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[Website] Bruce Abbott's Blog - Found June 1
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goldranger
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 		Diana is a jerk.

I bet she's posting links to Dale's journal to try to prove to the town that he is mentally unstable so he can be removed from the town council or something. That is spiteful.

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konamouse
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 		She is probably posting the "hidden" entries that we found two weeks ago.
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 		So why is Meaghan so interested in Nurse Kieth and 307? It seems to be that she's the one always actively seeking him out, not the other way around. Is it just that she's picking up Dale's slow breakdown and seeing the 307 symbol in his comic has pressed her to question this guy who she's also seen sporting the symbol? Something more? Children can be more suspect to seeing the supernatural. Perhaps she knows more than she's telling.

Also, Diana is a real witch. I kinda feel bad for both Bruce and Dale.

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 		Diana is merely a victim of circumstance, the same as all involved. If Meaghan happened into the bookstore and "the nurse" approached her, wouldn't logically he be the stalker?
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sinyx wrote:
So why is Meaghan so interested in Nurse Kieth and 307? It seems to be that she's the one always actively seeking him out, not the other way around. Is it just that she's picking up Dale's slow breakdown and seeing the 307 symbol in his comic has pressed her to question this guy who she's also seen sporting the symbol? Something more? Children can be more suspect to seeing the supernatural. Perhaps she knows more than she's telling.

Also, Diana is a real witch. I kinda feel bad for both Bruce and Dale.


Keith isn't the one with the 3o7 tattoo, that is Brad the Waiter at the Diner. However, Meaghan has been in tha same place at the same time. Coincidences?
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MageSteff wrote:
Keith isn't the one with the 3o7 tattoo, that is Brad the Waiter at the Diner. However, Meaghan has been in tha same place at the same time. Coincidences?


Keith is the male nurse who has the 3o7 website and has met Meg a couple of times
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I finally managed to get one younger person to talk to me, a young girl who was at the diner with her father. They were at the table next to me and I guess she saw me holding that damn piece of paper in my hand while they were eating. When her old man got up to use the bathroom, she stood up and came over to my table and said, "Oh, you've seen it too." I didn't know what to say and didn't even have time to think of a response before Dad returned and said, "Meg, let's go," ...


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I saw that girl from the diner, the one who asked me about the 307 paper a while ago. ... She was at the store with dear old Dad again and he didn't look too good. ... Wouldn't you know it, the girl stopped and smiled and waved at me too....


So Bruce's blog mentionging....
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Meaghan had struck up a conversation with a tall, long-haired man in hospital scrubs.

must assume this is Keith..... and then....

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She was having a very specific conversation with the man about a particular page in the comic

only makes sense they were looking at the page with the 3o7 symbol

And the fact that he is looking into a symbol that shows up in Dad's comic book which is based only on his dreams... well, I'd be interested too Wink
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 		Ambivalence 6/27/06
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6/27/06

Ambivalence

The citizens of Aglaura have spoken. One single tie-breaking vote determined that the brick and mortar library will live on and that Miss Sarah Wyatt and her much-loved programs will remain.

On a professional level this is disastrous for me. I haven't even been at Marzent a year and this library vote, my first real challenge, is, from a top-level perspective, a complete failure. Immediately, people around the office, both senior and junior to my position, offered me multiple excuses and their complete support. I don't think I'm going to lose my job over this, but if a couple similar events occur I could be express-mailed to the Guillotine Street.

More troubling, however, is how this is affecting me on a personal level. Diana's behavior, especially at the council meeting, was abhorrent. She was acting just like those New York City Yahoos who treat politics like sports, failing to see the nuances of the issues in question. In my position at Marzent, I have to do a certain amount of banner-waving but I always try to respect the opposing opinion.

We're adults, right?

On a positive note, Meaghan's very happy. I even took her by to see Sarah the other day. I think maybe spending some time around the library with her could lead to a breakthrough for us. And, hopefully, her mother will return to normal now that this is over. We all have our dark sides ~ they're part of what makes us human ~ and it was only a matter of time before I saw Diana kick it wicked witch-style. I'll just try and balance my thinking about her, take the good with the bad and move on. I'm very committed to this relationship.

I'm very committed to this relationship.

Did I say that twice?

How do I feel, deep-down, about the way the vote went? I love science-fiction; promises of time-traveling De Loreans, anti-aging drugs, nano-tech cancer fighting agents and all the astronaut ice cream I can eat—but if the people say we're not ready for 100% digitization, then we're not ready. And you know what? Now that the vote is over, I realized, at the library with Meaghan, that I'm not quite ready either.

I'll just keep reading sci-fi and grab some astronaut ice cream next time I visit The Museum of Natural History.

Well, he's coming through this vote very nicely. I'm happy to see he didn't hit the bottle.

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 		For clarity:
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We all have our dark sides ~ they're part of what makes us human ~ and it was only a matter of time before I saw Diana kick it wicked witch-style. I'll just try and balance my thinking about her, take the good with the bad and move on. I'm very committed to this relationship.

I'm very committed to this relationship.

Did I say that twice?


Sounds like Bruce may be having cold feet about his engagement! Very Happy
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 		I'd like to say "Maybe Heather has a chance afterall" but since Bruce has ignored every email attempt since May 23rd....I'm not going to hold my breath.
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 		/me shakes head
Kona, Kona, kona.... LOL, bruce AND ron??? LOL. [/threadjack]

But yeah, i am thinking brucie boy may be coming to his senses. Not only is he not upset about the library, but he is enjoying time with Meaghan AT the library and has decided he likes the library just the way it is. Not even to mention work didn't hand it to him, but instead even his bosses tried to make him feel better!!! So the question now becomes "is diana our next project? Or is she the cause of the projects."

Also, anyone get the feeling that WE are the wish? might just be me but, we seem to be solving things just fine without one.
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 		Bruce's Blog updated 7/7/06
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7/7/06

Beacon of Hope

I'm feeling a little more positive about my life than I was following the vote. Diana, Meaghan and I were able to get out of New Jersey for the holiday to spend a few days in Boston and Cape Cod, where some friends of ours were getting married. We left town on the 1st, stopping by Dale's to grab my soon-to-be step-daughter.

Despite the role he played in the library's victory, Dale seemed as distracted and sullen as ever. I know we're not on the best terms, but he always seems sharp - when I helped Meaghan with her things, he was aloof; his eyes filled with sleep. He offered me a glass of water, which I accepted. He went to the kitchen to get one, but came back without it. I politely let him know we had to be going...

His attitude seems completely normal compared to Meaghan's, though. She spoke nary a word the whole drive to Boston. Over the weekend we escorted her to The Boston Children's Museum and The Boston Aquarium. Thankfully, the Red Sox were out of town. Despite all the fun and excitement (even a fried chicken picnic in Boston Common!), she never seemed pulsed. It was troubling for both Diana and me.

It wasn't a completely awful trip, though. We stayed in adjoining rooms at an excellent boutique hotel, XV Beacon, and ate some remarkably fresh seafood on Boston's North End, an Italian neighborhood. Finally able to spend some time together outside of Aglaura, Diana and I were connecting for the first time since the vote ended. I just wish we hadn't been so preoccupied with Meaghan. I mean, don't get me wrong-we weren't too preoccupied.

The morning before we left for The Cape, I woke up early to bring Diana some fruit (the hotel keeps it in baskets in its halls) and I heard Meaghan crying through the adjacent room's door. Is this normal for a child of separation/divorce? I imagine it is, I just wish there were more I could do.

She did perk up a tiny bit when we hit Harwich. Pirate's Cove Adventure Golf and Sundae School. Seriously, check out those flavors.

One morning I left the women to bond and sun themselves on Nauset Beach while I went with a group of tour fishermen out on the ocean to chase some striped bass. I'm more Marty or Hooper than Quint, but there's something about that sea air.

Meaghan seems relieved to be home and Diana seems happy to be my fiancée, but, back in Aglaura, I'm feeling unsettled-like the Night's watching my every move.

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 		July 11 update
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7/11/06

The Big Bossman

I'm not sure you'll all appreciate my reference to the late, great, Ray Traylor, but I thought it a fitting title to describe my present professional dilemma.

After getting back from The Cape (soon, I'll have to post about how hilariously difficult it is for an addict (or anyone) to get settled, post-vacation) I expected that the pleasantries and niceties I received from the Marzent folk following the (professionally) disastrous Phase 2 vote would shift into derisive looks, snide comments and, finally, a call to the principal's office.

Sure enough, not a peep.

Everyone is pleasant as can be. Yesterday I thought I'd even be a little pro-active and contact Mr. Marzano's staff about setting up a lunch, or at least a cup of coffee. I mean, hell, I'm man enough to face up to my failure! But they politely told me that it wouldn't be necessary and that Mr. Marzano was aware of the job I was doing and quite happy with it, "but thank you for checking in!" the woman said. Delightful lass.

So maybe Marzano is chill in a NoCal "works in his socks" kind of way. That's OK with me. Or maybe he's a wacky Howard Hughes type, with an office full of fingernail clippings and piss bottles. That's less OK with me.

I wanted to discuss my Marzent frustrations over dinner with Diana, but Marzent is a touchy subject since the vote. I think she feels like the company (or more specifically Bruce Abbott) didn't work hard enough. She's also growing more concerned with Meaghan, whose post-trip behavior hasn't really improved. She's really in the doldrums. I have no idea what it could be…a boy maybe? I even suggested swinging by the library to see Sarah…but she wouldn't get out bed. Pretty disconcerting.

I have to sign off now, peoples. I'm setting up a Marzent newsletter and wriggled a little bit of extra network access. I might troll around a tad and see what's what with regards to the kingpin and his dynasty…


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 		Damn, if he would only answer his email, we might be able to talk him into digging deeper into the Marzent computer systems.......if we can trust him.
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 		Marzent newsletter? anyone has recieved any of those yet?
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 		Seems to me he's still setting it up. Heh, just a little late from their projected date they had for the first issue.
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