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A bad mood or a bad day does not mean you are bad or life is bad. Keep perspective and keep going.
I don't think I've ever had a more popular tweet than that one. I don't say that to brag. I say that because I realized those words struck a chord. I realized I hit a nerve.
I realized we aren't as put together as we try to seem. We know in our minds that what we see on Instagram isn't always reality, but do our hearts understand that? We all go through winters, we all go through storms, we all go through dark, hard nights.
Why is that so hard to remember? Why is my instinct to feel utterly alone when the bad things come? Why do I feel like I'm the only one struggling, the only one hurting, the only one coming up short?
Oh, dear, sweet self, remember these things:
You may feel abandoned and alone, but you aren't. You aren't. You are beloved. You are a child of the King, wrapped in His loving arms that have never and will never abandon you.
You may feel off, you may feel like things just aren't right, you may feel lost. Don't dismiss those feelings like they're pathetic or ridiculous. Take them, sit with them, process them. The path is through them, not around them. Ignoring them won't help you. Take those feelings and try to put words to them. It will be messy and tangled, but it will help. Take those words, and surrender them. Tell your loving, faithful Father what hurts. Tell Him what's hard. Tell Him what has you torn up and frustrated. Work through it all. You will get through it all.
You may feel like the speed of things is just wrong. Friendships seem stuck on the surface and all you want is just one true person to sit across from and be real with, just one person who will be there every single day without fail. Your career path seems stuck at a dead-end and all you want to be full-time, to have a real job again, to have cushion back in your bank account, to have security. You want to be independent and self-sufficient and successful, but you're living back at home and your money's running low and you just can't get there yet.
Dear one, the timing of things isn't wrong. In your head, it seems that way. Your plan wouldn't be this one. But remember, always remember, your plan is never the best one. His is. Trust that. Haven't you learned that time and time again? Remember that now. He knows. You don't. Trust. Trust when it's hard. Trust when it's slow. Trust when you're stuck. Trust at the dead-ends. Trust.
Nobody has ever said your twenties are a cake walk. They have said they're the best years of your life. I know, I know, it doesn't always feel like that. But, love, these years are full of goodness. Yes, struggle too, but so much growth and so much goodness.
There will be dark nights, but there will be radiant sunrises you never expected. There will be winters, but there will be springs that come slowly as bloom by bloom pushes through the dirt until new life is all around. These things will happen in your soul too-- sunrises and new life and bright mornings and sweet, sweet grace in the middle of it all.


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21st century climate change affects the entire globe: every ecosystem, every mountain range, all the glaciers, all the land, the oceans. But of all continents it's often said that Africa will face the biggest impacts.
African climate change is far from a uniform process though. Large geographical differences occur across the continent, that together form a pattern, as for all the African regions changes in temperature and precipitation are directly influenced by changes in the general circulation of the atmosphere.
While it's clear that some regions will get really dry, others may get really wet, and some may warm faster than others; it is climate impacts on Africa's tropical heartland that are perhaps most uncertain, as different climate models have a hard time capturing both the present and future convective precipitation that the Congolese rainforests depend on – rainforests that in turn are hugely important for the health of our planet as they are Africa's densest biodiversity hotspot and a carbon store weighing in at a 60 gigatonne significance to the global climate system.
Current range of African forest elephant, down from historic. Of this elephant species an estimated total of 100,000 individuals remain – down from a historic population of 2 million, when these creatures could walk freely from the Guinean Forests of West Africa to the entire Congo Basin of Central Africa, where today just two pockets remain (shown in red, mostly in Gabon). The remaining Congolese rainforests are still a true biodiversity hotspot, and the single home of many other iconic but in some cases critically endangered species like the mountain gorilla (just 880 left, IUCN 2016) and our close relative the bonobo (29-50 thousand, IUCN 2016). The Congolese forests also hold a huge carbon store in place, of some 60 billion tonnes (equating to 220 billion tonnes of CO2). So it's worrying that these forests in the heartland of tropical Africa show a drying trend – raising the important question: will this trend continue? [Image credit: The Elephant Listening Project, Cornell Lab at Cornell University.]
Understanding Congolese climate change – today: context of Africa; tomorrow: context of tropics…
Therefore, to develop a broader understanding, in this article we first take a look at the wider context of African climate change, and from there include a quick peek at some of the regionalised models that zoom in on the Congo Basin.
Tomorrow (in part 28 of this series) we use a different approach and try to see what tropical climate change elsewhere on the planet might mean for the future of Africa's rainforests, as often it's actually the lateral connections in the atmosphere that are most important – especially around the equator, where Earth's daily spin reaches the maximum surface speed*.
[*) 465 m/sec if you're interested, decreasing to zero at the northern and southern tip of Earth's axis (close to the poles). Therefore trade winds – that essentially blow straight towards the equator on both hemispheres under the force of high to low surface air pressure within the Hadley Cell – are bent westward by the Coriolis effect. So in fact trade winds 'don't blow to the West', but rather Earth spins at an increasing speed to the East underneath air molecules that are drawn towards the low pressure of the Intertropical Convergence Zone, an atmospheric trough close to the equator. This air (in fact the entire Hadley Cell) also moves to the East due to the forces of gravity, but is, while approaching lower latitudes, essentially outpaced by Earth itself. Yes, we're a science website – these things matter to us. On all accounts West-East atmospheric connections are important, in both directions. For more on this see our next article! General circulation image credit: Kaidor, CC BY-SA 3.0]
IPCC: Africa warms relatively fast, and fastest over arid regions
The latest IPCC report (AR5, 2014) uses broad terms to describe the consequences of anthropogenic climate change for Africa, calling it the most vulnerable continent for two main reasons: relatively strong warming, and relatively small adaptive capacity [especially if you translate to possibly declining net agricultural productivity and also add human demography to the equation – or in simpler terms: 'more people, less food'].
And although the most rapid warming will likely occur in inland arid regions, the effects of warming may be larger in wet, tropical regions – because natural climatic variation is smaller there, therefore the threshold of natural adaptive capacity may be sooner breached. On page 1206 this is stated as follows:
"Temperatures in Africa are projected to rise faster than the global average increase during the 21st century. Global average near surface air temperature is projected to move beyond 20th century simulated variability by 2069 under Representative Concentration Pathway 4.5 (RCP4.5) and by 2047 under RCP8.5. However, in the tropics, especially tropical West Africa, these unprecedented climates are projected to occur 1 to 2 decades earlier than the global average because the relatively small natural climate variability in this region generates narrow climate bounds that can be easily surpassed by relatively small climate changes."
"Ensemble mean changes in mean annual temperature exceed 2°C above the late 20th-century baseline over most land areas of the continent in the mid-21st century for RCP8.5, and exceed 4°C over most land areas in the late 21st century for RCP8.5. Changes in mean annual temperature for RCP8.5 follow a pattern of larger changes in magnitude over northern and southern Africa, with (relatively) smaller changes in magnitude over central Africa."
Witnessed and projected temperature rise over Africa, according to IPCC AR5 (2014). Under RCP8.5 emissions parts of northern and southern Africa will experience an average warming of over 6 degrees, compared to 1986-2005 climate average(!!)
Does mitigation policy make a difference? Yes: under the ambitious RCP2.6 global emissions scenario ensemble model projections for climate change in Africa keep 21st century warming below 2 degrees on average. But please note the IPCC uses a different baseline* here(!) It's not +2 or +4 against the preindustrial climate – the baseline that's used in UNFCCC context, but an end-20th century climate baseline, so total anthropogenic climate warming is higher.
[*) Then again no one uses a real preindustrial baseline – but instead, for global database quality, the 1880-1909 global temperature average. Yes, it's very easy to get confused. In Africa's case you can add approximately +1 degrees Celsius to the above numbers to get to full anthropogenic warming, so you can state that limiting climate change below the official UN targets of either 2 or 1.5 degrees is – for Africa – impossible, if global emission reductions are your only tool.]
Tropical West Africa is identified as a hotspot for climate change, the IPCC authors write, with CMIP5 general circulation model forecasts for RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 ranging "between 3°C and 6°C above the late 20th century baseline". This is similarly strong warming as expected over the Southwestern part of Africa, including the Kalahari region – that's another hotspot, as especially under high global emission scenarios strong precipitation declines are projected, possibly leading to large-scale desertification.
Now when we get to talk about actual precipitation projections it gets much trickier: "Precipitation projections are more uncertain than temperature projections and exhibit higher spatial and seasonal dependence than temperature projections" – although two drying zones clearly stand out: Mediterranean North Africa (essentially northward expansion of the Sahara desert) and central southern Africa, including ecologically vulnerable areas like the Karoo and Kalahari.
Climate models however have a much harder time projecting changes in tropical rainfall. On page 1210 of IPCC AR5 we read:
"West African precipitation projections in the CMIP3 and CMIP5 archives show inter-model variation in both the amplitude and direction of change that is partially attributed to the inability of GCMs to resolve convective rainfall. Many CMIP5 models indicate a wetter core rainfall season with a small delay to rainy season by the end of the 21st century. However, Regional Climate Models (RCMs) can alter the sign of rainfall change of the driving GCM, especially in regions of high or complex topography. There is therefore low to medium confidence in the robustness of projected regional precipitation change until a larger body of regional results become available […]"
Regionalised models have difficulty capturing Congo Basin climate – both current and future
We find a similar uncertainty of climate models if we try to zoom in on the area of key interest for forest preservation, the Congo Basin. In 2013 a research group led by Richard Washington of the Climate Research Lab of Oxford University described in the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B how climate models already have a hard time to replicate current rainfall over the Congolese forests.
In their publication, aptly titled 'Congo Basin rainfall climatology: can we believe the climate models?' they explain how, when it comes to distribution and quantity of rainfall in the Congo Basin precipitation datasets in some seasons differ by an order of magnitude – while some datasets place the maximum precipitation in the far eastern margin of the basin, and others on the far western edge.
And then the regionalised climate models that do attempt to forecast precipitation changes over the Congo Basin show opposing results, another research group, led by Fahad Saeed of the German Climate Service Centre, writes in that same year in the journal Atmosphere: 'Representation of Extreme Precipitation Events Leading to Opposite Climate Change Signals over the Congo Basin':
"Three REMO simulations following three RCP scenarios (RCP 2.6, RCP 4.5 and RCP 8.5) are conducted, and it is found that the opposite signals, with REMO [regional climate model] showing a decrease and MPI-ESM [global climate model] an increase in the future precipitation, diverge strongly as we move from a less extreme to a more extreme scenario."
Climate change over Africa, IPCC precipitation projection: southern Africa and Mediterranean North Africa become drier, parts of the southern Sahara and the naturally variable Horn of Africa become wetter. For the Sahel and tropical West and Central Africa the signal is more mixed.
In other words, if we listen to the IPCC and if we look at regionalised climate models, all we know for sure is the Congo Basin, like all of Earth, is projected to get warmer. How rainfall will respond remains relatively uncertain…
More tomorrow!
© Rolf Schuttenhelm | www.bitsofscience.org

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Facebook briefly shut down a page dedicated to informing activists planning a Friday protest for charges to be dropped against the arrest of 14 activists who chained themselves to trains and shut down the West Oakland BART station last November. The page was restored a few hours later.
"The event has been removed until the administrator can verify his or her account. We have personally reached out to the administrator to explain the steps that can be taken to verify their account so the event can be restored," an email from Facebook read, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
Friday's protests are set to begin at 7 am and will kick off 96 hours of direct action culminating with Monday's celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. day. MLK, Jr.'s birthday is actually on January 15.
Protests over grand jury decisions in Ferguson, Missouri and New York, had died down after they were washed out by global outcry over terrorist attacks in Paris last week.
Organizers have taken to social media requesting everyone attending Friday's protests bring a spoon with them. Authorities and media alike have been curious as to why the organizers would request spoons.
In previous Ferguson protests, spoons were used to make ear-splitting, attention-grabbing noise. If enough spoons are thrown onto the BART tracks, they could possibly immobilize and short out the system.
BART has stated that while it defends free speech and the right for Friday's protesters to carry out their demonstration peacefully, that "if protesters choose potentially dangerous actions that cause major service disruptions, BART police are prepared to enforce the law and ensure public safety."
BART: "our priority is public safety" Me: "what could possibly be safer than a spoon"
— The Specter of Scott (@OakScott) January 16, 2015
In 2003 a man in England used a dessert spoon to commit murder. That reminds us of the saying, "guns don't kill people. People kill people."
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Vermont High School Cross Country
View the most recent and past Vermont HS Cross Country Rankings: VT XC Rankings
XC Results for the 2019 season: 2019 XC Results - if results aren't posted send them to me and I will add them to the list
2019 XC Season is right around the corner!
Next up 10/27: VERMONT STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS!!!!
Next up 10/20: NVAC District Championships
Next up 10/20: NVAC Mountain Championships @ Randolph
Meet Information: https://sites.google.com/view/nvacmountaindivisionxc/home
Next Up: Manhattan Invitational
U-32 boys - Varsity C race
CVU boys - Varsity D race
CVU girls - Eastern States Championship race
Next Up: Burnt Hills Invitational
Boys D3 (large school) race - Essex, Burlington, South Burlington, MMU and BFA St Albans
Girls D3(large school) race - Essex, Burlington, BFA St Albans and MMU
Next up: Thetford Invitational 10/6!!!
Event and race information: https://lancertiming.com/thetford/thetford2018.htm
Entry List:
This weekend 9/22: Manchester Invitational!
Here is a link to the meet hub at newhamshirecrosscountry.com
This link provides race information, access to live results, photos of the meet, videos and interviews!!! Their site is an amazing resource and I would highly recommend checking it out.
newhampshirecrosscountry.com meet recap: http://newhampshirecrosscountry.com/2018/09/23/44th-manchester-invitational-recap-and-results/


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10 September (Afternoon): Special session for eCall in Germany (German-speaking)
10 September (Evening): Welcome reception
11 September (Wholeday): International eCall symposium (English-speaking)
We are back to Berlin! – This year, the first day of the eCall Days will be in German and addresses PSAP, politics and other German stakeholders. The special session will cover a wide range of current and future challenges operating the pan-European eCall in Germany. In the evening we will have a warm welcome by the Ministry for Economy, Labour, Transport and Digitalisation of Lower Saxony for all participants of Day 1 and 2.
The second day will cover the current international activities in the field of the pan-European eCall. It is designed for stakeholders from the European Commission, politics and industry who
are interested in receiving first-hand information about future challenges for eCall services, and in exchanging different perspectives. The international symposium will include topics such
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Steve Schneider (ITS mobility)
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Top Picks Tuesday/
Welcome to our #tpt series, featuring 4 favorite discoveries or inspirations. This week's picks come from Aaron Beach, COO of Black Lab Sports, President and COO of isplack, father of 3, and official grillmaster at The Lab.
- PERSON: Sam Beach. This is my now 11-year-old son who has been told since he was 1 year old that touching and eating dairy, tree nuts, peanuts, shellfish and many other foods would cause severe anaphylaxis. He has overcome all of these fears and is slowly conquering his food allergies while never wanting to live his life in a bubble. His strength as a young person has inspired me that I can do anything.
- PRODUCT: Of course it is isplack. This product is amazing and has only bridged the surface exposure. It is always exciting to see players, fans, and anyone else that wants to wear, unite and express themselves in color. isplack also is a product that pushed me out of my comfort zone and has taught me personally so much about business.
- CONCEPT: Work hard and don't be an asshole. When these two things are combined, good things happen.
- BOOK: Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill. The stories and concepts represented in this book challenge me every day. One quote from this book summarizes the concepts of Desire, Faith and Auto-suggestion for me: "Victory is possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting."
Thank you for participating and inspiring, Aaron!
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Betty Jean Wofford Juhnke was born on July 26, 1927, in Taft, and passed away on Jan. 3, 2018, at home in Paso Robles at the age of 90.
Betty was raised by her grandparents, Frank and Adeline Butcher. "Everything I hold dear, I learned from my grandmother: strong values, an undying work ethic, and an intense and lifelong commitment to marriage and family." She spent her childhood in Los Angeles, attending Budlong Avenue Elementary School and Horace Mann Junior High, where two special teachers nurtured her and ignited her lifelong love of sports.
Betty enrolled at Atascadero High School in 1942 and lived in the onsite dorm. She was involved in many activities including sports, cheerleading, GAA, and CSF. She was a phenomenal athlete who was recruited to play semi-pro softball at the age of 13. During this time Betty developed a lifelong friendship with her teacher and mentor Ruth Doser, an icon at Atascadero High.
Betty enrolled at UCLA in 1945 where she majored in physical education and minored in math. She graduated with a Bachelor's degree in 1949 and earned her teaching credential in 1950. It was in a graduate seminar that Betty's life changed forever when she met her husband, Warren Juhnke. Betty and Warren were married on Aug. 24, 1951, at Hollywood Presbyterian Church, beginning a beautiful journey that would last for 66 years.
Betty began her teaching career at Glendale High School, where she taught for three years before taking a hiatus to raise her three children. The young family moved from Canoga Park to Rolling Hills Estates in 1963.
Betty resumed her teaching career in 1968 at Stephen White Junior High in Carson. She taught physical education for six years before moving to the counseling office and simultaneously obtaining her counseling certificate. Betty served as the Dean of Students for six years before retiring in 1985.
Following retirement, Betty and Warren started a memorable chapter of their lives with an expanding family, as their children were married and their grandchildren were born. They moved to Templeton in 1988 and spent the next 30 years on many exciting adventures throughout the world and at home with each other, their children and grandchildren, and innumerable church mates and friends. Although Betty's first love was always her family, she also was passionate about sports, the outdoors, and the Bruins.
Betty is survived by her beloved husband Warren, daughter Linda Nursement (Earl), son Dave Juhnke (Sharon), daughter Sue Molina (Chris), and grandchildren Heather Nursement (Jeff Brandon), Drew and Chris Juhnke, and Stephanie and Staci DiLucca. The entire family would like to thank the wonderful staffs at Brookdale Paso Robles and Twin Cities Community Hospital ICU for the loving, compassionate care that Betty and Warren received during her final days on earth, and we take comfort in the fact that Betty is now at peace and reunited with the grandmother she loved so dearly.
The family held a private graveside service, and a celebration of Betty's life will be held at Plymouth Congregational Church in the near future. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations in Betty's memory be made to the Alzheimer's Association.


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ORA Gallery invites you to 'Focus' a group exhibition featuring work by three fantastic New Zealand contemporary artists.
- Sarah Albisser
- Amy Hoedemakers
- Nicola Jackson
Join us on a journey to gaze through the eyes of each artist and experience their view of the world. 'Focus' explores a diverse range of techniques and mediums from three strikingly different visual artists. Together we encourage you to block out the noise of everyday life and focus on what is in front of you - art.
Focus on Inspiration.
Focus on Creativity.
Focus on Art.
Refreshments and nibbles to be enjoyed at the opening event Thursday 28th March from 5pm - 7pm.
The ORA Story
Kia ora & welcome to ORA Gallery. Home to an exciting range of contemporary New Zealand art and design. 100% New Zealand owned and operated.
ORA Gallery is proud to represent a diverse range of talented New Zealand artists from all different backgrounds and heritage. It is with great joy that we show off the capacity of creativity from around our little nation, featuring a unique range of quality - Art, ceramics, glass, sculpture, jewellery and giftware.
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There is always a lot to see and do in Den Helder. Markets, festivals, street theatre, major events; you name it, we have it. Annual events like the circus, Den Helder's jazz weekend, the Karavaan drama festival, the Strandspektakel (beach spectacle) and the Nationale Vlootdagen (national Royal Dutch Navy event) attract visitors from far beyond our provincial borders.
Because of the maritime character of Den Helder, our city has attracted new residents from all over the world for centuries. The historical ties of the Netherlands with exotic overseas countries is reflected by a large Indonesian, West Indian and Surinamese community with associated events such as Pasar Malam and Caribbean or Tropical Parties.


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All my socials were bombarded earlier today. 偶想 Drop fans are pretty rabid when it comes to telling you about their group of choice, no doubt about that. Well, for the last eleven hours they have been all over, promoting and promoting.
What is the big news you ask?
偶想 Drop is releasing a new MV. This one will be for the title track off of their upcoming CD, Painfully Violent. And they gave us a preview.
They have not said when the full MV will be out, but it might be soon if the editing goes as fast as it did for the preview. It seems that they only finished shooting today (April 12th in Japan).
If you have not heard the song yet, there is a live version that has been out for a while.
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When I was a young boy all I ever wanted was my parent's approval. I wanted them to be proud of me, to show an interest in me and to give me enough time to know they cared. As long as I knew they loved me I felt like I could take on the world.
But the world wasn't always kind. I remember moving to Minnesota as a young child. It was my first winter and I was about 9 or 10. During recess a bunch of kids were sledding down an ice-packed hill in their snow pants. I didn't know anyone so I tried to jump in and do what everyone else was doing – hoping to make some friends. I remember being pushed over at the bottom of the icy hill by some boy who felt I didn't belong. As I tried to stand another boy pushed me back down. Within a minute I was surrounded and being kicked and spat upon by a mob of young men who didn't like me for some reason. I tried to crawl up the hill but kept sliding down the packed ice … back into their relentless kicks and a rainfall of saliva and swearwords.
I don't remember who those boys were. Even were I asked to identify them at the time I couldn't because I covered my face so it wouldn't be kicked. Thankfully there was never a repeat of that experience. Those boys had their pound of flesh and I slipped back into anonymity. I remember how I felt on the bus ride home. My jacket and snow pants dirty from countless spits, I felt awkward and inside out. I was confused and ashamed. When I got home I quietly went to our laundry room and washed my jacket and pants with hot water and a rag, without my mom knowing what happened. I vowed that day, and every day thereafter, to be kind to others and to love those who were downtrodden. I wasn't angry or vengeful. I only wanted to love more.
Over the years I forgot about that experience but it forever changed me … and I tried to be kind to everyone. In the end, when we meet our Maker, nothing really counts if we're unkind. I think many adults forget this. I know some powerful, successful men who beneath their chest thumping and lion-like roars are just insecure boys who never really grew up. They are worse than schoolyard bullies and have forgotten the life lessons we were taught in kindergarten and our childhood sandboxes. What do we really gain if we heap upon us riches at the cost of being good? What do we gain if we create cultures of fear and gossip? Nothing but a brittle and strenuous life … and that is no life at all.
I never wanted my son or other children to go anywhere without a sure knowledge we loved them – because I remembered how much that meant to me. Sweet Mitch was blessed with kind peers. I was so grateful he was never bullied at school or by neighborhood kids. In fact, he often had a gaggle of kids around him, helping him and cheering him on. And with the exception of one short-lived teacher aide a few years ago, who was unkind to him, he was blessed by some wonderful and loving adults that not only cared after him, but cared for him. My sweet boy really never felt alone. He felt loved, and for that I am so very grateful.
I loved seeing Mitchie at school. His face radiated love and my heart exploded every time I saw his smile. Mitch was always quick to do his homework – and because of his discipline, his life was a lot easier. While my other kids slogged about [as most kids do] and took hours doing what could have taken 30 minutes, sweet Mitch was done and playing long before anyone else.
We go to school to learn basic concepts and skills – but more importantly we go to school to learn how to learn. At least that's how it should be … because learning how to learn is the ultimate knowledge. And once we learn how to learn we are equipped for life. There is no job, no assignment or obstacle, no opportunity or hardship we can't figure out. It is a silly thing to think our learning stops when we graduate.
Life offers some hard lessons and we are sometimes given some difficult homework. Losing my son has been the most difficult work of all – and my pages are warped with salt and tears. But I keep working at it. Each day, as I go through the homework of grief I learn a quiet lesson here and a subtle teaching there. Each day is also a test to see if I've learned or grown. If I pass, I move toward the next question or phase of grief. If I fail, I keep working at it.
Life is a fascinating school. I hope I can be like my little son – who had the discipline to not avoid the hard stuff. I have come to learn that while we may not be able to control some events in our lives, we can control how we respond to them … what meaning they have for us. And that is homework, too.
I suspect at the twilight of my own life, when my body is tired, old and grey … when I am anxious to leave and see my long-lost son … I will look back on my own life and see an intricately woven tapestry of hardships, lessons, blessings and tender mercies – all designed to help my spirit grow. A master class. I will realize with new clarity that Mitchell's Journey started long before he was born and that the events in our lives are more interconnected than we realize. But between now and that final sunset I have homework yet to do and the work of grief, however hard and crushing, I must go through.
I believe my little boy passed the test. I hope with all of my heart I can, too.


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Olympiakos are determined to get a result in the first leg in Ukraine and Pereira is going to stick with the same first 11 that played against PAOK at Toumba.
Roberto, Omar, Santana, Siovas, Masuaku, Maniatis, Kasami, Dominguez, Afellay, Dossevi, Mitroglou will probably be the line-up on Thursday in Kiev.
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Hello everyone. I hope your week has been amazing so far. Welcome to my post on WIP IT UP WEDNESDAY blog hop. If you are new to this hop or are just now deciding that joining this hop would be a great idea, visit the WIP IT IP WEDNESDAY blog home page to read the sign-up instructions. Also on that page, you will find links to other wonderful authors and their WIP.
This week I'm continuing from where I left off last week (I forgot to add my link to the hop last week, but as some people may have read last week's post, I'm moving forward.) my upcoming release, Outcast, Supernaturals Book 2, a paranormal romance. I have tentative blurb and cover. What do you guys think?
Leigh Alexander has lived every day of her life feeling like an outcast amongst her family and the small-minded people of Pine Hollow, a secretive community to which her parents belong. When Danielle, Leigh's younger sister, asks Leigh to come home for her wedding, Leigh's torn between being there for her sister and keeping the promise she'd made to herself to never allow those people near her again.
Knowing she'll regret her decision, Leigh gives into her sister and goes home for what she hopes is the last time. Leigh was prepared for people to ignore her, for them to shun her, for them to point out all the ways she didn't belong all because she wasn't a size perfect, but what she hadn't been prepared for was falling for Ryan Hart, a man she will soon learn who knows all of the secrets her family and the town of Pine Hollow refuse to tell her.
Revealing the truth about Pine Hollow and the rest of the Supernatural world might be forbidden, but to save Leigh's life, Ryan will tell her everything about who she is, or more importantly who she isn't, even if it will forever change her life and the lives of every person in Pine Hollow.
This excerpt starts chapter 2. We are still in Ryan's point of view.
Tiffany patted my arm to draw me out of my thoughts of Leigh and back to the matter at hand. I was her escort for this event, not by choice mind you, but it would be rude of me to not pay attention to what I was doing. The woman stood too close to me as we made our way to the chapel entrance and down the aisle, causing my wolf to snarl in disgust and beg me to back away from her. Another thing he had never done when in the presence of a fellow pack mate. I couldn't blame him though. If she had been any closer, I would've been carrying her. When she slid her hand up my arm, I did let my wolf snarl at her once, but that didn't seem to bother her. By the scent wafting around her, it turned her on, which was disgusting.
Briefly, when we first entered the room, I cut a glance over to Leigh, but she was looking down at her hands and not up at us. I could see tears rolling down her cheeks and her body softly heaving. Her tears made my muscles clinch in anger. The result was my pulling Tiffany tighter to me, giving the woman the wrong impression. My wolf screamed at me to push Tiffany aside and comfort Leigh. If the simple act wouldn't have disrupted and possibly even stopped the wedding, I would have obeyed him.
Not caring what anyone thought, said, or did, when I released Tiffany—by released, I mean forcibly pried her arm out of mine—and took my place behind Dave and his best man, I turned to watch Leigh. I wanted her to see me, to know that I was watching her, to maybe understand that I cared even if no one else seemed to. She never looked my way. Her head stayed bowed until her sister and father entered the room. She stood with everyone else as the two passed through the doorway, and Dave's mother's overly dramatic tears drowned out her sobs. Leigh's entire body heaved from the force of her tears, and with the shade of red her face was turning, I feared she was going to hyperventilate.
More than anything at that moment, I wanted to snatch Leigh up and put her behind her sister. Okay, what I actually wanted to do was take her far from this place, but I knew putting her in line with her sister would make her happier. She belonged with her family. She belonged behind her sister as the maid of honor. I took comfort in seeing Danielle turn to Leigh and mouth, 'I love you,' which made Leigh cry harder and brought tears to Danielle's eyes.
My body jerked. My wolf rippled my skin, and if it hadn't been for Dave reaching over and grabbing my shoulder, I think I would have jumped from the stage, shifting mid-flight and attacking everyone in the room who had brought this misery down on Leigh.
"Ryan," Dave said in a whisper, staring directly into my eyes. "Calm down. This will be over soon." His tone echoed with a command that neither my wolf nor I would dare defy.
I nodded, breathed deep, and felt my wolf settled a tiny bit.
I heard murmuring from the wedding party and the crowd, signifying that I wasn't the only one who saw Danielle's actions and that Dave wasn't the only one who saw my near transformation at Leigh's reaction. At that moment, I was proud of us both for our acts of rebellion even though no one else was. Dave's mother would be livid, but she wouldn't dare make a scene. The Council would bring us both in for questioning. My parents would threaten to disown me, but none of that mattered to me. I was telling them all to get bent after the wedding anyway.
My blood boiled a second later though, when I saw Leigh and Danielle's father tug slightly on Danielle's arm to get her to turn around. He didn't look over at his eldest daughter or say a word about what Danielle had done, but his silent command said it all for him. Leigh was to be ignored. His expression was hard, not showing any remorse or satisfaction in what he did. The pact would be proud of him. Any other action would have shown weakness, and would have probably been an automatic expulsion from the pack. If it weren't for the fact that Dave and Danielle were madly in love with each other, I would say that getting kicked out of the pack would be a good thing.
The man was torn; I was sure. In his place, I don't know what I would do. Either way you hurt one of your daughters.
That's it for today. I hope you enjoyed it.
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Abby is a plus size woman struggling to learn to love herself despite the damage her ex did to her mentally and psychically. For reasons unknown to her, she wakes one morning with an urge to adopt another cat. What she doesn't know is that the cat she picks is actually Dimitri Sullivan, the son of a local shapeshifter pack's alpha who was cursed by a powerful witch into the form of a common house cat after he had a one-nightstand with her. As the months pass, Dimitri finds himself falling in love with his new owner, but there is just one problem, she doesn't know that he is her cat and she is currently dating his brother. When the witch that cursed him discovers that by falling for Abby, he is weakening her curse, she sets out to stop this from happening by any means necessary.
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Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee on Thursday released about 3,400 Facebook ads purchased by Russian agents around the 2016 presidential election on issues including immigration and gun control, a reminder of the complexity of the manipulation Facebook is trying to fix ahead of the midterm elections.
Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee on Thursday released about 3,500 Facebook ads purchased by Russian agents around the 2016 presidential election on issues from immigration to gun control, a reminder of the complexity of the manipulation that Facebook is trying to contain ahead of the midterm elections.
The ads, from mid-2015 to mid-2017, illustrate the extent to which Kremlin-aligned forces sought to stoke social, cultural and political unrest on one of the Web's most powerful platforms. With the help of Facebook's targeting tools, they delivered their disinformation to narrow categories of users – from black or gay users to fans of Fox News.
In doing so, Russia's online army reached at least 146 million people on Facebook and Instagram, its photo-sharing service, with ads and other posts. Sometimes, Russian trolls also tried to fuel rallies and protests, endeavoring at one point in 2016 to pit Beyoncé fans and critics against each other in New York City.
The release of the ads comes months after top executives from Facebook, Google and Twitter testified at a trio of congressional hearings about Russia's propaganda efforts, a campaign waged by the Kremlin-sponsored Internet Research Agency, or IRA. Those companies since have pledged to vet political ads more aggressively, and Facebook in particular has said it would begin labeling ads about political candidates as well as some hot-button political issues.
In the meantime, Rep. Adam B. Schiff (Calif.), the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, said lawmakers would continue probing Russia's online disinformation efforts. In February, Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel investigating Russia and the 2016 election, indicted individuals tied to the IRA for trying to interfere in the presidential race.
"They sought to harness Americans' very real frustrations and anger over sensitive political matters in order to influence American thinking, voting and behavior," Schiff said in a statement. "The only way we can begin to inoculate ourselves against a future attack is to see first-hand the types of messages, themes and imagery the Russians used to divide us."
For its part, Facebook stressed in a statement: "This will never be a solved problem because we're up against determined, creative and well-funded adversaries. But we are making steady progress."
Source: "Pro-Beyoncé" vs. "Anti-Beyoncé": 3,500 Facebook ads show the scale of Russian manipulation
Russia played the people of our country as they still live by a fairytale of superiority, and they show that we need to GROW UP oh and get an education you know the one that the GOP is fighting to make sure you don't get!


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There are certain moments in life that can hold more weight than others. They define us and they shape us.
We remember significant moments but we don't always know their purpose. As we grow in Christ, we can look back on them and say, "God did something in that."
This weekend at People Church, guest speaker Lauren Clampitt preached and shared some of her story and how God worked through defining moments in her walk.
One of Lauren's very first defining moments was spoken to her through Luke 9: 57-62....the cost of following Jesus.
"As they were walking along the road, a man said to him, "I will follow you wherever you go." Jesus replied, "Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head." He said to another man, "Follow me." But he replied, "Lord, first let me go and bury my father." Jesus said to him, "Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God."Still another said, "I will follow you, Lord; but first let me go back and say goodbye to my family." Jesus replied, "No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God."
Defining moments should define you.
God has something specific for you. It is so easy to get so caught up in the details of trying to figure it all out. He simply says "Let that take care of itself- come and follow me."
Go to God. Chase after your God moments. Sit before God and get what He has for you and then make decisions from there. These moments where we get with God and hear from God should shape who we are.
You have to gain God-momentum.
Sometimes you have to go back and say "God moved here for me." You can gain God momentum by going back and pinpointing where He was moving and working.
When we are in the midst of pain, we have to ask Jesus to speak into it and speak into why it hurts. The reality is that the enemy will hit us where it hurts most at our core.
In Luke 4: 1-14, Jesus was being tempted in the wilderness and gaining God momentum through what has been written.
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Jesus answered, "It is said: 'Do not put the Lord your God to the test." When the devil had finished all this tempting, he left him until an opportune time.
The next opportune moment is your next opportunity for a moment of truth.
You need truth. Fall before your Bible. You can speak life into yourself. God may not tell you the specifics, but He always tells you exactly what you need to hear.
Isaiah 52:7 says, "How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of the messenger bringing good news."
You have to climb the mountain and get your God moment so when you come back down and encounter those whose knees are shaking; you can look at them and say "you are past the hard part. It gets easier from here."
It is the people who have been there and who have a story to tell who will bring the good news.
Isaiah 6: 6-8 says, "Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with tongs from the altar. With it he touched my mouth and said, "See, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for." Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" And I said, "Here am I. Send me!"
Who will go at a moments notice? How many of us will say "I'll go"?
You have to go no matter how broken you are. It may be dark but you still have to go and fight for those who don't have Jesus. It is an everyday decision. You don't have to have it all together. You just need to be willing to go.
For more on this topic, view the full message on "Defining Moments" here or subscribe to our podcast channels here.
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My Life As A Teenage Robot Porn Story: Reality Bytes – Chapter 3
Reality Bytes
A My Life as a
Teenage Robot Fanfic
Chapter Three The
Grass Is Always Greener
Drew stared at the television, trying to make sense of what
he was seeing.P I thought I saw them
both run into a building then the screen just flashed Level Complete!P What just happened?P Where are they?
Tuck tapped his chin.P
Looks like they finished the jungle game-world, and theyre heading for
the next one.P I thought Jenny was in
big hurry to get in and get out!P What,
so now shes going to hang around and play the game too?P No fair!
Jennys not in there to play games.P Drew looked over at Brad and Jennys
motionless bodies, lying on the couch.P
So whats the next game-world?
After Jungle World comes umm Post-Apocalyptic City.
Wow, sounds lovely.P
He looked at the television.P
Come on guys, get out of there.
The white light pulsed with almost blinding intensity, then
quickly faded away.P The dark greens of
the jungle were replaced with the grays and browns of broken brick and concrete.P With a final sharp crack, their bodies
coalesced back into solid form.P Brad
and Jenny were standing in front of a bombed-out public library, looking out on
a war-torn city street that was littered with burned-out cars and broken
glass.P The sky was blotted out by the
silhouettes of gray, decaying skyscrapers.
Brad grinned, and rubbed his hands together.P All right Jenny, get ready for action!P Its five years after World War Six, and the
only thing standing between the world and total anarchy is yours truly!P And, you too, of course.
Jenny buried her head in her hands.P Brad, you idiot!P I dont believe it now were lost in here!
Pffft!P Were not lost,
laughed Brad.P All we gotta do is
Jenny grabbed Brad by the shoulders, and shook him to get
his attention.P Forget about the
game.P Forget about the stupid
game, will you? she said angrily.P
Youre in danger.P Real
danger.P Out in the real world.P Remember the real world?P Not this play world, where youre running
around like a three year old.P The one
where youre lying on the couch with a bucket on your head, drooling on your
Brad pulled away, a little shocked, and a little upset.P What are you talking about?P I cant be in any real danger here.
My moms virtual reality helmet!P It causes brain damage the longer you wear it.P Ive been trying to tell you, she
B-brain damage? but I feel fine, Jen.P Are you sure?
Jenny didnt answer him.P
She cupped her hands to her mouth and shouted into the air, Operating
System!P Ozzie!P We need you!
Brad jumped back in surprise as a disk of green light
flashed on the ground in front of him, and a figure rose up out of the
ground.P A figure that looked like Drew,
dressed up as a plumber.P He had his
fingers stuck in his ears. PFer cryin
out loud, lady, knock it off!P You think
I live on the moon or somethin?P I can
hears ya just fine!
Ha, ha!P Look at
this! laughed Brad.P Drew, after
youre done unclogging the sink, do you want to
Brad, this is Ozzie, explained Jenny.P Hes the operating system that runs the
computers inside Drews body.P I know, I
know its a little strange.P Look, we
need an exit port back to the outside.P
So we can get back into our own brains!
I already showed you the exit port.P Ozzie looked around, taking in their
surroundings.P Heh, heh.P I guess dames really are bad with
directions.P Youre not even close to
it!P What do ya think youre doing?
Arrrghhh . Jenny ignored the remark, and tried to calm
down.P Were in a different world
now.P It was an accident.P A stupid one, she said, glaring at
Brad.P We need an exit port, here.
Ozzie rubbed his chin.P
Hmmm.P Might take some
doin.P He saw the shocked look on
Jennys face, and continued.P Look,
this fella here , he pointed to Brad, his brain is already starting to get
all blended in with the game software.P
Its gonna take me a little time to round up all the pieces.
Brad tugged at his collar.P
I dont like hearing the words brain and blended in the same
Ozzie shrugged his shoulders.P Yeah, figure youve been in here, what, thirty-nine
minutes?P The longer ya stay, the harder
itll be to get you out.P You too,
lady.P Tells ya what Im going to have
to put the exit port at the end of this here world.
At the enemy camp? Brad protested.P Thats crawling with mercenaries!P Why do you have to put it there?
Cause its already a natural connection from this world
to the next.P All I gots to do just
re-route yas to the outside, and voila, Ozzie said, waving a pipe wrench.P You get started now, and Ill have it done
by the time you get there.P And with
that, Ozzie faded into translucent green photons, and sunk into the ground.
Jenny folded her arms, and gave Brad a foul look, tapping
her foot.
Okay, now, before you start, how was I supposed to know
that the helmet was dangerous? asked Brad, trying to defend himself.
It takes control of your brain.P That doesnt sound dangerous?P She flung her arms in the air.P And now we have to go through this whole city,
looking for the way out!
Brad smiled back at her confidently.P Okay, so?P
We zip to the enemy camp, open a can of hurt on some cybernetic
mercenaries, walk through the exit port and were home free.P No problem!
Right.P No problem,
she said sarcastically.P Do you even
know the way there?
Ive played on this world lots of times.P Its in the biggest skyscraper in town.P Cant miss it.
Fine, she huffed.P
Jenny rotated her pigtails to flight mode, and deployed her wings and
booster rockets.P Just hold onto my
back, and Ill have us there in no time.
That wont be necessary, Jen, grinned Brad.
He tapped a button on the front of the giant shoulder pads
he was wearing.P With a shudder and a
whine, metallic sections started to extend down his arms, and envelop his hands
in oversize gloves.P More sections
started snapping in place around his torso, and continued down his legs,
unfolding into a pair of large metal boots that came up to his knees.P A helmet clamped onto his head, and an
orange-tinted visor dropped down in front of his eyes.P Brad was now enveloped in robotic body
armor, from head to toe.
Behold the secret weapon, he laughed.P The Exo-Suit 500-D!P The D stands for dangerous!
I dont believe you, groaned Jenny.P Will you stop worrying about playing the
stupid game, already!
Hey, when in Rome, Jen.P
Besides, this is the fastest way to the skyscraper.P Oh man, this is awesome beyond words!P Brad flexed and walked around in the robot
suit, testing it out.
Brad, that toy isnt going to help us.
So you think its a toy, huh?P Then just try and keep up with me!
Brad leaned forward slightly, and a large panel opened up in
the armor on his back.P Two rocket
motors unfolded and deployed, then roared to life with searing orange flame.P Woo-hoooo!!P He punched the air dramatically with his fist, and shot into the
sky, soaring upwards towards the crumbling office towers.
Jenny just stared up at him for a few seconds, shaking her
She revved the turbines in her pigtails up to power.P The last thing I want is to lose track of
him again, she groaned.P Her
pigtail-jets ignited along with her booster rockets, and she flew into the air
after Brad and his exo-suit.P She
actually had to nudge up her thruster power to catch up with him.
Brad rocketed through the sky of the burned-out city, fifty
feet above the broken streets of the ruined metropolis.P Walls of mangled steel and shattered glass
flashed by on either side of him, almost too fast to be seen by the human
eye.P It may have been a virtual world,
but Brad could feel his heartbeat quicken from the adrenaline rush.P He slalomed around the looming towers, going
faster and faster.
Jenny finally started gaining on him, but all the weaving
and swerving was starting to annoy her.P
Im trying to save his life, and hes up there goofing around in that
robot suit.P She put on a burst of
speed, and finally caught up to Brad.
Brad! she shouted over to him.P Will you quit kidding around?
Hey hey! he laughed.P
Long time no see, slowpoke!
Well get out of here faster if we fly straight instead of
doing all this twisting and turning!P
Jenny reached over and grabbed the back of Brads exo-suit.P The she pulled into a climb, carrying him
high above the buildings and skyscrapers.
Brad was caught by surprise, but he recovered and shook
himself free of Jennys grip.P What is
your problem today, Jenny? he asked angrily, hovering a few feet in front of
Whats the big idea zigzagging all over the place like a
I know what Im doing, Jen.P Whats the matter, cant keep up with me?
Well get to the exit portal faster if we fly
straight.P Smarten up!
We shouldnt fly way up here.P And stop talking to me like Im a little kid!
No problem, once you stop acting like it!
Jenny, the reason we cant fly up high is
He didnt get a chance to finish his sentence.P A stream of heavy gunfire started flying in
their direction, first from one rooftop, then two, then eight.P The video game characters were intelligent
enough to recognize them as a threat, and alert each other to their
presence.P It didnt take long for a
couple of pulses of violet laser fire to find their target, knocking Brad and
Jenny out of the sky.P They plummeted
straight towards the roof of a mid-sized office building, and smashed right
through it.P They plowed through two
more floors, finally coming to rest in a plain-looking office lobby, now filled
with dust, smoke, and chunks of debris.
Brad sat up, picked a ceiling tile off of his face, and
glared angrily at Jenny.P the reason
we cant fly up high is because there are guns on every rooftop.P Just thought youd like to know!P I told you Ive played this game lots
of times!
Jenny slowly got to her feet, and deployed a hand broom from
her wrist to dust herself off.P All
right, all right, youre the big video game expert.P I should have listened to you.P
Im sooo sorry.
Brad shouted with frustration.P Augh!P Okay, what do you
want?P Do you want me to say Im sorry
that were both stuck in here?P
Fine.P Im sorry.P Do you want me to say its all my
fault?P Its all my fault!P There, I said it!
Jenny glared back at him.P
This never would have happened if wed all just gone outside like I
wanted to, instead of playing your stupid game.
Well, when we get out of this stupid game, Brad said in a
low voice, you can go sledding until your circuits freeze over.P Maybe thatll make you happy.
They exchanged cold, angry stares, and said nothing for a
few moments.
Lets go find the exit port, snarled Brad.
The sooner the better, Jenny answered frigidly.
Now that the game characters were alerted to an approach
from the air, Jenny and Brad stuck to the streets of the city, sneaking along
the roads and back alleys, drawing closer to the tallest skyscraper in the
city, where the enemy base and the portal to the real world resided.P They were focusing on speed, and had managed
to avoid most of the mercenaries, but there was a major intersection just
ahead, and it was patrolled by laser-toting outlaws on motorcycles.P They were going to have to fight their way
through after all, this was a video game, and the game was trying to give
them opponents to fight.
Brad peeked over the hood of a broken-down car, counting the
bikers.P Twelve of them.P If we attack at the same time, it confuses
them.P And we have to get them all, or
else the survivors will go for help.P
Understand?P It was the first
words theyd exchanged in a while.
Jenny gave him a cold stare and didnt answer.P She deployed her lasers from her elbows.P Brads robotic exo-suit deployed a pair of
short laser cannons from his wrist housings.P
Now, he said.
They leapt from their hiding place with guns blasting,
vaporizing enemies into virtual electrons.P
Four of the bikers went down instantly.P
Half of the rest roared towards Jenny, and started circling her.P She stretched an arm out, and grabbed the
huge motorbike out from under the massive biker, sending him flying through the
air.P The other bikers pulled out maces
and started swinging them menacingly.P
Jenny used the motorcycle in her hands like a club, and flattened the
rest of the bikers in a matter of seconds.
The four bikers who attacked Brad came at him with shotguns
blazing.P The shotgun blasts bounced
harmlessly off of his armor.P There was
a burnt-out armored police van sitting at the side of the intersection.P He dodged a charge from one biker, and made
it to the police van in one power-assisted jump.P He ripped off the side of the van in his hands, and used it like
a shield.P With the laser cannon in his
other hand, he blasted the tires on the four bikes, and they crashed to a halt
on top of one another.P Brad grinned,
lifted the rest of the police van over his head, and hurled it on top of the
pile of downed bikers.P All twelve
bikers taken care of.
Jenny started to run up the street they were only two
blocks away from the skyscraper but Brad called her over, pointing to the
sky.P They could hear hovercraft
approaching.P Shock Patrols, he
explained.P They saw the
commotion.P Theyre dangerous.P We should lie low for a minute or two.
They ran into a nearby deserted restaurant, and kept in the
shadows as searchlights swept the street below.P Jenny saw that Brad had a huge grin on his face.P Brad noticed her watching him.P He was still miffed at her, but
Ive always wanted to know what that feels like, he said.
Jenny was trying to stay mad too, but curiosity got the
better of her.P Like what feels like?
Bullets bouncing off my chest.P Kickin butt and takin names.P
He started grinning wider, despite himself.P Being stronger than everybody else.P Why do you think I love video games so much?
Brad sat on the floor, and sighed.P Jenny knelt down and crossed her legs.P Jenny, he said, I like video games because theyre about a
thousand times more exciting than what passes for my excuse of a life.P When Drew told me about the virtual reality
helmet, I knew I had to play this game this particular game because of this
thing.P He tapped on his metallic chest
plate.P The games robotic
exo-suit.P Its so real in here all
the sensations and feelings are so real.P
Flying through the city.P Tossing
a nine-ton van like a baseball!P Its
the closest Ill ever get to knowing what it feels like to be a super-powered
robot like you.
Jenny was a little taken back.P It wasnt what she expected to hear.
All the weapons, all the powers.P Knowing what it feels like to be strong, and powerful, and never
being afraid of anything.P Knowing that
you can handle absolutely anything that comes at you.P Knowing that youre special like you are, Jen.P His head sunk a bit.P Anyways, I suppose it does sound pretty
lame, now that Ive said it.P After all,
its just make-believe.
They were quiet for a few moments, as a pair of hovercraft
whined by overhead.
Brad reached for a compartment in his exo-suit, and pulled
out a pair of white bottles with red crosses on them.P Its a bottle of health.P
Thats how the game lets you heal damage after a fight.P Here.P
He tossed one over to her.
Brad glugged his bottle dry in a few seconds.P Huh!P
It tastes like a vanilla milkshake.
Jenny looked at her bottle suspiciously, then poured it in
her mouth.P When she finished, her
pigtails drooped, and she looked down at the floor.P Mine doesnt taste like anything.P Even in here.P
She fidgeted with the empty bottle in her hands.P Brad, I guess Im sort of flattered that
you think Im special.P But I cant
imagine why youd ever want to be like me.P All I want is to be normal, like you.P Or at least to know what its like to be
normal.P Id trade every rocket and
laser in my body to know that this stuff tasted like a vanilla milkshake.
Jenny closed her eyes, and wrapped her hands around her
knees, clutching them to her chest.P
You and Tuck are so excited about this game your Christmas
present.P I keep hearing everyone
talk about what they want for Christmas.P
Do you know what I want for Christmas?
She paused a moment, then continued.P I hear people talk, about how wonderful the
smell of fresh cooked turkey is, or the taste of Christmas cookies, or even the
feeling of snow down the back of your neck.P
And I realize that Ill never, ever know what any of that feels
like.P But at Christmas, I always get
this I get this crazy idea that maybe, just maybe, the next time I catch a
snowflake on my tongue, Ill actually be able to taste it.P Then next time a cold breeze blows on my
face, maybe Ill actually be able feel it.P
The next time I see a wreath of pine braches on a door, maybe this time,
Ill actually be able to smell it.P The
corner of her mouth quivered a bit.P
And every Christmas, I get disappointed.P I guess its really pretty silly.
Brad was a little confused.P
Is that why you were so hung up on going sledding?P You were hoping to feel the snow and smell
the trees?P Jen, I thought you got over
this after the whole pain/tickle thing.P
Sure, snow on your face feels kind of neat, but frostbite on your toes
feels lousy.
Its not the snow, or the food, or the trees its the
feeling that people seem to get from it this time of year.P I cant even figure out what it is.P I dont even know what I want to feel!P Tears welled up in Jennys eyes, and she
slumped back against the wall.P For me
Christmas is all about watching other people be happy together, and knowing
that its something thats never going to happen to me.
Brad couldnt offer anything more than a sympathetic
look.P Jen, I wish I could say that I
understood.P All I know is, my best
friend is depressed at Christmas, and Ill do whatever I can to make things
better.P Maybe my folks will invite you
and your mom over for Christmas dinner.
Jenny smiled at the idea.P
My mom, at Christmas dinner.P
Shed probably run a chemical analysis on the turkey instead of eating
it.P No, Mom says that Evil does not
take holidays, and neither shall we!P
But thanks for the thought, anyway.
He glanced out the windows, and saw that the hovercraft had
wandered off.P Looks like the air
patrols are gone.P One last attack, and
well be on our way home.P He smirked
at Jenny.P Shouldnt be a problem for
the amazing team of Jenny and the Brad-inator.P He flexed his metallic arms, hamming it up
for her.P Hasta la vista, bay-bee.P Come with me iff you vant to live.
She laughed it was hard to stay mad at him.P Lets get going, then.
Drew rocked back and forth nervously, as if pure willpower
could help speed Brad and Jenny along towards the end of the game.P Man, theyve been in there over an
hour.P Wheres the end of this
level?P Whats the hold-up?
Tuck folded his arms.P
Yknow, if I was the one wearing the helmet, I wouldve already been
out by now.P Brad always has trouble
finishing this level.P Even with
the robot suit.
I feel as useless as a P
He was cut off by a loud, ominous creaking sound.P It seemed to come from the roof.
Tuck clutched onto a sofa pillow.P Wh-wh-what was that?
Relax, Tuck.P I
think its just the wind.P Is it still
snowing out?
Yeah, I think so.P
He ran over to the big window and climbed up on a footstool to look
outside.P Tree branches were starting to
sway back and forth, and there was four inches of snow on the roads.P Wow, its really starting to come down out
Brad and Jenny had snuck up to the third story of the
building directly across from the giant skyscraper.P Her eyes were extended outward like telescopes, surveying the
area below.P The plaza was filled with
overturned vehicles and scattered oil-drum fires, and over a hundred ragtag
mercenaries.P There were four gray,
rusting tanks parked in what used to be a fountain, their engines rumbling at
the ready, their barrels pointed outward.P
The skyscraper was gaudily decorated with floodlights and neon
signs.P Small groups of mercenaries were
enjoying rowdy celebrations, tossing bottles into the air, and shooting
burnt-out cars for target practice.
A-ha, she declared, I think I found what were looking
for.P Amongst the graffiti sprayed on
the walls of the skyscrapers entrance, there was a small, green flashing neon
sign with an arrow which read Club Ozzie Room 42.
She rolled her eyes.P
Even Drews operating system has a weird sense of humor.P Ready, Brad?
Doors slid open on the exo-suits wrists and boots,
deploying lasers and flamethrowers.P A
small missile rack sprung up from Brads back, and pointed over his head.P He lowered the visor down over his
eyes.P Lets rock and roll, Jen.P Despite himself, he giggled.P This is gonna be so cool!
Oh, please robot rookie, she chuckled back.
Two pairs of rocket motors ignited, and the two robots roared
out of the office building with lasers blasting.P Since this was the end of a game-world, the mercenaries were
alert, and returned fire immediately.P
Shafts of sizzling laser fire screamed through the sky around them as
they swooped down, picking off computerized opponents.P Jenny deployed two huge loudspeakers from
her pigtails, and unleashed a crippling wave of ultrasonic pulses on the crowd
below.P The mercenaries dropped to their
knees, dazed, with their hands over their ears.
The tanks were still fine though, and one of them swung its
long gun barrel around.P It fired a
glowing plasma ball that ripped through the air between Brad and Jenny.P The other three tanks followed, and started
to rumble out of the broken fountain, looking for maneuvering room.P We need to take care of the tanks first!
shouted Brad.
Jenny swung her arms together, and they quickly combined and
unfolded into a large deflector panel.P
One of the tanks fired another plasma ball at her.P Jennys deflector struck back with a massive
magnetic pulse.P The plasma ball stopped
in mid-air, and reversed course, blowing up the tank that had fired the shot.
Swe-ee-eet! shouted Brad.P
I wanna do one!P He flew around
and landed on top of the turret of the furthest tank from behind.P It was aiming at Jenny, and was just about
to unleash another plasma ball at her.P
Just as it fired, Brad jumped and pushed down on the barrel of the
tanks gun, pointing it directly at the back end of the tank just in front of
it.P The plasma ball meant for Jenny
ripped into the tank instead.P It
mushroomed into the sky on a column of spectacular flame.
Jenny dropped to the ground, directly behind the only other
remaining tank.P It tried to drive
forward, but Jenny grabbed onto the back of its chassis, holding it in
place.P Its heavy treads spun up chunks
up pavement, but it still couldnt move.P
She looked over at Brad, and shouted, Come on, Brad, you know you want
Brad somersaulted backwards until he was directly behind his
tank too.P Mustering all the power the
exo-suit could provide, he lodged his hands underneath the tanks body.P Brad grit his teeth, grunted, and heaved
with all his robotically enhanced might.P
The massive tank flipped over onto its side, then tumbled over
upside-down, its treads spinning helplessly in the air.P Jenny lofted her tank into the air,
too.P It flipped over three times, and
landed on top of Brads tank.
Brad grinned at her.P
Show-off!P She laughed, and
stuck her tongue out at him.
A new wave of laser fire reminded them that there were still
plenty of game opponents to fight through, but the tanks were gone now, and
they had a major advantage.P They didnt
care about scoring points or winning the game.P
They just needed to get to the door of Club Ozzie, which hopefully
was the exit port that Drews operating system had set up for them.
Got an idea, said Jenny.P
She ripped the turret off of one of the burning tanks, and lifted it
over her head.P Lets get inside!P We have to find Room 42.P Brad took care of the mercenaries with his
lasers, while Jenny ran behind, holding a ten-ton tank turret over her
head.P As they ran inside, she dropped
the turret behind them, sealing off the entrance to the skyscraper.
Pretty slick, Jen, smiled Brad.P Theres another arrow up ahead!P A pointing green neon sign read Club Ozzie This Way.
The lobby was filled with more partying bikers and
mercenaries, all packing serious hardware.P
In such close quarters, Brad and Jenny couldnt help but take some laser
hits, but they still dished out more than they took.P Jenny leveled one half of the lobby with a blast of wind from
huge propellers in her elbows.P Brad
launched tear-gas grenades that had the rest of the rowdies doubled over in
They turned the corner, following the neon sign.P Room thirty-six room thirty-eight
Jenny saw a familiar face, and grinned with triumph.P Ozzie was standing just ahead of them, in
his plumbers outfit and ball cap, with his plunger slung over his
shoulder.P Well, ya took yer own sweet
time getting here, he moaned.P Whadja
do, stop for cheeseburgers?
Brad took a deep breath, and laughed.P Well, its been pretty amazing.P Id love to stay and chat, Ozzie, but
theres about three dozen post-apocalyptic bikers right behind us.
Sure, whatever, said Ozzie.P Now, heres what ya gotta do.P
Its simple.P Go inside, an
theres two green doors.P The lady goes
to the left, and you goes to the
Ozzie froze, and flickered on and off like a bad television
Jennys smile faded away.P
What in the world
The lights in the skyscraper dimmed, and then the floors and
the walls started to hiss and flicker.P
Ozzie looked at the ceiling, which was turning the color of television
static.P Holy motherboards, dis could
be a problem.
Drews head snapped upright.P Did the lights just flicker on and off?
Yeah, I think so, said Tuck, looking at the floor
lamp.P It was on now, but
A strong gust of wind blew outside, and they heard the walls
of the house creak again.P Somewhere out
in the winter storm, an heavy branch was waving in the wind, burdened with a
heavy load of ice.P It came into
occasional contact with a main power line.P
This strong gust proved to be too much for the overstressed branch,
though, and it finally snapped off.P It
landed across the power lines, short circuiting them.
All the houses on the street instantly went dark.
The lights snapped off in the living room.P Drew and Tuck stared in horror as the image
of Brad and Jenny disappeared from the television screen, which faded to black.
Continued in Chapter
A/N – If you enjoyed this chapter heck, if you hated it
please leave a review!P Id especially
like to know if you thought the conversation worked, was there too much dialog,
not enough, you know.P Thanks!


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As foreshadowed last week, Randy Blue has just released their first bareback scene.
It's got some plot setup where Jordan Levine and Dominic Santos play roommates, and Dominic's boyfriend (mentioned as "Scotty," even though he and Scotty Marx haven't so much as ever fucked on RB) just broke up with him, and he's sad. And walking around in a jockstrap.
Jordan decides to take advantage of the situation and plow Dominic's hole without a condom.
It's unclear if Randy Blue, in order to compete with Sean Cody and Corbin Fisher, will be going all-bareback now, or what. But, signs point to yes.
[Randy Blue: Dominic Santos Gets Barebacked by Jordan Levine]
March 20, 2015 at 1:16 am
I earn for dominic, hope he stays for several years in porn, he brightens up my days and nights
March 18, 2015 at 4:42 am
love dominic's colour and hot sexy, erotic face. Greatperformer too
March 16, 2015 at 12:24 pm
dominic is downright sublime, his best scene though was with angelo, another hot latino.
RB blue has always been expert in selecting hot latinos and blacks (tyler johnson) but in general their scenes suck.
I will re-subscribe just because of santos and Diego sans.
March 15, 2015 at 5:16 pm
Don't pay that much attention to rb but man oh man Dominic is sexy..
March 14, 2015 at 10:34 am
I just saw this and it was hot as hell, this is by far the better scenes Randy blue has put out in quite some time!!! The bareback was a big plus real natural sex yes give me more!!
P.S I saw this for free, who subscribe to porn in 2015…lol well at least I dont!!!
March 14, 2015 at 10:27 am
I just saw this it was hot as hell!!!!!!! By far one of the better scenes Randy blue has done and the condom less made it extremely hot!!
P.S why subscribe I saw it for free!!
March 14, 2015 at 9:58 am
just subscribe to RB with their discounted 1 year deal, cant wait for their next bareback update
March 12, 2015 at 3:41 pm
1. dominic is hot as a bottom
2. a condom doesn't make a difference to me at all, so use it
3. i prefer hot oral to the repetitive fuck mechanics
March 12, 2015 at 1:49 pm
Website says 2 loads inside Dominic. Can anyone confirm this? Vanilla BB is boring to me because I don't see the point in it. So there's no sheath, big deal. The appearance of a condom neither enhances or detracts from the hotness to me. To truly make a whole different kind of porn, they need to utilize the BB aspect and do internal cumshots or at the very least a creampie. I want to see cum dripping out of holes.
March 12, 2015 at 4:57 pm
One load is a yes, it's very spontaneous and Jordan just went with it. The shame of that one is they didn't film or edit in a good shot at Jordan's ass and ass muscles winking and throbbing as his prostate and dick were pumping cum inside Dominic.
The 2nd one however is the typical lame "inside load" where the top gushes out cum and when most of the load runs out he sticks his dick inside the bottom. So it's more like 1.5 inside loads.
March 14, 2015 at 10:40 am
Yes, Jordan comes in Dominic once for sure and the second time almost but he pulls out while dominic rides his raw dick shoots on his hole instead. Trust me this scene is worth seeing!!
March 12, 2015 at 7:09 am
I want him to top only. I still like him
March 12, 2015 at 12:37 am
Truvada is going to change gay porn, permanently.
March 12, 2015 at 12:23 am
I'm glad to see this. I have an underwear fetish and apparently someone in charge at RB does too, but the condom thing kept me from fully liking their videos. Thankfully, now that won't be a problem.
March 13, 2015 at 12:38 am
i have an underwear fetish too but someone at randy blue certainly does NOT, they don't have a clue about underwear, hot dress; settings, hot oral or hot kissing for that matter.
As said they have some hot latino models but they need an ericvideo like approach and for me WITH condom
March 11, 2015 at 9:02 pm
i hope they pair Dominic with a man of color at some point..the white dudes are kool but a different mix would be also hot!
March 11, 2015 at 7:30 pm
I dont like Dominic to bottom, he should only topped. RB is ruining his career.
March 12, 2015 at 8:18 am
Well that's not your choice to make. And Dominic does not like to top he prefers to bottom, so he is doing what he loves. So yea a big dick is a bit wasted, but not when he is self sucking!
March 11, 2015 at 5:13 pm
Dominic has actually done duo cams with his current/former real-life boyfriend, I can't remember what his name was though. And so far it's going to be a mix of barebacking and condom scenes since they have a lot of condom-only scenes in their back catalog.
March 11, 2015 at 4:32 pm
Oh!! looks like I"ll subscri— oh $20 a month… ehhhh… TO PORNHUB!
March 12, 2015 at 4:58 pm
Or you could subscribe to Rapidgator! ;)
March 11, 2015 at 4:28 pm
Hot i'll wait for a couple more scenes then i will subscribe ;-)
March 11, 2015 at 4:05 pm
People want to condemn studios for going bareback. but the fact remains, thats what the consumers want. even if they refuse to admit it. They'll say "studio have an obligation to promote safe sex" but I just say why do you need a porn studio to tell you to have safe sex. The actors are adults and make their own decisions, they are portraying a fantasy. Randy Blue is just giving the people what they want.
March 11, 2015 at 4:01 pm
Dominic Santos is my dream man… Hope they're using PReP (I assume they are…).
March 12, 2015 at 2:06 pm
Prep is very helpful as a preventive measure to stop the spread of syphilis, gonorrhoea, hepatitis …
I doubt RB has enough money in the bank to pay for DNA based HIV tests.
March 12, 2015 at 5:57 pm
Your first statement must be a sarcastic one because prep prevents none of those.