It falls on us to ensure that the number of posts made per day at GA doesn't drop. I'm therefore calling on everyone to make an extra post a day, just for CJ.

To make it easier, you can make that extra post here in this thread, where almost anything goes. I'm starting -- this is my extra post for the day.

Okay, who's up next?

I'll light a candle for his safe return

I just had Ace, King, Queen, Jack and 10 of clubs in 7 hand poker, but lost before I could play them :'( I think this is the most depressing moment I've had all week.....

OMG I don't think I've ever seen a real royal flush in a poker hand. My condolences.

I love what you've done to your avatar and statement underneath it.

And you can expect the postings to continue while CJ is gone.

Also, to those who send email to CJ via his GA mail box. Please advised that as his Deputy on the Writers Support Team, he is forwarding his email to me so that I can keep any WST business going. All email will be handled appropriately and as confident.

I didn't know what to post, so I thought maybe a goat joke a day.

Hopefully none will be offensive, and I'll give credit where available.

What better way to recognize the goat, than to spread some jokes .



Steve

Well, it was either a candle or a goat recipe

Hhhmmmm... since CJ has declared that he is a lurker, I don't know if we really have to make any postings to make up for his absence.

CJ is such a postwhore! He's going to be angry if we can't post as usual.

Well, I will light a bonfire (The one in Dom's forum isn't working). I hope this one does!



Ieshwar

Goat Recipe:

* 2 T salad oil
* 2 lbs. cubed goat meat
* 1 tsp. salt
* 1.2 tap. garlic powder
* 1/4 tsp. oregano
* 1/8 tsp. ground cumin
* 1 large onion, chopped
* 1 T flour
* 1 10-oz. can Rotel tomatoes and green chiles
* 1 10-oz can water

Brown meat in hot oil. Add salt, garlic powder, oregano, cumin and onion. Cook until onion is soft. Sprinkle flour over all and allow to brown, stirring constantly. Add tomatoes and water. Simmer uncovered for 40 minutes, stirring occasionally. Most of the liquid will be absorbed. Serves 6 (or 24 normal people).

Sorry, couldn't find any candles.

May he be enjoying his trip.

Goat an important part of anyone’s diet while staying in Africa

Actually, his trip is the Mediterranean or higher - so no Africa visits this time.

Hope he doesn't go to Nepal.

http://www.gayauthors.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=15056

Ieshwar
(who already started missing CJ and his 'I'm a lurker' )

...........What he's due back Nov. 23rd?

While the GOAT is away, the HERD of KIDD'S will play.

LOL!

A new day, so time for another post. I'm going to be a bit short today, I think, because I'm about to get on a plane again... It's only an overnight trip, but I'll be off the air for most of the two days. And I know CJ is counting on my to pass his post count while he's away...

..........Odd, your traveling again, going for a cameo?

.........Nice wick Nicholas!!

Day 2

Two men were walking through the woods and came upon a big, black, deep hole. One man picked up a rock and tossed it into the hole and stood listening for the rock to hit bottom. Nothing.

He turned to the other guy and said "That must be a deep hole..let's throw a bigger rock in there and listen for it to hit bottom."

The men found a bigger rock and lugged it to the hole and dropped it in. They listened for some time and ....nothing.

Again they agreed that this must be one deep hole and maybe they should throw something even bigger into it. One man spotted a big log nearby. They picked it up, grunting and groaning, and threw it to the hole, listening intently....nothing.

All of a sudden, a goat came flying out of the woods, running like the wind, and flew past the men and jumped straight in the hole. The men were astonished.

They walked on through the woods, and a little later met an old farmer who asked the men if they had seen a goat. One man told the farmer of the incredible incident they had just witnessed. They had just seen this goat fly out of the woods and run and leap into the big hole. He asked the farmer if this could have been his goat.

The old farmer said "Naw, that can't be my goat...he was chained up to a big log"

Andy Oliver


Have a great day

Steve

Nice one, Steve!

Don't know what to say... except, Good Morning, Everybody!

Ieshwar

I hope not -- he hasn't mentioned Hobart in the story so far....

Well, it's Tuesday. Lets hope the Joe is on time with Chapter 14.


Jan

Er... I thought CJ's Chapter Release Schedule didn't have chapter 14 until the 6th November. We've got another two weeks to wait....

What an odd schedule. Three weeks between the last chapter and the next chapter and then twelve days between the next two chapters. Leave it to CJ to torment in his absense. We are going to have some major withdrawal symptoms appearing soon...

Of course, you guys knew I would have a team on CJ's track. Here is the first pic I got; it's supposed to be somewhere in Southern Europe, but there was an extra fee needed to have the exact location. So here it is. What makes me doubt the authenticity is the lack of relatives. On the other hand, the shy quiet nature of CJ comes through.

Eat goats. Kiss frogs.

There was once a young man who was crossing the road. As he was making his way over a frog called out to him and said, "If you kiss me, I will turn into a beautiful princess." The young man picked up the frog and put it in his pocket.

The frog called out from the young man's pocket, "If you will kiss me and turn me back into a beautiful princess, I will come to your house for one week and cook and clean for you." The young man took the frog out and smiled at it and then put it back into his pocket.

The frog called out from the young man's pocket again, "If you kiss me and turn me back into a beautiful princess, I'll stay with you for as long as you want and do anything you want me to." Again, the young man removed the frog, smiled at it, and then placed it back into his pocket.

Finally, the frog called out from the pocket, "What is it with you? I told you I'd stay with you, and cook and clean for you and do anything you want me to do. Why won't you kiss me?" The young man took the frog from his pocket and said, "Look, I'm gay. I don't have time for girlfriends — but a talking frog is really cool."

...............Good one!!

Nice story, Mike!

And news, CJ bought himself (itself?) a new necklace! Or is it a scarf?

Ieshwar

I suspect that chapter 14 ends in a cliffhanger... or, if I can pretend to be CJ for a moment, a slightly tense ending... and as such he doesn't want to leave us waiting too long. He knows he'd be BBQ'd if he left us waiting too long after doing that.

Nice picture, Bondwriter, but I don't think that's CJ unless he's decided to die his hair.

You had me scared there for a minute, Jan. I thought I forgot to post it until I saw the release date as November 6th

And yes, CJ continued his typical style of ending chapters in cliffhangers. Be glad that you won't have to wait over a month to read a new chapter like me because I read ahead

SPOILER!!! Though in this case it's a good spoil since it means I don't have to worry about being stressed out for a couple of weeks.

Thanks, Joe!

If I remember correctly, there was a member who used to do something like this over in Dom's forum to try and stir things up.

And I did forget about the posting schedule. Sorry Everyone.

Jan

I'd die if I found out CJ dyed his hair for some English bloke. Goats do strange things when they leave the desert and visit a big city. Hope he has a bang of a holiday.

Jack

New day, new post!

If ever someonehear about large mass of goats gathering around, don't panic! It's CJ and his family!

Ieshwar

peeking in to do his part!

So what do you call a goat's beard?




A goatee



Geez, only day 3 and I've run out of clean goat jokes.

I might have to do some more digging.

Steve

Who says you need clean goat jokes?

(Just doing my obligatory post!)

I'll do my part and remind people that CJ is a lurker!

Steve

He's a post-queen (my new invention) who's in the delusion that he's a lurker!

Hope hat he gets himself treated in Europe.

Ieshwar

What am I going to post about today? I don't know....

Has anyone else noticed how quiet GA has been since CJ has been offline? I'm usually a reactive poster (responding to other people) -- it's really hard for me to try to initiate things since I don't have posts from CJ to respond to....

Yeah, it is a little boring without him.

Yeah, I felt that since the first day he gone. As I already said, I miss him saying "I'm a shy retiring lurker..."

Doing my duty.

If you're going to post a candle a day, then I hope you have a LOT of candle pictures....

Nice, though. I really like them

herm...

is there a such thing as goat pox?

There's smallpox and cowpox (the original source for the smallpox vaccine), so I suppose there's probably goatpox as well -- or at least a close variation.