Fanfiction: The Wild Bunch Verses The Mafia

...precipitating incident, the case was finally slated for trial and the Vice President of Century Corporation made three phone calls. ~~*~~*~~*~~*~~* “Why aren’t ... that you know my shoe size?” She had that look of challenge that he knew so well. “Why do you know my shoe ...S. Marshal on duty,” she replied coolly. “This could be the President’s bathroom and I’d still have access.” “How about some...

... want to "be" when they grow up. I went through all the usuals -- astronaut, writer, first female president of the united states, scientist, tv star.... same as all of us. I had one fairly unique... time, I found myself growing to like ice skating. Some of the speed and excitement, some physical challenge, plus music to move to. There weren't a lot of Hollywood stunt class opportunities in Michigan, ...

Fic::Shot Through The Heart, and You're To Blame

...and zaleti What really happened after the gunshot. Written for the sixth challenge on makelaurahappy : Make Laura Happy by Not Being Dead. [Rated ... her case for directions to Earth, aiming a gun at the President was so frakking far from the right way to win his ... moving his jaw. "That's a mean right hook, Madame President." "Hmm. I was well taught." "No kidding." "Oh, you...

The Roxana Saberi Diplomacy

... policy vis-à-vis Iran. While President Obama is gravely concerned about the... any threatening statements. The Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has personally intervened ... the Saberi issue a diplomatic challenge or a diplomatic illusion? Is ... then be used to project President Ahmadinejad’s statesmanlike approach; he ... had written separate letters to President Bush and the American people ...

Fic: Out of Pocket (1/1)

...to me and I'm making no money off of them. Authors Notes: Written for the doctor_donna weekly drabble challenge #2: protection, but somehow transformed into a full fledged fic. “Um.., shouldn’t we be using some sort....” “So you never?” “No.” “With any of them?” “No. Well one, but she was President at the time, so it was more like an Executive Order.” “And Rose?” “No. Never.” He ...

The living world is not “out there", but in your heart.

..., weeping Muslims, concerned mothers, poets, doctors without borders, grieving Christians, street musicians, the President of the United States of America, and as the writer David James Duncan would say, ...way off course in terms of honoring creation. You are graduating to the most amazing, stupefying challenge ever bequested to any generation. The generations before you failed. They didn’t stay up ...

Hotel Colorado: Computers And Long Conversations.

...tease and shoots Bahir a mischievous look. "Hell, I'd call the President right now if it'd get us out of this fucking situation," ... any reception, either. But their satellites do! "Do you have the President's number?" he asks, deadpan as he folds his phone away and ... of his sandwich. "Home wants him alive. Which makes things a challenge f'us, even -with- tranqs to take him down inital with." Kelsey...

The Federal Case

...'s going to be a Federal challenge to Proposition 8 . The California Supreme ...and David Boies) that selected our 43rd President. Now, before anyone gets their hopes .... Supreme Court dismissed a 14th-Amendment challenge to Minnesota's same-sex marriage ... gay rights, and based on the President's segregationist stance we should not ... someone is willing to mount the challenge. However, I expect it's a ...

News About GG & Lily Spin-off From the CW Upfronts

... former Buffy actress is starring in Mercy, a nursing drama that NBC recently picked up. Another big challenge ahead for our favorite Upper East Siders may be higher education. "A few other people are ...-off: The Gossip Girl spinoff remains marginally alive despite not getting a series pickup for fall. CW president Dawn Ostroff says, "It was the toughest year we've ever had, figuring out what to ...

Sexism, Neckbeards, and Progress

... we could overcome our biases as listeners and as a good public philosopher, she rose to the challenge and gave a few concrete suggestions such as reflecting, and listening more intently to people you suspect ...could do with a bit more meritocracy, thank you very much. (Aside: I enjoy having a president that speaks like a calm, rational adult and that I sense can effectively think through difficult ...