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The day has finally come!This morning, the doors had opened and like the gates of Heaven. Inside there was a table piled high with copy after copy of Playing for Keeps.The Iconic cover was repeated over and over like some kind of mosaic.A quiet fell over the crowd as they set their eyes upon the book, the books were looked at like the Golden statue from Raiders of the Lost Ark, the Holy grail or

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All' is quiet here on Mur's eve. Everyone is excited about getting their books tonight.6 hours to go till midnight when we will all be able to finally purchase our books, to do our parts as Hero's of the 25th.We've been patient, we've met a bunch of people who have enjoyed this time together as someone might have enjoyed an event like Woodstock.We've seen the cross section of some of the 20,000

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TWO DAYS REMAINMur's first story was apparently about a Unicorn.The story has been lost to the ages, however I would like to present a possible tail of my own.=================================================================There once was a unicorn that was pink, her name was Tornado.Tornado was a feisty unicorn, free spirited and a zest for life. Her frequent rainbow trailed flights through

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The Full PDF is back!!!and new story Parasite Awakens is included.You should be reading it- not this. I'll be here when you get back.Go HereTodays' Third Waver - RaiHer powers are an offspring of her disability. She suffers from color blindness " the inability to perceive differences between some of the colors that others can distinguish. It is most often of genetic nature." Her character also

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The SKY has opened up and all the rain is coming down, seriously I mean all of it.There are lots of things floating by, cups, garbage, a shoe.The water is quickly filling up the gutters and huge puddles are forming all over.The cars going by seem to turn into some Landspeeder type vehicle as the bottoms disappear underneath the water.We watched the office workers run from place to place, trying

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5 DAYS TO GO!The liners are experiencing a little cabin fever today, so to alleviate some of the boredom, it was decided to do some LARPing.For those of you unaware - it stands for Live Action Role Playing.Still confused, basically it means that you take a group of people dressed up in costumes and do mock battle. (D&D example here)I'd give you details but lets just say, it went well, got out of

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I just finished listening to SOTW#12 - Gestalt by JC Hutchins.damn...Let me be clear on one thing, ALL the SOTW up to this point have been excellent.The idea of doing call in music request shows, a love relationship advice call in show, radio plays from small town Seventh city, a survival guide, more info on knitting for you superhero than I could ever gain in a lifetime, the political, and

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One of the things that has been different with this whole podcast experience is the access and availability of our Author Mur. She has given us a direct email, groups on Facebook, a phone number to call with our comments.I can't imagine a author like Stephen King or Tom Clancy just saying hey, here's a phone number to chat, or just email me something.Is it because a podauthor is not so removed

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We have about 8 Days to Go!One of the things that you may have wondered about is how we keep clean and take care of other related tasks.Well, to be honest at first, we were taking advantage of the other local businesses washrooms and the like to take care of some of it.As long as we bought something- we were entitled to use their facilities.However this quickly came to a stop due to the results

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"The powers given in this story are a sin against God!"We recently had some protesters show up at the line to the sale of Playing for Keeps. ( Well one guy really...)" If God wanted men to fly- we ALL would have been born with wings."In SOTW# Faith Matters - the topic of the hero's role in religion was discussed.One aspect that was not addressed was those who did not believe the Heros and the

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One of the things that I haven't mentioned this far is that Mur has been releasing a second series of Stories of the Third Wave and for those of us on the line.It keeps us going.Here's a brief look so far:The Cockroach's biteFaith mattersNews from Bewilder PondGeek's Survivor GuideSuper 107Manic MondaysSome people going by our group have been looking at us and shaking their heads at us."What are

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More modifying the wikiDo we create our powers to take advantage of flaws in ourself?I met one person whose character's name was CLOT ( go ahead get your snot jokes out now, I'll wait) I asked him what his story, and about the red t-shirt he wore that had a blood cell on it.He explained that he suffers from a "thick blood" disorder, he's on medications to help control it to ensure that he does

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Wiki update : Added in pages and content for SOTWThings on the line have been good- it's a fun , sharing crowd.We have cashiers, designers, office workers, students, and even business owners (well technically he's the hot dog vendor on the corner - but he is reading my copy- so we will convert him yet!)This story cross so many borders, classes that everyone can associate with.Anyone of us could

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Wiki added in Music and started Time line to put in a sense of historical perspectiveThird waver today's name is Amy. When I asked about her power, she said that she has the ability to extrude narrow metal rods about a foot long or so from each nostril.(if you think that's weird- wait till you hear about the brickmaker)"Ok, then what? I ask.She said that these rods could connect to each other at

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More Wiki work done - we're about up to 12 pages now. Must Keep Feeding the WikiMy third waver for today I actually witnessed in action at my local grocery store. Went in just to pick up a few things, and by the time I was at the checkout with my rolling basket full, items stacked against the handle, and two hand fulls of items.We try to use reusable shopping bags( I forget them in the car) but I

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The wiki is getting good response, we have a bunch of people signed up to help, and for those here on the line with out computers, they have been great at feeding the rest of us.Details and suggestions for expansion are suggested for growing different areas of the universe (locations, businesses)We got pages for "Keepsie's bar , as well as started an Episode Guide. The hardest thing about this is

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Being a keener I signed up to assist with a new Task from Mur.She is planning on creating a wiki (think wikipedia) for the Seventh City universe.This is an exciting task as I and my fellow "liners" go through the universe and try to capture the details of the characters and what went down. The group has been talking excitedly about this project and how great it will be.For one, it will serve for

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By describing my experience in this line, I get the benefit of not only expanding on my middle school English creative writing skills (look out , Mur!) but I also am trying to contribute my little part to the Thirdwave universe experience.I forgot to mention the I found out what Mirari 3rdwave powers are: She has the ability to create a reflective field infront of her that is just as wide and as

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(this is a work of fiction, but kind of funny i hope)Aug 1 -I've already got my chair and my spot picked out so that I can be the first in line to get my hands on a copy of "Playing for Keeps" by Mur Lafferty on August 25/08 from amazon.com and Swarm Press. I'll keep you posted with more details as I have them. The Wi-fi isn't so great here on line but I'll do my best.Aug 2 - Rained here today

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Playing For Keeps has a launch date - it will be available August 25! Now, Playing For Keeps is a small press book, published by Swarm Press.This means that unless you order it from your book store, you’re not going to see it on shelves.So you can either order it from your local book store OR you can be a part of Mur’s rush of the Amazon charts: if everyone goes to purchase Playing For Keeps on

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If you have been looking for a new superhero podcast since "Playing for Keeps" finished I have been listening to Brave Men Run by Matthew Wayne Selznick. " A cross between X-men and the breakfast Club".Check it out I liked it.http://www.mattselznick.com/writing/fiction/novels/brave-men-run/

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http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2006/06/top_ten_playmob.htmlI visited this site to see the different toys:see comment#6 to see my reply to the comment that these toys are a failure.

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I was looking around and came across this credit card that offers you the option of using your own images. I am seriously considering switching..

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For those of you who enjoyed "Playing for Keeps" you may also enjoy Mur Lafferty's Heaven series."Heaven is a magical realism audionovel about two friends who wander the afterlife together after their untimely deaths.Kate and Daniel find the Christian Heaven a bit too perfect for their liking and receive metaphysical passports to travel to the afterlives of different mythologies, different

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Driving home i found this "inspirational?" message out side a local church.

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So in the spirit of christmas, i share the following story...I'm at St.Vital this afternoon so the boys can go to the "build a Bear" place.Mall is smoking busy - parking is almost impossible to find. I spotted a spot and was fortunate to get one. As I am moving the stuff into the rear hatch .. a car pulls into the space beside me. I hear this car horn just go off - loud angry, and long. As i

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I was heading to work early one morning when i noticed the sign on the grocery store was burnt out - seems a little ominous.......

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At easter time my kid painted this picture - kind looks like a person with a halo and a crucifix.Hmm?

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So it was determined that the wooden play structure at the forks was after 20 years - unusable.They decided that since they had no plans for replacing the park, or use for the now empty space. That they should use bobcats and other implements of destruction to completely demolish all the slides, structures that were there earlier this spring.Now when families go to see play at this park which was

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