Solies and Screech are sitting in Solies’ living room. Solies is looking at Facebook on his ipad. Screech has a print copy of the Wall Street Journal.

Solies: Heh. Did you read Emma’s latest post?

Screech: (Not looking up) Hmmm?

Solies: Emma’s post. On Facebook. Did you read it?

Screech: No. You recall that I have been disinvited from that ( Read more... )

QAGoddess: Morning Emma! What's this?
Emma: Ah, another of the BigDog's "innovations." It's the Soliefriends "Action Figure: Set 1. prototypes. He believes the blog can be revived with exciting action figures. And he's starting with the women, because, you know, geeks and female action figures.
QAGoddess: Wow. Who's this one?
Emma: That one is ( Read more... )

Solies: (enters his apartment, singing softly to himself) ... could have danced all night. I could have danced all night... and still...

Screech, sitting on the couch, looks up from the London Times crossword puzzle which he has almost completed (in pen!). Says nothing.

Solies: Ah! Good evening, my young Simian friend. And how are you this ( Read more... )

Solies has decided to go for a walk, to enjoy the Summer sun. He is whistling a jaunty tune. He passes a mailbox... then a utility pole... suddenly a mysterious voice...

Voice: Solies!
Solies: (looks around, sees no one) Huh? Who said that?
Voice: It is I, your friend, the sun. I have been calling your name.
Solies: (looks up at the sun, but has ( Read more... )

BigDog: What is it, Emma? I'm really busy.
BigDog is playing golf in his office
Emma: Class action lawsuit.
BigDog: What?
Emma: We've been served with a class-action lawsuit. And an injuction.
BigDog: An injunction.
Emma: Yes. Until a judge can hear the arguments, the Soliefriends blog is hereby ordered to continue producing high-quality, ( Read more... )

I am hereby informing you that I will not be leaving the soliefriends blog. The opportunities you are offering at the original Solies blog are not equal to the position I currently hold here at soliefriends ( Read more... )

Pop Tate's Choklit Shoppe. Blinky and Solies are at a table having lunch with Lena and Emma. Screech is over at the jukebox. The front door opens, a woman dressed all in white and looking oddly like Lena comes in.

Negative Lena: (cheerfully) Hello everyone! I was in Riverdale and I heard you'd be here, and I just wanted to stop in to meet you all ( Read more... )

TheLizzie: What?
TPTB: Yes, I'm sorry you missed the meeting on Friday and I couldn't be bothered to send out an email announcement, but I'm afraid I must insist.
TheLizzie: But you could have picked anyone to go first. Why didn't you pick someone who was at the meeting?
TPTB: Well, time's awasting. Tell me, (consults his notes) TheLizzie, why ( Read more... )

Lena: talking fast to self Oh no, another performance review! And for this one I have to write a clever post for soliefriends! Can't I use one of my old performance reviews? No, no, that would be boring. I have a technical paper to write and present for work due already. Now this. I feel like I'm in High School and my Term Paper is due and I haven' ( Read more... )

TPTB: Gather 'round everyone. I have an announcement to make.
Solies: Raises?
Blinky: Cookies!
Emma: It's bad news. I know it's bad news, it's always bad news.
QAGoddess: How can it be bad news? Everything is great! I love this place!
JumJill: Grrrr.
Irv: Down in Maine, we have a way of telling whether something is bad news.
Steve: All news is ( Read more... )