Typing on the Public Internet... I am regretting greatly that I won't be able to make it to the Typing In Public event tomorrow and feeling nostalgic because the "look through our Opening Lines, and if something piques your interest, you can type your own version of how it continues... Or start something and leave enough of a thread for someone else to pick up" part sounds like something I have done before.
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So, in keeping with my Wendell-ish tendency to do a "hey everybunny! follow me!" whether anybody ever follows or not, I invite you to continue the story I'm starting...

"This did not end well," I said, obliviously obviously, considering the scene of devastation laid out at my feet. A semi-familiar voice behind me replied "What makes you think it's ended?" My mind raced to answer the question "where have I head that voice before?" The In-and-Out drive-thru? The Morning Zoo on K-101? MSNBC? The Bullwinkle Show? The loud neighbors in the trailer park? No, it couldn't be them, since all of the trailers had been thoroughly leveled and no voice associated with that site could possibly sound so calm right now. Before turning to see, I answered the voice's question to my question: "Well, you know what they say, every ending is the beginning of something else, unless you're talking about the ending to "Lost," and that would be a spoiler." Which made me even more surprised to turn and see...