Wednesday, August 31, 2011

A quick one

Tonight, as I was sittin' on the curb in Farragut Square, eatin' some dinner and waitin' for my bus, I realized I totally looked homeless.

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Also.

Here is a true scene from my office:

It is midmorning in a quiet administrative office. Alli and Emily sit at their desks, minding their own GReaders, when A Random Dude walks in.

A Random Dude (to Alli): Hi there. Do you have a panic button?
Alli: I...what?
A Random Dude: A panic button. Under your desk.
Alli: No?
A Random Dude: checks something on his clipboard. Okay, great. Thank you!

A Random Dude exits.

Alli (to Emily): WHAT!
Emily: I don't know! Panic buttons?
Alli: DO I HAVE A PANIC BUTTON?
Emily: I don't know?
Alli: I THINK I'M SUPPOSED TO HAVE A PANIC BUTTON! I NEED ONE!
Emily: In case of thieves!
Alli: Yes! Except I'm not here whenever things are stolen.
Emily: Oh. That's a shame.

Alli and Emily return to their computer screens.

No homo? part two

These gems come largely from the second and third installments in the series, A Clash of Kings and A Storm of Swords.

"They plunged through Stannis like a lance through a pumpkin, every man of them howling like some demon in steel."

"His father had spent his life grubbing in other men's fields..."

"Harwin had pushed ahead of Anguy, but both were coming hard."

"House Manwoody"

"Anguy, on the morrow, take the rear with Beardless Dick."

And finally...a touch of bestiality:

"The Dornish leader forked a stallion..."