Well since things are slow...I will point out the obvious. We now have 100 members. That's pretty cool. Welcome # 100. You may have won a rare autograph...
I would guess that many stories were set in small towns because the small towns were fictional. That gave the author a lot of creative latitude. Being orphaned...
It's new, improved, revised and edited. And it's driving me crazy. I gotta let it go. I've spent weeks longer than I planned on revamping the "Escaping...
... It is unusual but not quite "unique" which implies "one-of-a-kind". Most obviously, the Hardy Boys hail from a solid, two-parent family. Rick Brant is...
Hardy Boys - father is usually absent. This can lead to emotional troubles in young boys. There have been some speculations in psychology publications that it...
My beloved Dave Dawson and Freddie Farmer came from intact families-- in fact, if Dave hadn't been touring France with his State Department dad and mom when...
... I'll add to the list by scanning my shelves. My memory may be off for some of these. Corrections welcome. Series with intact 2-parent loving families where...
Wow! I had never heard of many of those series, Dave. I also didn't know the Hardy Boys had a mother. I only read a few of them way back when. Like Valerie...
... For the time period in which they were written, I would say 'yes'. Of course, today, families with missing or dysfunctional parents is, unfortunately, the...
... From what I've read, heard and have seen in photos, there are definitely lesbian groups who have latched on to the Nancy Drew series. Apparently, at the...
This is a very sick post, as are the media fawning ob Brokeback, which only the Golden Goblets and Academy of Sick Awards have seen. Larry ... From: "macbisto"...
Easy there, Larry. Literary criticism ain't for those without strong stomachs! :) Anyway, I'm enjoying the discussion. Heck, it even managed to pull me out...
I sometimes think that missing or dysfunctional parents is a convenient plot manipulation that makes it easier for our adolescent friends to go scampering...
Thanks for joining in, Gary! This got me to thinking a bit. When I was a kid, my dad was always telling us about the things he did as a kid and my brother...
OK, the story formerly known as The Case of the Missing Kangaroos has been sent to Mike to put into the Fan Fiction section of the BB site. Now if I can just...
... LOL Seth...who you kidding??? (Sorry...couldn't resist.) ... Okay...was I the only one watching the Super Bowl??? (With my wife and kids I might proudly...
Actually, I agree with Larry--it IS a sick post. Ordinarily, other than where C is concerned, of course, I'm not that judgemental (people who live in glass...
Good point about the missing parents bringing in the pathos, C. As for posting during the Super Bowl, I was only grudgingly watching it out of the corner of my...
A couple of years ago, an old school friend and I got together and put some old Super 8 film that we shot in the 7th and 8th grade on to videotape. We watched...
Sorry, but the real reason I said something yesterday was because I didn't like the not-so-thinly-veiled homophobic remarks thrown in at the tail end of the...
I've still got a small burn scar on the side of my right knee. My mom's youngest brother, who was closer to being my brother than hers, age-wise, spent hours...
... I usually read a page or two of a BB story each night before I turn out the light and go to sleep. For about the last month I haven't. I got started again...
Help, fellow junior detectives! Other than involving nostalgia for another item from the same general era, this doesn't involve BB at all. But any help in...
Gomez, Here's my favorite place for obscure games (where I found a reference to 1863): http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/4851. Great website for researching...
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