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Make An Effort, Will Ya?
“Will do.” “Have a great Trip.” “Will do. Have fun.” “So cute.” “Congratulations.” “Love it.” These are some of the canned responses you can click on in email to, what, save some time versus a genuine response that take less effort than … Continue reading
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Interests and Oddities
https://www.iratestrategist.com/my-interests-and-oddities/ Dad, The Detector Just Paid For Itself Make An Effort, Will Ya? The Lonely Shadow Box All Those Jews A Lot of Spam; Boy, Do They Have My Number Why I Could Why I Could See Myself Not Voting … Continue reading
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The Better Version
Albert Siegel had a day off, a miserable Monday, and risked going out for a walk in the park not yet off limits. Even as he walked the paths, he noticed the very few other walkers hurried along, heads bent … Continue reading
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Some Things Never Change
(I’ve been less than productive with my fiction and have taken to typing at random hoping I can beat the chimp also typing a random to recreate the Complete Works of Shakespeare. I read somewhere that the chimp doing so … Continue reading
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Coaxial This
The chat box gave a beep, and an icon start to pulse expectantly. It was a universal sign that a response was in the offing. Then a black cloud passed by; I’m Tom, your virtual assistant, and can understand full … Continue reading
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Island Hopping
Geoffrey Lewis looked south where the clouds had gone greyer and lower. Nothing. He listened for the helicopter. Maybe with weather coming in, they’d take the big aluminum boat with the warm cuddy cabin. But all he heard were waves … Continue reading
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A Virtual Life
We all have regrets. Coulda, woulda, shoulda…fill in the blank. It drives some people into insanity. Or into therapy. Or worse. Coulda, woulda, shoulda. Shoulda is the worst of the trio. I should have done this, but I did that … Continue reading
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Return of the Blob
The film had only just started when the blob filled the screen, blackening the panoramic shot of the upper Amazon, the foothills of the Andes in the distance, cinematography that demonstrated why the film won an Oscar for it. The … Continue reading
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Trays
It was the witching hour at The Willows, the hour when the lights went down and voices settled into whispers before stopping entirely. A handful of the devout sat in the library, all looking toward a bookshelf, which was covered … Continue reading
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No One Wanted To Be A Hero
No one wanted to be a hero. No one. Not now, anyway. It was over, pretty much, or would be soon enough. That’s what everyone was saying. That’s what newspapers said and the last one most guys saw was “yesterday’s … Continue reading
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