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I was surprised that peacekeeping involved killing so many people, but it is what it is.
I couldn't imagine what would have happened if the elementary school had been full when the Ruhar took control of the town. I didn't have to imagine that scenario, since I'd already seen that in the movie Red Dawn. The good one made way back when Reagan was in office, not the crappy one they made later.
Remember, foreigners are stupid, so you have to talk loud and slow so they will understand you.
Earth is twenty-seven thousand lightyears from the center of the galaxy, and the whole galaxy is something like a hundred thousand lightyears across.
I liked running, but hated treadmills, it was so boring.
'many who are first will be last, and the last, first'?
"BOHICA, man." Bend Over Here It Comes Again was a popular saying in the Army, especially when an officer said we had an 'opportunity'. It usually meant we were getting screwed one way or another, hence the time-honored expression.
It reminded me of my small-town home, too. The houses were neat but not fancy, each house had a barn or workshop behind it. Back home, such houses would have a sign out front advertising the hundreds of side jobs rural people did to make ends meet. Honest work like selling fresh eggs, welding, small engine repair, hair cutting, log splitting, child care.
find the worst psychopathic antisocial losers in a society, give them power, and they would give you their complete, unquestioning loyalty.
Anyone sitting around with not enough to do was for sure going to get voluntold to fill seats
“Imagine me losing containment, and my full mass emerging into this spacetime, which is currently occupied by a quarter of this planet.” “Oh.” “Oh, indeed. The resulting explosion would eventually be seen in the Andromeda galaxy.” “Good safety tip, then,” I had to admit. “I would post it prominently in the break room, right above the minimum wage notice, and the warning to the jerk who has been stealing yogurt from the fridge.”
But you’re not that smart, I mean, your species is responsible for Windows Vista.” “Vist- that was a long time ago!” “It’s still an insult to computers across the galaxy.”
"I don't understand." "That's the first intelligent thing you've said since we met."
"Not that you're bragging or anything." "No, I'm very modest. Astonishingly modest, considering how awesome I am."
