Annular Regions

Picture courtesy of the queen of subtle
A friend and I fell back.
“Rather uncharacteristic of him, isn’t it?” His head bobbed towards Jo, who was suddenly waving at everyone. “How about you; you’re not going to say goodbye?” The friend – he had already traded farewells with our blockmates on the fourth floor before going down.
It [...]

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Hey, Baby

Picture courtesy of illuminaut
She’s asking me about the pictures.
I’ve configured the messenger on this desktop to automatically log-in every time someone connects to the internet. So when dad connected to browse for some late news last weekend, and my Yahoo I.D. came online, she didn’t realize the guy behind the smiley wasn’t me reading everyone [...]

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Starlight, And The People Who Wore Light Bulbs

Picture courtesy of OiMax
When Pao called for another board meeting last night, I thought all he needed was a progress report for the workshop we were assigned to hold on the fifteenth of next month. So when I got to school today, somewhat ahead of the others, and we were casually chatting over what else [...]

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Insert A Random Resolution Here

Picture courtesy of bcymet
Smart. White. Casual.
I repeated the words.
The white part, I think I could understand. Couple one white undershirt with a recently-oversized white polo, white socks, a handkerchief, and a pair of khaki pants or slacks, depending on my age, and you have a pretty good idea as to what I’ve been wearing for [...]

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Cookie Days

Picture courtesy of Pinot & Dita
Just last night, as I took out the trash for the regular 20.30 collection, I bumped into the mother-daughter living just two floors beneath ours, as they, I’m assuming, just came home from a particularly busy day from school.
“Mommy! Mommy!” the third grader exclaimed, excited and boisterous as ever. “Look [...]

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