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The Virtual Symposium Returns: Let’s Pick A Topic!
 

humorlife 56M  
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3/24/2016 7:16 pm
The Virtual Symposium Returns: Let’s Pick A Topic!
Not even a pre-event plague of vanishing comments could keep the seventeenth virtual symposium (Participants List For The Seventeenth Virtual Symposium The First Time) from bringing in a fine crop of new and returning contributors. A combination of work and play (but mostly work) has me well behind enjoying ‘em… but that’s what weekends are for right?

It’s time to pick the topic for the eighteenth virtual symposium, a topic which hopefully will open itself for a cornucopia of essays, fiction, poems, photos, erotica, personal memories, artwork, and all-around goodwill and support of the blogosphere.

Speaking of the support of the blogosphere and bloggers, [blog Darling_Annette] has created a number of promotional tiles which tout the topic-suggestion process, the voting process, and the symposium itself. Several of these feature photos of contributors. She’s always looking for more subjects, so contributors who are interested – and who have face photographs – are encouraged to contact her.

On to the symposium itself! Let’s pick one from those listed below, and on the morning of Sunday, April 3 I’ll provide a central landing page which will have links to all contributors’ offerings. No matter which topic we ultimately choose, I hope folks will warp it as wildly as befits their personalities. The more offbeat the interpretation, the better!

A suggestion: Since there have been a few site hiccups, I’d recommend writing your contribution in either a word processing program or (if you don’t want it hanging around on a shared computer) an email you send to yourself. On symposium Sunday, all you’ll have to do is cut, paste, and place images. Oh, and once I’ve put up a master list, if you could edit your post and provide a link so your readers can enjoy the other contributions, that would be jolly good show…

Once you do, be sure to leave a message on either this post the master list post indicating that you've made a contribution. I get notifications here faster than through any other channel...

A note: While we’ll accept contributions all day, this site’s problems with links going live should come as no surprise to anyone. The earlier folks post their contributions, the sooner, it seems, links go live.

Regarding the symposium itself, the only two rules are: A ) Please post as early on the chosen day as possible, to allow for maximum exposure (and, quite frankly, so I’m not glued to my desk all day), and B ) the posts should be entirely original, as opposed to commenting on other posts from the topic. Ideally, posts should be created beforehand, and put on the site on the designated day. (The comments sections, of course, would be fair game!) In deference to those of us with advancing ages and eyesight to match, posting entries in size 2 (this size) is appreciated, but not necessary.

A suggestion: Participants may want to refer to either the virtual symposium or the topic itself in their headline. Not a requirement – there are no requirements, save for originality and participation – but a suggestion which will let the blog community know what we’re doing. They should definitely let me know, once they’ve posted, that they’ve done so in the comments section on the blog: I get those notifications faster than through the site email system.

And… this is not a contest. No souvenir mugs will be sent, nor ribbons or bling awarded. The idea here is for those interested to, on a single day, offer an interpretation of a single topic for the sheer fun of it.

By all means, encourage other bloggers to participate – and to let me know they’re doing so through this post, so on April 3 I can link to their posts. Oh, and consider this permission – nay, encouragement – to the symposium and link back to this post! I’d like to make sure folks interested in participating have the opportunity to do so. , , – and remember, pimping is a great way to influence your topic of choice.

Electioneering is perfectly legal, here… so feel free to leave reactions, persuasive arguments, and snide asides (about topics, but NOT bloggers) in the comments section below. Also: A comment or two here will increase the symposium’s visibility… and it would be nice to affirm what the blogosphere can be.

So what topic will we use for the next virtual symposium? I’ve listed four – I think they’re general enough that, whichever one we end up choosing, most folks should be comfortable offering reactions. At any rate, here are the choices. Feel free to electioneer in the comments, below, for any you find particularly compelling.

Voting for the topic will close at end-day on Monday, March 28. this vote… and let’s get some more newbies involved!

Participants are encouraged to note in their contributions that they’re part of a communal effort and provide a link to the central page (adding that link retroactively, after I’ve created the central page, would be very helpful). Doing so allows someone who stumbles on one individual’s blog item to enjoy as many of our pieces as he/she wants… and further strengthens a sense of virtual community.

that vote -- newbie participants are always welcome!
Science
Vampires
Excess
Secrets
Other (Write it in below. Longshot, but… why not? One of these days a write-in is going to win!)

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humorlife 56M  
5710 posts
3/24/2016 7:41 pm
    Quoting  :
You are, of course, welcome -- if not encouraged -- to offer a photographic interpretation of whichever topic wins! Failing that, hope you'll read and enjoy the contributions...

And if there's one topic you especially want to see win, feel free to pimp it!

Good to have as a symposium enjoyer, however you decide to do so...
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NaughtyInSO 113F
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3/24/2016 7:56 pm

 Fantastic selection of topics!

Vampires rule! Yumm.
[image]
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KItkat1415 61F  
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3/24/2016 8:01 pm

 Secrets? Hm?
Kk
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I may not do right, but I do write,
I have bliss, joy, and happiness in my life,
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humorlife 56M  
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3/24/2016 8:03 pm
    Quoting NaughtyInSO:
    Fantastic selection of topics!

    Vampires rule! Yumm.
    [image]
This crowd could either have some incredible fun with that topic... or I'll end up spending Symposium Sunday cowering under my bed.

Which, under the right circumstances, could be incredibly fun as well.

Hey, you want vampires? Pimp vampires!
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humorlife replies on 3/24/2016 8:19 pm:
To clarify: That comment reads "Pimp vampires!" with the meaning "promote the topic of vampires for the upcoming virtual symposium.

Please note that the comment was NOT "Vampire pimps," which would be an entirely different topic.

And one which, come to think of it, would be a hell of a write in...

humorlife 56M  
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3/24/2016 8:04 pm

 If this selection wins, I'm not going to announce it. I'm just going to say that I'm not saying what the topic is.
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sexcbeach1 43M
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3/24/2016 8:28 pm


humorlife 56M  
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3/24/2016 8:35 pm

 I'm not sure whether an image counts as a write-in vote, but I heartily endorse this message.
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nightsoul1962 61F
17828 posts
3/24/2016 8:47 pm

 Done!!!
WITHOUT PASSION LIFE IS NOTHING


LemonSqueezy7116 52F
452 posts
3/24/2016 11:02 pm

 Hmm ... Not sure what to write with any of these topics. But I voted anyway.


NaughtyInSO 113F
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3/24/2016 11:21 pm
    Quoting humorlife:
    This crowd could either have some incredible fun with that topic... or I'll end up spending Symposium Sunday cowering under my bed.

    Which, under the right circumstances, could be incredibly fun as well.

    Hey, you want vampires? Pimp vampires!
humorlife replies on 3/24/2016 8:19 pm:
To clarify: That comment reads "Pimp vampires!" with the meaning "promote the topic of vampires for the upcoming virtual symposium.

Please note that the comment was NOT "Vampire pimps," which would be an entirely different topic.

And one which, come to think of it, would be a hell of a write in...

Aww, that's too bad... I was getting ready to pimp the pimping bloosuckers.
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spunkycumfun 63M/69F
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3/24/2016 11:29 pm

 I have a scientific excess of secret vampire trysts to blog about!


NaughtyInSO 113F
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3/24/2016 11:36 pm
    Quoting spunkycumfun:
    I have a scientific excess of secret vampire trysts to blog about!
Leave it to you, sir, to make it sound so simple. *swoon*
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humorlife 56M  
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3/25/2016 3:13 am

 Thanked!!!
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humorlife 56M  
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3/25/2016 3:45 am
    Quoting  :
"Just join us, 'cause no one's gonna really be free until nerd persecution ends!"
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humorlife 56M  
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3/25/2016 3:46 am
    Quoting  :
"Secrets...well those would be too hot to share..." You realize that's the best argument FOR secrets you could have made, right?
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humorlife 56M  
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3/25/2016 3:47 am
    Quoting LemonSqueezy7116:
    Hmm ... Not sure what to write with any of these topics. But I voted anyway.
Oh, I'm never sure what I'm going to write... especially as I'm on a streak of having my own chosen topics not win... but I love the challenge! Can't wait to see what you come up with, regardless of the topic!
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humorlife 56M  
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3/25/2016 3:48 am
    Quoting NaughtyInSO:
    humorlife replies on 3/24/2016 8:19 pm:
    To clarify: That comment reads "Pimp vampires!" with the meaning "promote the topic of vampires for the upcoming virtual symposium.

    Please note that the comment was NOT "Vampire pimps," which would be an entirely different topic.

    And one which, come to think of it, would be a hell of a write in...

    Aww, that's too bad... I was getting ready to pimp the pimping bloosuckers.
Which, I suppose, is better than sucking those bloody p--

No. Y'know, I'm just not going to go there. Gonna walk right back off that cliff.

Happy voting.
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humorlife 56M  
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3/25/2016 3:55 am
    Quoting spunkycumfun:
    I have a scientific excess of secret vampire trysts to blog about!
Trying to be all things to all people? You'll never be elected Prime Minister that way...
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humorlife 56M  
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3/25/2016 4:11 am
    Quoting  :
Hm... If nothing else, I'll add it to the list of potential topics. Thank you!
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Annie_34 65T
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3/25/2016 6:07 am

 Bonjour Humorlife
Je viens de faire de la propagande en France XVIII Symposium Le choix , il ne me reste plus qu'à voter
avec excès dans le secret de la science de Transylvanie ou autre lieu
♥ Poton ♥ Bisou ♥ Annie ♥

Hello Humorlife
I just make propaganda in France XVIII Symposium Le choix , it remains for me to vote
with excess in the secret science of Transylvania or other place
♥ Kisses ♥ Annie ♥

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Nous cherchons notre passage-♦-Dans le ciel où rien ne luit .
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humorlife 56M  
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3/25/2016 6:33 am
    Quoting Annie_34:
    Bonjour Humorlife
    Je viens de faire de la propagande en France XVIII Symposium Le choix , il ne me reste plus qu'à voter
    avec excès dans le secret de la science de Transylvanie ou autre lieu
    ♥ Poton ♥ Bisou ♥ Annie ♥

    Hello Humorlife
    I just make propaganda in France XVIII Symposium Le choix , it remains for me to vote
    with excess in the secret science of Transylvania or other place
    ♥ Kisses ♥ Annie ♥
Hello, Annie:

Thank you for promoting the voting... and yes, based on your comments you are clearly of several minds!

Nous vous remercions de la promotion du vote ... et oui, sur la base de vos commentaires, vous êtes clairement de plusieurs esprits!
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humorlife 56M  
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3/25/2016 8:06 am
    Quoting  :
May your chosen topic, um...

Er...

Thank you for voting!
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NaughtyInSO 113F
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3/25/2016 8:31 am
    Quoting humorlife:
    Which, I suppose, is better than sucking those bloody p--

    No. Y'know, I'm just not going to go there. Gonna walk right back off that cliff.

    Happy voting.
*Laughing hysterically*...
And it's only 8:30 in the morning and no coffee yet. Thank you!
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3/25/2016 10:14 am

 Humorlife thank you for the symposium . I like secrets but everyone will know them after April 3 !!!!
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sweet_VM 65F
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3/25/2016 10:18 am

 Looks like another great symposium that your doing. For the next two weeks I will be in Mexico on vacation enjoying the food drinks and sun! I will not be able to participate into this one! Sorry! hugsssss V
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