Today the geese did not attack, but they well could have. Instead of trumpeting their numbers, they fled as individuals, or as members of a disparate horde. Instead of driving onward out of sheer willpower, they relented, succumbing to the urge to flee to safety. What safety was confidently theirs. Instead of testing the limits […]
Another day, another fate postponed
Posted by Ben on December 19, 2003
https://www.swordbilled.com/another-day-another-fate-postponed/
An interesting spread (no, not that kind)
From an article about Wes Clark in the Washington Post, we learn the assets of certain other Democratic candidates: Wesley Clark: $3 to $3.5 million Sen. John F. Kerry: $500 million Sen. John Edwards: $13 to $16 million Howard Dean: $2.2 to $5 million Rep. Dennis Kucinich: $2,000 to $32,000 (article via RandomWalks)
Posted by Ben on December 16, 2003
https://www.swordbilled.com/an-interesting-spread-no-not-that-kind/
About a plane: An Old Ghost
“The Museum currently has over 80 aircraft and dozens of space artifacts on display including the Space Shuttle “Enterprise”; an SR-71 Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft; the Dash 80 prototype of the Boeing 707; the B-29 Superfortress “Enola Gay;” and the de Havilland Chipmunk aerobatic plane, to name a few.” “As a frequent history-channel watcher and WWII […]
Posted by Ben on December 15, 2003
https://www.swordbilled.com/about-a-plane-an-old-ghost/
It’s more like aerobics. Or maybe ultra-cheap transportation. Oranges year-round?
“It’s like electricity. Everybody wants it, but nobody wants to see the wires in their backyard. It’s the same with crematories,” says Jack Springer, spokesman for the Chicago-based Cremation Association of North America.
Posted by Ben on December 15, 2003
https://www.swordbilled.com/its-more-like-aerobics-or-maybe-ultra-cheap-transportation-oranges-year-round/
A chipper yarn
Inamorata by Joseph Gangemi: On a scale from brutal to brilliant, this falls somewhere in between but generally on the positive side of things. My greatest complaint—a minor quibble, really—is with the phrase “never fall in love with a medium,” which first assaults the reader on the back cover: “…the man of science breaks the […]
Posted by Ben on December 14, 2003
https://www.swordbilled.com/a-chipper-yarn/
Could there possibly be a connection?
Pretty women scramble men’s ability to assess the future (New Scientist) and Pentagon: Rocket Fuel in Your Lettuce is Safe (Environmental Media Services)
Posted by Ben on December 13, 2003
https://www.swordbilled.com/could-there-possibly-be-a-connection/
I left my heart in Plano, Texas
I left my heart in Plano, Texas. Nothing turned out like I’d expected it to. I paid for a safe deposit box, a 5″ by 10″ by 22″ receptacle. I went to Plano because I’d heard they had an organ discount. Turns out I was wrong, but I paid for the box anyway. After all, I had to keep my heart somewhere. Plano seemed as good as any place else.
Posted by Ben on December 13, 2003
https://www.swordbilled.com/i-left-my-heart-in-plano-texas/
Her name was Janine (I think)
She was the waitress from hell. I had the chicken cacciatore and some kind of sparkling water that she’d recommended. To be honest, I don’t mean to say that she was spiteful or malicious or full of vitriol; I’m merely stating fact when I say that she was from hell. Her name was Janine Hensworth, and she was renting an apartment that, she told me, was literally in hell. To get there she took a twenty-seven minute elevator ride. The rent on her apartment was wicked cheap, she said, but the screams of the damned and accursed sometimes kept her up at nights. Had she considered sound-proofing, I asked?
Posted by Ben on December 12, 2003
https://www.swordbilled.com/her-name-was-janine-i-think/
flip-flops
From Harper’s Index for November 2003: Rank of the World Wildlife Fund among organizations most trusted by Europeans and Americans, respectively: 2, 8 [Edelman (N.Y.C.)] Rank of Coca-Cola: 8, 2
Posted by Ben on December 11, 2003
https://www.swordbilled.com/flip-flops/
check one two
radically different from your own experience of reality you nonetheless have to wonder whose is more accurate, theirs or yours. yours is more immediate, of course, but theirs is backed up by facts and statistics and pie charts and interviews and bold proclamations and yours is backed up only by you.
Posted by Ben on December 10, 2003
https://www.swordbilled.com/check-one-two/