-To my readers - Hello, my esteemed peers. Many humble apologies, but I am retracting my stories for the time being, for mulitple reasons. First of all, I was temporarily in the hospital because of a drunken driver (DON'T DRINK) so I had no internet access. Secondly, beginning and ending stories are very difficult for me; I am going to work them over the hard spots, then repost. I am very sorry for any inconvienences, and I shall do my best to write quickly. Thank you for ya'll's patience.

Wow, it's been a while. Hey there. There are a crapload of facets in my personality, and it's reflected in my work(s). I love one-liners, quotes, Sherlock Holmes, Phantom of the Opera, Laurie R. King, J.D. Robb/Nora Roberts, The Thief and the Cobbler, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (all 3), and Texas Hold 'Em. I think you get the picture.

I write when I can, and try to update. But, as my long-suffering readers know, I am not always successful. I am in the process of writing two fics here, and another 2 on my spare time to post when they are complete. I love good pictures, and am always looking for a new fic to suit my mood.

I am manipulative, sly, a lurker, lazy, artistic, musically inclined, witty, inconspicuous, able to blend in, a natural eavesdropper, perpetually late, nearly blind, very private, appreciative of a good joke, able to laugh at myself and my friends with equal fervour, and totally, with all my heart, wish that I was British. Don't ask.

I shall wrap it up with that.

P.S. Yes, I know my pen name keeps changing. But as I get older, I find better ones more suited to my personality. The word Nkechi is Nigerian for 'loyal'. I am extremely loyal. To a fault. shrug

We're Not In Kansas Anymore, Toto - On hold. Writer's block is a witch with a capital B.

For Love of An Angel - In the process of the 3rd chapter. It's slow going, but I finally have Word back. I shall try to post soon.

"Incorrect. You are weak like the salted slug, and your mind is slow like the sloth on sake."

The Exam

"Remember...there are worse things than a shattered chandelier..."

Phantom of the Opera

“Good golly, why didn’t you sell tickets!”

Katherine Hepburn

I am an omnivorous reader with a strangely retentive memory for trifles.

Sherlock Holmes

True friends stab you in the front.

Oscar Wilde

Honesty may be the best policy, but it’s important to remember that apparently, by elimination, dishonesty is the second-best policy.

George Carlin

If the comrade fails to see your point, acquaint his face with the pavement.

Leon Trotsky

Confusion is mightier than the sword.

Abbie Hoffman

Just when you think you’ve got the rat race licked – Boom! Faster rats.

David Lee Roth

I have never mad but one prayer to God, a short one: "O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous." And God granted it.

Voltaire

Reminds me of my safari in Africa. Somebody forgot the corkscrew and for several days we had to live on nothing but food and water.

W. C. Fields

When you machine-gun a vending machine, it makes a serious noise.

Kevin Roberts

Comedy is tragedy plus time.

Woody Allen

When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.

Sherlock Holmes

Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.

Winston Churchill

Leave the gun. Take the cannollis.

Clemenza

Curiosity killed the cat, but for a while I was a suspect.

Steven Wright

Cats are smarter than dogs; you can’t get eight cats to pull a sled through snow.

Jedd Valdez

Talk low, talk slow, and don’t say much.

John Wayne

Think of us as ships departing a sinking rat.

Robert Benchley

It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.

Voltaire

When we want your opinion we’ll beat it out of you.

Right-wing catchphrase

The pen is mightier than the sword, though not if your opponent actually has one.

Various attributions

It’s my job to protect you from reality.

Fox Network censor

The radio doesn’t like anyone but me listening to it.

Taylor Mead

Seeing a murder on television can help work off one’s antagonisms. And if you haven’t any antagonisms, the commercials will give you some.

Alfred Hitchcock

The scientific theory I like best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline luggage.

Mark Russell

Sped p my XT; ran it on 220v! Works greO!

Anon

If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get one million miles to the gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside.

Robert X. Cringely

2 is not equal to 3, not even for large values of 2.

Grabel’s Law

God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.

Voltaire

NEW YORK, NY. A man was knocked down by a car and got up uninjured, but lay back down in front of the car when a bystander told him to feign injury in order to collect insurance money. The car rolled forward and crushed him to death."
- Associated Press, 1977

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former."
- Albert Einstein

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, prepare to die."
- Klingon Proverb, Star Trek

Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you."
- C. G. Jung

Sometimes when reading Goethe I have the paralyzing suspicion that he is trying to be funny."
- Guy Davenport

The fellow that agrees with everything you say is either a fool or he is getting ready to skin you."
- Kin Hubbard

"The concept is interesting and well-formed, but in order to earn better than a ‘C’, the idea must be feasible."
- A Yale University management professor, in response to student Fred Smith’s paper proposing reliable overnight delivery service (Smith went on to found Federal Express)

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