The Freemen have 987 levels of membership, the first three of which are achieved merely by filling out an application. The 8th level is granted upon full acceptance into the local lodge, the 13th foll...
Stealing is good, honest work, Said the theif, puffing out his chest. Well, not honest, strictly speaking, he admitted after a moment. Or actually good.
Once I was in a bicycle accident, and I lay in the street for a long time afterward. People surrounded me and wouldn’t let me stand up until the paramedics arrived. When they did, they asked if I knew...
My birth certificate says Gratuity Tucci, but Mom’s called me Turtlebear ever since she learned that gratuity didn’t mean what she thought it did. My friends call me Tip. I
Look, I said halfheartedly. Another one of those tumbleweeds made out of old hair weaves.Tumbleweave, said J.Lo.
J.Lo gasped. When I looked to see why, he had one hand to his mouth and the other pointing at me.You . . . he squealed, wagging his finger. . . . your !I raised my hand to my face, turning it over and...
For the gentle werelibrarian,who's strictly vegetarian,there's nothing like Tofillagerthe MEATLESS TOFU VILLAGER
Control was the basis of all humor. Even at its most innocent, what was a joke or a clever comment if not a way to take control? To become King of the Moment.
Apocalypse Hal was on the corner by the Laundromat. Hal was a neighborhood street preacher who worked at the fish and crab place next door. He wore a sandwich board sign of Bible verses and shouted an...
You heard my name was Chief Shouting Bear, he said. It doesn't matter. You can call me whatever you want, Stupidlegs.
YOU have no room to laugh, that's all. I'm not doing any worse with Boovish than you did with English.'Get off of the car,' J.Lo huffed. 'I am an English superstar.'Uh-uh. There's no comparison. 'Grat...
The Boov frowned. 'Everybodies always is wanting to make a clone for to doing their work. If you are not wanting to do your work, why would a clone of you want to do your work?
The Boov are having seven magnificent genders. There is boy, girl, boygirl, girlboy, boyboy, boyboygirl, and boyboyboyboy. I
I think there's a part of the brain, probably somewhere in the back, that won't give up believing in magic. It was the part that made cavemen believe that drawing elks on stone would make for a good h...
He spun out enough toilet paper to vandalize a house and carefully cleaned the seat.
Everybodies always is wanting to make a clone for to doing their work. If you are not wanting to do your work, why would a clone of you want to do your work?
Who wants a leader who wants to be leader? And I could see his point there. I've always sort of thought we ought to keep a close eye on anyone who wants power over others.
When we wants to do something but cannot, that is when we think. When our consciousness awakes up and stretches its arms. That is when we imagine, and plan, and dream about the undone thing.
Sometimes you really want to say Duh, but you can't. It's a part of growing up, I guess.
Ohh,' said the girl with a sad tilt of her head.It was a response Sejal would hear a lot in the following weeks and which she would eventully come to understand meant, 'Ohh, , that must be so hard for...