Ray's House of Love (Volume II)

Komnena, I don't know much about how Orthodox Easter is celebrated. Is it similar to the mainstream Christian Easter, which is more about the hoopla of bunnies, chicks, and most of all, candy, or is it a more deeply religious celebration, or what?

Because if it's about the candy, then you get some seriously good sales!

Maryn, sweet tooth and all

Miss Sassy, does that make you one cool kitty?

If anybody's heard from Pandora, it'll be Russ. Well?

I've got nothing of importance to say. Can you tell?

Maryn, having an ordinary day

It's a photograph of a sculpture in which the head is black fabric and the eyes are closed zippers. I don't know offhand which art museum it was in, since we often go to whatever is there when we travel. It was just so creepy and odd I had to record it, you know?

Maryn, less creepy but just as odd

Trevor, I've found that many of the people who write erotica--especially those who are commercially published--don't ever critique. I'm a believer in reaching out my hand and helping somebody stand at my level, even if I lack the upper body strength to haul myself or push them any higher.

That's enough of that analogy. Pretty soon the fat-ass remark will insert itself in my brain--why, it already has! Go figure.

That board has a fairly checkered history of ill will, most of which played out before your arrival. Certain members who shall remain unnamed amassed small but loyal armies and sought to do battle, one side driving the other out for more than a year, then crowing its superiority and being quite clique-ish, until Mac (who owns this site) very nearly shut it down. Instead, she tapped a new, take-no-prisoners shit moderator, and it wasn't long before some people took their ball and bat and friends to another playground.

All that said, every time I see you posting there, I'm glad to have other people who are pleasant, interesting, and interested. Just sayin'.

Maryn, who feels that way about the people here, too

Well, save me a place.

I take small comfort in having spent more on Easter lilies (which I admired at $25 - $35, snatched up at $10, and got two more at $4) for outdoor replanting than I did on discounted Easter candy. Now watch, they'll be among the favorite foods of whitetail deer, which we have in abundance.

Maybe I should set out the candy, too?

Maryn, pretty sure they'd eat it

I should clarify that this was just one social thread on the Erotica board which had gotten out of hand. Many people were hotlinking images and posting images which were borderline hardcore, showing way too much breast or butt, bringing personal feuds to share, and other stuff Mac doesn't want to host.

Many of the present regulars there are delightful people, a pleasure to know. Just like here.

Maryn, drinking wine

Good morning, Pandora, and happy Song kran day! (Where did our son leave his water blaster?)

Our local news had interesting stuff today. Eric Smith, who sexually tortured and killed a four-year-old when he was thirteen, is up for parole next week. He's 32 now, in prison more than half his life for something he did as a child. Interesting legal issues on how long the adult should be punished for the actions of the child he was. Derek Robie's life is forever gone; is it just to ensure Smith's is spent in prison?

And there's a boating story. Apparently there's this stretch of small houses on the beach. They own the beach along property lines down to the water; the lake is owned by no one. These are simple houses, nothing fancy. And there are boaters who convene at a long-time restaurant-bar on the same beach, which has a deck, tables on the sand in season, and is often rowdy. Apparently the boaters anchor and attach to other boats as near to the restaurant as they can, creating a flotilla like in "Snow Crash," spoiling the view and using the private beaches, at times endangering swimmers, and generally being noisy, inconsiderate drunks in the fine tradition of young adults. The town is proposing a boat-free zone of 450 feet (the length of a nearby pier, which would make it easy to know when a boat is too close to shore) and the boaters, who far outnumber the homeowners affected, are outraged.

Maybe we don't want waterfront property after all, huh?

Maryn, not sure why she felt like sharing that