Sunday, December 06, 2020

Is it really possible to live an ordered and organized life? Is there any fun in that?

 

"Well, only got an hour of daylight left. Better get started"
"Isn't it unsafe to travel at night?"
"It'll be a lot less safe to stay here, your father's gunna pick up our trail before long"
"Can Loca ride?"
"Yeah, I can ride, Margaret, time to go! Maigret, thank you for everything"
"Goodbye Chenga"
"Goodbye miss"
"I'll be back"
Is there anybody out there?

Friday, December 04, 2020

No Reason Not To

 *gasp*

*gasp*

*pant*

*pant*

just read Harry Turtledove's No Period on the Tor website & dammit, the man seems to have found access to my brain (it isn't that he is writing about me, per se, although wouldn't that be a welcome bit of alternate history to think about since that is what the man is famous for), only I've never been divorced, and I don't think I've ever been Jewish—not in this life, anyway, which gets me to wondering if only I…
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