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Well, you guys shocked me there. I really thought this place was hot with conversation. I noticed that the two black fiction forums I'm a member of have died off in terms of posts and conversations. Sometimes those places become places just to self promote. It's as if authors can only find other authors to read their books. Well Cynique, you must've finished your memoirs then? I bet you'll want to write something in the near future. Once a writer always a writer. There is certainly some excellent writing here for some sort of collection, reflections on this and that. I just found the spellchecker on this thing! Well, I'm glad you two at least are here to read my rants and crazy ideas and speak-writing before I actually think sometimes. Touch typing does that. Troy, please do see if others would join you in doing something with some version of this idea. I know it's not quite new with the movie kiosks in the supermarkets but everyone seems tied to their devices so maybe books will have to move away from print, though I love printed books. I hope it helps and you of all people can put it to good use instead of for just purely bottom line commercial purposes. I can see that there might be some risk in it, but maybe it's worth taking. I wouldn't have any money to invest in it though. I was wondering if some of us shouldn't appeal to some of our wealthy black sports figures to open manufacturing businesses of some sort in the inner cities, like the Sistrunk area in Broward. Al Sharpton could call them out publicly. Not just stores to sell expensive footwear but jobs that could make something that will bring in the tax monies needed for the schools. Lebron James could invest some of that money he's getting into a business to benefit both himself and the less fortunate black community. But if he's not even loyal really to any state, I guess you can't expect much of that from him. He dumped Miami to go back to Ohio so much for loyalty or a sense of real community. We work together or we die alone. It's like Paul Robeson singing that song about All for One and One for All. Maybe someday human beings will realize it. Years ago In my research for vending machines for comics, I saw online that craziest uses for vending machines were in Japan--I think this was before USB storage devices came out--I don't recall seeing any digital machines at all. They vend the weirdest things. I don't even want to mention one thing I heard that they vended. I'm fascinated by the Japanese and did a lot of research about them over a number of years because they are the only technologically advanced people still with some of their pagan mindset intact. Really unique. They do have some issues though. If Africa was as advanced as Japan in terms of technology--here's another crazy idea, parts of Africa may be a great place to invest in Solar energy businesses. I think I might have run of bright ideas now...this was my big eureka moment I must tell you, so I'm glad you see potential in it however small. Thanks for caring and taking the time. You too Cynique. Well, until next time...