In giving the GOP response to the State of the Union, freshman Senator from Iowa Joni Ernst gave a small speech where she was supposed to be telling us why she can relate to us average people. Please read on so you can see how she screwed up. “We were raised to live simply, not to…
Results
“Hello?” “John, is that you?” “Yeah, Ted, it’s two in the morning. Are you still at work?” “Yeah… yeah, I’m still here. John, the results are in.” “What?! That’s way too fast. Something must have gone wrong. The models couldn’t have run fully, not that fast… not that fast. Even with the new quantums, something…
Gunslinger
As we knelt over the latest body, I caught a flash of movement out of the corner of my eye. I looked over at my partner just in time to see a look of shock and pain explode across his face. He let out a gasp and slumped forward, leaving me looking at the knife…
Night and Day Chapter 3
The creature set a murderous pace. The Halfling was not prepared for this. He had been conserving his strength, resting often and finding what shade he could in valleys and behind rocks. But if he wanted to keep up, and claim his status as the one who discovered the creature, he was forced to trudge…
Night and Day Chapter 2
Our story begins with one of those inquisitive Halflings trying to make a name for himself in the parched lands of Light. He had been traveling Lightward for weeks, the heat was unbearable and all of his fellows had already turned back. He was determined to see the ball of darkness though, even just a…
Night and Day
Chapter 1 There is no God; there are only the Dragons. The Dragons of Flame that rule over Lightside, and the Dragons of Ice that hold Darkside. The people of the world know this, because they have been reminded many times. Reminded in painful ways by the Dragons. But there is always hope. The world…
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The Plow Man Cometh
Local paper published this one too. http://thegazette.com/subject/opinion/guest-columnists/the-plow-man-cometh-20150111 To any snow plow drivers that read this, please understand that it is entirely tongue-in-cheek and is merely a bit of hyperbolic musing that occurred to me as I shoveled my sidewalks this morning. I think you must have a certain level of cruelty inherent in your nature…
So-called Journalists
I’m probably the only one that notices these things, but the media goes through phases where they latch on to a word or phrase and then overuse the hell out of it. Currently, it’s the phrase “so-called”. First, let’s check the definition. Merriam-Webster lays it out as: so–called adjective \ˈsō-ˈkȯld\ —used to indicate the name…
Tumbler: Part 4 (long one)
Just like home, the Tumbler has a freezer. It’s a lot cooler and colder than ones you’re used to though. Cooler, because this thing is in outer space. Colder because, well, it’s in outer space. We just use the cold of vacuum to keep anything chilled. As you might imagine, it’s pretty effective. It being exercise time, I’m…