<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Stephen L'aross on Gromet's Plaza Archive</title><link>/authors/stephen-laross/</link><description>Recent content in Stephen L'aross on Gromet's Plaza Archive</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2005 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="/authors/stephen-laross/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Dreamweaver</title><link>/stories/2005/10/23/dreamweaver/</link><pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2005 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/stories/2005/10/23/dreamweaver/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;Dreamweaver by Stephen L&amp;rsquo;aross
[ This story is, obviously, a work of fiction.  Send any comments,
questions, suggestions or constructive criticism to ShaneOMacIII@aol.com
and I will answer them as swiftly as I am able.  If this story does
well enough, then I may post further parts to it.   Thanks to
everyone who reads, and thanks to Gromet for graciously posting this as
well. ]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Fifteen years old&amp;hellip;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Finally, after a night full of studying on what felt like every topic
under the sun, Orin closed the textbook and slumped back in his chair. 
Truly, he thought to himself, there was no greater relief than finishing
one&amp;rsquo;s homework&amp;hellip;and before midnight, too, which was rare.  He could
only wonder how much more atrocious the nightly tasks would be if he did
not have the drive to succeed.  A number of his peers were more content
to sleep through their classes, scraping by with a C, perhaps the occasional
B or more-than-occasional D.  If Orin received less than an A on anything
besides P.E., he might just lose his mind.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>