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He looked at her in astonishment- "How ... how could you know...?" "It is an old Dionic riddle- very old... you certainly grew up with it, " she padded over and sat right next to him, "... along with you silly notions about Sphinxes... I thought I would have some fun playing...

A few days later, in a less than upscale part of town, Ashmael (the Barber) led Herodotus (I want to say the pigeon) to a secluded dead-end of questionable worth. At a door that looked less than inviting, Ashmael held out his hand. "One drachma," he stated. Herodotus was very agrieved at t...

A limrick just won't work here...

For an ancient culture under foreign rule, Egypt was not too bad off financially as a vassal of Babylonia.The Saite king installed by Nebuchadnezzer II, like his predecessors, kept taxes and services at practical levels and encouraged foreign trade as much as possible- a proven formula in any era. O...

They found the river in less than an hour- they started on 'fruitful & multiply' that night... and got the equation right three weeks later. Nine months after that Able showed up. By the time Cain appeared, they had figured out what was causing it. Little Cain was learning how to walk when the t...

Where it started.... The man and the woman both trudged east through the endless sand that was once a paradise... THE paradise... but now held no life or promise. East was the direction they had been pointed in, so east they went without any idea of what they would find. The man carried only a staff...

I'm very impressed by the quality of the descriptive text. I guess that's why they say "write about what you know"... I'd say both the author and the primary character are following the same excellent principle: "do what you know; suture self". You leave me in stitches... Four p...

Now we will go into 'Part Two', where the history of the elixier is discussed. There will be Biblical referances, some that might be considered heresy... I am a practicing Christian, and this is strictly a fiction within a fiction, not gospel... so if such derivations are offensive to you, you might...

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?!?" Phix screamed at Him, "WE JUST GOT YOU OUT OF THE HOSPITAL!!!" "EASY GIRL! I... ohh damn that hurts... easy... I ... have to get through the skin... yeouwch... and the veries needle won't do it... ugh.... now... help me... grap a bit of my be...

"OH! YES!" she scampered to the bedside and pulled open the drawer, retrieving a long, skinny object in a peal pack. "Sterile! Excellent! OK, peal that open and allow me to grasp it," Has Neil spent a considerable amount of time in East Texas? The way he pronounced "peel&qu...

It was another week and a half before Neil was strong enough to go 'home'- if separate quarters in the library could qualify as such- where he found an annoying amount of help and attention. Bud had taken a month's emergency leave from the dance studio to act as a private nurse-maid (Neil had alread...

jwhouk wrote:

lake_wrangler wrote:
By the way, I hate to say this, but it's "Elixir", not "Elixer"...

Good, I wasn't the only one who was getting a nervous tic from the title.

THANK YOU!!! For some reason, spell-check went south on this WalMart special...

It was nearly three thirty when a nurse came into the room... Bud was asleep, curled up on Nudge (who was annoyed by this) while Phix stared at the dead TV. She turned her head towards the nurse. "Mrs. Howard? He is now in recovery. Dr Bloom, Dr. Stalker, Dr. Sherck and Dr. Burton will be in he...

My own twitch from the military is/was (forty years on it's worn off some) a touch of survivor guilt - i did my time in Viet Nam in a "safe" rear area (NAVCOMMSTA Cam Ranh Bay), while guys i did boot camp with are on the Black Wall. I've been in DC several times (though not in the last tw...

AmriloJim wrote:

TazManiac wrote:I for one am glad Opus is still on the Planet...

Amen.

May I join the chorus?

Biscuits & gravy, hog jowl, grits, coffee sweetened with molasses, flapjacks & fresh persimmons on the table to start the "Councillors' corner"- comfort foods of Appalachia... healing starts with good food. "Gourmet Comfort Food" may be an oxymoron, but that menu shows y...

I can honestly say that's the first time I have ever seen cirrosis of the liver described as "fortunate". :? cirrosis is scar tissue, as such it is tougher than healthy liver and holds a stitch much better... so if you are likely to do stuff where your liver will get physically rent, you ...

A short, squat female nurse was escorting the trio back to the surgical waiting area- as with any hospital, one would easily get lost without directions or a guide. "Noreen?" whispered Nudge, "... what kind of name is Noreen?" "Humans do not use "Nudge" as a name, ...

PTSD is wierd stuff- I have seen grown men who never accepted watching their dog get run over when they were 5 years old... and I have seen those who got through the bad part of hell without a twitch... no way to figure it out, from a rational standpoint. But we all have our weaknesses- I have spent...

Phix had taken Nudge outside where they could talk with a bit of privacy- Bud remained in the waiting area, very aware of the glances she was receiving from the other patrons... and the security guard. The drunk had returned to his narrow existence, the two teens seemed more concerned about each oth...