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| Monday, January 3rd, 2011 | | 8:19 pm |
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“Yes, sir,” said the flattered @@@@@ “Yes, sir,” said the flattered secretary“He’s on another line but I’ll interruptJust hold on a sec, Mr “You’re the loveliest of the peaches, lovely child “Oh, golly, thank you! Now just hold on It never failed, mused CulverA little soft oil from the magnolia worked a hell of a lot better than the bark of a gnarled oakThat bitch of a first assistant of his might take a lesson from her Southern superiors; she talked like some Yankee dentist had bonded her fucking teeth together with permanent cement Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM 38 “That you, Cull?” came the voice of Redhead over the line, intruding on Parnell’s thoughts as he wrote a seventh obscenity on the legal pad “You’re momma-letchin’ right, boy, and we got a problem! The fricassee bitch is doin’ it again I got our Wall Streeters inked in for a table at the reception on the twenty-fifth, the one for the new French ambassador and she says we gotta bump ’em for some core-dee-ballet fruitcakes—she says she and the First Lady feel mighty strong about itShee-it! Those money boys gotta lot of French interests goin’ for them, and this White House bash could put ’em on topEvery frog on the Bourse will think they got the ears of the whole town here!” “Forget it, Cull,” broke in the anxious Redhead, “We may have a bigger problem, and I don’t know what it means “What’s that?” “When we were back in Saigon, did you ever hear of something or someone called Snake Lady?” “I heard a hell of a lot about snake eyes,” chuckled Parnell, “but no Snake LadyWhy?” “The fellow I was just talking to—he’s going to call back in five minutes—sounded as though he was threatening meI mean actually threatening me, Cull! He mentioned Saigon and implied that something terrible happened back then and repeated the name Snake Lady several times as if I should have run for cover “You leave that son of a bitch to me!” roared Parnell, interrupting“I know exactly what that bastard’s talking about! This is that snotty bitch first assistant of mine—that’s the fuckin’ Snake Lady! You give that slug worm my number and tell him I know all about his horseshit!” “Will you please tell me, Cull?” “What the hell, you were there, RedheadSo we had a few games going, even a few mini casinos, and some clowns lost a couple of shirts, but there was nothin’ soldiers haven’t done since they threw craps for Christ’s clothes! We just put it on a higher plane and maybe tossed in a few broads who’d have been walkin’ the streets anywayNo, Redhead, that elegant-ass, so-called assistant thinks she’s got somethin’ on me—that’s why she’s goin’ through you, ’cause everybody knows we’re buddiesYou tell that slime to call me and I’ll settle his grits along with that bitch’s twat! Oh, boy, she made a wrong move! My Wall Streeters are in and her pansies are out!” “Okay, Cull, I’ll simply refer him to you,” said the Redhead, otherwise known as the vice president of the United States, as he hung up the phone It rang four minutes later and the words were spat out at Parnell“Snake Lady, Culver, and we’re all in trouble!” “No, you listen to me, Divot Head, and I’ll tell you who’s in trouble! She’s no lady, she’s a bitch! One of her thirty or forty eunuch husbands may have thrown a few snake eyes in Saigon and lost some of her well-advertised come-and-take-me cash, but nobody gave a shit then and nobody gives a shit nowEspecially a marine colonel who liked a sharp game of poker every once in a while, and that man is sitting in the Oval Office at this mo | | Sunday, January 2nd, 2011 | | 8:20 pm |
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That was why she didn't bother to argue @@@@@ That was why she didn't bother to argue about John Morland's help, she told herselfBut Scarlett knew that really she had been hoping to have a reason to see BartHe might have some news of RhettShe rode over to Dunsany the next day Morland was delighted by her requestOf course he'd help her find the best hunters in all Ireland"Do you ever hear from your American friend, Bart?" She hoped the question sounded casual, she'd waited long enough to get it inJohn Morland could talk about horses even longer than Pa and Beatrice Tarleton"Rhett, do you mean?" Scarlett's heart turned over at the sound of his name "Yes, he's much more responsible about his correspondence than I am John gestured towards the untidy pile of letters and bills on his desk Would the man just get on with it? What about Rhett? Bart shrugged, turned his back to the desk"He's determined to enter the filly he bought from me in the Charleston racesI told him she was bred for hurdles and not for the flat, but he's sure her speed will compensate I'm afraid he's going to be disappointedIn another three or four years, perhaps he might prove right, but when you remember that her dam was out of Scarlett stopped listeningJohn Morland would talk bloodlines all the way back to the Flood! Why couldn't he tell her what she wanted to know? Was Rhett happy? Had he mentioned her? She looked at the young Baronet's animated, intense face and forgave him In his own eccentric way, he was one of the most charming men in the world John Morland's life was built around horsesHe was a conscientious landlord, interested in his estate and histenantsBut breeding and training race horses was his true passion, followed closely by fox hunting in the winter on the magnificent hunters he kept for himself Possibly they compensated for the romantic tragedy of Bart's absolute devotion to the woman who had gained possession of his heart when they were both not much more than childrenHer name was Grace Hastings She'd been married to Julian Hastings for nearly twenty y | | Saturday, January 1st, 2011 | | 8:23 pm |
rolex ladies watch,dior handbags,sale gucci... rolex ladies watch,dior handbags,sale gucci handbags,rolex oyster perpetual daytona,Chanel Necklaces@@@@@ I did not get bored watching him After maybe an hour or two, he started looking at me again, flickering glancesHis lips opened a few times, and then he thought better of whatever he was going to say I laid my chin on my knees and waited as he struggledMy patience was rewarded “That planet you were coming from before you were in Melanie,” he finally said“What was it like there? Was it like here?” The direction of his thoughts caught rolex ladies watch me off guardWith only Jamie here, it felt right to speak normally instead of whispering“No, it was very different “Will you tell me what it was like?” he asked, cocking his head to one side the way he used to when he was really interested in one of Melanie's bedtime stories I told him all about the See Weeds' waterlogged planetI told him about the two suns, the elliptical orbit, the gray waters, the unmoving permanence of roots, the dior handbags stunning vistas of a thousand eyes, the endless conversations of a million soundless voices that all could hear He listened with wide eyes and a fascinated smile “Is that the only other place?” he asked when I fell silent, trying to think of anything I'd missed “Are theSee Weeds”–he laughed once at the pun–“the only other aliens?” I laughed, tooNo more than I'm the only alien on this world So I told him about the Bats on the Singing sale gucci handbags World–how it was to live in musical blindness, how it was to flyI told him about the Mists Planet–how it felt to have thick white fur and four hearts to keep warm, how to give claw beasts a wide berth I started to tell him about the Planet of the Flowers, about the color and the light, but he interrupted me with a new question “What about the little green guys with the triangle heads and the big black eyes? The ones who crashed in Roswell rolex oyster perpetual daytona and all thatWas that you guys?” “Nope, not us “Was it all fake?” “I don't know–maybe, maybe notIt's a big universe, and there's a lot of company out there “How did you come here, then–if you weren't the little green guys, who were you? You had to have bodies to move and stuff, right?” “Right,” I agreed, surprised at his grasp of the facts at handI shouldn't have been surprised–I knew how bright he was, his mind like a thirsty Chanel Necklaces spong | | Friday, December 31st, 2010 | | 8:23 pm |
cartier love,knock off louis vuitton,tiffany... cartier love,knock off louis vuitton,tiffany heart tag,hermes replica,rolex prices@@@@@"You talk like something out of a comic book"Anyway, one thing nobody ever beat was the Army "I ain't done so bad," Polack said "You're doing bad till the day you get out of it," Minetta told himHe clapped his hand against his forehead, and sat up"The goddam mosquitoes," he saidHe rummaged underneath his pillow, a towel wrapped cartier love about a soiled shirt, and drew out a small bottle of mosquito lotionAs he rubbed it over his face and hands he grumbled"What a way for a guy to live He propped himself on an elbow and lit a cigaretteHe remembered he was not supposed to smoke at night, and for a moment debated with himself"Aaah, fug it," he said aloudUnconsciously knock off louis vuitton his hand shielded the cigarette, howeverHe turned toward Polack and said, "Boy, I don't like to live like a pig He pounded his pillow smooth"Sleeping on top of your own filthy clothes, wearing dirty clothes to sleepNobody lives like thatHe was next to the youngest of seven brothers and sisters, and until he went to an orphanage he tiffany heart tag had always slept with a blanket spread out on the floor near a coal stove in the center of the roomWhen the fire died down in the middle of the night the first child to become chilled would get up and fill the stove again"It ain't so bad wearin' dirty clothes," he told Minetta, "it keeps the bugs off ya He had washed his own hermes replica clothing since he was five years old "Ain't that a hell of a choice?" Minetta asked"Smell your own stink or get carried away by the bugs He was thinking of the clothes he used to wearHe was always known as the best dresser on the block, the first kid to pick up the new dance steps, and now he had a shirt which was two sizes too big for rolex prices h | | Thursday, December 30th, 2010 | | 8:15 pm |
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was not to be won by all that gallantry @@@@@She was not to be won by all that gallantry and wit and good-nature together could do; or, at least, she would not be won by them nearly so soon, without the assistance of sentiment and feeling, and seriousness on serious subjects “Our liturgy,” observed Crawford, “has beauties, which not even a careless, slovenly style of reading can destroy; but it has also re295 Jane Austen dundancies and repetitions which require good reading not to be feltFor myself, at least, I must confess being not always so attentive as I ought to be” (here was a glance at Fanny); “that nineteen times out of twenty I am thinking how such a prayer ought to be read, and longing to have it to read myselfDid you speak?” stepping eagerly to Fanny, and addressing her in a softened voice; and upon her saying “No,” he added, “Are you sure you did not speak? I saw your lips moveI fancied you might be going to tell me I ought to be more attentive, and not allow my thoughts to wanderAre not you going to tell me so?” “No, indeed, you know your duty too well for me to—even supposing—” She stopt, felt herself getting into a puzzle, and could not be prevailed on to add another word, not by dint of several minutes of supplication and waitingHe then returned to his former station, and went on as if there had been no such tender interruption “A sermon, well delivered, is more uncommon even than prayers well readA sermon, good in itself, is no rare thingIt is more difficult to speak well than to compose well; that is, the rules and trick of composition are oftener an object of studyA thoroughly good sermon, thoroughly well delivered, is a capital gratificationI can never hear such a one without the greatest admiration and respect, and more than half a mind to take orders and preach myselfThere is something in the eloquence of the pulpit, when it is really eloquence, which is entitled to the highest praise and honourThe preacher who can touch and affect such an heterogeneous mass of hearers, on subjects limited, and long worn threadbare in all common hands; who can say anything new or striking, anything that rouses the attention without offending the taste, or wearing out the feelings of his hearers, is a man whom one could not, in his public capacity, honour enoughI should like to be such a manI never listened to a distinguished preacher in my life without a sort of envyBut then, I must have a London audienceI could not preach but to the educated; to those who were capable of estimating my compositionAnd I do not know that I should be fond of preaching often; now and then, perhaps once or 296 Mansfield Park twice in the spring, after being anxiously expected for half a dozen Sundays together; but not for a constancy; it would not do for a constancy Here Fanny, who could not but listen, involuntarily shook her head, and Crawford was instantly by her side again, entreating to know her meaning; and as Edmund perceived, by his drawing in a chair, and sitting down close by her, that it was to be a very thorough attack, that looks and undertones were to be well tried, he sank as quietly as possible into a corner, turned his back, and took up a newspaper, very sincerely wishing that dear little Fanny might be persuaded into explaining away that shake of the head to the satisfaction of her ardent lover; and as earnestly trying to bury every sound of the business from himself in murmurs of his own, over the various advertisements of “A most desirable Estate in South Wales”; “To Parents and Guardians”; and a “Capital season’d Hunter Fanny, meanwhile, vexed with herself for not having been as motionless as she was speechless, and grieved to the heart to see Edmund’s arrangements, was trying by everything in the power of her modest, gentle nature, to repulse MrCrawford, and avoid both his looks and inquiries; and he, unrepulsable, was persisting in both “What did that shake of the head mean?” said he“What was it meant to express? Disapprobation, I fearBut of what? What had I been saying to displease you? Did you think me speaking improperly, lightly, irreverently on the subject? Only tell me if I was | | Wednesday, December 29th, 2010 | | 8:15 pm |
Tiffany Earrings,new cartier,used louis... Tiffany Earrings,new cartier,used louis vuitton,louis vuitton pink,chanel ceramic watch@@@@@All right, no reverse Paris, but we have to move fast and I’m talking to Bourne now What’s next? Where are you?” “I judge about six or seven miles from General Swayne’s house,” replied Jason, breathing deeply, the momentary anguish suppressed, the coldness returning“Did you make the call?” “Two hours ago “Am I still ‘Cobra’?” “Why not? It’s a snake “That’s what I told Armbruster “Swayne will be less so, but I sense something and I can’t really explain Tiffany Earrings it “What do you mean?” “I’m not sure, but I have an idea that he’s answerable to someone “In the Pentagon? Burton?” “I suppose so, I just don’t knowIn his partial paralysis he reacted almost as if he was an onlooker, someone involved but not in the middle of the gameHe slipped a couple of times and said things like ‘We’ll have to think about this,’ and ‘We’ll have to confer Confer with whom? It was a one-on-one conversation with my usual warning that he wasn’t to new cartier talk to anyoneHis response was a lame editorial ‘we,’ meaning that the illustrious general was conferring with himself “Neither do I,” agreed Jason“I’m going to change clothes “What?” Bourne turned partially in the plastic shell of the pay phone and glanced around the gas station He saw what he hoped for, a men’s room in the side of the building“You said that Swayne lives on a large farm west of Manassas—” “Correction,” interrupted Alex“He calls it a farm; used louis vuitton his neighbors and the tax rolls call it a twenty-eight-acre estateNot bad for a career soldier from a lower-middle-class family in Nebraska who married a hairdresser in Hawaii thirty years ago, and supposedly bought his manse ten years ago on the strength of a very sizable inheritance from an untraceable benefactor, an obscure wealthy uncle I couldn’t findThat’s what made me curiousSwayne headed up the Quartermaster Corps in Saigon and supplied MedusaWhat’s louis vuitton pink his place got to do with your changing clothes?” “I want to look aroundI’ll get there while it’s light to see what it’s like from the road, then when it’s dark I’ll pay him a surprise visit “That’ll be effective, but why the looking around?” “I like farmsThey’re so spread out and extended and I can’t imagine why a professional soldier who knows that he can be transferred anywhere in the world at a moment’s notice would saddle himself with such a large chanel ceramic watch investment | | Monday, December 27th, 2010 | | 8:20 pm |
@@@@@Dara means oak tree, the best and @@@@@Dara means oak tree, the best and strongest tree of allA girl can't be a treeShe doesn't have leavesShe was overjoyed when Cat wanted to talk, the child was so often quiet, but it wasn't always easy to talk to herShe's such an opinionated little thing, and she always can tell w you're fudging a littleThe truth, the whole truth, or she gives a look that could kill"Look, Cat, there's the towerDid I tell you the story how old it is?" "Yes Scarlett wanted to laughIt would be wrong to tell a child to lie, but sometimes a polite fib would be welcome"I like the tower," said Cat"I do too, sweetheart Scarlett wondered why she hadn't come here for so longShe'd almost forgotten how strange the old stones made her feelIt was eerie and peaceful at the same time She made a promise to herself not to let so many months slip away before her next visitThis was, after all, the real heart of Ballyhara, where it had begunThe blackthorn was already blooming in the hedges and it was still AprilWhat a season they were having! Scarlett slowed the buggy for a long sniffThere was no real need to hurry, the dresses would waitShe was driving into Trim for a package of summer clothes MrsThere were six invitations to June house parties on her deskShe wasn't sure she was ready to start partying so soon, but she was ready to see some grown-ups Cat was her heart of hearts, but Fitz was so busy running the big household that she never had time for a friendly cup of t | | Sunday, December 26th, 2010 | | 8:23 pm |
earrings chanel,gucci mens watch,gucci... earrings chanel,gucci mens watch,gucci replica,watches gucci,messenger bag prada@@@@@ My hands were stuck in somethingI pulled them free, tracing the contours of what felt like a cardboard box–a cardboard box with a sheet of thin, crackly plastic on top that my hands had fallen throughI felt around inside the box and found a layer of more crackly plastic–small rectangles that made a lot of noise when I handled themI retreated quickly, afraid of drawing attention to myself I remembered that I'd thought I'd found the top of the holeI searched to my earrings chanel left and found more stacks of cardboard squares on that sideI tried to find the top of the stack and had to stand in order to do so–it was as high as my headI searched until I found the wall, and then the hole, exactly where I'd thought it wasI tried to climb in to ascertain if it really was the same place–one second on that bowed floor and I would know it for certain–but I could not get any farther than the openingIt, too, was crammed full of boxes Stymied, I gucci men's watch explored with my hands, moving back out into the hallI found I could go no deeper down the passageway; it was entirely filled with the mysterious cardboard squares As I hunted along the floor, trying to understand, I found something different from the crowd of boxesIt was rough fabric, like burlap, a sack full of something heavy that shifted with a quiet hissing sound when I nudged itI kneaded the sack with my hands, less alarmed by the low hiss than by the plastic gucci replica crackle–it seemed unlikely that this sound would alert anyone to my presence Suddenly, it all came clearIt was the smell that did itAs I played with the sand-like material inside the bag, I got an unexpected whiff of a familiar scentIt took me back to my bare kitchen in San Diego, to the low cupboard on the left side of the sinkIn my head I could see so clearly the bag of uncooked rice, the plastic measuring cup I used to dole it out, the rows of canned food watches gucci behind it… Once I realized that I was touching a bag of rice, I understoodIwas in the right place after all Hadn't Jeb said they used this place for storage? And hadn't Jared just returned from a long raid? Now everything the raiders had stolen in the weeks they'd been gone was dumped in this out-of-the-way place until it could be used Many thoughts ran through my head at once First, I realized that I was surrounded by foodNot just rough bread and weak onion messenger bag prada soup, but | | Saturday, December 25th, 2010 | | 8:23 pm |
@@@@@"The only trouble is, one thing remains with @@@@@"The only trouble is, one thing remains with youSomewhere you picked it up so hard that you can't shake the idea 'liberal' means good and 'reactionary' means evilThat's your frame of reference, two wordsThat's why you don't know a damn thing Hearn scuffled his feet"Suppose I sit down?" "Certainly The General looked at him and then murmured in a completely toneless voice, "You're not annoyed, are you, Robert?" "No, not any more With a belated insight he understood suddenly that the General had been riding a great many emotions when he ordered him to stand upIt was so difficult ever to be certain what went on in the General's headThrough their whole conversation Hearn had been on the defensive, weighing his speech, talking with no freedom at allAnd abruptly he realized that this had been true for the General also "You've got a great future as a reactionary," the General said"The trouble is we've never had any thinkers on my sideI'm a phenomenon and I get lonely at times There was always that indefinable tension between them, Hearn thoughtTheir speech was forced to the surface through a thick resistant medium like oil "You're a fool if you don't realize this is going to be the reactionary's century, perhaps their thousand-year reignIt's the one thing Hitler said which wasn't completely hysterical Outside the partially opened flap of the tent, the bivouac sprawled out before them, rank and cluttered, the raw cleared earth glinting in the early afternoon sunIt was almost deserted now, the enlisted men out on labor details The General had created that tension but he was involved in it tooHe held on to Hearn for whatfor what reason? Hearn didn't knowAnd he couldn't escape the peculiar magnetism of the General, a magnetism derived from all the connotations of the General's powerHe had known men who thought like the General; he had even known one or two who were far more profou | | Friday, December 24th, 2010 | | 8:15 pm |
chanel ceramic watch,cheap chanel purses ,Gucci... chanel ceramic watch,cheap chanel purses ,Gucci Indy Bag,louis vuitton multicolore,tiffanys jewelry@@@@@With a friendly shake of his son’s hand, and an eager voice, he instantly began—”Ha! welcome back, my boyHave you heard the news? The Thrush went out of harbour this morningSharp is the word, you see! By G—, you are just in time! The doctor has been here inquiring for you: he has got one of the boats, and is to be off for Spithead by six, so you had better go with himI have been to Turner’s about your mess; it is all in a way to be doneI should not wonder if you had your orders to-morrow: but you cannot sail with this wind, if you are to cruise to the westward; and Captain Walsh thinks you will certainly have a cruise to the westward, with the ElephantBy G—, I wish you may! But old Scholey was saying, just now, that he thought chanel ceramic watch you would be sent first to the TexelWell, well, we are ready, whatever happensBut by G—, you lost a fine sight by not being here in the morning to see the Thrush go out of harbour! I would not have been out of the way for a thousand poundsOld Scholey ran in at breakfast-time, to say she had slipped her moorings and was coming out, I jumped up, and made but two steps to the platformIf ever there was a perfect beauty afloat, she is one; and there she lays at Spithead, and anybody in England would take her for an eight-and-twentyI was upon the platform two hours this afternoon looking at herShe lays close 331 Jane Austen to the Endymion, between her and the Cleopatra, just to the eastward of the sheer hulk “Ha!” cried William, cheap chanel purses “that’s just where I should have put her myself It’s the best berth at SpitheadBut here is my sister, sir; here is Fanny,” turning and leading her forward; “it is so dark you do not see her With an acknowledgment that he had quite forgot her, MrPrice now received his daughter; and having given her a cordial hug, and observed that she was grown into a woman, and he supposed would be wanting a husband soon, seemed very much inclined to forget her againFanny shrunk back to her seat, with feelings sadly pained by his language and his smell of spirits; and he talked on only to his son, and only of the Thrush, though William, warmly interested as he was in that subject, more than once tried to make his father think of Fanny, and her Gucci Indy Bag long absence and long journey After sitting some time longer, a candle was obtained; but as there was still no appearance of tea, nor, from Betsey’s reports from the kitchen, much hope of any under a considerable period, William determined to go and change his dress, and make the necessary preparations for his removal on board directly, that he might have his tea in comfort afterwards As he left the room, two rosy-faced boys, ragged and dirty, about eight and nine years old, rushed into it just released from school, and coming eagerly to see their sister, and tell that the Thrush was gone out of harbour; Tom and CharlesCharles had been born since Fanny’s going away, but Tom she had often helped to nurse, and now felt a louis vuitton multicolore particular pleasure in seeing againBoth were kissed very tenderly, but Tom she wanted to keep by her, to try to trace the features of the baby she had loved, and talked to, of his infant preference of herselfTom, however, had no mind for such treatment: he came home not to stand and be talked to, but to run about and make a noise; and both boys had soon burst from her, and slammed the parlour-door till her temples ached She had now seen all that were at home; there remained only two brothers between herself and Susan, one of whom was a clerk in a public office in London, and the other midshipman on board an IndiamanBut though she had seen all the members of the family, 332 Mansfield Park she had not yet heard all the noise they could tiffany's jewelry ma | | Thursday, December 23rd, 2010 | | 8:15 pm |
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"I still want to hear you promise, @@@@@ "I still want to hear you promise, Dad 92 For one terrible and surpassingly eerie moment I saw Ilse at eleven, Ilse dressed in a Girl Scout's uniform and looking at me with Monica Goldstein's shocked eyesBefore I could stop the words, I heard myself saying, "Promise"Never heard that one before "There's a lot about me you don't know I put the phone gently back into its cradle and stared at it for a long time vii Instead of showering, I walked down the beach to the waterI quickly discovered my crutch was no help on the sand - was, in fact, a hindrance - but once I was around the corner of the house, the water's edge was less than two dozen steps away That was easy if I went slowThe surge was mild, the incoming wavelets only inches highIt was hard to imagine this water whipped into a 93 destructive hurricane frenzy Later, Wireman would tell me God always punishes us for what we can't imagine That was one of his better ones I turned to go back to the house, then paused There was just enough light to see a deep carpet of shells - a drift of shells - under the jutting Florida roomAt high tide, I realized, the front half of my new house would be almost like the foredeck of a shipI remembered Jack saying I'd get plenty of warning if the Gulf of Mexico decided to eat the place, that I'd hear it groaningHe was probably rightbut then, I was also supposed to get plenty of warning on a job site when a heavy piece of equipment was backing up I limped back to where my crutch leaned against the side of the house and took the short plank walk around to the doorI thought about the shower and took a bath instead, going in and coming out in the careful sidesaddle way Kathi Green had shown me in my other life, both of us dressed in bathing suits, me with my right leg looking like a badly butchered cut of meatNow 94 the butchery was in the past; my body was doing its miracle workThe scars would last a lifetime, but even they were fading Dried off and with my teeth brushed, I crutched into the master bedroom and surveyed the king, now divested of decorative pillows"Houston," I said, "we have | | Sunday, December 19th, 2010 | | 8:25 pm |
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