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Foyle's War... I want more, and more Morse.

But John THaw (Morse) passed away. However, there was a continuation called, Sergeant Lewis, and a depiction of Morse at a younger age called, Endeavor.

Definitely adult fair of the intelligent,  witty and investigative cat & mouse varieties.

Congratulations! ms. you were at the core of the dabble. Next contest, can we have an Adam & Eve Dabble?

Yeah!

You're reliving your original inventions of person, place or thing. The remembrance of a past creation still resides in the neural net and you're pulling it up again to reactivate and reinforce short term memory centers. However, I found that the first time is still the best, gives me the best cry.

The reality and the responsibility are upon me. Of course, I will be back, but until I find myself I've turned off all email notifications.

I am at maxkeanu@gmail.com if you want to contact me. (not max.keanu@gmail.com... mistake)

Thank you again from the bottom of my hurting heart.

max

Kittens & Genocide... WOW, a new genre. Think of the possibilities!
NOT!
But that is what is great about this site, that genre could be a group... With Mr. Bell as the founder and only member. Only kidding, Chucky.

Endurance point, no, real money!

I like the 3-D, holographic aspect to the site. I can reach in and actually touch the words and tickle or smack the writers. As to Herr Hitler, well because of him, Dad met Mom in England during War-War 2, and the rest is my history.

I'd like to see "Bumpy-Dumpy Points" added to this and other forums. By Bumpy-Dumpy Points, I mean that if any post to a forum is exceptional, the poster/originator gets itty-bitty "Bumpy" points added to their review point totals, as do all exceptional responses. Conversely, if the RESPONDER is a dullard or argumentative or just plain moronic, "Dumpy" points are deducted from their review point totals. These point are provided by the members, in variously named checkboxes, under ALL posts. Such as: Exceptional [], Superlative [], Writerly [], Moronic [], Dastardly [], Odin would be proud of you []... etc.

Democracy in action, etc.

I'm thinking fractions of points, say a one-hundredths of a point, which over time slowly add up to build confidence, or become a virtual ruler on the knuckles of the offensive and become virtual wardens over the rambling dilettantes who deal in provocation and forum subversion (such as this ramble, lol).

I would also like to see direct, emailed response to reviews. Again, that "must respond" function was on the old site.

BTW Janet, shouldn't it be: Things that ARE great... etc.

Love you, max

As writers, we create the DESTINATION of our characters and we spin their FATES. The DESTINATION is the denouncement and the magic of the writing is prompting the reader to believe certain fates we've given to characters. And, as thinking beings we believe the concept of logical sequences towards final actions or non-actions to define... well, existence.

Destiny is a man-made idea, a philosophy of the seemingly absolute, and yet because we've created it, we can play with it, question it. And that is the fun, the adventure of writing in a nutshell. Fiction writing is the fabrication of destinies, fate is the true or false determinism of the fabrication net cast... Ah, the plot thickens!

That final destination of ideas, characters, scenarios is a quantum of choices. We label them fate, as things that are predetermined, but perhaps not in reality, since our minds look for patterns in everything, always seeking ways to outsmart or avoid painful or threatening patterns, a.k.a., our destiny. Destiny is a yearning for a pattern, for an secure, reaffirming  and all-encompassing idea derived or prompted from a fear of no pattern or DESTINATION to human life and existence.

When questioning our destiny/ our fate, I think we are questioning, seeking survival choices in the vast realms of our internal neural nets dealing with luck & chance. These neural net ideas are the culmination of our knowledge and experiences in the realms of luck & chance.... to avoid or embrace perceived destinies.

I wrote this knowing full-well that Charles Bell would take umbrage to this and therefore I used my realm of predeterminism to elicit a true destiny or a false destiny (destination), only fate will prove me right. Right, Charles? lol.

Interestingly enough, cannabis for medical purposes is legal in 26 states to varying degrees. I spoke at length with my neurologist yesterday and he poo-pooed the whole pot thing as a conspiracy by the NORMAL folks and pot-heads to promote the use of cannabis purely for recreational purposes and money making.  When I returned home I researched medical cannabis and read that the brain naturally creates endocannabinoid as a response to inflammations, and the phrase, "Cannabis is essentially a good drug with a bad reputation" pretty much summed up the views from neuro & psychopharmacologists. And, cannabis is non addictive. And, I, like a typical multiple slcrosis sufferer, although I am a CIDP sufferer, might be called Mr. Inflammation.

The bad rap that cannabis is the gateway drug to cocaine and beyond is a position stated by the law & oder contingents, and from their point of view that is logical, and perhaps necessary in many way, but few of which have anything to do with cannabis as a medicine. However, the scientific/medical point of view, within brain & body research and statistics, seems to me to carry much more credence then the judicial and sociological points of view.

I'm in a totally different realm of pain then most people experience in there entire lifetime. I say 'explore' cannabis, just as I would, at this point in my physical degeneration of muscles and nerves  "explore" the potential benefits of opioids. However, when I stated this to my neurologist, I was told that opioids were last resort because of the addictive effects, but he expressed more fear, and a seemingly unnatural disdain for cannabis. Was it out of ignorance, or not knowing the present state of scientific and medical investigations of cannabis? I've learned that neurologists can be wrong and they do make mistakes. Nevertheless, he may be correct in his experience and frame of reference. But Hawaii, it seems to me from living here for 40 years, has a lower and middle class work force in the tourist trade that relies on illegal cannabis to carry them through the hum-drum and limiting structures of this work environment that may have influenced his pov and professional life and times here. I mean for the majority of workers her3e who live 24/7 in a resort, how does one "resort" themselves on a very limited income, in a place that has the highest prices in America, and on a land mass of only 700+ square miles, with much of it impenetrable jungle (but the location most illegal cannabis is grown).

Apparently there are many different organic compounds within cannabis, with CB1 & CB2 being the effector compounds that either produce a euphoric sensation or reduce inflammation (and thereby reduces pain) and other body response to cellular stresses, with Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) being the main euphoric compound of the 70 different cannbinoids. The shame of this is that over 400 compounds exist in this plant that may contribute to many aspects of good health and good medicine.

Until I explore and experiment I won't make a judgement as to cannabis' positives or negative qualities.  I am only interested in a derivative of cannabis called CB2, which, apparently has little or no euphoric qualities, but numerous medical properties.

Cannabis regulation is a 'hot potato' subject for writers, both fiction & non-fiction because of the tremendous sociological impact and even more so, the financial impact on state government tax revenues. That the typical disaffected 18 year old male takes refuge in cannabis may change when/if cannabis become a product like alcohol for either recreation or medicine uses.

I now live at a constant 4 level pain, 24/7/365, on a 1-10 pain scale, and yet I take the maximum doses of some very powerful pain killers already. To me, the entrenched medical & judicial establishment maintains and retains prejudices that deny me a possible relief and therefore a fuller life. When discussing this topic I see fear in people's eyes and strong reactions, a shying away from this subject, and yet I am driven by my pain to find relief.

In writing a novel, or other works of art, I think a person is also exploring, searching for solutions to pains and problems of self and society. Perhaps if this were an expansive forum for progressive writers this subject might be placed in a sub-forum entitled, "What drives the artistic urge?" I say this urge to create is our way to seek relief from the pains of one's past life and to better understand and deal with the good & bad times, to pass on the knowledge of experience. And to 'explore' is as natural to me as eating and breathing and walking and typing on and on and on...

Thanks, Jack. I do have great insurance, so far. Improvment, well, I'm back to the keyboard after three years of just staring at my fingers. This really is a good community, ain't it! LOL. You've renewed my interst in M&C.