The Legislature voted down the gay marriage bill for the third time in a year, and the governor said he'd just as soon sign a bill that allowed gays to fly.

So, as an April Fool's joke, the legislature passed that bill. Unanimously.

The governor called a press conference and, in front of a dozen reporters, signed it.

And as he looked out over the assembled group, he noticed a few people rising from their chairs into the air.

Alarmed, he held on to the podium, knuckles white against the wood.

But his feet would not stay on the ground.

I'll be telling some of my 100 word stories at West Of Ireland in Second Life tonight at 7PM SLT.

If you've listened to the Weekly Challenges, you're well familiar with my neurotic rambling babble in between stories, but this time you get to heckle me, mock my writings, and poke me with a stick in real time!

Oh. Joy.

The event will take place in Voice. At some point, I'll work on soundloop generators for mood and effect, maybe a stream for mood music to accompany the voice.

But for now, I just want to get comfortable with storytelling on the grid again, and see if the good folks at WOI don't throw banlines up and scream "SPAWN OF SATAN, GO FORTH AND SIN NO MORE!"

(Sheesh. I get that enough at the lunch counter at Treebeards.)

All proceeds will go to Project Children, which I wish was possible for so many more children of conflict.

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