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I figured I’d earned some fun. I headed to Finn’s to collect. There was a great story I could tell about Wee Willie Ryan trying to tie a firecracker onto a cat’s tail. Wee Willie hadn’t been able to pick his nose for a week. Once his ma
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“Not the star?’ Swift asked. ‘No, that’s Dick Dreadnaught.’ ‘Dick Dreadnaught?’ Swift and I both repeated in incredulity. ‘It’s his stage name, he wanted something memorable,’ she explained. ‘Well, he certainly succeeded in that,’ Swift remarked.”
― Death in Damascus
― Death in Damascus
“Come on, Perry, you’ve spent tons of time on Earth. You know, pirates? Buccaneers? Buckling their swashes in poofy shirts and tight pants? International Talk Like A Pirate Day?” After a moment, he relented with his version of a knowing grin. “Aye, ye scurvy dog.” “That’s the spirit!” Then Perry held up a wing, his demeanor gone serious. “However, if you say anything about a poop deck, I’m quitting.” I reached out to tap his extended wing in solidarity. “No poop jokes. After all, we have standards.”
― Red Bounty
― Red Bounty
“No, don’t leave me. The driver underneath me is dead, my foot is stuck on his stick shift, and my ear is attached to his ascot.”
― Thirteen Chocolates
― Thirteen Chocolates
“I tapped the thrusters, deftly bringing the Fafnir to a relative stop, then sat back. “Hey, I’m getting pretty good at this.” “You are, Van. Just remember the golden rule of flying a spaceship,” Netty said. “What’s that?” “Your first collision is probably your last.” “Words to live by.”
― Backyard Starship
― Backyard Starship
“When I was little, the thought of earning pockets full of quarters while serving pie all day sounded like a dream job. But the grown-up truth is that quarters don’t pay the bills, and pie makes your butt fat,”
― Thirteen Chocolates
― Thirteen Chocolates
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