Didge Doo
Didge Doo answered Anonymous' question

Joe Blow (or Jo Blow if you prefer a female protagonist) living a successful, dynamic life in your city, slips through a time warp and comes out in another time (or place).

Past or future is up to you.

How does Joe cope? Are his 21st century skills an advantage or a disadvantage where he … Read more

Corey The Goofyhawk
Corey The Goofyhawk answered Anonymous' question

Allow me to introduce a Sci-Fi explorer that is well known for retrieving rare and powerful artifacts. It is a time in another galaxy where a resistance has risen up against an evil empire. The resistance hires him, or her, to retrieve an ancient secret hidden away by an extinct race of beings that they … Read more

Didge Doo
Didge Doo answered

Not sure what you mean by folk narratives. I guess you're looking for folk tales or folklore. Here's a bit from the flip side of the planet.

Back in the 19th century, when the first Australian bananas were grown in Queensland, they were a straight piece of fruit, rather like a cob of corn only different. … Read more

PJ Stein
PJ Stein answered Anonymous' question

It can be asserted that the impact of climate change can be reduced by increasing ecological resilience, particularly by improving parks and protected areas. 

Didge Doo
Didge Doo answered Anonymous' question

Not really, Sudo. The best I can suggest is going back to study the elements of language (especially singular and plural verbs).

There's a small book called "The Elements of Style" by Strunk and White aimed at American students. … Read more

Didge Doo
Didge Doo answered

Sure. Lots of people are horrified by spiders even though most of them a pretty little creatures that will keep out of our way given half a chance. (If you ever read Lord of the Rings, Shelob comes over as terrifying. She wasn't nearly as frightening in the movie.)

But monster? If he's living in … Read more

Rooster Cogburn
Rooster Cogburn answered

Community journalism is locally-oriented, professional news coverage that typically focuses on city neighborhoods, individual suburbs or small towns, rather than metropolitan, state, national or world news. If it covers wider topics, community journalism concentrates on the effect they have on local readers.

Community journalism - Wikipedia


Pepper pot
Pepper pot answered

My partner and I was walking to my car across the carpark when I noticed a man standing next to it, there was a bottle on my roof and a opened case on the floor in front of him. I started to get suspicious, I thought he may be breaking into my car, but as … Read more

PJ Stein
PJ Stein answered

Last year I had to fly from Orlando to Nashville. The airline was yhe one where you pick your seat when you board. I forgot to check-in early so I was one of the last people on. As I board I notice the miidle seat in the second row was empty. There were two little … Read more

Didge Doo
Didge Doo answered

Oh, boy, yeah. I could tell you a few stories but you'd think I was boasting and I'd have my account deleted. So, backing off and playing nice...

Back in 1988 my boss told me they wouldn't need me any more. I was 51, the field I worked in was dying, and I had never once … Read more

KB Baldwin
KB Baldwin answered

Was walking out a del Taco in Sacramento  and some old guy (OK, about my age but still an old guy)  was walking in.  I was wearing a T-shirt from an Arizona university given to me by my daughter who got her MS there.  This was back when Sheriff Joe was riding high on his … Read more