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“International Intrigue” was the blogosphere’s top choice for the upcoming virtual symposium’s topic, narrowly beating out really bad erotica, as written by symposium contributors. To those who pimped this vote, thank you! (And to those of you who voted for one of the runners up, take heart: You’ll be seeing these topics again at some point…) For those new to the virtual symposium: In short, it’s a simultaneous act of blogging. Here’s how it works: Anybody with a blog on this site is welcome to join in. All choosing to participate will create something – an essay, a cartoon, an erotic story, a memoir, a series of one-line aphorisms, an image collage, a photo montage, a poem, or anything else – relating to “International Intrigue.” At a pre-arranged time and date (see below) all participants post their contributions. Want a better sense of how it works – or just some good reads? Here’s a link to the participants’ list from the eleventh symposium: Feel free to take the basic idea of “International Intrigue” and stretch it to as wild an interpretation as you like -- the post should reflect you! The last thing we need is a dozen monotonous texts on the same topic. Anything goes, as long as there is a trace of the original idea in the post. On the morning of September 20 (this Sunday, for those keeping score), all participants will post their creations. Please, please, post ‘em to your own blogs early: I do want to link to them in a central post here, but I don’t want to be stapled to my desk all day. I'll be responsible for posting links to your blogs here – I want to make this as effortless for participants as possible! Once you’ve posted, leave a note in the comments section here so I know to link to your submission. I will, of course, post latecomers… people do check back to see whether new participants have joined the symposium. But after the morning of September 20, I may not be updating the list as obsessively. Additionally, links sometimes take a while to become live. The sooner I can scoop up the link to your contribution, the faster (hopefully) others will be able to click through to it. As for contributions themselves: The idea is to create something new, as opposed to using posts to respond to other posts (although the comments section will, of course, remain fair game). Leave a note in the blog comments, and I’ll use a post on this blog that day to link to all contributions. A suggestion: Participants may want to refer to either the virtual symposium or the topic itself in their headline. Not a requirement – there are no requirements, save for originality and participation – but a suggestion which will let the wide blog community know what we’re doing. This is not a contest. No souvenir mugs will be sent, nor ribbons awarded. The idea here is for those interested to, on a single day, offer an interpretation of a single topic for the sheer fun of it. By all means, encourage other bloggers to participate – and to let me know they’re doing so through this post, so on the morning of September 20 I can link to their posts. Oh, and please consider this an invitation – if not a request – to the symposium both on your own blogs, and in individual requests to bloggers whom you’d like to see represented. The more the merrier, right? There are some folks with very distinct voices on this site who aren’t yet participating – let’s bring ‘em in and make ‘em one of us, one of us, one of us! Remember, of course, to keep things in your voice! Every symposium, there are a few newbies who contribute posts, and don’t let me know about their contributions (I catch some by watching the “recent posts” feed, but that’s hit or miss). So… once you post, please leave me a note on the master list post, or here! (I get messages about the symposium which are attached to the blog a little faster than the ones which are emailed to me.) Can’t wait to see the results! the symposium, the symposium, the symposium... the viewers you bring in may be your own. Can't get more (verbally) naked than that... Final note: When the page with all the contributors goes live, please consider adding the link to your post, even if the contribution has already gone live. Doing so allows people to readily access all the other offerings… which is, after all, one of the purposes of this exercise. the symposium, the symposium, the symposium... the viewers you bring in may be your own. Can't get more (verbally) naked than that... Stop in, read, and offer comments at my "swinging as seen in the media" blog, "Confessions of a Lifestyle Man" humorlife, which is also the home of the monthly virtual symposium. New post: The Virtual Symposium Returns Lets Pick A Topic |
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I can now cancel my booking to bad erotica writting classes!  
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I can now cancel my booking to bad erotica writting classes! Stop in, read, and offer comments at my "swinging as seen in the media" blog, "Confessions of a Lifestyle Man" humorlife, which is also the home of the monthly virtual symposium. New post: The Virtual Symposium Returns Lets Pick A Topic
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Happy unplugging... looking forward to your catching up with us when you return! Stop in, read, and offer comments at my "swinging as seen in the media" blog, "Confessions of a Lifestyle Man" humorlife, which is also the home of the monthly virtual symposium. New post: The Virtual Symposium Returns Lets Pick A Topic
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It's the twelveth, dear humor, and not the eleventh  WITHOUT PASSION LIFE IS NOTHING
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Nightsoul is right, it is the first anniversary of your "let's make it together" event, genius. I pimp at once. Not quite sure I'll post. Well, we'll see ...
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It's the twelveth, dear humor, and not the eleventh Stop in, read, and offer comments at my "swinging as seen in the media" blog, "Confessions of a Lifestyle Man" humorlife, which is also the home of the monthly virtual symposium. New post: The Virtual Symposium Returns Lets Pick A Topic
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Nightsoul is right, it is the first anniversary of your "let's make it together" event, genius. I pimp at once. Not quite sure I'll post. Well, we'll see ... Hope you'll post... I would think inspiration would come at you fast and furious... And... I never claim to be a genius before my second cup of coffee! En fait, il est un peu plus que le premier anniversaire... a pris un mois ou off l'année dernière en raison de certains problèmes personnels. Mais oui, cela est la douzième édition de cet exercice! Espérons que vous postez... Je pense que l'inspiration viendrait à vous rapide et furieux... Et... je ne prétends pas être un génie avant ma deuxième tasse de café! Stop in, read, and offer comments at my "swinging as seen in the media" blog, "Confessions of a Lifestyle Man" humorlife, which is also the home of the monthly virtual symposium. New post: The Virtual Symposium Returns Lets Pick A Topic
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As "intriguing" as this sounds I'll be sitting this one out, but I'll be reading them!  Stop in, read, and offer comments at my "swinging as seen in the media" blog, "Confessions of a Lifestyle Man" humorlife, which is also the home of the monthly virtual symposium. New post: The Virtual Symposium Returns Lets Pick A Topic
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Arf ! In my french pimping the link to your post is not active 
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Arf ! In my french pimping the link to your post is not active Alors quoi de neuf? Nous persévérons dans notre tentative de forger des liens Franco-Américains, malgré le meilleur effort de ce site! Stop in, read, and offer comments at my "swinging as seen in the media" blog, "Confessions of a Lifestyle Man" humorlife, which is also the home of the monthly virtual symposium. New post: The Virtual Symposium Returns Lets Pick A Topic
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Wow glad the bad erotic didn't make it... It would be a very difficult one for me.. I will be there.. Looking forward to seeing what everyone has to write about hugsssss V Become a blog watcher sweet_vm
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Wow glad the bad erotic didn't make it... It would be a very difficult one for me.. I will be there.. Looking forward to seeing what everyone has to write about hugsssss V Um, sometimes. Sometimes they're just a pain in the ass. Yeah, I'm looking forward to seeing what folks come up with as well! Stop in, read, and offer comments at my "swinging as seen in the media" blog, "Confessions of a Lifestyle Man" humorlife, which is also the home of the monthly virtual symposium. New post: The Virtual Symposium Returns Lets Pick A Topic
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What a relief! I don't have to steal anything... Visit my blog It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World of NaughtyInSO, leave a comment, become a watcher. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LIVE AND LET LIVE Be happy! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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What a relief! I don't have to steal anything... Stop in, read, and offer comments at my "swinging as seen in the media" blog, "Confessions of a Lifestyle Man" humorlife, which is also the home of the monthly virtual symposium. New post: The Virtual Symposium Returns Lets Pick A Topic
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Bad erotica will come up again, and it's not a bad exercise to stretch oneself, writerwise... Looking forward to your contribution! Stop in, read, and offer comments at my "swinging as seen in the media" blog, "Confessions of a Lifestyle Man" humorlife, which is also the home of the monthly virtual symposium. New post: The Virtual Symposium Returns Lets Pick A Topic
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It's a good idea to unplug every so often and let things regain their natural elasticity. It aerates the plug too, which I understand prolongs their useful life. I'll miss you. ( This is my truncated "bad porn" entry. I had to use some of it somewhere. ) Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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It's the twelveth, dear humor, and not the eleventh Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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It's a good idea to unplug every so often and let things regain their natural elasticity. It aerates the plug too, which I understand prolongs their useful life. I'll miss you. ( This is my truncated "bad porn" entry. I had to use some of it somewhere. ) Stop in, read, and offer comments at my "swinging as seen in the media" blog, "Confessions of a Lifestyle Man" humorlife, which is also the home of the monthly virtual symposium. New post: The Virtual Symposium Returns Lets Pick A Topic
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As "intriguing" as this sounds I'll be sitting this one out, but I'll be reading them! Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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It figures. I guess I should have voted! There are hundreds- hell, thousands- of topics I know nothing whatever about, and these people had to pick International Intrigue! Can anyone say "Ahmed Chalabi"? Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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It figures. I guess I should have voted! There are hundreds- hell, thousands- of topics I know nothing whatever about, and these people had to pick International Intrigue! Can anyone say "Ahmed Chalabi"? Visit my blog It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World of NaughtyInSO, leave a comment, become a watcher. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LIVE AND LET LIVE Be happy! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Don't blame me, I'm not one of "these people". I never voted either but was hoping for Faustian deals or Fantasies that should remain fantasies. However, I'm very happy that erotica didn't win. Just the thought of reading bad erotica all day Sunday and possibly Monday and Tuesday gives me a migraine. The hope was to cross over to the other side, and have contributions fall into the "so bad it's good" realm... although the real experts will pass through that land and into the vaunted "so bad it's bad" land... Y'know... maybe it is a good thing bad erotica didn't win... Stop in, read, and offer comments at my "swinging as seen in the media" blog, "Confessions of a Lifestyle Man" humorlife, which is also the home of the monthly virtual symposium. New post: The Virtual Symposium Returns Lets Pick A Topic
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"Bad Erotica" would have been right up my alley but I am intrigued!  Stop in, read, and offer comments at my "swinging as seen in the media" blog, "Confessions of a Lifestyle Man" humorlife, which is also the home of the monthly virtual symposium. New post: The Virtual Symposium Returns Lets Pick A Topic
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Really bad erotica seems to be one of the most divisive topics suggested -- right up there with "slut." What that means, of course, is that you can bet it'll be offered as a choice again... O sadist I! The hope was to cross over to the other side, and have contributions fall into the "so bad it's good" realm... although the real experts will pass through that land and into the vaunted "so bad it's bad" land... Y'know... maybe it is a good thing bad erotica didn't win... There are quite a few very good writers in BlogLand, but not many of them could write readable erotica. It takes someone really, really good to purposely write something that is "so bad it's good". That means that majority will fall into other category - "so bad it's bad". So, yes, it's a good thing. Visit my blog It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World of NaughtyInSO, leave a comment, become a watcher. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LIVE AND LET LIVE Be happy! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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I'm not even remotely interested in this topic. I could beg off but I will try to think on this before deciding. Kk The observant make the best lovers, I may not do right, but I do write, I have bliss, joy, and happiness in my life, Kitkat Come check out my blog KItkat1415 check out this post by me Adventures In Body Grooming #39 April Topic Link: What Lies Beneath If April Showers Oh Bloody Hell What Kind Of Weather Turns Me On Bloggers Symposium 40
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