I also write stories at http://forum.spacebattles.com
A pony with too much time on his hooves and too much plot to work with, in more ways than one. Porn Pope (TM). Also on FA!
One of these days we'll form a union, and get the fair and equitable treatment we deserve. Then we'll go too far, and become corrupt and shiftless, and the Japonies will eat us alive.
The purpose of a story is that it's a story. It can be more, but it can never be less.