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Xaxazana, EC, South Africa. isiXhosa, the language of most inhabitants of the Eastern Cape, uses the letter X a lot. It sounds like a click, that you make on the side of your mouth with your tongue and cheek.

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Poor Ian. It’s hard to have so many expectations at just five years of age. He may have the smarts, but he doesn’t have the maturity yet, as witnessed b6 his meltdown about learning the technicalities of the language of music. I don’t quite get the determination to make Gaea like Earth II. Things had gone so wrong there, I would think they would want a completely fresh start. Name your cities and locations after places on Earth I. That’s fine. But make a break and make a new society with more care for each other and the world on which you are now living!

Of course Just remember that B1 wears blue pajamas with white stripes where as B2 wears white pajamas with blue stripes

April 21, 2004 Escorial Palo Alto, CA Will The big Escalade limo drove up the stately drive and stopped at the porte cochère to deposit its passengers. I got out and smiled, happy to be home, while Travis followed me, pausing to stare at this massive house. “This place is like the Buck Mansion,” he said. My first reaction was to point out that Escorial was way nicer than the Buck Mansion, but I managed to stop myself from doing that and thus sparking an argument over

<>><<> Is there truth amid the pain like motorcycles in the rain wet through to our skin again and again, we seek to win What is truth, and what is life we cannot outrun the strife tears fall from heartbroken eyes we tell and tell and tell the lies There is nowhere we can run we live and die by the gun our tattooed skin we can’t shed where are the drugs to stop the spread Words are the only sword I own and I don’t stand here alone bl

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April 25, 2004 The Pacific Coast Highway Pacific Palisades, CA Will “Nice that traffic is light,” Travis said. “I’m usually fighting it going the other way.” It was 8:00 in the morning, and we were heading to Malibu so Travis and I could get situated, and so we could surf. “That’s because it’s Sunday, dipshit,” I said, giving him crap. “Whatever,” he said, which made Stef smirk because he’d said it just like I did. “I am wondering how you are planning t

April 24, 2004 The Beverly Hills Hotel Beverly Hills, CA Will “Waves rocked today!” Travis said, and high fived me. We’d gotten down here in time to spend a couple of hours in the water and still make it to the hotel and get ready for the big party tonight. We were sitting in Grand and Stef’s suite, enjoying some pre-dinner cocktails. “Makes me remember what I liked best about living down here,” Dad said. He impulsively looked down at his Blackberry and freaked out.

Monday Well, I think that Sam and Joanna are quitsville. Not that I much care, mind you, since Sam can go fuck himself, but they were making quite the scene this morning. My locker is only a few doors down from their’s and I had to get my books for First Period. So, I had ringside seats to their little lover’s tiff. It was something about Sarah Maxwell, a lovely girl that would definitely give Joanna a run for her money and a reason to be jealous. Apparently, Sam had ‘dared’ to ta

How come you cringe? The formal name for the system is Global Positioning System, thus GPS. Satnav is a rather colloquial name for GPS, and seems to be limited to the UK only. I've not heard it called satnav outside the UK. And it’s wrong. GPS is the system of satellites made by the US, but around the world the Chinese, Russians, and Europeans deployed BDS, GLONASS, and Galileo respectively. Referring to any of them by their name for the use of navigation in a car is inaccurate. It is a navigation system or satellite navigation system that utilizes the satellites in the sky to work, but the thing in your car is not the satellite itself. It’s like calling a cell phone a cell tower. Satnav refers to the thing in your car, not the thing in the sky, and I appreciate that hugely. 😂

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July 12, 1801 Brentwood, UK Granger peeked into the drawing room and saw his father sitting on a chair while his mother relaxed on a chaise, both of them looking quite relaxed as they chatted away. He had invited his parents to come spend a week with him here at Brentwood, and it had turned out to be a good decision. His father had been working with William, Matheus, and Michael, training the three of them on the manners, etiquette, and physical gestures like bowing they woul

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"And I trump your Ace of Spades!" claimed the spider.

And thank you for reading it and responding, AC. I'm not sure what my poem would have looked like if the Anthology topic had been 'The Seven Ages of Man."

I can barely scrape the words together to agree wholeheartedly with @AC Benus here. This is great story wrapped into a magnificent poem.

A lovely twist on the hell of being innocent in jail. V well written with great pacing and ace characters. well done, Lee

The cinnamon wolf trudged through Elias Academy, ignoring the stares following him. None of them mattered. For two weeks, Soren had been on top of the world. For two weeks, he’d had a friend, someone who wanted to spend time with him. And he had thrown that all away. How could he have been so stupid? Hi. I’m Soren. I’m a mage who can turn into a wolf. How hard was that to say? But no, he had to pretend to be a werewolf. He had to forge a fake claim on someone, trapping himself even furth

4th June 1991: Well, last night was eventful. It was everything I could've possibly imagined. I mean, last night was perfect; the movies we decided to watch, the junk food we snacked on. We decided to pull out and play a game of cards after we grew tired of watching VHS tapes. The entire evening was magical, if I do say so myself. I felt like there was this weird unspoken vibe in the room. It was incredible; Ross and I more or less hung out. It didn't feel all that different compared to whe

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The original Mustang Ranch Brothel was the first licensed brothel in Nevada when it opened in 1971. This led to the opening of brothels in 10 of the 17 counties in the state. Mustang Ranch was surrendered to the federal government in 1999 when the owner was convicted for tax fraud, racketeering, and other crimes. The ranch was auctioned off by the government on eBay for $145,100 and opened five miles east at Exit 28 on Interstate 80 where it continues to operate.

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Needless to say, Diego was less than thrilled with Bryan; however, he felt it was largely his fault for not being clear with the boys what their behavior could mean. He was proud of Bryan for at least coming forward and admitting what he did and was willing to accept full responsibility for his actions. In the end, Diego decided that Steve was right, and Bryan would not be grounded. For the rest of the afternoon, Steve handled damage control, while Diego worked. First, he called Billy, who