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[aadler]

9:15PM Central Afghan TimeHad to be away for awhile; I got sent to support a limited operation in Gereshk, and when a lieutenant colonel decided that his presence back at KAF was more important than waiting for things to finish up, the choppers left without me and four other men. The task force at Gereshk put us up overnight, so I didn’t suffer any

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[learnedhand_dj]

I think I learn more from your LJ posts than just about anybody else's. I mean, the "wind seat?" Where else would I have heard about that?

I, too, was very impressed by The Ballad of Charles Whitman, and was somewhat overwhelmed when I checked out the Remix web site. There are so many stories over there! Far too many for me to just wander around, picking ones at random and hoping to strike gold.

Liz was the one who finally talked me into posting some of the stuff I write, instead of just letting it languish on the hard drive. She had several good reasons in support of posting, but they all came down to "nothing ventured, nothing gained." I think joining up with the Remix site is the same sort of thing. You could get a great rewrite, and the author you rewrote could love what you did to their story. Or, you could get a weak rewrite, and the author you rewrote could openly question your skill and/or sanity. But if you don't give it a shot, you'll have 0% chance of getting the good stuff. If I have more stories to choose from next time (to give the author who gets me a fair chance), I might just give it a shot.

[aadler]

I coined the term “wind seat” myself (though I may not have been the first to call it that), but the phenomenon is real. I think it’s a combination of airframe configuration and the direction the rotors turn, because I’ve noted that the passenger in the left rear seat has no such trouble.

As I commented above, I’ll be looking further into the whole remix business; it seems like a promising further avenue of online fanfic socialization, plus seeing different individuals’ approach to the same story can be quite interesting and entertaining. Is there no end to the fun that can be had in this venue? Doesn’t seem to be.