Critical Hit

In the spirit of the topic, I've created a video post. It is of me rolling a 20d. Whatever number comes up will be my selection from past posts. That selection will also be the one that I use for public voting purposes. Will it be a critical hit? We'll have to wait until the voting comes in.

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Running the Weekend Gauntlet(A Leon Trout story ( Read more... )

The Copernican Principle“This is about me right?” Larry put down the story he had just finished reading and looked over at Nick ( Read more... )

His Brain Makes Its Own LSD ( Read more... )

Bertie and Ludwig: Intersubjectivity*"So we are agreed ( Read more... )

The Cupertino Effect

Paul and David sat facing each other in the small sushi restaurant, a bowl of warm, salted edamame between them.

Paul asked, “So how was your day, dear?”

David began describing his day, and all was quite pleasant until Paul interrupted, “Did you just say, ‘Kill all the monkeys’?”

David chortled, “What? No. I was talking ( Read more... )

I know "the fiction of the fix" is an expression that relates to an addiction, be it drugs, love, danger, or what have you, but I was driving home from work, thinking about this week's theme, and I saw the exit sign to DC that I pass daily, and it made me think of the expression in a different way, so here is my take on fictions and fixes and that ( Read more... )

Theme: sweep the leg

Laundry Day

I'm pulling dress clothes
out of the dryer,
and I think, "These look great!
Why would anyone waste time ironing?"
And then I recall
what my mom used to say,
"You can't do anything right."

The Music Made Me Do ItCynthia sat down in the well-appointed office with her ukulele firmly in hand. “Have I ever told you how much I like the way your office is decorated? As far as psychologist offices go, yours is pretty posh ( Read more... )

CAPTCHA: a play in one act

Characters
W - The Woman
M - The Man

Scene
A bare stage, black backdrop, large LED screen center stage near backdrop, two spotlights-one to follow W and one to follow M as they enter stages right and left respectively and to follow them throughout.

W and M enter stages right and left respectively. They meet center stage ( Read more... )