10/01
To the #layman, it’s just a bunch of computer seach queries.
Research is hard, y’all.
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10/02
“Your dish had an outside portion of #chiffonade, so we had to chop you.”
The chef smiled quiety to himself. “At least they didn’t taste the blood that I used instead of red wine.”
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10/03
Skipped
10/04
Long ago, there was an episode of MASH where a consultant said, “I suffer from the three sure signs of middle age: thinning hair, a bit of a spread, and feet of #clay.”
I never thought I’d get there, but here I am.
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10/05
“You will learn what trees give you sustenance. For example, the berry on this #juniper tree can sustain you for days. Here, try one.”
The young man took the berry from the wise man and ate it quickly. He then spit it out.
“You will learn,” said the old man.
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10/06
“Now we will see the woman throw a drink in the man’s face.”
“How do you know what’s #next?”
“Watch her eyes. When they narrow into slits, it’s coming.”
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10/07
You expect muscles to #ache after new exercise.
I keep finding muscles I never knew I had.
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10/08
It hides in the bushes, waiting for its grand #reveal. None of the passers-by knows of its presence.
They will…
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10/09
Just another day where I can’t do anything right.
Time to #soak my head…
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10/10
“It does you no good to #bottle up your emotions like that.”
Very well…
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10/11
The anticipation is unnerving. A #hush falls over the crowd. The performer approaches the stage.
One more successful opening.
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10/12
He thinks he’s all that. Out to the club tonight, down to get the #friction on.
The night ends as it always does, drunk in his bedroom, alone.
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10/13
There was a time when the advance of technology promised trans-North-American travel in only a couple of hours.
They didn’t account for the #boom…
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10/14
The performance was #flawless. Accurate playing with emotion. The audience roared.
The guitarist came offstage and faced his bandmates. “I’m so sorry guys – I’ll do better tomorrow night.”
Such is the life of the performer. Never good enough in his own mind.
#vssdaily
10/15
The twirling lights flash. The sirens #wail. Traffic pulls to the side.
Dad’s coming home from work early today.
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10/16
Lesson One on “Who to believe politically:”
If someone has a strong position, there is no need to #fabricate anything about the opposition.
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10/17
Some people would say that she couldn’t sing at all.
That #warble made her lots of money.
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10/18
It’s been 75F for three days now. The birds are confused.
“Is it #spring already?” they seem to ask each other.
“Shut up and fly south. It will be snowing before you know it.”
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10/19
The sessions continued, seemingly without end. The students pleaded for a break.
The headmaster was unmoved. “Who am I to #deprive you of such pleasure?”
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10/20
There’s a #disturbance in the forest There is trouble with the trees…
“Close…”
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10/21
He plies his trade daily as a #painter, protecting and beautifying neighborhood houses. He spends his nights working on a different canvas.
#vssdaily
10/22
I am passionate about data quality. When I ask people what that term means, I’m often met with, “#Fitness for purpose.”
That’s fine, as long as it’s agreed what the purpose is.
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10/23
“That sounds like a seriously hot-rodded amp, dude!”
“Nah, it’s a #production model. You could buy one.”
“But the tone…”
“…comes from years of experience. You can’t buy that.”
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10/24
“Try to be as #surreptitious as possible.”
“OK BOSS!!!”
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10/25
There was a time when we walked the road together. Now, a #chasm grows larger between us. What happened?
#vssdaily
10/26
No amount of sweet gifts could fill the #cavity in her soul.
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10/27
They ventured out at dusk in search of the mushrooms that grew near the steam #vent.
No one else knew the magical powers they held.
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10/28
The self-image can be fractured, much like looking at yourself through a #crack in a mirror.
May all of us have clear reflections.
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10/29
“It appears to be a #rupture in the space-time continuum, sir.”
“You could just say ‘deja-vu,’ Mr. Dramatic.”
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10/30
The young mother particularly liked the breakfast #nook in their new house. Little did she know that the closed-in walls would be instrumental in her demise.
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10/31
“I have always loved you, my dear.”
And then he pushed.
Her disbelief grew as she fell into the #ravine.
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