[Boomer]

I looked into the Chatters talk earlier and saw that the girls were talking about this soap opera that I wrote last winter when I was huddled here in cold, dreary, snowy Ohio. I don't know what happened to me. I just started writing the thing. And it was fun. And it nearly got the best of me. And I tried to pawn the job off on Barefoot. And I tried to pawn the job off on Sam. But they were way too smart to take it. Finally I just had to stop it. Then somebody bumped it later, but I never got my groove back.

When I saw them talking about it over there in Chatters tonight, I looked back and found it. I remembered I had called it "I'm Rusty Eden" because that is my soap opera name.

Anyway, when I found it, I read it all again, from the top, took me about half an hour. And while I was reading it, I started to laugh. I was not laughing out of ego because I wrote it. I was laughing because when I wrote the thing, I did not know any of you. And now I do. Well, sort of. I mean I have never seen any of you but we have been together for awhile. And here we still are.

So now, when I see you with your soap opera names, getting your parts, it is fun because I sort of know you.

Brightspot is the heroine. She is Cinderella Central. A big part of the plot revolves around her. There are lots of other regulars in it. And there are only a couple who have not been seen for a long time.

I started with just a little word game. I had no idea that soap was going to come out of me. So, after a request, and at risk of looking like I have a big ego (not), I just went "bump" in the night to deliver to you, in case you are really bored and want to read it, my soap, from "The Winter of My Discontent." I give you, "I'm Rusty Eden."

Boomer :redface: