tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127590045913020385.post8610485027711240676..comments2024-01-22T23:29:12.048-08:00Comments on One Cosmos At Sea: Senseitional Noir!USS Ben USN (Ret)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127590045913020385.post-31981299483854884722009-03-07T08:14:00.000-08:002009-03-07T08:14:00.000-08:00Mushroom-I concur. Characters are what makes or br...Mushroom-<BR/>I concur. Characters are what makes or breaks stories. If the characters aren't interesting, and if the reader just doesn't care about any of them, it don't matter how good the plot is.<BR/><BR/>Heh! Good question concerning Yukio. It's like you read my mind, pal! :^)USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127590045913020385.post-34543767370913798562009-03-07T08:11:00.000-08:002009-03-07T08:11:00.000-08:00Robin Starfish said...I'm still struggling with ex...Robin Starfish said...<BR/>I'm still struggling with exactly how removing Annie's breasts from Mack's face could possibly be part of a cure?<BR/><BR/>Ha ha! If Mack had a choice...CENSORED...USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127590045913020385.post-14389133042416291032009-03-07T08:09:00.000-08:002009-03-07T08:09:00.000-08:00Julie-Yeah, those rattlesnakes kinda put a damper ...Julie-<BR/>Yeah, those rattlesnakes kinda put a damper on humor. :^)USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127590045913020385.post-87383490531407854282009-03-04T08:09:00.000-08:002009-03-04T08:09:00.000-08:00Good luck with your March 4th march through the VA...Good luck with your March 4th march through the VA, and related establishments. I've got one in an hour myself. I get to march on the treadmill. Shit, if the doc would have just followed me through the night shift last might he'd know what a treadmill really looks like.<BR/><BR/>JWMJWMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05564732483476859555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127590045913020385.post-48615890018598093542009-03-02T09:39:00.000-08:002009-03-02T09:39:00.000-08:00Another great, and loaded chapter. A cast of incr...Another great, and loaded chapter. A cast of increasingly interesting characters is what makes a great story -- plots just give them something to do.<BR/><BR/>For my part, I'm still wondering why Yukio is so lenient and wants Mack in the Org -- power struggle maybe? He needs Mack to tip the scales. Is he evil through and through or are there gray areas? Time will tell.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127590045913020385.post-69473686721682119532009-03-01T23:05:00.000-08:002009-03-01T23:05:00.000-08:00I'm still struggling with exactly how removing Ann...I'm still struggling with exactly how removing Annie's breasts from Mack's face could possibly be part of a cure? <BR/><BR/>Lessee, scorpions or Annie...hmmm.<BR/><BR/>Good thing Mack couldn't move or he woulda made the wrong choice...or is this one of those multiple ending stories? ;-)robinstarfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15665546554663005609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127590045913020385.post-21807830979616494542009-03-01T10:42:00.000-08:002009-03-01T10:42:00.000-08:00:DLove it. I think my neighbor found your rattlesn...:D<BR/>Love it. I think my neighbor found your rattlesnake the other day, slithering past her garage. She was not amused.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127590045913020385.post-24872255789662428162009-02-28T18:31:00.000-08:002009-02-28T18:31:00.000-08:00Walt-Yes, fortunately Sensei was there or who know...Walt-<BR/>Yes, fortunately Sensei was there or who knows what would've happened to mack. <BR/><BR/>Well, could be that Hanna is just pragmatic, or wise for her age, but you never know what might happen as the situation developes.<BR/><BR/>Ha! I can't say i was thinkin' of the tingly one at that moment. Perhaps subconciously I equated the scorpion to the tingle brought on by the Zero hisself. <BR/>Have you considered bein' a therapist?<BR/><BR/>I didn't think sensei looked all that old. I think he was just readin' Annie's mind at that moment and she thought he was old, compared to Mack, but not old old. <BR/>I'm sure if Mack wasn't around she would be hittin' on Sensei. I could be wrong, of course, not knowin' much about her, but that seems reasonable. She did kiss him afterall.<BR/><BR/>Yes, I got my audience exactly where I want them. I couldn't have planned whatever I have planned any better! :^)USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127590045913020385.post-37825020050309713382009-02-28T17:51:00.000-08:002009-02-28T17:51:00.000-08:00Sheesh! A tense moment there, when Mack nearly suf...Sheesh! A tense moment there, when Mack nearly <I>suffocated</I> between Annie's ample/heaving bosoms -- that was a close call!<BR/><BR/>I know that Mack is a heckuva guy -- despite his susceptibility to witches -- and he desrves all the selfless compassion he gets. But you know, what amazes me is that <I>so far</I> not a speck of jealousy has shown through on the part of the two women, though they both ache for the same man. It makes me think that maybe one of them might be less than 100% sincere? Just speculation on my part.<BR/><BR/>I thought you were gonna have Mack make a Chris Matthews reference when the scorpion crawled up his leg -- but prolly MSNBC was the last thing he was thinking about, huh? Still, inserting not-so-subtle political commentary into creative characters is almost expected these days.<BR/><BR/>I can't say much about Sensei, really. I didn't know he was that <I>old!</I> In theory, all that Oriental <I>ju-ju</I> stuff is s'posed to keep you young, isn't it? I suppose there's a limit. But you've got to admit, he can see di-rectly into a person's soul -- like when he laid eyes on Annie, and <I>just gnew</I> she'd be a great cook! It's little intuitions like that that make all the discipline and isolation worth while!<BR/><BR/>You're churning these out quickly! Now your readers <I>expect</I> a weekly chapter. Now you are a pawn to your audience!walthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388218390016612051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127590045913020385.post-13782555920365862532009-02-28T17:20:00.000-08:002009-02-28T17:20:00.000-08:00Hey Bogie-I wonder what the red powder is. Could b...Hey Bogie-<BR/>I wonder what the red powder is. Could be chili powder, but I don't read Japanese. And who knows what else Sensei put in there.<BR/><BR/>I would ask him but he prolly thinks that would just be a waste of time. Besides, look at him...would you ask him?USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127590045913020385.post-4175389532338701192009-02-28T17:16:00.000-08:002009-02-28T17:16:00.000-08:00Yes, it's no wonder why Sensei is a hermit. Heck, ...Yes, it's no wonder why Sensei is a hermit. <BR/>Heck, I'm thinkin' Mack may very well take up the hermitage lifestyle hisself, after all he's been through...so far.USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127590045913020385.post-1956941549717482602009-02-28T17:06:00.000-08:002009-02-28T17:06:00.000-08:00Shcorpion juice, eh? Well, lemme tell yez Mack, if...Shcorpion juice, eh? Well, lemme tell yez Mack, if anything'll cure ya that's gotter do it. Now, me I was never much fer those orientalistical kinda cures, but whatever you got in ya obviously ain't gonna come out no other way. An' I'll tell yez- look out fer what a dame can do to ya if ya can't run! Reminds of a dame in Singapore- or was it St. Louis? But anyway it ain't nothin' I wanna talk about on this here fambly type blog.<BR/><BR/>BogieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127590045913020385.post-10594570287810123612009-02-28T15:49:00.000-08:002009-02-28T15:49:00.000-08:00I feel so ... so used!I feel so ... so <I>used!</I>walthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05293264989032077403noreply@blogger.com