Baron_Rod passed away due to surgical complications and thus these stories stand as his monument here and there will be no more. Rest in peace.
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I'm a retired mainframe computer COBOL programmer. These little computers (to say nothing of the web) confuse me. I was born on the bleeding edge of the WWII Baby Boom and I've decided to live forever... or die trying.
Pay attention to the story codes, if certain things squick you!
If you're just looking for stroke I'm probably not the author you are looking for - but I DO get to the hot stuff when the story needs to gets there.