The "whatever's on your mind" thread

[WarpSpeed]

Originally Posted by DAISHI

Didn't we have a writing thread or was that for nanawrimo?

We also had a little writing thread here but it wasn't exactly the same.

Also, I don't usually make fun of typos, and I don't want to derail that thread (so I'll post it here), but:

Originally Posted by Avistew

Also curious what you call a story that's less than 2 words. To date, I don't think I've ever written a short story that was that long.

Makes me wonder how many one-word stories I could write. Try: "Run!", "Yikes!", "Monster!", "Whoa!", "Jeez....", "Please?", "Sigh...."

"Ack!"

[puzzlebox]

Originally Posted by WarpSpeed

Makes me wonder how many one-word stories I could write. Try: "Run!", "Yikes!", "Monster!", "Whoa!", "Jeez....", "Please?", "Sigh...."

"Ack!"

"Onceuponatimetherewasamanwhocouldnotpunctuate ..."

Yeah you got me, that's not a real word.

[Chyron8472]

My wife and I are looking into adopting a Golden Retriever dog from a rescue.

[Avistew]

Originally Posted by WarpSpeed

Makes me wonder how many one-word stories I could write. Try: "Run!", "Yikes!", "Monster!", "Whoa!", "Jeez....", "Please?", "Sigh...."

"Ack!"

Obviously, I meant 2k :P But very short stories can be a lot of fun. There are a bunch that are 5 words long, for instance. My shortest one to date is 10 words long, though:

As they yelled "surprise!", I wished I was wearing pants.

I actually worked on a book called "1, 2, 5" which (in theory) had stories with a gradually larger number of words (10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1000, 2000, 5000) but I never finished it. I think I'll work on it some more. Maybe I'll add 3 stories of 1, 2 and 5 words respectively, too :P

[WarpSpeed]

I realized I could write a whole lot of Star Trek fanfics like this, too:

Engage!
Romulans!
Klingons!
Borg!
Phasers!
Computer!
Wormhole!
Holodeck.
Paradox.
Q! (Hey, a one-letter story!)
WarpSpeed! (That's two words, you say? Well, maybe they're just addressing me! It's my fanfic, and I can be Mary Sue if I wanna!)

[RetroVortex]

Ooh I got one!

"I had a parrot. It died."

[puzzlebox]

For anyone who follows what Majus is up to these days... he and his team just created a short game for the Indie Speed Run competition. You can play Caesar's Day Off online at The Escapist!

[Vainamoinen]

Perfect ending!!!

[puzzlebox]

Originally Posted by Vainamoinen

Perfect ending!!!

Unless you manage to get eaten by your own lion.

[GuruGuru214]

Originally Posted by GuruGuru214

So for one wonderful week, I had a Galaxy S III. It was all fancy and red and did all kinds of cool things.

What it didn't do was notify me of incoming calls.

The phone would intermittently ignore the network, not taking calls and delaying my incoming texts until either it decided to pay attention again or I tried to make an outgoing call. So after spending a decent chunk of my day dealing with it, the old phone is back on its way to Amazon and I've made a trip to the AT&T store to get a new mini-SIM card for my old Captivate (AT&T's original Galaxy S), as the S3 takes a micro-SIM.

Oh, and other than my time, I'm also out $12, because my screen protector was attached to the busted phone and I couldn't save it for the new phone, so I had to order a new one.

WELL. That was fast. New phone is charging up now. Only problem is that it'll be at least tomorrow before my new screen protector arrives, if not Monday, so I'm still sitting on my old phone until then.

Actually, I'm sitting on my older phone right now, as I woke up today to find that my old smartphone was warm and unresponsive, so it's spending some time apart from its battery so that it might function this evening.

[thestalkinghead]

Originally Posted by WarpSpeed

I realized I could write a whole lot of Star Trek fanfics like this, too:

Engage!
Romulans!
Klingons!
Borg!
Phasers!
Computer!
Wormhole!
Holodeck.
Paradox.
Q! (Hey, a one-letter story!)
WarpSpeed! (That's two words, you say? Well, maybe they're just addressing me! It's my fanfic, and I can be Mary Sue if I wanna!)

Shields! http://youtu.be/wjd-Em7_R1o?t=1m11s

[coolsome]

Guys if we combined our powers we can stop this threat and save the world!

[Jennifer]

Originally Posted by puzzlebox

Unless you manage to get eaten by your own lion.

I liked the one with the breakdancing George Lucas.

[StrongBrush1]

Originally Posted by coolsome

Guys if we combined our powers we can stop this threat and save the world!

What threat? There's no threats on this forum.

...Have you been drinking?

[Gman5852]

Originally Posted by StrongBrush1

What threat? There's no threats on this forum.

...Have you been drinking?

My god he can't see the threat anymore! He's been Indoctrinated! Guys, I'm afraid we are going to have to kill him before he kills us all!

[RetroVortex]

I think the radioactive Lima beans have teamed up with the Oat bran and the cotton pads to steal all the worlds supply of left shoes!!!!

[StrongBrush1]

Originally Posted by Gman5852

My god he can't see the threat anymore! He's been Indoctrinated! Guys, I'm afraid we are going to have to kill him before he kills us all!

You can't pick a fight with a pony. We're too clever to be killed.

[coolsome]

Originally Posted by StrongBrush1

You can't pick a fight with a pony. We're too clever to be killed.

Theres some apples in the glue factory.

[StrongBrush1]

Originally Posted by coolsome

Theres some apples in the glue factory.

And have a set of steel horseshoes.

[coolsome]

This game looks fun.
I hope I wont just be level grinding for hours though