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After a while, I woke.

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Machine Man subscriber Impotent Verse (#3907)

Location: Cambridge, UK
Quote: "On the internet, nobody knows you're a dog"
Posted: 6124 days ago

1st: Yay! Charlie lives!

2nd: Shouldn't that be
"..., I awoke."
or
"..., I woke up."

Machine Man subscriber Topher Cox (#3402)

Location: Colorado
Quote: "Fiend is like Friend without the "R.""
Posted: 6124 days ago

Oh come on, what kind of page is that! I demand my $6.95 back! (Not really)

Machine Man subscriber tiki (#4563)

Posted: 6124 days ago

You cruel bastard, Max. This is why I hate episodic content.

(This is also why I love episodic content.)

Machine Man subscriber fredzfrog (#2368)

Location: Moe
Quote: "Fredzfrog"
Posted: 6124 days ago

its not friday yet max..

arrg! thriffhangers! :(

Machine Man subscriber regtiangha (#4080)

Location: Calgary, AB, CANADA
Quote: ""It tastes like beef!""
Posted: 6124 days ago

Head in jar a la Futurama. He's in the 30th century now! Say Hi to Fry for me, Charlie!

Machine Man subscriber David (#1456)

Location: Sydney, Australia
Quote: "Why are the pretty ones always insane?"
Posted: 6124 days ago

Now tell us how you sweated over a hot laptop *all* day to produce that gem!

Admittedly most of your septic audience will be busy giving thanks today, thus giving you time to whip the little grey cells into producing something more substantial for their return from shopping on Friday. But still, the rest of the planet is hangin' out, frustrated and waiting with bated breath... (okay, just the English speaking bits of the non-Thanksgiving part of the planet. But still.)

Machine Man subscriber b3n3llis (#3159)

Location: UK
Posted: 6124 days ago

Came for the comments on such a short entry...left liking the site redesign and the old lean 'n' smoulder photo

Machine Man subscriber dabbeljuh (#4114)

Posted: 6124 days ago

the german speaking bit of the non thanksgiving part of the planet is also hanging out, slightly frustrated and waiting with bated breath ~

Machine Man subscriber Dave (#4576)

Location: UK
Quote: "Ever sift sand through a screen? ... We Bene Gesserit sift people to find the humans. (Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam, Dune) "
Posted: 6124 days ago

Oh come on, what kind of page is that! I demand my $6.95 back! (Not really)
(Topher Cox (#3402))

I have to say having just managed to catch up with the feed (yes I know I was supposed to read a page a day for 182 days not read all pages in three days), I guess I can't demand the $6.95 back. But 5 Words? 18 Characters? 22 Characters (including space)? I need more than that. And please no big cliffhanger tomorrow.



Machine Man subscriber Electrichead (#3898)

Location: Toronto
Posted: 6124 days ago

From the last 4 pages, the word counts were 310, 170, 36, 5. At this rate, tomorrow's will have only a fraction of a word. Or an emoticon.

Machine Man subscriber gstein42 (#585)

Location: 127.0.0.1
Quote: "That's not change! That's more of the same!"
Posted: 6124 days ago

electric: :O

Machine Man subscriber Bob (#4095)

Location: Kansas
Quote: "Freeze!!! This is the Government!!"
Posted: 6124 days ago

My wife wouldn't understand if I tried to explain to her, while looking at my iPhone early this morning, I exclaimed, "Oh come **ON**!!!"

Machine Man subscriber Katie Ellert (#207)

Location: Calgary AB Canada
Quote: "Where's Lola? WHERE'S LOLA?!?!"
Posted: 6124 days ago

seriously.....

two days in a row.....

*waits for more*
Shit, this is going to be hard when the book is done. I'm going to log onto my e-mail in anticipation of a new page, and there wont be one... how am I going to get my next fix.....

Machine Man subscriber Katie Ellert (#207)

Location: Calgary AB Canada
Quote: "Where's Lola? WHERE'S LOLA?!?!"
Posted: 6124 days ago

though yesterdays page was good... I'm not really complaining.... it was just short :( I get excited when it's long pages... haha

Machine Man subscriber Topher Cox (#3402)

Location: Colorado
Quote: "Fiend is like Friend without the "R.""
Posted: 6124 days ago

@Dave: IT was just a joke, I've felt no regret in paying for this at all.

Machine Man subscriber Alan W (#1427)

Location: Spokane, Washington
Quote: "Corgis are like potato chips"
Posted: 6124 days ago

I was gonna say 'good on ya' for working on an American holiday, which of course, has the most important holidays in the whole universe, but instead I am just laughing.

Machine Man subscriber Yannick (#3858)

Location: Heist, Belgium
Quote: "he reads things"
Posted: 6124 days ago

well now you're just screwing with us!

Machine Man subscriber Yannick (#3858)

Location: Heist, Belgium
Quote: "he reads things"
Posted: 6124 days ago

in fact, I will restrain myself from making any comments longer than the respective pages they're posted on.


wait

crap

Machine Man subscriber Justin (#3965)

Location: USA
Quote: "It has been my experience that certain men get ahead during the time that others waste. - Henry Ford"
Posted: 6124 days ago

@ Bob

ROTFLOL

Stop complaining, you whiners, lol

Machine Man subscriber Paul Haggerty (#3189)

Location: Bloomington
Quote: "Does the sky look orange to you as well?"
Posted: 6124 days ago

well frick. i really hope there are some long juicy ones in our future. this just kinda bummed me out... back to modern warfare 2 i guess

Machine Man subscriber Mapuche (#1184)

Location: Darwin, Australia
Quote: "Inconceivable!"
Posted: 6124 days ago

LOL

Machine Man subscriber CrystalR (#4160)

Posted: 6124 days ago

Seriously? We're up to 182 pages?
182-43(free pages) = 139
$6.95/139 = $0.05 a page

Those long ones earlier this week were way more than 5-cent pages. Y'gotta balance it out somehow.

Machine Man subscriber SilverKnight (#2210)

Location: St. Louis
Posted: 6124 days ago

Grrr AAAHHH!!! Awesome. I love being kept on the edge of my seat like this, I gotta admit, this is so excellent. :D

Machine Man subscriber Chemical Rascal (#3964)

Location: Melbourne, Australia
Quote: "Don't read this. It's not relevant to anything. Go away."
Posted: 6124 days ago

Once pages were long:
Then Ben predicted haikus
And pages were short.

Machine Man subscriber Max

Location: Melbourne, Australia
Quote: "I'm my number one fan!"
Posted: 6124 days ago

These comments made me lol.

Machine Man subscriber Stygian Emperor (#2947)

Location: the Stygian Empire
Quote: "Flesh is a design flaw."
Posted: 6123 days ago

No, maaan! What he means is, the entire novel was a dream! This was all a drug-induced dream he had while he was out in the ER from his first leg.

Machine Man subscriber Dave (#4576)

Location: UK
Quote: "Ever sift sand through a screen? ... We Bene Gesserit sift people to find the humans. (Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam, Dune) "
Posted: 6123 days ago

@Topher Cox :

I was well aware of it having been a joke from you.

I am developing that dreaded feeling while waiting for pages now. I am not 100% sure if buying this might not have negative effects on my health. Anxiety attacks late at night, checking Emails compulsory around mid day (UK time), and so on.
Must consult a lawyer about my chances for compensation regarding the costs I create on our National Health Service.

Machine Man subscriber Anonymous (#4228)

Posted: 6103 days ago

Max, you rat! I love it!

Machine Man subscriber Jussi (#4452)

Location: Helsinki, Finland
Posted: 5984 days ago

I just loved the part of the book where

Machine Man subscriber L (#4960)

Posted: 5661 days ago

I've stopped wondering how many pages are left. Now I just wonder how many words are left.

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