On Mass Effect 2: if you're saying something more detailed than a very basic evaluation of the quality of the game (i.e. "this game is good," "this game is bad," "I like the graphics") put it in fucking well-labeled spoilers. If you don't like it, there's a thread for discussing it in G&T, and another in SE++ that probably aren't nearly as strict. -ThanatosDigging, by Seamus Heaney
Between my finger and my thumb
The squat pen rests; as snug as a gun.
Under my window a clean rasping sound
When the spade sinks into gravelly ground:
My father, digging. I look down
Till his straining rump among the flowerbeds
Bends low, comes up twenty years away
Stooping in rhythm through potato drills
Where he was digging.
The coarse boot nestled on the lug, the shaft
Against the inside knee was levered firmly.
He rooted out tall tops, buried the bright edge deep
To scatter new potatoes that we picked
Loving their cool hardness in our hands.
By God, the old man could handle a spade,
Just like his old man.
My grandfather could cut more turf in a day
Than any other man on Toner's bog.
Once I carried him milk in a bottle
Corked sloppily with paper. He straightened up
To drink it, then fell to right away
Nicking and slicing neatly, heaving sods
Over his shoulder, digging down and down
For the good turf. Digging.
The cold smell of potato mold, the squelch and slap
Of soggy peat, the curt cuts of an edge
Through living roots awaken in my head.
But I've no spade to follow men like them.
Between my finger and my thumb
The squat pen rests.
I'll dig with it.
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She's met my ex-wife. The only reason she'd ever do that would involve poison.
Aww, the best girlfriend.
I remember his stories about his ex-wife and just
You mean your ex didn't attack her with a snowglobe and then blame it all on her?
I wrote up the story once, so if you don't mind, I'll cut and paste rather then type it up again.
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A new study finds that gay teens and young adults face a much higher risk of experiencing bullying than their counterparts do, with the rate more than tripled for lesbians.
BREAKTHROUGH FINDINGS
why don't you like surprises if every bad surpise couldn't happen?
maybe the surprise is kinky sex.
Fixed that for you
I have a long history of surprises that are along the lines of "dodge this or get a concussion" so it's made me soured on surprises.
Wow...that's...wow. Good for you though Thom. *ehugs*
But the word "fag" has no connection to to them in the minds of those teens. Nope.
Yeah, right.
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Make it go away, [chat].
but you've already been though some pretty bad surprises and then eliminated the source of said surprises. so regardless of wether if it is a bad surprise, you've seen worse.
What are your job skills?
*hitsheadachewithacricketbat*
Better?
nope. try again?
Socket 939 (the one I have) Athlon 64 X2 4800+ processor: $400
harglebargle....
*whack*
Now?
Ever read Mid Term Break?
His brother's grave is not too far from my Grandparents'. I go to it sometimes.
My group sessions have shown me that there is plenty of worse I could have encounter. I try not to tempt fate.
Nope. Maybe I shall have to just take some more painkillers, or something. :sigh:
So buy a new mobo
I think I've read nearly everything he's done. He's very, very good, and was only slightly spoiled for me by being on the GCSE syllabus.
We covered him in detail in Primary School.
I guess that's because we're the small village he grew up in, and the year we covered him was the year he won the Nobel Literature prize.
There is not a single word in this post.
I hope it goes away soon.
Headaches suck. My brother used to get them pretty bad. Try a cup of tea, dark room, and concentrate on feeling the pressure dissipate until it does.