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    Monday, January 3rd, 2011
    2:34 am
    @@@@@I wanna know if he thinks I'll be big enough
    @@@@@I wanna know if he thinks I'll be big enough to get on the football team in a coupla years
    Tom Elkins, that ol' fool He looks at her in disgustWhat's the matter with Tom Elkins?
    It's all right, Willie, you'll make the team

    He never does get quite big enough, but by his junior year he is the head of the cheer leaders, and he has talked his father into buying him a used car
    You don't understand, Pop, I really need the carA guy's gotta get aroundLike last Friday when I had to get all the crew together to practice for the Wadsworth game, I wasted all the afternoon just running around
    Are you sure, Son, it won't be a wanton extravagance?
    I really need it, PopI'll even work summers to pay you back
    It's not a question of that, although I think you oughter to keep you from getting spoiledI tell you what, I'll just talk it over with Mother
    The victory is his and he grinsFar back in his head, quite beneath the surface of his sincerity in this conversation, is the memory of many others(The youths talking in the locker room after gym period, the profound discussions in the cellars converted to club-rooms)
    Folklore: If you want to make a girl, you got to have a car
    His senior year is funHe is a member of SG (Student Government) and he manages the School DanceThere are all the dates on Saturday night at the Crown Theatre and once or twice in the road-house out of townThere are the parties on Friday night at the girls' housesHe even goes steady for a part of the year
    And always the cheer leadingHe squats, does knee-bends in the white flannel pants, the rough white sweater not quite warm enough in the fall windsBefore him the one thousand kids are yelling, the girls in their green plaid skirts jumping up and down, their knees red from the cold
    Let's give a Cardley for the team, he shouts, running up and down with the megap
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    Why?
    (She looks at him, her eyes passive and calmThis time she puts her hand on his arm
    His throat is tense and his chest aches with warmth and hungerHe shivers as he hears the girl giggling againThis is swell out here at City Point, he says(The thick lusting dreams at night for he knows not what I'll tell ya, Mary, if I was goin' steady -- his voice is strong with his sense of renunciation -- I wouldn' be chanel knockoff hangin' around with them so much, 'cause you know I'd be wantin' to see more of you
    You would?
    He listens to the lapping of the surfI love ya, Mary, he says suddenly, holding himself stiff and cold, troubled delicately by a passing uncertainty
    I think I do too, RoyAfter a while he kisses her gently, then hungrily, but a corner of his mind has retreated and become coldOh, I love ya, kid, he says huskily, trying to vintage gucci cauterize the doubtCity Point is so beautiful, she says
    In the night they cannot see the garbage that litters the beach, the seaweed and driftwood, the condoms that wallow sluggishly on the foam's edge, discarded on the shore like the minuscule loathsome animals of the sea
    Yeah, it's something, he says slowly

    Hey, theah, Roy, how's the old married man, how's it feel gettin' it steady, what do ya say?
    Aw, it's okay(He tiffany price shivers in the September dawn that lifts bleakly over the gray stone pavement and the slatternly wooden houses Jesus, it's cold out, I wish the goddam polls'd open
    I'm glad you're with me today, Roy, you know we think you're all right, but we ain't seen much of ya
    Aaah, well, I quit the CU, he mumbles, and I thought maybe the boys were you know not so glad to see me
    Well, ya shoulda told 'em, but between you an' me, mulberry bag the club is gonna lay off 'em for a while, started gettin' pressure from on top, clear out of the state I heardIt always pays to stick with the club, you don't go wrong that way, I bet if you hadn't been with the CU you woulda been the election captain here today, I hope there's no hahd feelin's, Roy(He feels a dull resentmentBack wheah I staarted I bet some of those rich kikes in the party are the ones that creamed silver chanel the
    Sunday, January 2nd, 2011
    2:34 am
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    "Why don't you send it back to the kitchen, then? Tell them to bring
    what you want and make sure it's hotKitchens are women's business Scarlett put her hands
    on
    her hipsShe looked at her grandfather with eyes as steely as his
    "Do you mean to tell me that you got me out of bed Tiffany Bracelets to send a
    message to
    your cook? What do you take me for, some kind of servant? Order
    your
    own breakfast or starve, it , s all the same to meI'm going back to
    bed Scarlett turned with a flounce
    "That bed belongs to me, young woman, and you occupy it by 3:i3 my
    grace and favorI omega geneve expect you to obey my orders as long as you're
    under my roof She was in a fine rage now, all hope of sleep gone
    I'll pack my things this minute, she thoughtI don't have to put up
    with thisThe seductive aroma of fresh coffee stopped her before she
    spokeShe'd have coffee first, then balenciaga motorcycle tell the old man offAnd she'd
    better think a minuteShe wasn't ready to leave Savannah yetRhett
    must know, by now, that she was hereAnd she should get a
    message
    about Tara from the Mother Superior any minuteScarlett walked to
    the
    bell pull by the doorThen she took a chair at her black quilted bag grandfather's
    rightWhen Jerome came in, she glared at him"Give me a cup for
    my
    coffeeThen take this plate away
    What is it, Grandfather, cornmeal mush? Whatever it is, Jerome, tell
    the cook to eat it herselfAfter she fixes some scrambled eggs and
    ham and bacon and grits and top chanel biscui
    2:15 am
    @@@@@ A smile of triumph lifted the corners of
    @@@@@ A smile of triumph
    lifted the corners of her mouth and she played her trump card"Your
    mother is overjoyed that I'm hereWhat are you going to tell her if
    you throw me out? Because I'll tell her the truth, and it'll break her
    heart Rhett paced heavily from end to end of the big roomUnder
    his breath he muttered curses, profanity and vulgarity such as Scarlett
    had never heardThis was the Rhett that was only hearsay to her, the
    Rhett who had followed the gold rush to California and defended his
    claim
    with a knife and heavy boots
    This was Rhett the rumrunner, habitue of the lowest taverns in
    Havana,
    Rhett the lawless adventurer, friend and companion of renegades like
    himselfShe watched, shocked and fascinated and excited despite the
    menace in himSuddenly his animal-like pacing stopped and he
    turned to
    face herHis black eyes glittered, but no longer with rageThey
    held humor, dark and bitter and waryHe was Rhett Butler,
    Charleston
    gentleman"Check," he said with a wry twisted smile"I overlooked
    the unpredictable mobility of the queenBut not mate, Scarlett He
    held out his opened palms in momentary surrenderShe didn't
    understand
    what he was saying, but the gesture and his tone of voice told her that
    she'd won "So I'll stay?"
    "You'll stay until you want to goI don't expect it to be very
    long
    "But you're wrong, Rhett! I love it here An old, familiar expression
    crossed his faceHe was amused and skeptical and all-knowing
    "How
    long have you been in Charleston, Scarlett?"
    "Since last night
    "And you've learned to love itQuick work, I congratulate you on your
    sensitivity
    Saturday, January 1st, 2011
    2:34 am
    @@@@@“We called this soul Racing Song at
    @@@@@“We called
    this soul Racing Song at first–it was a loose translation of his name on… the Singing World
    But he soon opted to take the name of his host, KevinThough he was slated for a Calling in
    Musical Performance, given his background, he said he felt more comfortable continuing in the
    host's previous line of work, which was mechanical
    “These signs were somewhat worrisome to his assigned Comforter, but they were well within
    normal bounds
    “Then Kevin started to complain that he was blacking out for periods of timeThey brought
    him back to me, and we ran extensive tests to make sure there was no hidden flaw in the host's
    brainDuring the testing, several Healers noted marked differences in his behavior and
    personalityWhen we questioned him about this, he claimed to have no memory of certain
    statements and actionsWe continued to observe him, along with his Comforter, and eventually
    discovered that the host was periodically taking control of Kevin's body
    “Taking control?” My eyes strained wide“With the soul unaware? The host took the body
    back?”
    “Sadly, yesKevin was not strong enough to suppress this host
    Would they think me weak as well?Was I weak, that I could not force this mind to answer my
    questions? Weaker still, because her living thoughts had existed in my head where there should
    be nothing but memory? I'd always thought of myself as strongThis idea of weakness made me
    flinch
    The Healer continued“Certain events occurred, and it was decided –”
    “What events?”
    The Healer looked down without answering
    “What events?”I demanded again“I believe I have a right to knowKevin… physically attacked a Healer while not… himself“He knocked the Healer unconscious with a blow from his fist and then found a scalpel
    on her personWe found him insensibleThe host had tried to cut the soul out of his body
    It took me a moment before I could speakEven then, my voice was just a breath“What
    happened to them?”
    “Luckily, the host was unable to stay conscious long enough to inflict real damag
    2:15 am
    @@@@@ Marie’s brother recited the number “I’ll
    @@@@@ Marie’s brother recited
    the number
    “I’ll explain everything later
    “An awful lot of people keep telling me that, goddamn it!” said St
    Prefontaine dialed the number with a Virginia area codeIt was answered with a short, brusque
    “Yes?”
    “MrConklin, my name is Prefontaine and I was given this number by John StWhat I
    have to tell you is in the nature of an emergency
    “You’re the judge,” broke in Alex
    “Past tense, I’m afraid
    “What is it?”
    “I know how to reach the man you call the Jackal
    “What?”
    “Listen to me
    Bernardine stared at the ringing telephone, briefly debating with himself whether or not to pick
    it upThere was no question; he had to“Yes?”
    “Jason? It’s you, isn’t it? Perhaps I have the wrong room
    “Alex? This is you?”
    “Fran?ois? What are you doing there? Where’s Jason?”
    “Things have happened so fastI know he’s been trying to reach you
    “It’s been a rough day
    “I’ve got other newsA telephone number where the Jackal can be reached
    “We’ve got it! And a locationOur man left an hour ago
    “For Christ’s sake, how did you get it?”
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    264
    “A convoluted process I sincerely believe only your man could have negotiatedHe’s brilliantly
    imaginative, a true caméléon
    “Let’s compare,” said Con
    Friday, December 31st, 2010
    2:34 am
    @@@@@I was drawn forward instead, like an iron
    @@@@@I was drawn forward instead,
    like an iron bolt to a magnetA fresh canvas had
    been set up there and then, sometime in the dead
    of night - maybe while Elizabeth had been dying,
    maybe while I'd been having sex with Pam for the
    last time, maybe while I'd been sleeping beside
    her - a finger had dipped into my paintWhose
    finger? I didn't knowWhat color? That was
    obvious: redThe letters that staggered and
    draggled and dripped their way across the canvas
    were redThey almost seemed to
    shout
    792
    viii
    "Found art," I said in a dry, rattlebox voice that
    hardly sounded like my own
    "Is that what it is?" Wireman asked The letters seemed to waver in front of me,
    and I wiped my eyesThey'd love it
    at the Scoto
    "Maybe, but that's some creepy shit," Jack saidAnd it was my studio, goddammit, mineI snatched the canvas off the easel,
    momentarily expecting it to burn my fingersIt was just a canvas, after all, one I'd
    stretched myselfI put it against the wall,
    facing in"Is that better?"
    "It is, actually," Jack said, and Wireman noddedif those little girls were herecan
    ghosts write on canvas?"
    "If they can move Ouija board planchettes and
    write in window-frost, I imagine they could write
    793
    on a canvas," I saidThen, rather reluctantly, I
    added: "But I don't see ghosts unlocking my front
    doorOr putting a canvas up on the easel to begin
    with
    "There wasn't a canvas there?" Wireman asked
    "I'm pretty sure notThe blank ones are all
    racked in the corner
    "Who's the sister?" Jack wanted to know"Who's
    the sister they're asking about?"
    "It must be Elizabeth," I
    2:14 am
    @@@@@I wanted to wait, maybe eat one of my
    @@@@@I wanted to wait, maybe eat one of my egg
    salad sandwiches and plan out what I was going to
    say to her, and I didn't do that, either
    Sometimes the only way to do it is to do itI
    took the cordless phone out into the Florida room
    It was chilly even with the glass sliders shut,
    but in a way that was goodI thought the cool air
    might sharpen me up a littleAnd maybe the sight
    of the sun dropping toward the horizon and
    painting its golden track across the water would
    calm me downBecause I wasn't calmMy heart was
    pounding too hard, my cheeks felt hot, my hip hurt
    like a bastard, and I suddenly realized, with real
    horror, that my wife's name had slipped my mind
    Every time I dipped for it, all I came up with was
    peligro, the Spanish word for danger
    I decided there was one thing I did need before
    calling Minnesota
    280
    I left the phone on the overstuffed couch, limped
    to the bedroom (using my crutch now; I and my
    crutch were going to be inseparable until bedtime),
    and got RebaOne look into her blue eyes was
    enough to bring Pam's name back, and my heartbeat
    slowedWith my best girl clamped between my side
    and my stump, her boneless pink legs wagging, I
    made my way back to the Florida room and sat down
    againReba flopped onto my lap and I set her
    aside with a thump so she faced the westering sun
    "Stare at it too long, you'll go blind," I said
    "Of course, that's where the fun isBruce
    Springsteen, 1973 or so, muchacha
    "I should be upstairs, painting that," I told her,
    "Doing fucking art for fucking art's sakeReba's wide eyes suggested to the world
    in general that she was stuck with America's
    nastiest man
    I picked up the cordless and shook it in her face
    "I can do this," I said
    Nothing from Reba, but I thought she looked
    doubtfulBeneath us, the shells continued their
    281
    wind-driven argument: You did, I didn't, oh yes
    you did
    I wanted to go on discussing the matter with my
    Anger-Management DollInstead I punched in the
    number of what used to be my house
    Thursday, December 30th, 2010
    2:34 am
    @@@@@Play it safe, but start early Start
    @@@@@Play it safe, but start early Start accumulating your nest egg early because it will take time
    But if you have dreams of freedom-of getting out of the rat race- the first question to ask yourself is, "How do I respond to failure?" If failure inspires you to win, maybe you should go for it-but only maybeIf failure makes you weak or causes you to throw temper tantrums-like spoiled brats who call an attorney to file a lawsuit every time something does not go their way-then play it safeKeep your daytime jobOr buy bonds or mutual fundsBut remember, there is risk in those financial instruments also, even though they are safer
    I say all this, mentioning Texas and Fran Tarkenton, because stacking the asset column is easyIt's really a low-aptitude gameIt doesn't take much educationFifth-grade math will doBut staking the asset column 'J is a high-attitude gameIt takes guts, patience and a great attitude toward failureAnd failure turns losers into winners' Just remember the Alamo Most of us know the story of "Chicken Little," who ran around warning the barnyard of impending doomWe all know people who are that wayBut we all have a "Chicken Little" inside each of us
    And as I stated earlier, the cynic is really a little chickenWe all get a little chicken when fear and doubt cloud our thoughts
    All of us have doubts "I'm not good enough "So '$ and so is better than me Or our doubts often paralyze us "What if the economy crashes right after I invest?" Or "What if I lose control and I can't pay the money back?" "What if things don't go as I planned?" Or we have friends or loved ones who will remind us of our shortcomings regardless of whether we ask
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    Jeb was quilted bag chanel sprawled on the bedHe belched, and Kyle chuckled
    “Nicer night than I was plannin' forI like it when pessimism goes unrewarded,” Jeb mused
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    “Next time she raids…” Kyle said, somewhere on the other side of Jared's bodyA big chanel knockoff yawn
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    “She's not going out again,” Ian answered, his body tensingI brushed my hand against his face,
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    Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
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    But there was something wrong with moving aheadHe could not perceive it clearly, his head felt as if it were churning through oil, but there was a reasonHe could not think it outWith loathing, with a suppressed hysteria of his flesh as if he were trodding barefoot over a field of bloated maggots, he extended his leg, and then the other one, pacing forward with separate violent demands on his mindIn a minute he advanced not more than chloe paddington ten feet, the perspiration smarting his eyesHe felt as if he could detect each droplet starting out of his pores, joining with the others to wash down the damp river bed of the lines in his face and body
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    In the G-1 tent the air had become stifling by middayMajor Binner wiped his steel-rimmed glasses, coughed dolefully, and removed a trickle of sweat from the corner of his neat temple"This is a serious thing, Sergeant," he said quietly
    Major Binner glanced at the General for a momentThen he drummed on his desk and looked at the enlisted man who was standing at attention before himA few steps away, near gucci g watch one of the corner poles, Cummings paced a small circle back and forth
    "If you give us the facts, Sergeant Lanning, it will have a very important bearing on your court-martial," Binner said
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    "The facts will be sufficient," Binner drawled in his sad voice
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    "No, sir, it wasn't, but I could see the men weren't too happy, and when we got out about halfway I just set my squad down in a little draw, and waited an hour, and then I came on back and gave my report
    "And the report was completely false," Binner intoned"You said you had been to a place to whichin which you hadn't gucci for women even been within a mile of
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    "Yes, sir, that's true," Sergeant Lanning said
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    Monday, December 27th, 2010
    2:34 am
    @@@@@Come along, girls, and hold on to Jacky's
    @@@@@Come along, girls, and hold
    on to Jacky's hand Strangers the day before, strangers again the
    day
    after, on Saint Patrick's Day people joined hands and danced, joined
    voices and sangThey shared the sun and the air and the music and
    the
    streets"It's wonderful," Scarlett said when she tasted a chicken
    drumstick from one of the food stallsAnd, "It's wonderful," she said
    when she saw the green chalk shamrocks on the brick paths of
    Chatham
    Square
    "It's wonderful," about the mighty granite eagle with a green ribbon
    around its neck on the Pulaski Monument"What a wonderful,
    wonderful,
    wonderful day," she cried, and she spun around and around before she
    sank exhausted onto a newly vacated bench next to Colum"Look,
    Colum,
    I've got a hole in the bottom of my boot
    Where I come from everybody says you can tell the best parties
    because
    they're the ones where you dance your slippers right throughAnd
    these aren't even slippers, they're bootsThis must be the best party
    ever!"
    "It's a grand day, to be sure, and there's the evening still to come,
    with the Roman candles and allYou'll be worn through just like your
    boot, Scarlett darling, if you don't take a little restIt's near
    four o'clockLet's go to the house now for a bitI want to dance some more and eat some more pork
    barbecue and have one of those green ices and taste that awful green
    beer Matt and Jamie were drinking
    "And so you shall tonightYou observe, do you not, that Matt and
    Jamie gave up an hour ago or more?"
    "Sissies!" Scarlett proclaimedYou're the best of
    the O'Haras, ColumJamie said so, and he was right Colum smiled
    at
    her flushed cheeks and sparkling eyes
    "Saving only yourself," he said"Scarlett, I'm going to take off your
    boot now, hold it up, the one with the hole in it He unlaced the
    neat black kid lady's boot, removed it and upended it to empty the
    sand
    and crushed shell fragmentsThen he picked up a discarded ice cream
    cornet and folded the thick paper to fit inside the boot
    "This should get you home
    2:15 am
    @@@@@She looked at Scarlett with undisguised
    @@@@@She looked at Scarlett with
    undisguised curiosityI should wear her out for her impudence,
    Scarlett thought, but she was so content she couldn't summon up any
    real angerRhett had held her, comforted her, even laughed at her
    Just as he used to before things went wrongShe'd been so right to
    come to the plantationShe should have done it before, instead of
    frittering away her time at a million tea partiesThe sunlight made
    her narrow her eyes when she stepped outside the houseIt was
    strong,
    already warm on her head although it was still very early
    She shaded her eyes with her hand and looked around herA soft
    moan
    was her first reactionThe brick terrace under her feet continued to
    her left for a hundred yardsBroken, blackened and grass-grown, it
    was a frame for a monumental charred ruinJagged remnants of walls
    and chimneys were all that remained of what had been a magnificent
    mansionTumbled mounds of smoke- and firestained bricks within the
    fragments of walls were heart-stopping mementos of Sherman's Army
    Scarlett was heartsick
    This had been Rhett's home, Rhett's life -lost forever before he could
    come back to reclaim itNothing in her troubled life had ever been as
    bad as thisShe'd never known the degree of pain he must have felt,
    must still feel a hundred times a day when he saw the ruins of
    hishome
    No wonder he was determined to rebuild, to find and regain everything
    he could of the old possessionsShe could help him! Hadn't she
    plowed and planted and harvested Tara's fields herself? Why, she'd
    wager Rhett didn't even know good seed corn from badShe'd be
    proud to
    help, because she knew how much it meant, what a victory it was over
    the despoilers when the land was reborn with tender new growthI
    understand, she thought triumphantlyI can feel what he's feelingWe can do this togetherI don't mind a dirt
    floo
    Sunday, December 26th, 2010
    2:34 am
    @@@@@I don't know if I believe
    @@@@@I don't know if I believe that–you're
    probably just trying to do your job and comfort meBut if sheis so strong, it wouldn't be fair to
    hand her off to someone else because I can't subdue herWho would you choose to take her
    on?”
    “I didn't say that to comfort you, dear
    “Then what –”
    “I don't think this host would be considered for reuse
    “Oh!”
    A shiver of horror jolted down my spineAnd I wasn't the only one who was staggered by the
    idea
    I was immediately repulsedThrough the long revolutions around the suns of
    my last planet–the world of the See Weeds, as they were known here–I had waitedThough the
    permanence of being rooted began to wear long before I'd thought it would, though the lives of
    the See Weeds would measure in centuries on this planet, I had not skipped out on the life term
    of my hostTo do so was wasteful, wrong, ungratefulIt mocked the very essence of who we
    were as soulsWe made our worlds better places; that was absolutely essential or we did not
    deserve them
    But we werenot wastefulWe did make whatever we took better, more peaceful and beautiful
    And the humanswere brutish and ungovernableThey had killed one another so frequently that
    murder had been an accepted part of lifeThe various tortures they'd devised over the few
    millennia they'd lasted had been too much for me; I hadn't been able to bear even the dry official
    overviewsWars had raged over the face of nearly every continentSanctioned murder, ordered
    and viciously effectiveThose who lived in peaceful nations had looked the other way as
    members of their own species starved on their doorstepThere was no equality to the
    distribution of the planet's bounteous resourcesMost vile yet, their offspring–the next
    generation, which my kind nearly worshipped for their promise–had all too often been victims of
    heinous crimesAnd not just at the hands of strangers, but at the hands of the caretakers they
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    2:14 am
    @@@@@Again, the rumors fly around ParisThis one
    @@@@@Again, the rumors fly around ParisThis one with
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    “Why?”
    “Because he is old and gray-faced and is no match for youYou offer me life; he offers death
    “That’s a reasonable decision, then,” said Jason, a tentative but warm smile on his lips“Do you
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    “Nuns are sworn to poverty, monsieur,” replied Dominique Lavier, returning his smile
    “Actually, I have several hundred francsWhy?”
    “It’s not enough,” continued Bourne, reaching into his pocket and taking out his impressive roll
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    “What name should I use?”
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    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    282
    “With all my heart, Jason Bourne!”
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    The Chameleon walked out of the Bois de Boulogne to the nearest taxi stationWithin minutes
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    line, his passenger slumped in the rear seat waiting to hear the words
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    Saturday, December 25th, 2010
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    It grinned at me, lips splitting as they drew back,
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    black gumsIt raised its right arm, and here I
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    It emitted a loose hissing sound, perhaps all its
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    floorI could hear a faint
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    belt - rotten, but for the time being, still
    holding
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    833
    understood what that open manacle meant, and what
    this thing was: a one-man press gangHe would
    clamp me and take me aboard yonder frigate, or
    schooner, or barquentine, or whatever-the-hell-itwas
    I would become part of the crewAnd while
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    named Tessie and one named Lo-LoAt least clock it one with the
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    I thought Nannuzzi had just given a perfect
    definition of mediocrity - I had seen the
    principle at work in hundreds of architectural
    drawings - but again I kept silent
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    and leaned forwardThe squeak his chair made in
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    We looked for a house for two weeks, a house that would fit all the criteria we were looking forThere were a lot to choose from, so the shopping was kind of funFinally, we found a 3 bedroom 2 bath home in a prime neighborhoodThe owner had been downsized and needed to sell that day because he and his family were moving to California where another job waited
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    His plan was to keep the house for 12 years and let the mortgage get paid down faster, by applying the extra $125 to the principle each monthWe figured that in 12 years, a large portion of the mortgage would be paid off and he could possibly be clearing $800 a month by the time his first child went to collegeHe could also sell the house if it had appreciated in value
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