

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March Twenty-One, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded Chapter 6 for "I Might Not Know Where I Am, But I Ain't Lost" to my web site.

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March Nineteen, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded Chapter 27 for "Snatched" to my web site.

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March Eighteen, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded Chapter 26 for "Snatched" to my web site.

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March Sixteen, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded Chapter 25 for "Snatched" to my web site.

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March Eleven, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded Chapter 24 for "Snatched" to my web site.

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March Eight, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded Chapter 23 for "Snatched" to my web site.

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March Five, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded Chapter 22 for "Snatched" to my web site.

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March Four, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded Chapter 32 for "D I V O R C E" to my web site.

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March Three, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded Chapter 21 for "Snatched" to my web site.

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February Twenty Five, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded Chapter 31 for "D I V O R C E" to my web site.

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February Twenty Four, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded Chapter 20 for "Snatched" to my web site.

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February Twenty Two, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded Chapter 30 for "D I V O R C E" to my web site.

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February Twenty Two, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded Chapter 19 for "Snatched" to my web site.

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February Nineteen, Two Thousand and Seven - No email replies for a day or two. I'm concentrating.

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February Eleven, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded Chapter 18 for "Snatched" to my web site.

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February Eleven, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded Chapter 4 for "I Hate It When That Happens" to my web site.

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February Eight, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded Chapter 5 for "I Might Not Know Where I Am, But I Ain't Lost" to my web site.

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February Seven, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded Chapter 17 for "Snatched" to my web site.

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February Six, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded Chapter 29 for "D I V O R C E" to my web site.

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February Five, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded Chapter 4 for "I Might Not Know Where I Am, But I Ain't Lost" to my web site.

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February Five, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded Chapter 28 for "D I V O R C E" to my web site.

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February Five, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded Chapter 16 for "Snatched" to my web site.

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February Four, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded Chapter 15 for "Snatched" to my web site.

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February Four, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded Chapter 3 for "I Might Not Know Where I Am, But I Ain't Lost" to my web site.

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February Three, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded Chapter 2 for "I Might Not Know Where I Am, But I Ain't Lost" to my web site.

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February Two, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded Chapter 3 for "I Hate It When That Happens" to my web site.

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February Two, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded Chapter 27 for "D I V O R C E" to my web site.

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February Two, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded Chapter 14 for "Snatched" to my web site.

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February One, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded Chapter 13 for "Snatched" to my web site.

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January Thirty, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded Chapter 12 for "Snatched" to my web site.

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January Thirty, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded Chapter 2 for "I Hate It When That Happens" to my web site.

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January Thirty, Two Thousand and Seven - I began a new story today. I uploaded the first chapter of "I Might Not Know Where I Am, But I Ain't Lost" to my web site.

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January Twenty-Nine, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded Chapter 26 for "D I V O R C E" to my web site.

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January Twenty-Nine, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded Chapter 11 for "Snatched" to my web site.

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January Twenty-Nine, Two Thousand and Seven - I began a new story today. I uploaded the first chapter of "I Hate It When That Happens" to my web site.

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January Twenty-Nine, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded Chapter 10 for "Snatched" to my web site.

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January Twenty-Eight, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded Chapter 25 for "D I V O R C E" to my web site.

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January Twenty-Eight, Two Thousand and Seven

I think we need to examine something that comes up every now and then in e-mails I get. People sometimes chastise me and often try to throw in innuendo about me not finishing stories. Is that really what you want?

I have a couple I'm stalled on, one that I've been stalled on for a long time, but do you really want them finished? It isn't hard to do. I can throw on a few paragraphs, kill off the hero, and type "The End" at the bottom.

If what you mean to say is "I'd rather you work on a different one" well sometimes I wish I could work on a different one too. Shit, we don't always get what we want, now do we?

I'm writing what I can get out. If it isn't something you want to read, I can understand that. If I'm not working hard enough to suit you, then you aren't paying me enough to suit me. I wrote and posted to StoriesOnline.net for five years and received exactly one donation. It was a generous one. Believe me, that person's requests carry more weight than anybody's.

So, what do you think? Doesn't really matter, I'm copping Dr Spin's disclaimer for my own use now, call me Joe Plagiarising Biden if you want to.

And I quote:

"I write, you read if you care to." - Dr Spin

It goes for Dr cmsix too, and that's the extent of the contract. I write what I write and you get to read what you'd like to.

Other arrangements are available but they cost money, in advance.

Does this mean I don't want to hear from you about what you'd like to read or about things you'd like to see in my work. Absolutely not. I'm a whore for e-mail and more times than you'd think, things I get in e-mail end up affecting what I'm writing. Don't hesitate to send whatever you think of typing. This little missive is just to let you know that it might not do the job you want it to.

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January Twenty-Eight, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded Chapter 9 for "Snatched" to my web site.

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January Twenty-Seven, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded Chapter 8 for "Snatched" to my web site.

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January Twenty-Six, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded Chapter 24 for "D I V O R C E" to my web site.

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January Twenty-Five, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded Chapter 7 for "Snatched" to my web site.

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January Twenty-Five, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded Chapter 23 for "D I V O R C E" to my web site.

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January Twenty-Five, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded Chapter 6 for "Snatched" to my web site.

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January Twenty-Three, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded Chapter 22 for "D I V O R C E" to my web site.

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January Twenty-Three, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded Chapter 5 for "Snatched" to my web site.

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January Twenty-Two, Two Thousand and Seven - Something I in alt.sex.stories.d just reminded me that I'm not the best at responding to feedback messages. I'd admit that I've been a bad boy and I'd promise not to do it again, except that it would be a lie. It isn't that I mind lying, I just try not to get carried away with it when there's no point.

I should also point out that my recent hardware episode with the machine I do my writing on and use for email and newsgroup access caused me to have to import all my saved messages to a different machine. In Microsoft's wisdom they decided that when importing like this it wasn't necessary to keep up with whether a message had been responded to or not. How thoughtful.

What that means in English is that I now have no way to tell whether I've responded to any messages I had saved, and that includes all of them. So if you sent me a message in the last week or so and thought I'd probably respond but I didn't, you should send it again and I probably will reply.

Oh yeh, I'll try to do better on this new machine and reply to more of the messages.

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January Twenty-Two, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded Chapter 21 for "D I V O R C E" to my web site.

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January Twenty-Two, Two Thousand and Seven - I had a hardware failure on my main machine today and am having to take time off to move my work off it and onto a spare. I'll get things squared away as soon as I can.

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January Twenty, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded Chapter 4 for "Snatched" to my web site.

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January Nineteen, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded Chapter 20 for "D I V O R C E" to my web site.

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January Eighteen, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded Chapter 43 for "Depression" to my web site.

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January Eighteen, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded Chapter 3 for "Snatched" to my web site.

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January Seventeen, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded Chapter 19 for "D I V O R C E" to my web site.

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January Seventeen, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded Chapter 2 for "Snatched" to my web site.

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January Fifteen, Two Thousand and Seven - I just set up a new story "Snatched" and uploaded the first chapter.

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January Fourteen, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded Chapter 18 for "D I V O R C E" to my web site.

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January Fourteen, Two Thousand and Seven - I stumbled on a switch this morning that let me turn off voting for my stories. It lets me do it individually by story. I was so happy I almost shit. I turned it off for all of the ones that are linked at StoriesOnline.net and I will now make all my work available there again. I'm not going to spend an hour or two linking everything back at once since I see to be on a roll with "D I V O R C E." I will try to get one or two done per day though.

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January Thriteen, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded Chapter 17 for "D I V O R C E" to my web site.

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January Twelve, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded Chapter 16 for "D I V O R C E" to my web site.

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January Eleven, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded Chapter 15 for "D I V O R C E" to my web site.

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January Ten, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded Chapter 14 for "D I V O R C E" to my web site.

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January Nine, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded Chapter 13 for "D I V O R C E" to my web site.

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January Eight, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded Chapter 12 for "D I V O R C E" to my web site.

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January Seven, Two Thousand and Seven - I don't know if I'm going to be able to get anyting out today or not. I decided it was time for me to read "Depression" myself, to see if I've forgotten any of the little details as I went along. I'd hate to make a mistake and throw any of you off stride.

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January Six, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded Chapter 11 for "D I V O R C E" to my web site.

I've been convinced to give zipping a story up for a complete download a try also. On the story index page for "D I V O R C E" there is now a link to Download a zip file of the story. I'm not promising I'll keep this up but I am going to try it. There will be one for "Depression" also when I post a new chapter. If you like this sort of thing it would be best if you mentioned it to me.

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January Five, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded a new chapter for "Depression" to my web site, Chapter 42

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January Five, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded a new chapter for "D I V O R C E" to my web site, Chapter 10

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January Four, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded a new chapter for "D I V O R C E" to my web site. I added Chapter 9

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January Three, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded a new chapter for "Depression" to my web site. I added Chapter 41.

I was glad to be able to get another one out, since I was begining to worry that it would be blocked too.

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January Two, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded a new chapter for "D I V O R C E" to my web site. I added Chapter 8

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January One, Two Thousand and Seven - I uploaded a new chapter for "D I V O R C E" to my web site. I added Chapter 7

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December Thirty One, Two Thousand and Six - I put up a new short story. "Domination"

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December Thirty, Two Thousand and Six - I uploaded a new chapter for "D I V O R C E" to my web site. I added Chapter 6

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December Thirty, Two Thousand and Six - After I uploaded Chapter 5 of "D I V O R C E" some troubles popped up with the asstr servers. I know it was a pain for many of you to get the update, because you told me. I apologize, but there isn't really anything I can do about it. I have no way to even check to see if the new file has been copied to all their servers. Damn, I don't even know how many they have. The best I can do is send it up and hope. I'll try to remember to hope harder next time.

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December Thirty, Two Thousand and Six - I uploaded a new chapter for "D I V O R C E" to my web site. I added Chapter 5

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December Twenty Nine, Two Thousand and Six - Damned if I didn't get out a new chapter for "D I V O R C E" to my web site. I added Chapter 4

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December Twenty Nine, Two Thousand and Six - I started a new story yesterday, and it cut out my time to work on "D I V O R C E" or "Depression" or anything else at all. It just got my attention and kept it. The work is a little "John and Argent"ish - but not exactly. I'd ask for help with title suggestions, but then again I don't want to give any of it away. I will be trying to keep the harem down, or maybe even non-existent. As I get older the multi-partner sex scenes just seem to make me tired, but I love having plenty of women around to give the hero some shit when he needs it.

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December Twenty Five, Two Thousand and Six - I added Chapter 3 to "D I V O R C E"

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December Twenty Four, Two Thousand and Six - I set up some of my stories on StoriesOnline.net and they are available from there as links to this site. At first I will be putting stories that are finished and stories with new chapters. For a while, at least, I won't be linking a story that is in progress until it has a new chapter.

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December Twenty Three, Two Thousand and Six - I added Chapter 2 to "D I V O R C E"

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December Twenty Two, Two Thousand and Six - I just set up a new story "D I V O R C E" and uploaded the first chapter. It's one I'd started a while ago and had forgotten about. I have ten chapters so far and I'll be uploading them as they are proofed.

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December Twenty One, Two Thousand and Six - I just put up a new short story "An email To My X." It actually is an email that I just sent as a reply to my X. I noticed that it might be funny so I gave it a title and did a little name changing and then posted it.

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December Twenty One, Two Thousand and Six - I've decided that I'll be posting my forthcoming updates here first. I'll put a notice on the opening "Enter or Leave" page giving the date of the latest update and telling which story it is for.

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December Twenty, Two Thousand and Six - By the way - Merry Christmas to everyone and here's wishing you a Happy Hangover.

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December Twenty, Two Thousand and Six - If you found your way here from my ASSTR web site's index page you might be confused by some of the first entry, especially when it mentions scores. I'd explain more about it, but if you aren't also a regular at StoriesOnline it wouldn't mean much to you anyhow.

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December Nineteen, Two Thousand and Six - I'm almost done copying my work here. I still have to format and upload Red and Victor, My Mom's Fuzzy Heart, and the original NanoVirus. It was a hell of a lot bigger job than I thought it would be, but with the help of the good lord and a stout stick I'm nearly done.

I just don't know whether I'm going to remove my work from StoriesOnline.net - I've decided to remove it and decided to leave it and back and forth until I'm tired of thinking about it.

I know a lot of you think I'm just mad because it will keep me from having a top score. I have some fucking news for you; I don't have a top score NOW. My highest ranked story comes in at number 160, not exactly the top of the heap.

My main complaint is that I don't liked to be involved in statistical manipulation. Everyone understands a vote and an average; nothing could be simpler. Some people complain about too many stories having high scores. What? You want MORE low scoring stories? Have a nice life.

I'm not ashamed to say I put a lot of hard work into every hundredth of a point I have on my scores and whacking the shit out of them for the god of statistics doesn't ring one damned note on my chime.

That's enough about that. I get mad just typing about it.

Anyway, here is my place at asstr.org. Visit if you want to and leave an email if you have time. Be warned that it might be quoted in this blog if I like what you say. If I don't like what you say I might quote it anyway and try to hold you up to ridicule. Once you send it to me, its mine, no indian giving allowed.

"Why, cmsix, that ain't fair."

Of course it's fair, it's my blog and I'm making the rules here. If you don't like it make your own damned blog.

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