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The News From Poughkeepsie – Day 81

mightymur — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 03:28:03 +0000

First Sentence Saturdays:

Billy Jo didn’t know what to do when she realized her toddler, Randy, was controlling the weather.

The News From Poughkeepsie is a daily blog post featuring an idea for you to take and do with what you will. Read more about it here. This post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license. You can take this idea, change it, make something new, and even make money off of it. All I ask is if you create something – anything! – that this post inspired you to make, please link back here.

The News From Poughkeepsie – Day 74

mightymur — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 22:10:31 +0000

First Sentence Saturdays:

The meeting of the Young Ladies’ Baking and World Domination Club came to order as usual, but because Miss Peabody was out sick, this time the meeting had to be chaperoned by Coach Wilkins.

The News From Poughkeepsie – Day 67 – Fool Week

mightymur — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 03:02:45 +0000

First Sentence Saturdays

“Peter, put down that penguin, you don’t know where it’s been!” his mother yelled.

The News From Poughkeepsie – Day 60

mightymur — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 14:05:41 +0000

First sentence Saturdays:

The memories were so clear sometimes – like the time her boyfriend from college would get a gleam in his eye when he would talk about the “high pro-glow” that cannibals supposedly got.

The News From Poughkeepsie – Day 54

mightymur — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 13:38:31 +0000

First Sentence Saturdays

“Shaman, you need to take this baby’s soul back; you’ve given her the soul of an assassin,” my father said to the rheumy-eyed little man.

The News From Poughkeepsie – Day 47

mightymur — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 04:33:24 +0000

First sentence Saturdays

Mama told me her totem was the slug, and I didn’t want to believe it – especially when she said that, me being her first daughter, it was destined to be my totem as well.

Art- Slug Totem by Ursula Vernon

The News From Poughkeepsie – Day 40

mightymur — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 04:02:13 +0000

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 many ancient cultures.

And I’ve been doing this blog for 40 days. I feel like I’m hitting a milestone of sorts. Course, there are over 300 days left, so that’s kinda daunting, but I’m in the groove, and I’m happy with it. So let’s keep going.

First sentence Saturdays:

The kettle screamed.

(Short. Punchy. Implies both violence and tea. And with that, you can go myriad places.)

The News From Poughkeepsie – Day 33 – Pie week!

mightymur — Sat, 24 May 2008 13:41:02 +0000

Pie week concludes! Will be doing a Balticon report shortly. If you want a sneak peek, the con is awesome.

First sentence Saturdays:

Pie is not the best hangover cure, but whenever someone offers you a choice between pie and alka seltzer, you choose pie – even if you know you’ll regret it later, which I did.

The News From Poughkeepsie – Day 26

mightymur — Sat, 17 May 2008 12:23:34 +0000

First sentence Saturdays:

Look, I am sorry I wasn’t there to save the world the second time, but I had to help Sue get ready for the garage sale.

Inspired by my friend Rick Jones and the fact that I’m here blogging instead of helping Jim get ready for a neighborhood garage sale.