If you live in a home where painting walls isn't permitted, chalkboarding is still an option for you.

Their spirits had risen a little at the discovery of the path, but now they sank into their boots; and yet they would not give it up and go away. The hobbit [Bilbo Baggins] was no longer much brighter than the dwarves. He would do nothing but sit with his back to the rock-face and stare[…].

James Crichton's mother was a Douglas of Strathbrock, and the earl of Douglas would aid Robert Douglas at some point before June 1455 in the exhereditation of the king and his successors' from the lands

Webisodes such as the '6 beers of separation' described in the IMC Challenge at the start of the chapter are online episodes or chapters of an ongoing story. One of the best early examples is the BMW webisode where well-known people such as Guy Ritchie tell engaging stories involving BMW cars.