WISE LIFE Comments - Brought to you by JoeUserhttp://ennarath.joeuser.com/rss/comments© 2006 - 2008 Stardock Corporation. All rights reserved.THE FINAL ADVENTURES OF Mason, Balliol, Sully, Tommy and some new friends tooen-us2008-08-30T10:59:492008-08-30T10:59:49http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.htmlStardock Rss Generator v1.0, Andrew Powellinfo@stardock.comapowell@stardock.comDr Guyhttp://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/320563I'd been so tardy in posting.

I have been tardy in reading as well. I saved this one until I could get some quiet time to read it, that is why I readit so long after you posted it.

I went to Amazon and did the review. Good luck with your book! I will get a copy soon, just for my own keeping (since I was fortunate enough to read it already).]]>http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/320563http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/320563Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:59:49 -04002008-08-30T10:59:49Dr Guy on chapter five beginningDr Guyhttp://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/320563
It is kind of nice to know about keisha. Also very sad, but then the truth is the truth, not what we always want it to be.]]>http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/320563http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/320563Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:59:49 -04002008-08-30T10:59:49Dr Guy on chapter five beginningDr Guyhttp://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/319149I'm super-duper in love with a character who was 1. originally peripheral and 2. certainly not meant to last. You know what, though? I've been reading this story lately, and I think it's my favorite.

Seeing the workings of the author behind the scenes is as much fun as the story itself. Thanks for sharing how the characters come alive. I know I never will be an author, but it is fascinating to be able to discuss the story with one.]]>http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/319149http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/319149Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:59:49 -04002008-08-30T10:59:49Dr Guy on CHAPTER FOUR conclusionDr Guyhttp://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/319149]]>http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/319149http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/319149Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:59:49 -04002008-08-30T10:59:49Dr Guy on CHAPTER FOUR conclusionDr Guyhttp://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/318476Karmically it seems right that Mark should finally take the service role, and that somehow Margot's room should be redeemed.

Yes very Karma like. It is nice to be given a second chance, and Mark has one. In life, it is not always possible, but we always hope for it.]]>http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/318476http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/318476Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:59:49 -04002008-08-30T10:59:49Dr Guy on CHAPTER FOURDr Guyhttp://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/318476
I was shocked - scandalized really. That child! She should be boiled in oil (not literally, but it adds to the description of my demeanor)! I was so sure they (the parents) were just trash - young child and all. They whould be better parents! They should have "taken care" of their children better! They should have locked her in the dungeon!

It took me about 8 months to see the stupidity of my thoughts and actions. They were not trash, I was. They did everything right (except - being a father - lock her in a chastity belt - but that is a story for a parenting blog). I was the one with the problem, not them. I was the stupid idiot, not them. They were loving parents who had been given lemons, and made lemonade out of it. And I was ashamed for my thoughts and deeds.

I lost contact with them when the wife died about 15 years ago (she got cancer, and died young). I know that their daughter, and granddaughter, last I heard, were doing very well (she had married the father). I always look up to them as role models now, and remember my reaction and thoughts so that I will never be that way again. And have something to try to be as good as.

I hope Bonnie's parents are like me. For their sake, as well as Bonnie's.]]>http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/318476http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/318476Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:59:49 -04002008-08-30T10:59:49Dr Guy on CHAPTER FOURDr Guyhttp://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/317573I went to college in a small town, so I was convinced Genoa would have to be a little town..

I actually went to school south of Cartimandua - Dayton. It is not too big, but was not small either. At least the college was small.

My small town now is Brawley California (my in-laws live there). It is about 22k. Just right for me.]]>http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/317573http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/317573Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:59:49 -04002008-08-30T10:59:49Dr Guy on CHAPTER FOURDr Guyhttp://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/317573http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/317573http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/317573Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:59:49 -04002008-08-30T10:59:49Dr Guy on CHAPTER FOURDr Guyhttp://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/316298You were there when Sully first told Mason,

He never really told anyone out right. I think he did not want to damage the relationship he had (my own perceptions intruding upon this analysis). This was the first time (at least that I recall) that he came out and said he had a crush on him. While it was obvious to others - he was hiding it from himself (again just my perception).]]>http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/316298http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/316298Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:59:49 -04002008-08-30T10:59:49Dr Guy on more wise lifeDr Guyhttp://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/316298“No,” Sully said. “Actually my first love I met in daycare. The guy who would be the end of me, the guy who still does shit to me. And he didn’t move away at all, but he might as well for those purposes. I could never have him.”
“He’s straight?”
“He’s Balliol.”

]]>http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/316298http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/316298Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:59:49 -04002008-08-30T10:59:49Dr Guy on more wise lifeDr Guyhttp://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/316298]]>http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/316298http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/316298Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:59:49 -04002008-08-30T10:59:49Dr Guy on more wise lifeDr Guyhttp://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/314428http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/314428http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/314428Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:59:49 -04002008-08-30T10:59:49Dr Guy on CHAPTER THREEDr Guyhttp://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/313907http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/313907http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/313907Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:59:49 -04002008-08-30T10:59:49Dr Guy on CHAPTER THREEDr Guyhttp://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/313092By the way, as this last story progresses, it becomes more and more about these boys becoming artists.

I see that, especially here. I sometimes wish I had a talent. Actually I do, I can make computers work properly (it is kind of an art, but nothing like real art). Some of us got it (you do) and some of dont (that would be me). ]]>http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/313092http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/313092Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:59:49 -04002008-08-30T10:59:49Dr Guy on chapter 2 the rest of itDr Guyhttp://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/313092http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/313092http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/313092Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:59:49 -04002008-08-30T10:59:49Dr Guy on chapter 2 the rest of itDr Guyhttp://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/311859
And how did you come up with Cartimundua? Not a name you are going to find on most maps.]]>http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/311859http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/311859Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:59:49 -04002008-08-30T10:59:49Dr Guy on chapter 2Dr Guyhttp://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/311117http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/311117http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/311117Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:59:49 -04002008-08-30T10:59:49Dr Guy on WISE LIFEDr Guyhttp://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/310869In a way he reminds me of Mason, but he also reminds me of Sully. What do you think?

Could be Sully. I will have to learn more about him to say.]]>http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/310869http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/310869Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:59:49 -04002008-08-30T10:59:49Dr Guy on WISE LIFEDr Guyhttp://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/310869http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/310869http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/310869Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:59:49 -04002008-08-30T10:59:49Dr Guy on WISE LIFEDr Guyhttp://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/310061http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/310061http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/310061Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:59:49 -04002008-08-30T10:59:49Dr Guy on WISE LIFEdynamasohttp://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/309813Hey mate, long time no see.  Good to see you back.  I have some catching up to do, I know, so I won't comment on the story until I do.  But I just wanted to say hello.

]]>http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/309813http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/309813Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:59:49 -04002008-08-30T10:59:49dynamaso on WISE LIFEDr Guyhttp://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/309813Daniel’s mother enrolled him in a new school.

Great last line to this part. Sad, that it has come down to this.

But glad to see the old gang back in print as well!]]>http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/309813http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/309813Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:59:49 -04002008-08-30T10:59:49Dr Guy on WISE LIFEDr Guyhttp://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/173948http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/173948http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/173948Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:59:49 -04002008-08-30T10:59:49Dr Guy on END OF WILD LIFEDr Guyhttp://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/172873http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/172873http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/172873Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:59:49 -04002008-08-30T10:59:49Dr Guy on WILD LIFEDr Guyhttp://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/172356http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/172356http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/172356Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:59:49 -04002008-08-30T10:59:49Dr Guy on PART ONE OF THE LAST CHAPTER OF WILD LIFEDr Guyhttp://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/171866http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/171866http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/171866Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:59:49 -04002008-08-30T10:59:49Dr Guy on WILD LIFE: Q AND ADr Guyhttp://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/171318Nice pictures of Bhutto. Kind of puts a lot of things in perspective.

Good story too.  And with the cliff hanger.

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basically i expect everyone to rise to the occasion, though.

One of the joys of reading your story is how you talk about it as if you do not know what is coming either.  That indicates to me that the story is writing itself, and is not from a story board laid down before words hit paper (it may have started out that way, but it has taken a life of its own).

I enjoy reading, but for the first time, I am seeing the process behind the writer, and that is as fascinating as the story itself.

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How do you mean?

Tommy and the gang going on their own plan, and Rick beign talked into coming up with one.  The meeting may be a meeting of the minds - or a clash of priorities.  In eitehr case, it will be interesting to see it develop.

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it's gonna have to keep on tingling, anything i say will screw it up.

Anticipation is half the fun.

]]>http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/169850http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/169850Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:59:49 -04002008-08-30T10:59:49Dr Guy on WILD LIFEDr Guyhttp://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/169850http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/169850http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/169850Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:59:49 -04002008-08-30T10:59:49Dr Guy on WILD LIFEDr Guyhttp://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/169383“No doubt,” Mason said.

Reading this passage, that statement struck me.  It is the quintessential Mason.  Short, succinct, and on target.

]]>http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/169383http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/169383Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:59:49 -04002008-08-30T10:59:49Dr Guy on CHILDHOOD: CONCLUSIONDr Guyhttp://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/168916http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/168916http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/168916Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:59:49 -04002008-08-30T10:59:49Dr Guy on WILD LIFEDr Guyhttp://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/168649That might be a good book - the lives of the people in a church on Christmas.  (Outside the ones you have).  And how they intertwine on one day of the year, and the rest - are complete strangers.

]]>http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/168649http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/168649Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:59:49 -04002008-08-30T10:59:49Dr Guy on WILD LIFEDr Guyhttp://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/168191This will be my 52nd Christmas, and none have been white.  My one Christmas wish!

And as for Sully, Having Dean Rick there would be a lot more than weird to me!  More like Creepy!

]]>http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/168191http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/168191Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:59:49 -04002008-08-30T10:59:49Dr Guy on WILD LIFEDr Guyhttp://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/167187http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/167187http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/167187Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:59:49 -04002008-08-30T10:59:49Dr Guy on WILD LIFEDr Guyhttp://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/166122http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/166122http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/166122Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:59:49 -04002008-08-30T10:59:49Dr Guy on WILD LIFEDr Guyhttp://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/165788
Don't we all, though? Ah, Matt.

Yes we do, and I can see the joy you are deriving seeing his development.

]]>http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/165788http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/165788Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:59:49 -04002008-08-30T10:59:49Dr Guy on WILD LIFEDr Guyhttp://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/165788http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/165788http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/165788Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:59:49 -04002008-08-30T10:59:49Dr Guy on WILD LIFEDr Guyhttp://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/165122http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/165122http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/165122Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:59:49 -04002008-08-30T10:59:49Dr Guy on WILD LIFEDr Guyhttp://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/165122http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/165122http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/165122Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:59:49 -04002008-08-30T10:59:49Dr Guy on WILD LIFEDr Guyhttp://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/165122I am glad you are getting into the Sidney relationship.  That explains a lot.

And I am worried about Matt.  Not having your foresight, he seems to be in trouble.

]]>http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/165122http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/165122Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:59:49 -04002008-08-30T10:59:49Dr Guy on WILD LIFEdynamasohttp://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/164702 ]]>http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/164702http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/164702Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:59:49 -04002008-08-30T10:59:49dynamaso on WILD LIFEDr Guyhttp://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/16470230 years ago, in Ohio, you only had to be 18 to buy beer.  What a difference a generation makes.

Ok, so now we are on to Matt.  What is his issue?  Alluded to before, or something new that we will wait for?

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How are the book sales going?]]>http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/163741http://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/163741Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:59:49 -04002008-08-30T10:59:49dynamaso on WILD LIFEDr Guyhttp://ennarath.joeuser.com/article/163741Sorry, I should have left a note.  Been busy.

I have buried 2 of them (father and step), but both well after I was 40.  I really dont have any way to relate, but I am looking forward to more about Balliol.  And how he is going to.

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didn't even mean to make a cliff hanger. just arbitary editing. um...

That is ok, I can wait a day or so.

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