Wednesday miscellany

Things have mellowed at my desk. Part of it was just doing the damn thing. Today we are chatting about the differences between mummies and zombies. Zombies, we speculate, are the mindless masses. A mummy... over the head with some of the Big Themes and some of it was predictable. However. 1. When you die you die, if you're human. 2. Robots are more moral than people. People are flawed and make bad ...

The Sharpshooter

(I wrote this over a decade ago, and think it's worth dusting off for today.) My nextdoor neighbour for years was an elderly man named Guy. He was a World War Two veteran and an ..., but seven or eight German planes were cutting them down with machine gun fire. He was certain they would all die, for they had nowhere else to go. But then he heard a wonderful sound. It was the tacka-tacking engines ...

...just knew that when it happened he would wish it didn't.   ~ Jinwoon was sure he would die out of emberassement. As far as he knew no one even noticed him entering the cabin. Well the ...earplugs in his ears listening to the songs Chansung had recommended him weeks ago and since they met up today he had forced himself to listen through them at least once. When he had looked up he had ...

... sewing works who are the same people who today work backstage fixing everything helping the models to... it. Also she is presenting her collection today at five pm just if you are ...put a foot out of his front door today. “Hi Heechul.” The other just waved his hand... but it was so cold he could die here, freeze to death. On the other ... so far and would in the future? Today he nearly raped a woman and if ...

it all happened again and again and again and again and again

... photos) And now some concerns for the servicemembers and veterans alive today, from Democracy Now! Because a 'thank you' means more when it... objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today. ~John F. Kennedy It doesn't require any particular bravery to ...Americans are killed, it won't be U.S. Senators who die. It will be American soldiers who are too young to qualify ...

The Uninvited chapter 4

... a mocking smile when Susan said, “Oh, I can’t be late today.” She checked her golden watch and fretfully wiped her lips with the ...t know what to do. He felt responsible for what happened to Ryan today and he felt guilty even for accidentally, yes accidentally , he ... if this conversation went on and dwelt in that topic he would die. “Sleep,” he muttered. What the hell? “Oh, right,” Brendon said. ...

... stuck in a room with no electricity. a night in vega: i would die. nickchrisreid: yeah. been there. multiple times. nickchrisreid: makes me feel like i'm...all. a night in vega: and even if i don't when i die i'll be mentioned in the paper. nickchrisreid: i'll be sure to... nickchrisreid: oh ouch. a night in vega: i'm on a roll today. nickchrisreid: well roll out already. a night in vega: no. a night...

Daisuke's Tokimeki Okinawa Plan review

... Precure enemy... Three Precure is so heavy that Wester is going to die...can you see? he had prepared his dead message! Does he want ... writes this dead message so fast, as if he had prepared to die at any time. Inori: Why Labyrinth is here? Wester: You get off...'t feel unhappy, because fighting with Precure is not in his schedule today. We can't get much sweet scene in this ep, but this ...

Work was torturing ytd >_

Fic: A Tale of Seasons, Neville, Bellatrix, R

... used to whenever he spoke to her before today. Now, there is only cold distance, like ... pity. You have always been useful, until today.” “No, my Lord, I never --” “Bella,..., but where is he now? Did he die, or leave? And what of the rest of...he didn’t have tea the next day. Today, however, he comes closer, like the first ...’t sure that he could stay calm today. Not after this. There was Draco. Was....