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"I asked for Snapple Regular!" raged the boss, hurling the bottle of Snapple Flavor that caught me hard right below my left ear. The pain shot through me and mixed devilishly with my failure. I started bawling. "Get it right or I'll fire you!" he continued, pounding his fists. From his fury I stumbled out onto the hallway floor, a crying mess. ( Read more... )

It was Autumn, and I was lying on a park bench in the morning. I'm pretty sure it was morning, anyway. I could see my breath so it felt like morningtime. It's hard to tell. What time was it? I looked down to my watch, but it wasn't in my pocket like I had thought it was. I patted my front pockets, my rear pockets, coat pockets. Nothing. A sudden ( Read more... )

That cheetah chases her tail like a dog ( Read more... )

December 12, 4:52 am
Lobb Monaldson of 9-1-1 dispatch arrived at his desk hungover and irritable. He had slept very little. As he shook himself off, the world around him spun crazily, while the snow from his hair, shoulders, and shoe crevices flew to the floor in thuds and began to melt slowly beneath his feet. To stabilize his footing and mental ( Read more... )

After we had finished, I replaced my socks and shades and pants, kissed Jill on her cheek, and stepped out onto the front yard's lawn for a smoke. I couldn't believe how blistering hot it was. As the Spanish would say, hace calor. Me gusta que fue el viernes. Unfortunately, it was only Thursday.
Considering how Jill would be asleep for awhile and I ( Read more... )

When someone tried to tell me they saw a raccoon outside my house, I didn’t believe them. The streets had been empty for days, days. Same with the pantry, and fridge. All we had left was a can of evaporated milk, and everyone knows that nothing is in there but steam… 
What would happen to us now?
“What will happen to us now?” a friend said ( Read more... )

Drive a line drive a line through this line and this line ( Read more... )