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A quote: “The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those who helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity.” ~~ Ulysses S. Grant
I’ll start with a story …
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A flash of light bleaches the room. Building rumble to crashing sound that shakes the house. Poor dog tries to bury himself under the covers. but I need this storm. I need the sound that fills every space, the light that chases out every shadow.
The rain that hammers the roof reminding me of other storms we waited out with mugs of hot coffee and ginger snaps. Enjoying the pause nature forced on us.
The rain subsides. I walk through the kitchen past one mug on the table and step out on deck looking for you in thousands of reflections.
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Now it’s your turn.
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I don’t like having to let people go, but an EVA team has to work together like your two eyes. Bob was a good guy — if I’d had any reason to believe he was a screwup or a buddy-screwer, I would’ve washed him out before we started training. But however good he might be technically, he had one big problem: he was a cold fish. He just couldn’t create that bond, that sense of someone who’d go to hell and back for you. So I’d keep getting guys telling me what great work he did, and in the next breath asking to switch EVA partners. After a few times, I had to make the call and switch Bob back to indoor work.
Raymond Dale Denton says: It was a freak accident. It wasn’t even supposed to be a weapon. They said that it’s beam wasn’t even supposed to be able to penetrate glass, let alone solid wall. Obviously, they were wrong…it did. Luckily, only one poor soul was in its path.
They say that the majority of the human body is made up of water. If it wasn’t obvious before, it is now that the beam removed all the solids.
The thing that wasn’t obvious is this. When the solids and liquids are removed, the soul does remain.
Cameron says: We’d been hearing about The Man In The Water for years. Always the same thing; stand by a puddle of water right as the sun rises or sets and you’ll see another reflection.
I decided to do some research and learned a bit more. And it gave me an idea.
Sure enough; sun was setting and there he was, staring at me curiously. I set down the pair of shoes and the socks. “Here,” I called. “Your feet are probably cold.”
An instant later, the offerings were gone and the figure vanished. Just had to figuring out what’s they want.
Navig8r says: Working on your invisibility potion again I see.
I know, the shoes.
Those too.
No, potions only work on flesh. Gets kinda chilly going starkers. I switched to inverse quantum flux vortex to do clothes as well.
I can see.
What?
They show in your reflection in the water.
Dang! I tested it on regular mirrors. I was hoping to sell it to the military. Well, maybe I can still price it for the boys who want to sneak into the girls’ locker room.
Have to be a low price. Have you been following the executive orders on transgender rights?
Raymond Dale Denton says: Please remove my posting as Raymond Dale Denton. I asked for it to be replaced with the second one posted as Dupin. Please replace it with that one. You seemed to have done that, but a friend called to ask why my name was on this time, so it got switched again. Thanks
Dupin says: It was a freak accident. It wasn’t even supposed to be a weapon. They said that it’s beam wasn’t even supposed to be able to penetrate glass, let alone solid wall. Obviously, they were wrong…it did. Luckily, only one poor soul was in its path.
They say that the majority of the human body is made up of water. If it wasn’t obvious before, it is now that the beam removed all the solids.
The thing that wasn’t obvious is this. When the solids and liquids are removed, the soul does remain.
Aaron says: An egomaniac, prince of the realm, to him only he mattered. Everyone else was like dirt on the floor. Confronted, he knew not what it was. He was the rightful king. All must bow to his whim. But he is scared. He lashes out and orders his peons to crush those who would confront him. Only he is righteous and capable of doing good. But he is lost. He is confronted and cannot stand. He falls. A little man hurt. A little man crushed. A whimper. A bully no more.
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