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>>Are they one of the church families No-name had lunch with? Yes. You'll learn more about the Crenshaws and get our hero's name but you will have to wait.

Sagittarius’ Arrow of Fate The time of Sagittarius runs from the last week of November to the third week in December. Given a choice, I might have skipped some of the drama. Jeb had been in denial about his mother’s situation all along. When it became real for him, it hit him like a truck. Dr. Price gave him something to take some of the edge off. Jeb and I were invited to spend Thanksgiving with the Crenshaw’s but I wasn’t sure he would be up to it. In t

The Words I Don't Ever Say When the memories come I can’t sleep Cause the time seems to drag on somehow I’d give up the world just to touch you It seems nowhere is home for me now In this sleep deprived moment On this endless hot summer night This night will eventually be over But I will never be right. We had our time together Sweet days we thought would last I’ve never wanted another Far too soon those days had p

Sagittarius’ Arrow of Fate

the Sting of Scorpio The time of Scorpio runs from the last week in October through the third week of November. For us, it was a time of progress and pain. Just about Halloween Dr. Price promoted Jeb and I to level two. We were judged to have made enough progress to be moved on to the next stage of the funny farm. There are five levels and then you are released into the wild. Level two meant a move to another building and meeting a new group of people. Be

Noticed that did you. It will happen. Just be patient.

The Scales of Libra The time of Libra runs from the last week of September to the third week of October. It was appropriate because it was time for the preliminary hearing for the Prophet. He had court dates in the Forrest County Court House for state charges and at the US District Court in Jackson for federal charges. As I was a potential witness, I wasn’t supposed to watch anything about the Prophet on television, radio or read about it in newspapers

Next time on the Season of Leo the Scales of Libra Tune in next time: same bat channel, same bat station.

Furst's character on B5, Vir Cotto, could have been just another extra. He did so well with it, it was given a higher profile. It speaks well of his acting chops.

Who am I to argue with my readers.

The time of Virgo runs from the last week of August into the first three weeks of September. That time found me in a whole new world. In the Prophet’s Compound, you are born without records, without doctors and, without access to the modern world. My mother died there in childbirth. I was completely alone now; a stranger in a strange world. They asked me all sorts of questions about my mother’s name and my birthday. They were astonished to find out that it was July 28. Th

Steven Furst died of complications of diabetes. He's probably best know for his role as Flounder in Animal House. He also played Vir Cotto, a recurring role, on the long running Sci-fi series Babylon 5 in the late 90s.

Old time X-Men fan. Kelsey Grammar was a brilliant Beast. I had eclectic tastes in comics. This guy was a comic book character before he was in a cheesy movie with Sly. The remake a few years ago was much better. This was a graphic novel years before it was a meh movie by the Wachowski's.

The Season of Leo It was the season of Leo: that hot, blasted part of high summer that makes the world pant for breath. The last week of July and the first three weeks of August, it is a season of fire. The last of the summer, it blazes and rages especially hot here in the south. The well-heeled often take vacations to escape the heat but that was never our way for we are children of the Son and ours is not a life of leisure. This is forbidden kno

A young man must first find courage to be free.

The best books are like a really strenuous workout in the gym- they strain your brain. After a short period of recovery, they make it stronger than it was before.

Red Rising by Pierce Brown is an odd book. At first it has a Northern Ireland/the Troubles vibe and then it becomes a Hunger Games in space thing going on. It's odd but lots of fun.

I've been fascinated by this guy for some time. You see I was around in 1992 when the evil midget H Ross Perot showed up, acted crazy and took the margin of victory away from Papa Bush. I was expecting the daffy billionaire with a bee in his bonnet to make a statement and then fadeaway. When he won the republican primaries, I was surprised. Trump out-republicaned republicans. Mainstream republicans like Cruz, Rubio and Paul were bulldozed. When he won the nomination, I was shocked. No. Not like amusing shocked. More like holy shit, how did that happen shocked. How he beat Hillary Clinton's machine in the general elections is something darned few people saw coming. EVERYBODY has misunderestimated Trump.from day 1. Notice the word I used? Misunderestimated is a Bushism and I used it on purpose. The left made the same mistake with George W. Bush. I had an Uncle who was with the Air Force the very day it stopped being the Army Air Corp and became a stand alone service. Uncle Richard was a brilliant man who served all over the world and retired with 30 years service. I used to love to talk to him because he had been there and done that for all practical purposes everywhere. Many people who listened to his southern accent and not what he actually said would have thought he was just another bumpkin. Bumpkins don’t get to wear Oak Leaves or fly B-52s. I see this quality in Trump. I know you’re laughing but stick with me. The proof is in the pudding. Trump may have had his business ups and downs but he was successful enough to be a billionaire. Billionaires that are morons are quite rare. Trump ran a sophisticated campaign that unseated one of the most powerful top-down political organizations with multi-national reach ever. Trump manipulated the media during the primaries and the general election and had a hostile press eating out of his hands. Have you ever heard of a republican running as a populist? I thought democrats held the patent for that. He did it and, he won with it. Populism is a very sophisticated campaign strategy. It has to be consistent. If he spoke like most politicians- like a lawyer- it simply would not have worked. That’s why his speeches were very simple using ordinary language, unambiguous, declarative and repeated central themes several times. If you saw him as a simpleton, you were dead wrong. He spoke to the people in a way that they would respond. Populists have been using this methods for centuries and it works. Consider the following: Watch any Trump stump speech. It's there. For my final exhibit, consider this famous tweet: Everybody made fun of this. No one knew what it meant. Trump is obviously senile or an idiot, right? The media and the usual celbutards made complete an utter jackasses of themselves, the truth emerges. Covfefe is an Arabic word meaning I will stand. The media, not willing to be made a fool of, says no, it's not so. Native Arabic speakers say different and, he just returned from Saudi Arabia. Whose lying? I'd say it was the people so wrapped up in their own political bullshit and hate that they can't possibly see their adversary in terms other than stupid or evil. It is that sort of blindness that gets you beaten. It jut takes watching a few election cycles to see this very clearly. Both sides have made this mistake and both sides have paid dearly for it. There's more than meets the eyes to Trump. He may look dumb but he ain't. Misunderestimate him at your peril.

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James Savik @ Quora First a million, then a hundred million, then a billion and then I take over. You see Donald Trump is just a distraction. Perhaps I've said too much.

Tonight I've got this going on... hamburgers & corn on the cob grilled. baked beans fries Grilled corn on the cob: put butter or margarine on corn, sprinkle on garlic powder. wrap in aluminum. cook on the grill on both sides. What are you guys cooking?

No. Just no.

Bump! Pretty pictures! Way, way back... the Necromancy is strong with this one!

I write it because I'm working on a masters degree and my time for writing things that don't have Sigmas and integral symbols is limited. I have some L O N G T E R M long projects like Hammerhead, Gemini and couple of others but my time is limited. My Flush fiction gives me a chance to keep writing without my typical overnighters. The way I write on my big projects, I write overnight when the phone and doorbell isn't ringing and distractions are at a minimum.

One of the deadly traps of medical diagnosis is that a whole lot of very bad things looks like flu. Many people are told, it's just a virus. Go home and sleep it off. This was unfortunate for postal workers in New Jersey. Several of them were diagnosed with flu and sent home by doctors. They were dead in hours from inhaling weapons grade anthrax sent by letter in the 2001 anthrax attacks. (1) A man just off the plane from Liberia where there was a large outbreak of ebola went to a very prestigious hospital the Dallas-Fort Worth area. He was seen and sent home. He later died of ebola and seriously contaminated an apartment building while he bled out. (2) Medicine is no joke. When I was a kid I was pressured to be a doctor. I knew with my temperament, I could never handle loosing people. The people that can do the job of a doctor, and stay sharp enough to notice when things aren't adding up, are very rare and special people. _________________________ 1 - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/postal-workers-mark-10-year-anniversary-of-anthrax-attacks/2011/10/21/gIQA4E1F4L_story.html?utm_term=.1e9e269a3567 2 - https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/10/08/dallas-ebola-patient-dies/16786011/