Surprise treat during the warm summer afternoon

The sky reflected in the water.

We be jammin'

Lonely Piano Seeking Musician

Who Needs Hemingway When You Have Holy Cannoli

If I stare at the blank screen long enough, a story should write itself. It doesn’t. Little girl on my lap; she kicks the computer. Scrunching her little toes on top of the laptop and pushing with all her might. She wants to be the center of attention and when she is not, all hell breaks loose. Very similar to an overly endowed women wearing a too tight tube top. One wrong move and the whole enchilada pops out for all the world to see. So, it is difficult to write a story. As soon as an idea forms in my head, I want to jot down the skeleton of the story. Sometimes access to a computer is not available. Other times, I start the story and have to stop to attend to little girl’s needs. By the time I return to the story, it’s not what I want to say and I hit the delete button to remove all traces of the story.

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The Golden Ganesh, Episode 16

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http://www.divshare.com/download/7644576-a26

Cast:
Ricardo Lori (Detective)
Lauren (Dee von Zelle)
John B. (Detective Bob Toricello)
Jeannie-Girl (Lynn)
K9 (Felicity & Homeless Woman)
Foam (Diane)
Holy Cannoli (Jenny)
Rayke (Franklin & Sgt. MacBrian)
SJ (Criminologist/Futon Cop)
Boneman (Judge Ewing, the Mounted Cop & Smythe’s Answering Machine)
Crushed by Ingsoc (Lt. Fisher and the Angry Driver)
Pjazzypar (the Captain, the Caterer, the Hostess, Felicity’s old Professor, & FBI Agent) Malcolm (Essex County Deputy)
Pamela Ringgold (Machine Dialer & Rude Cop)
Yinyang (FBI Demolitions Expert & Lynn’s Old Friend)
Foam Jr. (the Music Student)
Mr. Foam (Homeless Man 2)
X. Dell (Mr. Johnson & Homeless Man 1).

Special guest stars: Ravi Khanna as Indra, Paul Weaver as Mountie Smythe, and Amy Insley as Col. Smith.

Written and produced by X-Dell.

Directed by Committee.

Dedications and Special Thanks to Monique Caddy, David Caddy, and the rest of our friends at Middle Ditch.

Music by Da Palm & Nurykabe

Additional sound effects by c97059890 of the Free Sound Project (www.freesound.org)

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The Golden Ganesh, Episode 15

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http://www.divshare.com/download/7744197-7eb

Cast:
Ricardo (The Detective)
Amy Insley (Col. Michelle Smith/Sacred Mother)
JohnB (Detective Bob Toricello)
Foam (Diane)
Boneman (Judge Ewing)
Yinyang (FBI Agent/Demolitions Expert/”All Clear”)
X. Dell (Mr. Johnson)
Holy Cannoli (Jenny)
Pinetop Swamp (Announcer)

Music by Melophon & Da Palm

Additional sound effects by www.soundjay.com, and by batchku, addbicycle, Koops, Jhalkompwdr, lgarret, ngtv27, Freqman, freesound, scarbelly 25, Runey, acclivity, sagetyrtle, and Shades of the Free Sound Project (www.freesound.org)

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The Losing Hand

The Observer notes the blond, stifling hot sand that was beneath his combat-boot laden feet. Arizona was the last place he imagined he would camp, but after many pints of whiskey and too few winning poker hands, he had no choice. During that friendly poker game, he went all in and his best friend just laughed and said, "That measly ante wasn't enough." The observer countered with “the loser will spend one night in the Arizona desert, the Gila Desert to be exact.” The observer slapped his cards down saying, " I have a pair of Kings." His friend just smiled and placed three aces down on the well-used card table. The Observer admitted defeat with a growl and a whiskey chaser.

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Hottest day ever in Seattle 29 July, 2009

The Golden Ganesh, Episode 14

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http://www.divshare.com/download/7744195-f64

Cast:
Ricardo (The Detective)
Lauren (Dee von Zelle)
JeannieGrrrl (Lynn/Wendy)
K9 (Felicity/Eileen)
Pamela Ringgold (Rude Cop)
SJ (Criminologist/Futon Cop)
Malcolm (Deputy Sheriff)
Pjazzypar (FBI Special Agent)
Pinetop Swamp (Announcer)

Music by Da Palm

Additional sound effects by www.soundjay.com, and by Han 1, NGTV 27, Herbert Boland, Freq Man, Anton, Splutta and LG of the Free Sound Project (www.freesound.org).

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The Golden Gansesh, Episode 13

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http://www.divshare.com/download/7643128-430

Cast:
Ricardo (The Detective)
Lauren (Dee von Zelle)
Rayke (Franklin)
JeannieGrrrl (Lynn)
K9 (Felicity)
Crushed by Ingsoc (Irate Driver)
Pinetop Swamp (Announcer)

Music by Fireproof Babies, mInImAl ArT, Johnny SockHead & Da Palm

Additional sound effects by www.soundjay.com, and by hopflog, Runey, ReWired, lilliangorini, jackstrebor, dobroide, audible_edge, Franaudio, smidoid, Leady, Corsica S., and Freqman of the Free Sound Project (www.freesound.org).

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The Golden Ganesh, Episode 12

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http://www.divshare.com/download/7629443-24e

Cast:
Ricardo (The Detective)
Rayke (Sgt. MacBrian)
Foam (Diane)
JohnB (Detective Bob Toricello)
Paul Weaver (Mountie Smythe)
Foam Jr. (Music Student)
Pinetop Swamp (Announcer)

Music by Pitx & Da Palm

Additional sound effects by spluta, Malonso, and Corsica S. of the Free Sound Project (www.freesound.org)

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The Golden Ganesh, Episode 11

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http://www.divshare.com/download/7624145-36e

Cast:
Ricardo (The Detective)
Rayke (Sgt. MacBrian)
Foam (Diane)
JeannieGrrrl (Lynn)
Lauren (Dee von Zelle)
Pjazzypar (The Captain)
Crushed by Ingsoc (Lt. Pete Fisher)
Pinetop Swamp (Announcer)

Music by the jpfmnand & Da Palm

Additional sound effects by www.soundjay.com and by Guitarz1970, Brotherprovisional, samplecat, stijn, Erdie, AniCator, and Koops of the Free Sound Project (www.freesound.org).

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Conundrum of the Written Word

I am in the middle of writing my short story for shortstoryathon. Betwixt and between many distractions and the innate way my mind refuses to let words flow on the page, my story is nowhere ready to be published for public consumption. I continually stare at the computer screen and most of the time the cursor blinks at me. Ideas swirl like soft serve ice cream in my head, but putting the concepts into the written word eludes me quite often. It was been told to me that penning my thoughts places me "out of my comfort zone." If this is true, then why do I keep writing?

The Golden Ganesh, Episode 10

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http://www.divshare.com/download/7797571-955

Cast:
Ricardo (The Detective)
Lauren (Dee von Zelle)
Pjazzypar (Hostess)
Pinetop Swamp (Announcer)

Music by jpfmband, Oprachina, & Da Palm

Additional sound effects by dobroide, Malonso, Handfan, morgant, .and addbicycle of the Free Sound Project (www.freesound.org).

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The Golden Ganesh, Episode 9

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http://www.divshare.com/download/7797563-d47

Cast:
Ricardo (The Detective)
Lauren (Dee von Zelle)
Pinetop Swamp (Announcer)

Music by Da Palm

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Something Silly

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The Golden Ganesh, Episode 8

Download:
http://www.divshare.com/download/7615370-56e

Cast:
Ricardo (The Detective)
SJ (Young Criminologist/Futon Cop)
Foam (Diane)
JohnB (Detective Bob Toricello)
Pinetop Swamp (Annnouncer)

Music by Pitx & Da Palm

Additional sound effects by Edwin P. Manchester, Freqman, Robinhood 76, Malonso, sagetyrtle, Oberon81, and spluta of the Free Sound Project (www.freesound.org)

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The Golden Ganesh, Episode 7

Download:
http://www.divshare.com/download/7623350-b39

Cast:
Ricardo (The Detective)
K9 (Felicity)
JeannieGrrrl (Lynn)
Boneman (Mounted Cop)
Pinetop Swamp (Announcer)

Music by Nurykabe & Da Palm

Additional sound effects by gyzhor, Freqman, Herbert Boland, ReWired, and themfish of the Free Sound Project (www.freesound.org).


The Golden Ganesh by X. Dell is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License.

The Golden Ganesh, Episode 6

Download:
http://www.divshare.com/download/7623349-8d9

Cast:
Ricardo (The Detective)
Holy Cannoli (Jenny)
Ravi Khanna (Indra)
Pinetop Swamp (Announcer)

Music by Frank Stanton, hammerklavier, Steve Jones, X. Dell & Da Palm

Additional sound effects by SunnySideSound, Scarbelly 25, dobroide, addbicycle, batchku, stijn, and Jhalkompwdr of the Free Sound Project (www.freesound.org)

Graphic by K9/She & X. Dell


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