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* "The ECE Shop" by D.A. Ignatius (inspirational
anecdote) 10, 6, 10
* "The ECE Shop" by D.A. Ignatius (jash@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu). One of my favorite songs is "Do You Know You Are My Sunshine?" by the Statler Brothers. It tells of a singer leaning down from the stage to accept a request from a concert goer; and the young woman says, "Do you know 'You Are My Sunshine?' and would you play it one time more for me?" The young woman's smile changes the singer's life, even though she is gone "as fast as the song that she asked for," taking his sunshine away. And so, as the singer goes "border to border and ocean to ocean," he's constantly "searching the crowds for her face," so that he'll get one chance to say to her, "Do you know you are my sunshine, and won't you do it one more time for me?" It's a corny story, but it runs exactly parallel to this one, in which a young woman's outlook on life is changed by the briefest encounter with a stranger. There's no explicit sex at all in this story or in my song; but I hope you can see how something like this can revolutionize one's sex life. I know that I myself have had a similar experience. I'm not going to tell you the details, because that would definitely blow my anonymity. One of the reasons I think I keep teaching my classes and writing these reviews is that I hope I can return the favor by passing on a similar experience to someone else. I like to think that without even knowing exactly when it happens I can help just one or two people feel as much better about themselves as I do or as the narrator of this story does as result of our encounters. As far as I'm concerned that outlook on life does more good than most organized religions. This is the fourth story in the DarkNites series. It is NOT a great story, because it really doesn't go anywhere. But it IS a great story because it reminded me of so much that has been important to me. Read it for general inspiration; and then read another story for a specific turn-on. After reviewing the first four DarkNites stories, I have finally managed to contact the author; and so I no longer have to label her as Unknown Author. She maintains a WWW home page where the entire DarkNites and Immortality (new work) series can be found. The address is http:\\falcon.cc.ukans.edu\~lafemme\darknite.htm. Ratings for "The ECE Shop" Athena (technical quality): 10 Venus (plot & character): 6 Celeste (appeal to reviewer): 10 |