Once upon a time there was a girl who was sad, and shy, and felt alone. Many difficult things happened in her life, and all of them hurt her. She was looking for the person to spend her life with, but nobody wanted to be that person. So she ran away from the people around her, and disappeared, and somewhere far away from her friends she died.

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This sentence constitutes the only acknowledgment in this post of how long it's been been since I posted last. I've been here all along, in read-only mode; I have missed no post here from a friend in the last two years, though I rarely reply. (The same cannot be said of Facebook or Twitter. If you've said something there, assume I missed it unless ( Read more... )

11:27 #ebz Fallen London: once capital of the British Empire, now home of the Bazaar... fallenlondon.com/c/93852 #

19:15 #ebz Are the Clay Men really Clay? That's a very personal question... fallenlondon.com/c/94358 #
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15:40 #ebz I've gone to Fallen London! www.failbettergames.com/echobazaar #

15:52 #ebz Flowers are hard to come by in Fallen London. Private enterprise inevitably steps in... fallenlondon.com/c/92881 #
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19:55 Breaking in my new mobile workstation. I need to make myself more available, really. #
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20:01 #w00tstock crime boss #
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21:01 Just solved the hidden contest. God bless you, Thurston Valiant, wherever you are. (@ NorWesCon w/ 2 others) 4sq.com/cyZ7uI #
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17:36 For @krinndnz among others: nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/012293.html #
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19:02 RT @WriterWay An explanation of Farmville. Wow, weird: is.gd/aVagH #

20:31 Just had excellent margaritas, dinner, and game design with @muficat - vindicated some design work from grad school. Happy; not sober. #
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14:23 Don't forget - if you attended Anticipation, tonight at midnight PST is the deadline to nominate works from 2009 for the Hugo award! #
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