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Tall Tales: Good News GusYou've probably heard of Paul Bunyan, the giant lumberjack, whose efforts changed the Great Forest into the Great Plains. You may also know about Pecos Bill, the cowboy who rode a tornado like a bronco and used a rattlesnake for a lasso. But there's another man whose tale is not widely known: he was called Good News Gus.
Gus was not exceptionally tall or strong. In fact there was only one thing unique about him, and that was his smile, almost but not quite a grin. People who saw him smile always felt better about life, and usually smiled in return for no reason except that it seemed the right thing to do. When asked why he smiled Tall Tales: Good News Gus
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100. RelaxationSo now I’ve reached the contest end at last, And all one hundred poems have been displayed. I have achieved the posting goal I made Of one per day – the time went by so fast! And hopefully the viewers who have read Have found light entertaining verse at times, Or else discovered here within the rhymes Some different thoughts to stimulate their head. To those who gave me comments, thanks to you: Your typed responses always let me know That someone cared enough to let it show, And that gave me the strength to see it through. Now though I’ll say this contest h 100. Relaxation
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99. SolitudeWhen I am alone – Wife and children out with friends – I can really learn. Solitude has shown Where I need to make amends, To what goals I yearn. Still, though I have grown, I'm not sorry when it ends, When my loves return. 99. Solitude
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98. PuzzleA C T I O N S Y Our lives can be a E Z O C N G H Y When we don’t what lies ahead. Q X T R D I D O But if we history P R I O R U P Z We’ll see where choices led. I M Y S T E R Y Like lines within a grid C P G S K M C X The of our lives connect, T I K W N P L T 98. Puzzle
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Tales by the Fire

Wed Nov 18, 2009, 9:49 PM

Exciting news (for me, anyway): *MBryn and ~calivinguy are joining me for a new series called "Tales by the Fire". We're going to take turns choosing a topic and then each of us will write a short story on that theme. I'll track them here. These stories are mainly for our own amusement, but others are welcome to listen in.

First Topic: Tall Tales
Good News Gus by ~jmonahan

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~calivinguy Nov 12, 2009, 9:01:27 AM

When I really think about it, I don't have to write a satire on Buddha. After all, I didn't criticize Jesus, just Paul. But expect a treatment on Zen Master I Ching soon.