Let's get this out of the way right now. The contests are here to give amateur writers ideas and experience they might not have had otherwise and are just something that's supposed to be fun. When I started the contests the first half of 2009, they were for fun and have since been run by me alone.
Between 1066 and 1550, castles changed a great deal. Five differentthings that clearly changed were the weapons, architectual design defence, time and new ideas coming to England. These changed because as time went by, these things were either attacked, made better or just not good enough.
As an employee of a public high school, I see a lot of strange and unusual things. Today, for instance, I learned the word 'dweeb' is making a comeback. Are we all reliving the 80s, all of a sudden? Are we sure we want to go in that direction? The Dweeb Movement (as I've decided to call it) was put in motion by a teacher, for heaven's sake!
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DesertRat: Lance Morrow wrote an article for Time in 1995 on which he talks about sexual abstinence for teenagers. Somewhere in there he mentions 'the swamp of the id.' That word ("id") stuck with me for a while, it is a Freudian term. I would like to see someone use it somewhere. Another couple words I'd love to read in fresh work are 'ennui' (Constance Woolson in "Miss Grief") and 'debutante' (seen in a movie). DR1 day 4 hours ago
jadedjade24: Could y'all do me a favor and leave me some feedback on my Character Creation Background? Anything at all I would like to hear. Please?1 day 8 hours ago
Routh: lol dude, same old Blacklight3 days 3 hours ago
Blacklight: never mind... i found the 'My Menu' tab... sneaky3 days 5 hours ago
Blacklight: ummm where is the 'log out' button?3 days 5 hours ago
Routh: Ok, I have tracked down a bug with the Drupal and the password reset system. If you're logged in to the site when you request a password reset, it will ask for your current password when resetting. In order to fix this, use the link to get your temporary login, then logout with 'My Menu' > 'Log out' - Once you do that request a password reset again and it will not ask for your current password. The Drupal developers have been made aware of this issue and are working to resolve it.3 days 6 hours ago
Blacklight: how do i change my password if i dont remember my current password?3 days 7 hours ago
Vermithrax: Message me, snake charmer: I'll see what I can do.. :)3 days 13 hours ago
Snake Charmer: I forgot my password and logged in via mail...i requested new password to be mailed but got nothing but a link...any help?3 days 15 hours ago
Aero: Dnavarre is getting a cavity filled tomorrow. He's also buying me fish! I found my long lost account. I'm off now, so he can post stuff about me in safety ;)4 days 2 hours ago
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