Suzie’s House 200 : Who to Talk to
“But you wouldn’t do that, would you, Gene?” Tracy looked like she might cry. “You wouldn’t. You just… wouldn’t.”
“No. I wouldn’t,” Gene said, answering Tracy’s question without actually meeting her eyes.
While everyone else at the table relaxed, and Tracy laughed in relief, Suzie continued to watch Gene.
“Then what did you mean, Gene?”
55 – The Parasite
We watch her waddle into her house. She has grown so large she only fits in pajamas. She carries her meals into the bedroom, watching TV there and waiting for the welfare check. A job? Why bother? It isn’t like she’d ever done anything with her life, now or before.
The challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to write a story in exactly 55 words. Flash Fiction 55 is hosted by the G-man, a host with the most.
EDITED 2/18/11 11:05 am MST
Please, please, please do NOT assume that this is a reflection of my attitude toward welfare or welfare recipients. This is merely a look at my next door neighbor. In this one, specific case – colored by a series of unpleasant and unnecessary conflicts and some of Mr. Al’s curmudgeonly comments – this is what I see.
13 Headlines
Have you all met The Walking Man? He lives in Detroit and writes some gritty poetry that reflects his surroundings. Things are a little different around here. These are all headlines from the local paper, many of them lead stories.
1.
Hay dropped to 500-700 starving horses on ranch near Billings
2.
Hamilton man charged with felony assault after argument over parking spot
3.
Hammer attack: Helena woman charged with attempted murder of husband
4.
Escaped Arizona convict planned to take heroin, let Yellowstone Park bears eat him
5.
Tribes say more work needs to be done on Montana mail-in ballot plan
6.
Jurors hear dramatic text messages in Kalispell double homicide trial
7.
Great Falls jailer accused of punching inmate
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Potomac man pleads guilty to attempted prostitution in Craigslist case New
9.
Moving truck catches fire in Bozeman, destroying artist’s paintings New
10.
Missing Missoula man died of hypothermia after being locked out of truck
11.
Steer delivered to Bitterroot couple wasn’t famed Molly B.
12.
TUESDAY’S WAKE-UP WEATHER: Brrrrrrr!
13.
Most oppose bill to make it harder to get marijuana for pain in Montana
Certainly not what you’d expect in Detroit.
The Irresistibly Sweet Award
Rules:
1. List 4 Guilty Pleasures
* Reading a really good book when I should be doing something like writing one.
* Writing when I’m supposed to be cleaning.
* Eating cookies.
* Hanging out online.
2. Reward other bloggers
Jannie Funster
Su-sieee! Mac
Heather
Kaye
gautami tripathy
The Lit Witch
For those who have never done this before, here’s a thing about how to accept an award.
160 – Date
Tipsy
After a single glass of wine.
Happy
for a quarter of a century with
the one I love.
Dinner
and a movie.
Life is gooood.
Monkey Man hosts the 160 Character Challenge. See what you can write in 160 characters or less, spaces included.
Lesson Learned
Jill: All right. From the beginning. What happened?
Jack: Weeeeell…. Gin, Tonic, and I were sitting on the couch when you walked by.
Suzie’s House 199: That’s How Women Are
Suzie added the last layer of cheese, then put the lasagna in the oven. Just in time. The boys should be home any minute. Since it was their first day at school, she wanted to make something special.
Vin had volunteered to grill some stakes, and Miranda had offered to make spaghetti, but Suzie had specially arranged the schedule so her day to cook landed now.
55 – Desire
I want to want.
The poetry of my soul cries for desire.
Any desire
will do,
so long as I can put my whole heart behind it,
fighting the good fight,
making a difference
to someone
anyone.
It’s the power of the moment
that I crave.
It’s the strength in wanting
to do something grand.
It’s the want I want.
The challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to write a story in exactly 55 words. Flash Fiction 55 is hosted by the G-man, a host with the most.
13 Songs
Now and then I like to go over to YouTube and just click around to see where I might end up. You know how they have those videos in the right sidebar? I’ll click on those at the end of each video to see what else might pop up. This is one of those sessions
1. From the “Browse” screen
Fwd: Engineering Question
Conditions:
A backhoe weighing 22 tons is on top of a lowboy trailer and heading east on Interstate 70 near Hays, Kansas .
The extended shovel arm is made of hardened refined steel and the approaching overpass is made of commercial-grade concrete, reinforced with 1 inch steel rebar spaced at 6 inch intervals in a criss-cross pattern layered at 1 foot vertical spacing.
Solve:
When the shovel arm hits the overpass, how fast do you have to be going to slice the bridge in half ? (Assume no effect for headwind and no braking by the driver.)
Extra Credit: Solve for the time and distance Required for the entire rig to come to a complete stop after hitting the overpass at the speed calculated above. Yes, you can neglect friction
I couldn’t solve it either……but who cares; the pictures are great!
P.S. The driver was on his cell phone…………….
Win a Copy of And Then He Kissed Her by Laura Lee Guhrke
Supremely sensible Emmaline Dove wishes to share her etiquette expertise with London’s readers, and as secretary to Viscount Marlowe, Emma knows she’s in the perfect position to make her dream come true. Marlowe might be a rake with a preference for can-can dancers and an aversion to matrimony, but he is also the city’s leading publisher, and Emma is convinced he’s her best chance to see her work in print… until she discovers the lying scoundrel has been rejecting her manuscripts without ever reading a single page!
As a publisher, Harry finds reading etiquette books akin to slow, painful torture. Besides, he can’t believe his proper secretary has the passion to write anything worth reading. Then she has the nerve to call him a liar, and even resigns without notice, leaving his business in an uproar and his honor in question! harry decides it’s time to teach Miss Dove a few things that aren’t proper. But when he kisses her, he discovers that his former secretary has more passion and fire than he’d eve imagined, for one luscious tase of her lips only leave him hungry for more.
Leave a comment on this post between now and Friday morning and I’ll include you in the drawing for an autographed copy. International entries welcome. Drawing to take place some time on Friday after noon. I’ll post the winner in my sidebar.
160 – Next Year
She starts High School next year. Every other word out of her mouth is schedules and clubs and what she wants to take. None of it has to do with college or her future.
Monkey Man hosts the 160 Character Challenge. See what you can write in 160 characters or less, spaces included.
