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Life could be cruel, but not God. In a universe made dangerous by the gift of free will,
Unwarranted intimacy versus unfriendly brusqueness … a flurry of confused gestures before communication could begin.
Haha
dead insects.
forty-odd minutes.
Two hours passed
Haha
We can use the Shoot also but most people wait until they can discuss things face to face.
Everybodys an expert here and discussions can get quite technical and then theres the give+take of problem solving in situ.
Writing stuff down so as the other person can understand it and then waiting for ...
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“Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.”
Col. 4:5 KJV Bible
dishdasha
Simile
Haha
causing the ink stains to reproduce themselves in Rorschach fashion.
Haha - how convenient. Who says god doesn’t take a hand in the small things of life?
Haha
reading too much into things was a weakness of his.
Haha
a ponce.”
“A poseur.”
Haha
“Too good to be true?” Grainger shook her head. “No offense, but that’s what some people might say about religion. Not about a simple duty roster for keeping your vehicles’ engines from corroding.”
Haha sting
raisin bread.
A dark, moist tundra.
“You wake up in the morning, go to the inbox of your heart, check what’s loaded in. Sometimes there’s a message.”
naff.’
I heard “fuck”
Got my degree in Toilet Bowl Interior Decoration and … uh … Hospital Casualty Ward Occupancy.”
Haha
clump of mushrooms
Why not ask about them? And why there’s no other flora?
Isn’t that exactly what you’d expect from sci-fi?” “Yeah, I guess … Or religion, maybe.
Haha
use the word aliens?” “Because we’re the aliens here.”
Haha
Haha
It was enjoyable, this sudden all-out luxury of atmosphere, but also an assault:
The plants that he’d taken for mushrooms were flowers, grayish-white flowers with a tinge of mauve, almost luminous in the gloom.
They grew in small, neat clumps. There was no distinction between blossom, leaf and stalk: the whole plant was slightly furry, leathery and yet so thin as to be almost transparent, like the ear of a kitten.
Simile
Haha
we can’t tell the difference between them
Haha sting
Tartaglione.
he … ah … disappeared.”
Tell her that
“I don’t read magazines, and I don’t have a TV.”
Haha yay!
“Coretta,”
Lulu.
Oasis was far beyond the reach of any information super highways;
No no no - just tell her.
halo of filth.
the native settlement seemed grim and unwelcoming somehow.
monolithic barriers of foreignness
Psalm 139
Bible
Each and every mote of dirt flung up by the vehicle’s wheels was like a truth that he needed to learn,
Simile
