tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196503692012-01-09T11:55:55.631-07:00Official house organ of www.tqrstories.comTheodore Q. Rorschalkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16105835776489707983noreply@blogger.comBlogger1491100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19650369.post-12931478507229631152011-05-17T12:01:00.010-07:002011-05-17T12:30:54.178-07:00

From: Boligard DoomeyTo: Rorschalkwho's going to be in the damn book. i need to know because i need to read or reread all of the CGs and remark on them in the intro. now, you might say, "no need to do that, boli," and i say, "oh, sister, there's need." i will not type out a lame intro! i've intensions(sic) of typing a few lines about each VC, might even be a bit of a roast, me thinks. i've typed

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Hey, gang...Came home from work last night to a dead computer. Hooked up the antique Dell, and couldn't get a connection to my ISP, even after anhour's worth of great tech support by phone, trying everything either of us could think of. A service person from the ISP is scheduled to come to my apartment tomorrow evening with a replacement modem, and maybe that will do the trick.For now, I can get

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From: Gabrielle DePlancher Date: Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 4:06 PMTo: "Theodore Q. Rorschalk", Boligard DoomeyJust checking...lalo and otto remain our contacts in The Terminal? I hope to forward the caps earlier this quarter and want to make certain of the current status of things. Thanks.DeP[Gabrielle DePlancher]~ The Floor, TQR----------From: Theodore Rorschalk Date: Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 5:08 AMTo:

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Subject: Submission: "The Haunting Of Beethoven's Fifth", Mark Rigney, 9,325------------------------From: Mark Rigney Date: Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 12:52 PMTo: tqrstoriesDear Mr. Rorschalk,Attached you will find "The Haunting Of Beethoven's Fifth," which isn't quite long enough to deserve your instant rejection form, yet not quite short enough to vanish entirely. I hope it might find a home on your

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From: Robert DunbarDate: Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 9:05 AMTo: Theodore Rorschalk Re: Submission processWe don't have one yet. If I can keep my own (and the company's) head above water for another few months, my goal is to bring on an associate editor and start looking at submissions. Fingers crossed please! ----------From: Theodore Rorschalk Date: Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 9:17 AMTo: Robert DunbarStarting

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From: Theodore Rorschalk Date: Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 7:21 PMTo: Boligard Doomey You still reside here. I've got a new release from Uninvited Books (the outfit I told you to send your stuff to) that I want you to review. You up to it? I hope your Christmas was bright and you survive the New Year's party. Take care yosef. -- TQRfounder and CEO of Total Quality Reading, LLC----------From: Boligard

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Date: Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 7:29 PMTo: Robert DunbarThank you for keeping TQR uninvited, as it were. I'd love a review copy. I just don't know what address to give you to send it to just yet. Please let me get back to you in a day or two when I've got some confirmation from that third party I am trying to pin down. Happy Christmas and New Year to you, sir. -- TQRfounder and CEO of Total Quality

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Dear Sir or Madam,I've just been going through my records and realised that I submitted a short story, titled 'Seeking Kailash' to TQR on 25th July 2008. Am I correct in assuming that it has been rejecting and the communication went astray?Yours sincerelyDavid Miles***Dear Mr. Miles, I am terribly sorry about the communication that went astray. Indeed, "Seeking Kailish" was rejected. TQR

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Dear Mr. McDermott,Simply sign contract below and send it back and then I'll send your remuneration. I'll contact you shortly concerning the insider trading clause. Thanks again and Happy New Year.----TQR Publishing ContractAGREEMENT dated this day of Saturday, January 01, 2011, in which we, the publisher, TQR, agree with you, the author, Edward McDermott, that you grant us the nonexclusive right

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I accept all the changes that you have made. (I'm a writer, and it is hard to accept any changes. However, when in doubt, I have learned that the external eye is usually the better one.)One thing. I think we should shorten this sentance."Didn’t they have prison tattoos on their arms?"Dropping all the reference to ball point pen.Otherwise, I don't seen any revisions that are required.Sincerely

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I'd like to congratulate you on placing GOING HOME with tqrstories for the Winter Quarter. I've attached the version I edited. If there are some slight changes you disagree with, I'm sure we can hash it out. I won't gush too much here since I will do enough of that for public consumption in the executive suite, but suffice to say your piece is mesmerizing and a damn fine example of how setting

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Hello All!Just a quick note to let you all know that my short-story collection,"Ten With a Flag, and Other Playthings" released today in both TradePaperback and e-book formats.">Complete details and Amazon.com links (and ebook coupon code!) are available at: http://josephpaulhaines.com/blog/?p=704Thank you again for your patience with the mass emails. Last one, I swear! :-)All the best and

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Great working with you again, Otto -- and hey, we actually had twoworth sending up!I'm in the middle of packing to move -- the truck's coming Thursday,which is when I'm leaving, too. I'll be offline from some timeWednesday night through whenever the ISP gets hooked up at the newdigs (might be as early as Saturday).Laters, y'all(oops, better stop saying "y'all" -- I'm not going to be in the South

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Overtime Fall 2010 Date: 2010/08/15 23:07 By: tqr Status: Admin Karma: -1999976 AdminPosts: 2149 [Rorschalk looks at his empty hand, wondering why the coin so rudely was taken from him and then why he was subjected to the ramblings of this strange little broker who's feeling Minnesota with Keanu Reeves obviously bullying his frontal lobe, which would be "chaneling" people, get with

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Week 4. Fall Issue 2010 Date: 2010/08/09 08:27 By: tqr Status: Admin Karma: -1999976 AdminPosts: 2149 The home stretch, you loves. The topic has been locked. Re:Week 4 Fall Issue 2010 Date: 2010/08/10 08:16 By: doomey Status: Admin Karma: -1760 AdminPosts: 1482 Home stretch?[doomey looks around wildly, frantic]no. say it ain't so. i still need more goodstuff or

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AdminPosts: 2149 [Rorschalk stalks the battlements like Hamlet's father's ghost ... or is that just a sack of flour Doomey showered him with whilst he slept? Anyhow. Rorschalk stalks the battlements, preparing his defenses for the time ere Burnham Wood comes to Dunsinane and his tomorrows have dwindled to almost yesterdays...]Fie! This world is royally besnookered and guiled not unlike a lily

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[Rorschalk paces the plush carpet of the executive suite, ruminating, marinating even, upon the vicissitudes of his current lot in life. Unable to figure it out, he takes off his pince nez and picks up the phone]Tony's? I'd like an extra large pie with anchovies and extra cheese. Make sure I get the peppers and the mozerella. No. I'll be there in half an hour to pick it up. My phone number is....

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Boardwalk :: Forum List TQR Stories Discussions Capital Discrimination / Level 1 Week 1, Fall Issue 2010 Date: 2010/07/15 01:57 By: tqr Status: Admin Karma: -1999976 AdminPosts: 2149 How do you like your new portal? Can you say copyright infringement? Nein! Oh, and don't mind that nincompoop, raygun. I think he got shot or something and is operating on half a loaf. The

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Boardwalk :: Forum List TQR Stories Discussions Level 2 Capital Discrimination "The Glint" Date: 2010/08/23 10:44 By: otto Status: Admin Karma: 0 AdminPosts: 10 [Otto arrives in the shotgun seat of a '09 Jag XJ-6. He hauls his big self out, rocking the car on its way-overtaxed shocks. He walks around to the trunk, pops it, and begins shuffling through mounds of paper.]Okay..

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Day 1, June 15th, 2010[doomey, standing by his desk, head down, sighs. theo watches doomey expectantly. as time passes, theo becomes aggitated. he taps his foot. his cheek twitches, some new facial tic. he crosses arms and glares at doomey. minutes tick by. tick tock. out in the lobby, someone screams. doomey comes to life. he grabs a ream of typed sheets from his desk, steps up to theo and

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The total quality robot theater version of the interview (scroll down for transcript) between myself and Robert Dunbar came about by accident. Remember, there are no mistakes ... just happy accidents? What was that guys name on PBS, painting and whispering his affirmations whilst creating alpine scenes and happy trees? ... Bob Ross! Bobbie Freaking Ross, man! Anyhow ... I digress. Originally, I

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Recently, I had a gmail confab with once-and-future venture capitalist Michael Campagnoli. I have entered it here because I think it's illustrative of the fact the TQR staff, from myself down to Santino (the bartender at the Rump) treat prospective VC aboveboard and how, in most cases, it's appreciated. Dear TQR, Last quarter I sent you a story called, "The Secret," that made it into the finals.

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Rorschalk circles the parking lot for 12 minutes until a spot opens up that is in the front row and well lighted. Exiting his Escalade, he presses the keypad twice, activating his Cuyahoga Big Rig Deluxe vehicle security system with a squelchy double beep. He has brought a thick wad of 5 dollar bills just in case his man Otto prefers to sit on the runway, pole position, if you will. A musclehead

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My computer's hard drive went sour on me. I'm using a 5-y-o backup.Fortunately, the cap is in "cloud storage", as they say -- in the emails, so I won't have any trouble reading/reviewing the last two.But I've been fighting the beast for two days, hence my absence from the Terminal... just so ya know.See you there ~Ugh. Sorry to hear about those problems, which are always very frustrating. Thanks

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TQRJusthost doesn't appear to have a backup of the site. It could be just gone... I don't have the wherewithal to file a lawsuit. I'd like to smash the justhost ceo in the face, though. That won't happen, though. I just thought I'd fill you in on the latest. I'll update you in a day or two.DOOMEYwell, we can just pretend we typed in nada when the sight comes back up. i will recreate all of the

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On Aug 8, 2009 10:19am, Boligard Doomey wrote:> Hello Al,> I am sorry to report that the capital you sent us did not touch the monkey. Feel free to give us what for or just flip us the bird (via tqrtalkback@gmail.com) for not realizing your potential. I am sure The Permanent Temporary Postmaster will be picked up by some other magazine.>> > Keep it real,> > Boligard Doomey> the Floor>

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mssg sent 31Jul, year of our lord 2009tqrDear Dep and Boli, Not that you have yet judging from the progress on the Floor, but don't send anything up the tube yet until I get back with you on your Terminal assignments. We've got three Terminali now (Lalo's back!) and I have to figure out which one of them is going to break any ties that might occur betwixt the other two. If you have a preference

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Egad, I hope because I made Boligard wear that pink pastel suit to his interview with Bluecheese* he didn’t finally skip out for good! [Rorschalk rubs his chin, remembering the last time this happened it took a witch doctor, a prostitute with a cleft palate and 10 cases of chicken gizzards to get his prize capital manager back… ]Zounds! Landau! What private dick is in the rolodex this month?*the

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I'm stopping in for an update during this lull in TQR time. All the little people are well here, though some are hungrier than they were before the Big Lug turned the oil gusher down to low. Never spend every cent you don't have, someone once said. Like Lalo, I listened. Actually, nothing slows down here; I guess it's just the business we're in and the dirt part of the world we inhabit. I am

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Theodore Rorschalk to Benjamin, Boligard, bulldust, Gabrielle, Lalo, maggie, Terry Last night I finally figured out how to open boli's wpd document so that I could put up his review of "The Absence." Actually, my wife figured it out. Behind every great man, and all that, right? Anyhow, I was checking the user stats as I was doing this last night and at one point, we had 467 users on at one time!

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It seems I spent all last week behaving badly toward HostedToday in error. Little did I know the difference twixt a server and a domain, let alone the helpful and profane. You see, HostedToday served up TQRstories, but had nothing to do with parking us. It wasn't until somebody from the kind folks at Hosted Today told me about 20 times that they were servers, not holders of the site did a little

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There is a dimension, beyond that which is uniquely known to geeks.It is a dimension as vast as a nerd nasal passage and as timeless as a referral to the "admin department." It is the middle ground between geeks and dweebs who staff nefarious server boiler rooms, between malfeasance and idiocy. And, it lies between the pit of TQR's fears and the summit of his inability to gain any kind of useful

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BOLIGARD: what the hell is up with the site, yo? down last couple of days. just wondering, mister. today i couldn't even get to the "mambo is temp down" page.oh and hey, happy new year!!!!!!RORSCHALK: I know. The site is a mess. I have been trying to get more bandwidth from the lousy techies in Hyderabad (or is it New Delhi?), and this is how they thank me? Pffft. I'll have to submit another "

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Lalo Telling wrote:On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 2:27 PM, Theodore Rorschalk wrote:What I'm trying to say to you both right now is do not feel compelled to let a cap rise if you don't feel it deserves to.And none did.I sympathize with Boli & DeP for what they had to suffer, if thesewere the relative 'best' of the lot.Happy Various Winter and Year-End Holidays, regardless of which and how many you

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Yes. Well I guess I'm to blame for the total and irrevocable stagnation of this blogge. Mea culpa anno domini, dominos pizza! Although "irrevocable" is, indeed, NOT an irrevocable word ... although maybe I am confusing a "word" with what I really meant to describe as "state of being." But no matter. To the devil with those details! I stand before you with a new blogge strategy in hand, hopefully

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TOUCH THE MONKEY!First person to write a review on Barnes&Noble.com wins a copy signed by Rorschalk and $20!I say unto you, have I not turned a sow's purse into a silk ear? TOUCHING THE MONKEY is a damn fine total quality reading experience, let me tell you! Scott Pack himself, supplied the blurb at the back of the book! Who is Scott Pack, you ask? Why, he's the commercial director of The Friday

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How does that grub you? Err, I mean "grab."But seriously, the following essay is written by a very astute cat, mitey Joe Young. I'm not sure the analog twixt indie writing and indie music and film stacks up, but it sure is a very nice segue into the intents and purposes of Total Quality Reading. You see, the whole kid and gamboodle of this place is to trick investors into figuring out how to

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And so, the gatekeepers at the country’s alloted media outlets have a moratorium upon the unwashed Print-On-Demand, and will never deign to review such a lowly form. Vanity! Sayeth the hacks who run their editorial rooms like lords controlling their own pathetic little fiefdoms. But just like the town cryer before them, these monoliths of news dissemination are quickly becoming obsolete, their

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Many of you may have been wondering how I, the Rorschalk, was going to rid myself of the scourge of the interlopers onto the scene of TQR. And here it is! But our work here is not yet done, friends and countrymen and expatriats and bloody enemies of all that is holy. No! In order for this to work, you the investors have to invest, and not just time this bleeding time, but also money. Cash on the

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Hello, I return to you, the investors, not as a conquering force, but, darn it, I hope a steadying one. It's not that Rorschalk was so bad, I mean the fella knew how to spot a strong capital gain from a mile away, but, unfortunately his profit margin was scads and scads in the red. Dreadfully, so, like a lobster I'd say. So. Needless to say, there will be some changes around here. No more laissez

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Per usual, the transparency of our editorial brokerage firm has lead to a slow trickle, dare I say a syphlitic drip of PCGs into the hopper. We are confident, however, that the truth will out and only the most daring and, therefore, better and well-heeled type of VC will answer the bell, giving us a small, but potent crop of cap to choose from. There has been no movement in the hierarchy of the

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Congratulations are in order to a pair of VC with long, important-sounding names. In a way this issue's CGs are a first for us. They are both somewhere leaning toward the fantasy genre. Whereas we've reaped the wind of sci-fi, I don't think we've really ever published a so-called fantasy piece. So, following that logic, we're breaking new, uhm, wind? Unfortunate analogies aside, in two weeks

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Granted, what we do is different and easily misconstrued. Unfortunately, this difference often cuts into our bottom line. Who can blame an artist for thinking they are just a writer when, in fact, they are a venture capitalist; and their work simply a story when, indubitably, it is a valuable prospective capital gain? What follows is one such sad misunderstanding.Dear Mr. Rorschsalk:As I notified

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dear ted, what i am doing now on the Floor? ha ha. those VCs will not like it one bit, me thinks. you like? kneelingly, dooms

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Hi, TQR, Just thought you might like to look at the following couple of links, both of which list the shortlists for this year's BSFA awards. You might find them interesting. I certainly did (particularly as I'm the editor and publisher of disLOCATIONS). Link #1Link #2 Best,Ian Whateswww.newconpress.com***Mr. Whates,This is outstanding news! Congratulations and thank you for bringing this to

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He's had an imaginary friend for quite some time. Case in point, his latest trip to Seattle for to see this so-called friend, Slavens. He didn't know I had tailed him there, and took myself undercover as an Arab cabbie. When I picked him up, he was having a converstation with ... himself. Although, I'm sure he'd tell you he was talking to Slavens. Tis a sad thing when someone close to you takes a

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Seek and ye shall find, knock and the door will open, ask and it will be given! What was lost has been found and the first shall be last and ... yeah. I've found religion and my god is The Architext. Who in its great wisdom and mercy has taken the time to deliver unto me the sacred image of our original monkey, which I shall know share with you.Ain't it cool? You see, I have a mind to use this

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You see, I've been grubbing about for a suitable image for our upcoming anthology, and hit upon the idea of using our very first Monkey cover, which had been supplied us by our creator The Architext! Being something of a foolish lout, I had deleted that original cover, sent it on its way to cyberoblivion, where it is somewhere spinning in a black vacuum just north of Alpha Centauri with that

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Real life rarely rears its bloody torso in the sanctified search for the ultimate capital venture. However, this morning's news is such an event. Better historians than I am will have to confirm or deny any parallels herein with the assassination of Arch Duke Ferdinand because all I've got to go on is a feeling, a feeling deep inside, oh yeah. And getting away from the parroting of long gone song

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Due to the low number of subs this quarter, the Terminal once again has been afforded the honor and the ignominy of having the final say on what goes in and what doesn't. Of course, this is fine with me as long as the CGs are goodstuff. And... this quarter, I am not dissappointed. I would formally like to thank Maggie and, I suppose if I must, that beastly bit of Bulldust. Ha ha ha! And without

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The bull, it is a rare beast, this yang/yin creature of unutterably discerning capital taste. And even if there be a bad moon risin' on the horizon somewhere down the road, it ain't heavy, it's my bullther. ha ha. Anyhow. I only want to say, The Terminal is alive and kicking again for another quarter and it's humming along not half bad. I encourage you to go there and partake of the leavings,

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Oct17Boligard: off to a slow start, eh? this first one was written okay, stinker of a sci-fi story. the second one was god awful, sci-fi dookie. 1 Cap: PORTHOLED 2 Cap: PORTHOLED Rorschalk: Sorry to hear it. Thanks. Oct 18 3 Cap: PORTHOLED Boligard: too bad, it was a western, and i so want us to publish a western, but this one stunk with bore and snore.Oct 194 Cap: TERMINALED Chris DelGuercio: /

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This blogge is so slow. Seems like my last post was eons ago, nay? Well. Forgive me, please. The naysayers will predicate our demise and all that rocking the cynics nonsense. Soon, the tyrant of Persia's madi or mahdi or whatever it is, shall return and bring great tribulation upon the earth. But that is not of my concern just yet, is it? Our autumn issue capital gain consists of three fine works

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A little background: Bulldust came to us from the mean fields of Andalusia. He knew how to vet the cap, having been read to as a young bull by his doting cow. Being paired in the Terminal with Hal3000, he did a good and proper vetting. At first, his flights of abuse heaped on investors and staff were sort of amusing. But they soon became pathological. Or whatever. We had to ritually murder his

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DeHart and I have hashed it out. I think we came to the proper conclusions. Without further ado I give you the Capital Gains for the upcoming issue of TQR.Rhiannon's Reachby Joseph D'LaceySpanky Jonesby E.M. WhitcombDead Poetsby Atar Hadari

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Now, if my hunch is correct, I know many of you think Political Correctness the cat's meow, but ... in fact, it is a feckless, deleterious construct that hinders literature. Sorry, that's just how it is. And I have found the most fantastic interview in a competing e-zine that I thought spelled this idea out to the proverbial 'T'. Or whatever. Now before you damn me and this essay, remember that

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Hey,We need to have a meeting. How about the Dojo Friday night. If you both RSVP, I'll shoot you an agenda.count me in. what time?Dunno. If DeP doesn't show, we should make it one of those chess match extravaganzas. What 5:30 mountain, 4:30 your time?Non. I cannot meet on Friday. It is lake time in the north and there I selfishly go. Where I live, it's a four day weekend and, as you know, lost

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No colors anymore I want them to turn bla-aack.If I look hard enough in to the settin' sunMy love will last with me until the mornin' comeYes. A great song, but very little if anything at all to do with the blogge post I am about to, uhm, blogge. You see, there was a farthing of a misunderstanding lately twixt a hard-charging VC, the Floorites, and me. Concerning the dispensation of said VC's cap

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FOREWORD: When you talk venture capitalist around TQR the name Hank Quense invariably comes up. Not because he is the most successful, but because he is the most prolific venture capitalist to ever drop some cap in our collective inbox. And just because he hasn’t cashed in with any capital gains (yet), that hasn’t dampened his enthusiasm. TQR: Hello Mr. Quense, thank you for agreeing to sit down

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Foreword: G-Mosh (aka, Gary Moshimer) is the second VC to become a multiple CG recepient with his fine piece Rest Stop due in the upcoming spring issue. I met up with him recently in the food court of a very large metropolitan hospital where we shared a few words and a big bowl of chocolate pudding.TQR: You're the second venture capitalist to be published twice in TQR. Do you think you're lucky,

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I spent the better part of my Tuesday moving the cap around the colorful brochures in adhering to the advice of my feng shui master. Just click thru the Monkey and let me know if you approve. If , by chance, you don't approve ... you can kiss the baby!

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magz waits patiently, if a tad skittishly, inside the door of the TQR lobby, peeking her head out in the misty rain now and then for sign of the big black mercedes. does she have the right day? the right time?The Benz is a dark silver gray (maybe Magz has only glimpsed it at night, and doesn't realize it's not black), and it's pulling up to TQR's buzzing neon even now... Having been well-trained

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1. Noise2. Rest Stop3. Japanes Motorcycle Clob4. Translations5. The Wolf's Eye6. Lou and Iggy Ate my Story7. It's OK Ma She's Only Bleeding***NOISEHAL I'm torn between puns here...On one side, I might play with the phrase "signal to noise ratio". That ratio of the capital venture at hand is rather low.On another, I might be grateful to my Japanese fabricators for their training me in the

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There have been rumblings... and that's usually my stomach telling me to have another ham&cheese Hotpocket. But once my hunger is assuaged, the subject that invariably comes to mind is the whereabouts and general well being of that rogue program who serves TQR so well, Hal 3000. I know he was zapping his consciousness to Kobe, Japan shortly after his Terminal run last quarter, but the details

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Well. After a week of futility, the damnable Some Time in the Sun finally saw fit to fit on the site. So now we have proper triptych of tantalizing CGs upon which you, dear investor, may whet your moneymaker. Me. I'm off to my rest, hopefully not eternal, astride the armrests of my big blue La-Z-Boy recliner to take in the cathode rays of the gridiron heroes and goats that must surely become

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1. The Ice Box2. The Chestnut Festival3. Dora Gets a Stomach Ache4. Sugar Ants5. Wonderful Life6. Her Final Curtain7. Practical Experience8. Household God9. The Prodigal Brother10. The Devil's Fauna11. The Darkmount Trilogy12. The New Man13. Some Time in the SunTHE ICE BOXH3KFirst Reaction: 19 Nov 06 When I received this capital from Doomey, it came with a note: "...needs a tad bit of editing,

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This quarter was, as Boligard pointed out in an earlier transmission of gmail, the best of times and the worst of times (to borrow an oft used and shopworn phrase) in that our subs were way down (33 total), and yet the quality seems to have been stellar. On Boligard's end,he examined 17 capital ventures and forward 8 to the Terminal. Gabrielle has not yet let me know her totals, but I have a

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the wiles of march flipped up their tails and stomped on outta here, theo. all this knee-deepness and oh-poor-me doesn't work when you show pictures of yer bloodline. you be a lucky man, yo. to cheer you up i thought i'd hand over a pic taken of bulldust after he went up against La Punta del la Runt, a spanish boxer i myself once went up against back in '02. if i recall this was taken right

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So sue me. Keeping a daily blogge sucks and blows. Nobody reads this anyhow. I might as well please myself. So go take a long walk on a short pier, will yuz? And take this one, too...The bearded fellow manhandling my son is Boligard's infamous bodyguard Landau, who I promised to pay double wages if he'd accompany us trick or treating. The TQR empire sucks all my resources, mind you, and we live

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The youngster in the giraffe suit with the velvet bat candy carrier is yours truly's spawn. A strapping lad, he is. Already, I've begun grooming him to become an aficionado of fine capital, reading to him a chapter a night from Dostoyevski's The Idiot just before bedtime. So. Just so you know. The TQR empire shall go on into the 2nd generation!

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So. I've updated the site most notably in the STAFF menu item area. And I've given each member a diary annex in which to vent/pontificate about the daily grind or whatever they want. This memo tries to explain to them these annexes purpose and how they are to be used. I hope I've communicated myself clearly. hmmm. Pre-script: these diaries may be accessed by investors by clicking on the blue '

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The site, as those in the know already know, is a permanent work-in-progress ... and this week it made some remarkable progress.Instead of row upon row upon column of boring text to lull you into lotusland, we know have portraits to give that personal touch to the thumbnail descriptions (in the bull's case the 'thumbnail' is discernibly in name only) of the TQR staff. Full color, no less! With a

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Attention: I, Theodore Q. Rorschalk, have another prossible successor to the TQR throne. Little Noe Laraine Rorschalk entered into the deluge from the sanctity and warmth of Mrs. Rorschalk's ample womb at 3:17 pm MDT this day of our Lord Tuesday, October 17, 2006, weighing in at a formidable 8.06 pounds and inhaling lungfuls of air which she forthwith turned around into primal screams. Strangely,

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Dear Investors,Aside from the Insider Trading interviews yet to be finalized, the Fall Issue is complete. And the four featured capital gains are, again, marvels to behold, proving once again TQR is in the vanguard of e-zinery, in that when we say our tastes are eclectic it's truly not just lip service. For instance, where else are you going to find the cyberpunk feel of a Spiral Architects smack

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Robert Brewer Sun, Oct 8, 2006 at 5:48 PM To: tqrquery@gmail.com enjoyed the guidelines and opening page immensely. I found my self saying - who are these people. please god, don't let TQR be Tri Quarterly Review. nah, couldn't be. A monkey on the cover. they're not that bold. i'm saying its Spain - that place in spain - you know - borders algeria - it just came to me - Gibralter.- I'm

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Is this ... finally ... the real deal? Dunno, really, but I have it from a mid-level source that this is so. Time will tell.

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The Executive Suite was at loggerheads concerning the ventures The Man Who Sought Blug and Spiral Architects earlier this day, and so entreated either VC of said pieces to offer up their own defense of their respective work. Soon after that, Peter Hagelslag posted this self defense in the tqrstories.com VC CENTRAL office.Seeing as how Jeff Sims might not be aware of the current state of affairs

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I'm sure it's just a reasonable misunderstanding, and yet never did I imagine having such a problem. You see, this morning I received a gmail from prospective CGVC RAF's mother, asking me to keep communications with her daughter to matters of publication, or some such. I shall shortly post the entire transcript of the communication that led up to this mild rebuff. The thing is, as I'm sure you

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The following is an exchange concerning the VC of a prospective venture currently being vetted up in the Executive Suite, RAF, who claimed in her bio to play a 'mean game of chess.' This sparked TQR's interest and he alerted his local chess samurai, Boligard, that perhaps a dojo match was in the offing, and a sizeable spike in market share, to boot! Theodore Q. Rorschalk to Boligard Yo.

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Dear TQR, Much as I enjoyed reading your website I feel I should point out that in the phrase [found in the Guidelines menu item] "TQR begs the question, "Do you have the hutzpah, the cajones, the intestinal fortitude?", 'cajones' should read 'cojones', unless you're really interested in writers with 'draws' (the kind you'd find in a chest). Which brings me to my other point: I have a short-short

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I swear on my mother's old cat's grave that this was unsolicited! It warmed my cockles, too, seeing as how lately I've been wondering if anybody is reading our stupid 'zine. Yes indeed, it gave me strength to carry on. Perhaps, in face, we will survive!Date: 2006/09/18 20:07 By: Chris Status: Visitor It took me a while to realise it - I'm generally a slow kinda guy - but having

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...to the best of us. Namely ... I, Theodore Quintella Rorschalk. Luckily for me, though, the VC often are very forgiving and of good humor about such snafus. The following being a case in point.Pre Scriptum: I gmailed the doomster about this and he said nothing with myname on it came his way. Should I re-submit or is it too late?TQ,I submitted a story very early in the quarter - The new man.

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1. Dear Susan 2. The Apocryphist 3. The Man Who Sought Blug4. The Grieving5. Accidents6. Proof of Absence7. The Cottage in the Woods8. On Being Asked to Dance by a Genius9. Spiral Architects10. Desolate Island11. Dollbabies12. The Festival of the Pines***DEAR SUSANDate: 08/17/o6 04:32 By: haldust3000 No, that's not the opening to a letter... well, it is, but primarily it's the title of the

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Last night our local deity, architext, made some site improvements. Which we are forever grateful, selah. However, its eminence was not aware of the 'dust' caste to all our names being predicated on their facelessness, nay being a prerequisite of thier facelessnes, thus did I in my own way create the alternative dust names ... where the hell was I and what was I saying? ... Architext was not in

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And yes, it does use common currency to indulge itself in earthly pleasures, don't ask me how. But our local deity has been awfully coy and standoffish of late in regards to my pleas for further enlightenment. Perhaps it does not part with its knowledge for fear of the apprentice learning too much? Oh hell, I don't know. I just want to get a freaking witness! Can I get an "Amen!" from the mother{

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So as if travelling by air these days wasn't bad enough, the practitioners of the Religion of Peace have now made it impossible to take gels, liquids and any other non-solid aboard your jetliner of record. Geez, and I so wanted to contort myself into a pretzel so I could brush my teeth in one of those phone booth-sized lavs. In McCarron International Terminal C1 as me and my wife and young child

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Yes. I've been away from these halls of iniquity and pain for some time now, due to my foray into the corn-laden country of the state of Iowa in order that I might meet up with 7 old friends. A golf weekend was planned, which had been preceded by much braggadocious e-mail extolling the can of golf whup-ass this or that fellow was about to open up upon this or that, or in some cases all, other(s).

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Although I cannot download a freaking jpeg here in the olde blogge or anywhere else, I am at least able to bring you Cynthia's final (and I must admit rather flippant) answer to the question that hangs like an ingrown toenail at the end of the Insider Trading session for the RoaSM CG. So, without further ado, and prefaced by my final question:TQD: Pardon me for asking, girlie, but did you know

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If the upload works, this is Raygun himself. Now, if I can just figger out how to translate them to the TQR site, we'll be in bidness. Yo. But it doesn't look good at far as this upload going through. So. Nevermind.

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read about it here. The delightful Ms. Meister once told an interviewer she'd like to be stuck on a desert island with me (that is, if George Clooney was unavailable). How can you argue with such discerning taste? I, myself, have not read the tome, but am looking forward to Steve Hansen's forthcoming review at the site.

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An old writer chum of mine has recently published a novel: Randham Acts. His last effort, As My Sparks Fly Upward was a very good debut, so this one should be well worth your while. At least check out his Web site, will yuz?

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The lines of a pop song sang so long ago (or was it yesterday?) by David Bowie. Which leads me on, leads me down the proverbial road of metaphorical exegesis...so listen here:There are worlds within worlds within peach pits and canolis. Absurdism is the refuge of scoundrels. The quantum world is nowhere near reality, but it is the stuff of reality. You are nothing if not waves of energy save

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I've had an APB out for this guy for about a week now due to my inability to contact him with his Rhode Island U. e-mail addy. So, I figured I'd send him his $$ and that would get him off the dime. As that Cabaret queer-o Joel Grey used to say, "Money makes the world go 'roun." Here's the gmail he sent me, sans e-mails addys. I'm all about protecting the VC's privacy, yo. Dear TQR guy,Thank you

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I got this gmail after interviewing the character of Henry Grantham from the CG The Closer. Thought it was a nice testimonial not only for the IT, but the entire publication.Theodore, Interviewing characters from your quarterly showcase is Brilliant. It really adds depth. You're onto something good here and I was glad to be part of it. My thanks to you and your staff, José

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OK. So a while ago in one of my blogs I went on a tirade about how I'm just typing to the universe, and the universe is mostly empty space and full of nothing but. You know, like nobody and their non-existent mother is even reading this shit. And I get a response from some hillbilly-sounding cracker named Vermestus Flump who says I oughtta just cool down and relax a bit more because he/she is

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If you are wandering the Free Market district of TQR this quarter and feel a little lost, you are not alone! Owing to a few tweaks and hemlines being taken in, the environs down there have been radically changed.First off, the Queen's Rump was pulled up by its rotten foundations and plopped down by the river on the "other side of the tracks" so that the oftentimes ribald and inappropriate

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Do you think FUK and Nita are related? Anyhow. Strangeness is afoot. The site is acting up (Gabrielle cannot post on the Floor this morning for some confounded reason). Stable boy's legacy is threatening Rump deconstruction. How will it all end? Stay tuned. Meanwhile, here is the aforementioned and unabridged 4TW:"Just don't forget to give me the order," Tender wheezed. He was allshame or

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This came down the vacuum tube with a genuinely odd clunk. And it bore no attachment nor bio nor explanation, but only these cryptic words (tis it some kind of poem?).somewhere around here, then there wouldn't even be a little damp spot leftare a very fast flier, aren't you?"back. I turned him this way and that, but there was nothing. I looked backthe peak of the Great Mountain Wind. Beyond a

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Good thing this is a best out of 537 game series! Otherwise, I'd be worried. So. Here is the script. A bit is shaved off the top due to my raging 2-year-old having attacked my keyboard and booted me out of the metaversal dojo, thus the script was erased from where I was last uncorporeal. Or whatever. Anyhow. It was another humiliating dealio. Thank goodness I only have to go through this another

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