Is it just me, or has it been a little quiet this week, on the ship ( Read more... )

Goddammit, he had known it all along.

There had always been something strange about James, as he called himself; something about the way he spoke to Christine and watched Tina moving, something that made Bill's skin crawl with its falseness, the underlying sense it carried of leaving many things unsaid ( Read more... )

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Really, they ought to consider taking up a career as oddjobsmen, Bill thought to himself, as he replicated crackers. Whether Tina really was planning to show up for consolation, he wasn't sure, but he wanted crackers, now, all the same. And Len and De had laughed and agreed that the poor girl needed a break ( Read more... )

He liked swimming. He had always been fond of it, had swum on various teams, had made an indulgence of it over school summer vacations, long ago and far away, and had never quite lost the love of it. It was useful, as well as entertaining; kept you in shape. As such, Bill couldn't really see any downsides, except for the fact that he hated having ( Read more... )

Ladies and gentlemen, it's that time of the week again! Bring me your joys, your anxieties, your minor irritations, your woes, your insecurities, your triumphs, your discoveries! Confess your crushes, your enmities, your jealousies, your deeds and misdeeds! Stop me before I get too carried away and act myself through a bulkhead ( Read more... )

We had a little discussion yesterday, about the weirdness of dreams, and how interesting it would be if we could all see each other's ( Read more... )

So, as everyone knows, you're only allowed to tell other people you love them on Valentine's Day.

Look, don't even ask me, all right? That's just how it is.

Post your username in comments and people can tell you (anonymously or otherwise) that they love you. Please do not tell people that you have fantasies about stringing them up and putting ( Read more... )

I'm having a thought. Bear with me. It's a really great thought.

If I (hypothetical I) were to manage to squish myself into the appropriate apparatus, could I replicate myself?

Have at it ( Read more... )