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   William Vetter to All   
   Re: storytelling: talent or skill?   
   07 Jun 14 21:45:03   
   
   From: mdhangton@gmail.com   
      
   > And then I have 6 different starts of fantasy with gods that all petered   
   >   
   > out sooner or later. I guess gods don't work for me. Proper gods have to   
   >   
   > be sensible, which either makes the story pointless   
      
   Most of the stories involved with Greek mythology, in Homer and Hesiod, are   
   driven by the god-sized lusts, resentments, and jealousies of the Olympian   
   gods.  Especially Zeus and Poseidon with their sleeping around.   
      
   >I started with the 10 resistor colours (black, brown, red, orange,   
   yellow, green, blue, violet, gray, white),   
      
   No silver and gold tolerance bands?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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