Marching the Way Victorious
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Wait for It...
All along, it was as if there was a voice saying, “Wait for it. . . Wait for it…” That is one of the most important things I have learned in this life is to wait for the punchline. -
Hydrodynamic Intervention
"...You are not a swimmer. You are not designed to swim. I have seen your body-type before, and you do not float, so don’t expect me to pull your brick-ass out of the water when you start to drown.” -
One Good Day
When it came to intensity with a chainsaw, Leatherface had nothing on Skip Cain. Highlights of that day included Skip having me pull my lunch up into the tree on a rope, because he suspected, probably accurately so, that I would not want to climb back up in the tree once I climbed down. -
Coalescence of Our Dreams
I was tempted to ask the young lady follow-up questions regarding her alien abduction experience, but I felt that might evoke flashbacks to associated trauma. Besides, satisfying such curiosity would have only been a distraction from the mission. -
That's Entertainment
The closer you are to someone the more likely you are to laugh with them and not at them. When someone is telling jokes about another race or religion and there are no people from that race or religion in the room with them, then they are more likely laughing at them than with them.
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The Stalker
Sometimes I just wake up in the morning and there it is invading my thoughts, screwing with my self-concept, smashing my ambition. I turn to ask, “HEY –WHO LET YOU IN HERE?” -
Hide the Knives!
He was on the edge of screaming histrionically exclaiming, “DEREK YOU’RE CHOKING HIM! HE’S GOING TO DIE!” Without relinquishing the quality torque I had on his neck I paused just long enough to look up at TTT and reassure him, “Don’t worry [TTT] they pass out before they die!" -
ANSWER THE QUESTION!
“WHO ARE YOU? WHAT ARE YOU? WHY ARE YOU HERE?” These were good questions and ones that deserved to be answered.