Kids always want to do cool things, to be cool things. Who hasn't wanted to be an astronaut, a third-grade teacher, a fireman, a rock star, a Power Ranger? I'm talking once upon a time, of course. It's very difficult to be a real Power Ranger in practice ( Read more... )

Happy 4-20.

You have to hold the neck right next to the pump to inflate. A too loose or too tight grip wouldn't work very well for filling a balloon, and might even damage the stretchy part. After the right amount has been inflated, the tying becomes an issue. Most of the time, the balloon pops away and flies off around the room before you can make the little ( Read more... )

( Baaaa. )

Apartments are nice places. An apartment doesn't have to be that big; one or two rooms for one person is fine. A working shower is nice too, and a sink is important. Running water is a must ( Read more... )

( From Ynez. )

It was a beautiful day with a cloudless light-blue sky. Like everyday. The sidewalk was warm to bare hands and feet, and it certainly was warm to the little group of ants flailing madly beneath a pair of eyeglasses. The boy was fascinated. Little eyes solemnly observed the writhing and burning. Little hands adjusted the glasses appropriated from ( Read more... )

The drive down to New York is long, but it mainly consists of staying to the highways and hoping for a lack of congestion ( Read more... )

You Are 32% Evil
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Secrets can be heard and seen. Worse, they can be smelled.

There are always fragments of conversation in the break room, in the halls. In the un-soundproofed rooms. Those vials have neuro-what-ins? Zombies. Decapitation? Reviews. What was really in the French vanilla decaf? Unaddressed memos left in conspicuous places ( Read more... )