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Jokes & Riddles / Fake News

« on: February 27, 2017, 11:44:03 AM »

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/02/25/who-is-nils-bildt-swedish-national-security-advisor-interviewed-by-fox-news-is-a-mystery-to-swedes/?utm_term=.c86fe63d384a#comments

Thought this was the appropriate category to post this. Forget #fakenews. Long live #fakepeople 

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Outdoors & Recreational Hobbies / Quads/Drones

« on: February 21, 2017, 08:33:24 AM »

I've been flying them for a couple of years now. Any recommendation s for video editing?

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The Game Room / FFIX MMORPG on PS4

« on: February 20, 2017, 10:49:27 AM »

Couldn't pass up this weekend's sale. Purchased the Game+Heavensward Expansion Pack for under $20.00. No experience playing an MMO. What should I be expecting?

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Creative Writing / Children of the Water Buffalo

« on: February 08, 2017, 12:48:29 PM »

We had come to take away their fathers and sons, their brothers and their husbands. We spoke of a nefarious threat, people willing to kill them for no apparent reasons. We game them an enemy, a name and many reasons more to leave their families behind.

We plied them first with food. Then tools. We gave them a reason to trust us. And an obligation. Then with the whirl of chopper blades muffled by the closing rear door, we gave them weapons and their marching order and the village became a distant far off memory.

We nodded. Every new soldier willingly nodded in return. They nodded when they understood. They nodded when they did not.

They were to act as our guides as we navigated the the southern portion of the dingy river. As wide as it was deep, the murky waters proved too much an obstacle to conquer alone even with modern military engineering. We had lost too many of our men looking for an adequate crossing. We needed help to advance the front lines.

 

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Anything Goes / Just About Perfect

« on: June 10, 2016, 10:02:37 AM »

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Sexist but dang.

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Automotive Discussion / Rare Sights

« on: April 27, 2016, 11:29:48 AM »

Saw and heard an RX-7, blue, buzz by the parking lot.

The Summer Toys are out early.

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Television / Fuller House

« on: March 04, 2016, 10:54:58 AM »

Watched one episode to appease the inner child.

Might watch it again solely for Stephanie Tanner. Yowzers. She's ALL grown up.

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Creative Writing / Red on His Feet

« on: February 16, 2016, 09:38:04 AM »

Aav Lab

Every step sent upwards a red cloud of dirt and dust. The fine granules settled into his hair and on his clothes. Heels caked in the fine dust became stone weights over time. Mixed with the sweat from the noon day sun, he resembled one of the temple sculptures more than he did human. The only benefit of the sun baked clay came from providing a respite from the gnats constantly buzzing in from the rice paddies. The dive bombing gnats met resistance anywhere there was dust and sweat. A small victory.

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Online Journal / The Ghosts We Leave Behind

« on: February 08, 2016, 09:53:43 AM »

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Poetic Souls / When We Ran

« on: January 21, 2016, 03:53:43 PM »

Barefoot
in the August sun
until only the whites of our eyes
shown against the night

Fear
it was the neighborhood stray
the old wino at the other end of the alley
They made us run
never stopping
grasping
gasping
until the door slams
when windows shuttered
and our little bodies stopped humming
We ran

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Poetic Souls / Misc Musings

« on: April 17, 2015, 03:54:24 PM »

Tarry not this night
for shadows conspire
with given light
our lives conscripted
whence in womb
to our mortal tombs
each breath
through prison of tongue
and teeth
and lips

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Books & Magazines / High/ Epic Fantasy

« on: April 17, 2015, 03:21:28 PM »

Discuss your current reads. Recommend. Analyze. Share.

Patrick Rothfuss;
Kingkiller Chronicles

Brian Sanderson;
The Way of Kings

David Farland;
Runelords

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Poetic Souls / The Meek

« on: February 25, 2015, 03:41:06 PM »

The Good Book says'
"I shall inherit the earth.."
but my fear is having
all of nothing
is still
nothing

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Poetic Souls / Waste of a Cypher

« on: April 25, 2014, 09:10:42 AM »

My heart drops the beat
And it's time again
Let's begin

My thoughts within
Coalesce
Cascade
Pour out like shots of gin
110 proof
No lies,  just all truths

Slit my wrist
Bleeding ink
Pen tipped
Words flow
Thoughts clot my veins
Cerebral hemorrhaging
Now you're just dying just to know

Now some text are subtle
My subtext are trouble
Ideas too large
Scope too far
Call NASA for Hubble

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But let me digress
Let you digest
It's been too long
This is just another piece of shti