Meeting Death at MacDonalds_1、72 Seconds_The Wisdom of Clouds_First comes love...
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Meeting Death at MacDonalds
Mike was high as a kite that had binged PCP. He always seemed to do his best work when he was stoned, though his many former employers disagreed.Between volleys of bullets, he stumbled and wobbled his way through enemy fire, clicking his fingers. The multiverse was a continuous carousel of universes. Clicking on one hand took him one way, clicking the other hand took him back.Putting in the work to master things wasn’t Mike’s style. He was the master of winging it. Clicking his way through an erratic tune, probably from the soundtrack of one of his DVDs, he moseyed through the battlefield.Bull...
1、72 Seconds
1、72 Seconds “Youth is easily deceived, because it is quick to hope.” -AristotleIt may not have risen to the level of humiliation as Johnny Cash’s “A Boy Named Sue”, but the name did bring a goodly dose of discomfort. Being named Charlie Brown would be a little like being sentenced to wear a “Kick Me” sign on your back for life. Akin to Kermit’s doleful tune, “It Ain’t Easy Being Charlie Brown.”The name did fit, however. In many respects, he was even more Charlie Brownish than the original Peanuts character. Thin...
The Wisdom of Clouds
There are two reasons why I remember the drought of 1976、 Firstly, it was the year I met Penny, my wife-to-be, and secondly, the summer months were plagued by swarms of ladybirds. We had no rain during June and I recall sweltering in a jacket and tie during my Year 10 exams. July couldn’t arrive soon enough and I escaped school to relax at the Hampstead Heath Lido. By early August, the pool had attracted vast crowds seeking respite from the heat and ravenous insects. Two weeks later there was standing room only in the water and swimming was out of the question.#The day I encountered Penny, the...
First comes love...
"We are running out of TIME!" Jazmine's father had never been a patient man, but I never thought I'd live to see him reach the end of his rope. And I never thought I'd be wearing a bright purple bridesmaid's dress while doing it. "Is it his baby or not!?" he shouted. "It is! It is!" Jazmine was in hysterics; The wedding dress they'd had to alter five times in the last week to accommodate her rapidly growing stomach was straining to contain her in all her vastly pregnant glory. "Honey I am a gynecologist, PLEASE don't lie to me. You met this man a month ago, there is no way this" he gestured t...