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So I thought up this character this morning... I doubt I'll ever use him in a story (but you never know!), so I wanted him to at least be recorded somewhere. Name: The Engineer (true identity to be determined!) Appearance: A fairly large, well-built man (I see him as looking something like Mr. T, but without all the gold chains). He wears a railroad Conductor's cap (and yet he is called the Engineer! can't you already see the fans getting into huge arguments about why this doesn't match?? :-D ) Age: Probably upper 30s or so. Catchy-slogan-that-he-uses-way-too-often: "Who wants a ticket to the pain train?" I am not sure if he's a "good guy" or a "bad guy" (perhaps he borders the line? I have no idea, it was early in the morning, and I wasn't thinking straight). Anyway, that's it... I just felt like sharing!

So Ficlets is this site where you write tiny little stories, and then everyone can write pre/sequels to them... and I just wrote my first (original) story, so you should go read it, then sign-up and write some yourself! (Bonus: the story involves monkeys!) http://ficlets.com/stories/29641

Confused? Start here: Story: SM-7536: Part 1 (Click the image for full-size!)

So my friend and co-worker bill challenged me to a "competition" of sorts... we both have said how we'd like to try writing stories, but neither of us have really been able to compell ourselves to spend the time to do so (for an exception, see his recent pirate-themed short story on his site: A Pirate Secret ). So anyway, he challenged me to start a story, and we would both try to post part of it online every day (thus compelling us to have to write more each day). So without further ado, I give you... well, see my next post!