June 6, 20232 yr comment_2919093 6 hours ago, BoloOfEarth said: So... before my wife and I had any kids, I told her that I wanted to name our first-born son after my father and her father, as that was how I was named (after my two grandfathers). Thus, if we had a son, his first and middle names would be William James. Fast forward a few years... we have two kids, both girls. I'm happy to have them, not disappointed at all at not having a son. But the story of our "son's" name does get told to the girls at some point. Fast forward many more years, and my now-adult daughters tell me that back in middle school and high school they had an imaginary big brother, of course named William James. They even told their friends and classmates about him - how my wife and I were somehow upset that he joined the military (which also explained his absence from our home), and that we didn't have any pictures on display of him because we were so worried about him and didn't want constant reminders. You could build a novel around that premise. Magic realism, perhaps. Or horror. Or even a superhero story. Dean Shomshak
June 6, 20232 yr comment_2919118 4 minutes ago, Cygnia said: Conan the Librarian? By his middle years, Conan could speak and read a large number of languages, living and dead. Albeit with "a barbarous accent." Edited June 6, 20232 yr by Lord Liaden
June 6, 20232 yr comment_2919121 38 minutes ago, Cygnia said: The next line is: "No; I'm a Finance major, which enables all that other stuff I mentioned."
June 6, 20232 yr comment_2919145 2 hours ago, Logan D. Hurricanes said: "Crom's Teeth!" A red mist of fury swept across Conan's eyes. "Ask him no more, cur! Just take the thrice-blasted green eggs and ham and shove them down that wretched fool's throat!"
June 7, 20232 yr comment_2919204 Click on it to see it at full size. Edited June 7, 20232 yr by Clonus
June 7, 20232 yr comment_2919214 2 hours ago, Clonus said: Subtle. But funny! Although Janeway and Chakotay have their books switched.
June 7, 20232 yr comment_2919235 9 hours ago, Old Man said: Subtle. But funny! Although Janeway and Chakotay have their books switched. I can't read the titles for Janeway's and B'Elanna's books.
June 7, 20232 yr comment_2919240 Janeway is the secret of the missing BLEEPs B'Elanna is a Star Trek Next Generation novella which I can't work out either.
June 7, 20232 yr Author comment_2919242 It's a cute Photoshop, but I don't know enough about the characters to get the jokes. Except for Lolita.
June 7, 20232 yr comment_2919246 4 hours ago, Logan D. Hurricanes said: This sounds like a fun family to grow up in.
June 7, 20232 yr comment_2919254 * sigh * Age 26 is a little too late for me to start calling my daughter "girl spawn", I think.
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