June 2010
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Behind the curtain
By: Ben Pollard
April 2010
15 posts
To the Theist, "Stop complaining to me about what...
To the Theist who embraces Global Cooling/Warming/Change/Whatever-it-will-be-called-at-a-later-date, stop complaining to me. Give me facts, hard facts, and nothing but the facts; I’ll make up my own mind, thanks. Science is about observable and verifiable facts; a theory is when one attempts to explain a group of observable and verifiable facts, not circumstantial evidence.
Humans...
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Write Out Loud...: WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE A PART OF... →
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IN SUPPORT OF MY (and Matthew Parker’s) GOAL TO START THE “YOUNG DREAMERS INITIATIVE” I would like YOUR HELP!!! YES. YOU!!! All of my Tumblr/Facebook/Twitter friends and followers. We would like to publish a book with poetry and short stories and have all of the proceeds go towards start up…
“The standoff between Massachusetts regulators and health insurance companies...”
– Mass. health insurers halt new coverage offers - The Boston Globe
There’s a mandate to buy insurance. There’s not a mandate that insurance companies sell insurance. They can’t deny anyone coverage, but they can just not sell new policies. Big difference…
Again, “we live in the future.” (via...
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Forever Young
Melanie skipped down the sidewalk, her smile as bright as the sunshine. Her backpack, normally as heavy as she was, bounced around weightless. Twirling she danced with the report card held close to her chest. All A’s; her daddy would be so proud of her.
Jumping over the flowerpot by the mailbox, she raced down the driveway to the front door. Her laughter threatened to escape as she fumbled...
The Social Media Bubble. →
jayparkinsonmd:
I’d like to advance a hypothesis: Despite all the excitement surrounding social media, the Internet isn’t connecting us as much as we think it is. It’s largely home to weak, artificial connections, what I call thin relationships…Call it relationship inflation. Nominally, you have a lot more relationships — but in reality, few, if any, are actually valuable. Just as currency...
March 2010
61 posts
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“Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.”
– Alfred Hitchcock
“I try to create sympathy for my characters, then turn the monsters loose.”
– Stephen King
“On Multiple Journeys:
One great writing tip that I first saw voiced came from...”
– David Farland
“Sometimes you put things into outlines that just don’t work when you get into...”
– Unknown
The Top Ten Immediate Benefits Americans Will... →
jayparkinsonmd:
Prohibit pre-existing condition exclusions for children in all new plans.
Provide immediate access to insurance for uninsured Americans who are uninsured because of a pre-existing condition through a temporary high-risk pool;
Prohibit dropping people from coverage when they get sick in all individual plans
Lower seniors prescription drug prices by beginning to close the...
“Everybody walks past a thousand story ideas every day. The good writers are the...”
– Orson Scott Card
“I hated school. I don’t trust anybody who looks back on the years from 14...”
– Stephen King
“When you take stuff from one writer, it’s plagiarism. But when you take it...”
– William Mizner
“Who is more to be pitied, a writer bound and gagged by policemen or one living...”
– Kurt Vonnegut
“All romances end in tragedy. One of the key people in a romance becomes a...”
– David Cronenberg
“Most writers regard the truth as their most valuable possession, and therefore...”
– Mark Twain
“When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.”
– Otto von Bismarck
“As for discipline – it’s important, but sort of over-rated. The more important...”
– Elizabeth Gilbert, 2007
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Unexpected turns
Photo Prompt
“Ma’am, are you okay?” The strange man who held her asked.
“Wha—? Who are you?” Vivian asked, startled.
“It’s alright. You started to fall and I caught you. Do you have fainting spells often?” He asked with quiet concern, still holding her.
“No. I don’t know what came over me,” she whispered into his chest.
“Do you remember anything?”
“No, wait, yes I do! He...
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Male-order Bride
It looked like Christmas exploded and took an elf with it. Bubble wrap, shredded paper, and cardboard littered a room liberally splattered with blood.
“Sergeant? Over here,” one of the tech-monkeys called to me.
Pulling latex gloves over my rough calloused hands, I weaved my way over to the circus. Flash bulbs flickered, swabs dabbed, and men with tweezers plucked; what else could I call...
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To care too much
I held my breath as Jovi stared into his open palm. My stomach dipped and rolled in time with his. Our symbiotic nexus allowed me to take most of his emotions as my own. He would only be dimly aware of the distraction.
I stood apart from the others around him. If the Decca learned of our joining, they would banish us from the Guild. But why should I move on when he might fail? We were in...
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Death's Door
I’d been warned that the Gorstav were after me. In three days, the assassins would come to kill me. For years I quietly worked against them. Spreading rumors, hunting them down one-by-one; trying to find why they’d targeted my daughter.
I fortified my cabin. Only one who knew the secret ways could get in unscathed. Or if the were lucky.
The sound of my son crying woke me. He was wet. ...
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The Mark of Cain--Excerpt
By: Ben Pollard
I stood in front of my door gasping, as a fresh wave of loss washed over me, tears rolling unheeded off my chin. Time passed unchecked, unwanted, in minuscule segments of frivolity, flittering away as I caught my breath. Slowly, as if afraid of what might be on the other side of the door, I set my hand to the latch and turned the handle. Nothing. I shook my head and pulled...
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The Mark of Cain--Excerpt
He tapped his chest, wincing, “Kevlar,” he explained. “No use against a high-powered rifle, but great for stopping small arms fire,” he said while struggling to his feet. I grabbed his arm holding him steady.
“No good for head shots either,” I said
“This? Nah, just a scratch. Scalp wound always bleeds heavy,” he said.
Hearing distant sirens I said, “We gotta get outta here.”
...
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Clean Slate
“Human, your species faces extinction because of Feelings. Learn to Think and follow the proper path,” the E’emin said stepping back from the man.
Walker, with the back of his hand, wiped blood from his mouth, “We were fine until you showed up.”
“You Leimelchs! Homo sapiens’ downward spiral had reached its end already. You presume to think that any of you would be left without our help. ...
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“People with self-respect exhibit a certain toughness, a kind of moral nerve;...”
– Joan Didion, Slouching Towards Bethlehem
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Goodbyes
“I Love you I Love you I Love you,” Jeff said quickly.
I touched his bruised and battered face, “What’s going on?”
“Hush, I don’t have much time,” he said ending with a tender kiss.
I tried to speak, but he laid a gentle finger across my lips.
“I have to go away for a while. If anyone asks say we’re divorced, I left you, I’m missing, anything! But that’s your story, stick to it, and...
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New Moons (10)
My blood thumped in my ears as I ran striving to be in time. Taji’s whimpering cut through the bellows of the beast, straight to my heart.
I tried to block the hydra’s advance, but dropped and rolled as two heads slammed into the ground were I’d been standing. The third head swung in and clipped me as I stood. Falling backward I tripped on a rock; sprawled on my back I looked up at three...