Monthly Archives: October 2014

The Grind

He watched the man toiling away, weeding the small park garden by hand.  “They don’t pay you enough for this.” “They don’t pay me at all.”  The man looked up.  “I do this or the weeds get the better of things … Continue reading

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Easy come, Easy go

He closed the market comms and sighed.  The amount of things that passed through his hands made him wonder if he needed to be . . . different.  The wallet balance was back to its anemic levels but he had … Continue reading

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OOC: Simple Machines

Among the subjects I have taught is science to 14 year olds.  Physics is pretty simple, at that age, for a while the curriculum included simple machines. Inclined plane, screw, lever, pulley, wheel/axle.  Now I used to tell the kids … Continue reading

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Never leave it on Vibrate

The comm was now skittering under the couch just out of reach.  It had not stopped activating and dancing since the recent announcement.  On top of the other communications Mike had been following this was close to the last straw. … Continue reading

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