Since this is our first Thanksgiving together, we here at Scrivel want to wish you a Happy Thanksgiving.  We know it's a cliche but we're saying it anyway.

With that crap aside, why are you on the internet?  Get off the internet and go be with your family you pathetic sod.

And if you can't be with your family, go play a game or grab a book to read or take a long country drive.

You can come visit us when you're at work or have something important that needs to be put off.

Okay, that feels better.  This is F. Lawrence Caslin saying, "I got food to eat, I'm outta here."

Happy Thanksgiving.

Just in time for Christmas 2008, Mattel releases the most popular Barbie set yet! 

The Barbie Ho-on-the-Go Collection. 

Remember when you or your little sister played with Barbies growing up?  Remember wishing that Barbie were more grown up?  Your prayers have been answered.

Never before has there ever been a more requested doll.

A continuation of Chapter 2 in Suzy Soro's unreleased book.

Chapter 2 began with Suzy talking about Scotty, her first.  She was 19, he was 20 and they were in college. 

Until Scotty she'd only been to 2nd base, "unable to chase a homerun and unwilling to risk getting tagged out."

We continue now with more of Chapter 2.

And now we continue with our next installment of Formerly Fun's BlogOpera.

When we last left off, the barista and our heroine had made love. 

She asked him about his scar and he explained that when he was young, he swallowed a Steve Austin action figure.  

Later, he asked if she should go and she said, "Stay."

They kissed and fell asleep ...

- F. Lawrence Caslin

(excerpted from a fake live radio broadcast)

F. Lawrence Caslin:  Ross Cavins will soon be releasing his first book, "Follow The Money," and we have an exclusive interview with him here on Scrivel.com.  Ross, tell everyone a little about your book.

Ross Cavins:  Well, first, I should say that it's a collection of interconnected short stories.

Caslin:  It says that on the cover.

Ross Cavins:  I know, I just ... so, there are eleven stories in all and--

The vampire surveyed the street in a neighborhood where few white people were comfortable walking.  The rain had stopped.  Puddles steamed here and there on the streets and sidewalks.
    
He stopped in front of a store window.  Water droplets on the glass caught the streetlights, like stars against an inky sky.  He examined the unremarkable person reflected in the black mirror: the dark hair, military cut and goatee; prominent eyebrows with a tiny pointed arch at the center of each; intelligent eyes close together; broad shoulders under a leather coat; not particularly tall; crisp, dark attire belied a construction worker.
    
A figure appeared behind him.  Long brown hair flowed over the man's ears and framed the face and Italian nose at its center; deep, gorgeous eyes with faint smile lines; a sleek well-cared-for body.