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The News From Poughkeepsie - Day 46

General Stuff Fridays
What amuses me about people is how much we emulate Aesop’s Fables. Take the weather. We are all convinced that whatever weather we deal with is the worst, and that anyone else who has to deal with less than we do is a complete wuss. Take Southerners and snow. We don’t get a [...]

7Jun2008 | Mur Lafferty | 0 comments | Continued
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The News From Poughkeepsie - Day 45

Scenes Thursdays
They mocked her. Yes they did, they mocked the career woman, college-educated brilliant scientist when she decided to care for the home. They didn’t know. They couldn’t understand.
Some could. The other women who did the same. They all had the same infestation too.
Mildew and dust bunnies were the masks that covered the [...]

6Jun2008 | Mur Lafferty | 2 comments | Continued
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The News From Poughkeepsie - Day 44

Macguffin Wednesdays:
A statue of Cthulhu is making the rounds of local ministers’ houses. Each minister claims s/he doesn’t worship it, no, no, but for some reason they pass it around. Every 2 weeks it goes to a new minister. They are Christian ministers, different denominations, but each one knows about the statue and keeps it [...]

4Jun2008 | Mur Lafferty | 0 comments | Continued
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The News From Poughkeepsie - Day 43

Settings Tuesdays
Palace Steps Apartments is a bizarre place - no one ever leaves. The huge, spanning apartments house up to three generations of families. children may leave for school, but they always come back. Young people intermarry, with the new family moving in with the woman’s parents. After several generations, the building is starting to [...]

3Jun2008 | Mur Lafferty | 1 comment | Continued
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The News From Poughkeepsie - Day 42

Character sketch Mondays:
Penelope is a death goddess. She wasn’t born with the name Penelope - she wasn’t born, actually. One of many death deities, she finally realized that after thousands of years doing the same job, it was time for a change. So she worked in a slaughterhouse for some time, then as an executioner [...]

2Jun2008 | Mur Lafferty | 4 comments | Continued
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The News From Poughkeepsie - Day 41

Anything Goes Sundays
You know how the “hooker with a heart of gold” thing has been overdone? It’s such a surprise! She’s a hooker, a lady of the night, a slut, but she collects precious moments figurines and calls her grandmother on her birthday! She’s a real person!
Last night I was watching an episode of CSI [...]

1Jun2008 | Mur Lafferty | 1 comment | Continued
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The News From Poughkeepsie - Day 40

Boy, that Noah worked his butt off in 40 days of rain. And Jesus wandered around for 40 days being tempted and stuff. Christians fast for 40 days during Lent. Moses was on the mountain for 40 days. 40 sure is an important number for Christians, and indeed, cycles of 40 days are important to [...]

31May2008 | Mur Lafferty | 2 comments | Continued
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News From Poughkeepsie - Day 39

General stuff Fridays:
And again we have a promo for a podcast that doesn’t exist! This week: MIMECAST!

 
icon for podpress  Mimecast [0:54m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (674)
30May2008 | Mur Lafferty | 4 comments | Continued
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The News From Poughkeepsie - Day 38

Scenes Thursdays:
(Some of this is true.)
I never take into account how much that can go wrong in the block I walk to pick up my child from the bus stop. I always try to remember to take with me: my dog, a weapon, a camera, and my phone. When I forget these things, I often [...]

29May2008 | Mur Lafferty | 2 comments | Continued
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The News From Poughkeepsie - Day 37

MacGuffin Wednesdays:
I love quests for the magical blade. I know it’s tired and I know it’s cliche, but I have a firm belief that cliches can always be reawakened and viewed from a different angle. How about if the metal from Excalibur was recast as a chef’s knife, a pocket knife, and the metal teeth [...]

28May2008 | Mur Lafferty | 1 comment | Continued
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