by Arthur Candell There is much dispute concerning the invention of the airplane. While the United States claims that Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first heavier-than-air flight on December 17, 1903. Russia claims that it was there that the first flight took place. Several other countries dispute the U.S. and Russian claims, and take…
by Nils Erwin Length: About 6 pages I HAD MY FIRST BABY-SITTING JOB THE OTHER NIGHT. It was tough assignment, 3 kids – 24-hours. The parent was a family friend, Mandy, who seemed to have adopted the absurd notion that I was the man for the job, and moreover, that I should also be paid…
-Sci-Fi – 3 Pages – Package runner Alpha One-Six, nicknamed `Zeep’ to endear him to Joe Public and his slobbering troglodyte family, had only been distracted for four hundredths of a second. But in that time, he’d somehow managed to collide with a stationary object; unwittingly knocking out his GPS, comm-link, and access to the…
I awoke knowing the link had been severed. Tears stung my cheeks as I yanked the blankets off my body and stumbled out of bed, feeling sick and disoriented. By the time I made it to the bathroom sink in anticipation of throwing up my late night trip to Taco Bell, the feeling had thankfully…
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I am currently seeking investors for a business opportunity involving an idea I came up with. I will go ahead and tell it to you because I know that nobody can pull it off but me and I don’t have to worry about somebody else swooping in and stealing my idea. Except maybe Newman. But…
Off we went, towards the fields. Antennas were ripped off of cars and used to whip Bob as he lead the way. Clothes were pulled off, wrapped around antenna and lit on fire. It felt like yet another Hallmark movie. Soon, some people were naked, especially those with the makeshift torches. The ones whipping Bob…
By Bob SenitramBecause nonsense don’t make itself… If you’re wondering about the 25 year history of TheWeirdcrap.com and thinkin’ “If they started the same time as Google, shouldn’t that site be a muliti-billion dollar industry by now?” Seems like it, but we don’t got much smarts in the business sense, heck, we can barely afford…
Dale Blake had been in a road race since leaving Pittsburgh. In this type of road race the drivers would start at equal intervals each day, driving as fast as possible to the next location, do the job that needed to be done and then start again the next morning. Dale was the…
“Josie and Dhanesh, help me unpack these things,” Steve hollered from the back room. The two walked over. “We were just leaving,” Josie said. “The registers are closed. The store is clean. The garbage is in the dump. Can it wait until tomorrow?” Steve stared at her and cast an impatient sneer. “If it could…
Witches of Rascar Pablo: Part IIBy Kristopher LawrenceEdited by Gao Rong Prologue Lucas frantically negotiated the narrow stone walkway leading up to the church. Signs indicative of an all-too-familiar happening were not lost him. Rabid mastiffs on his tail prevented him from turning back. Slowing his upward pace – even slightly – brought them lunging…
Joseph Mellon appeared like all the other babies in the sandbox. He was cute and cuddly and round and happy; happy eating sand, that is. Oh sure, babies are famous for sticking just about anything in their mouths, but little Joey wasn’t simply tasting the sand, he was eating it as if it were the…
Jack Blades—Rock ‘N Roll Ride MoTW—Metropolis So it seemed like I was making headway with the interview, but somehowgot sidetracked and started writing about myself. Kind if selfish, Ithink. This time I am going to focus on this interview. Focus it can finally becompleted so the whole world can read about the deep dark secretsguiding…
Heaven & Hell—The Devil You Know MoTW—Control (2007) Amusingly, my post from a couple weeks might have crossed the line andwent a little bit too far. It's driven Bob to write poetry, which I guess all goateed fucks doafter awhile anyway. I actually saw him walking down the hallway a fewdays ago, snapping his fingers…
Grant from Michigan writes:A few months ago you said McCain was’t worth mentioning in the Iowa pre-vote caucus deal…now he’s the main man. What’s up with that smarty-pants! Dear Grant:I did get an email from a certain J. McCain a few months ago. And he complained about the same thing. I didn’t write back because…
Before I begin this action-packed saga, here’s this: Prologe Part I:About Donald J Trump’s trials and tribulations:To quote the late great “Barretta”, “Don’t do the crime, if you can’t do the time.” And dats the name of dat tune. Although, I truly appreciate all the antics that come with Donald. It’s just fun to see…
Dear Bel, I have been living with “Eric” now for almost a year. When we first moved in together, it was great. We talked all the time and his friends were not too bad. It did take some time for me to be able to go out with them and feel included but then everything…
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