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    I bite my thumb at you. Can anyone guess the movie of the following quote?

    Why shouldn't I work for the N.S.A.? That's a tough one, but I'll take a shot. Say I'm working at N.S.A. Somebody puts a code on my desk: something nobody else can break. Maybe I take a shot at it and maybe I break it. And I'm real happy with myself, 'cause I did my job well. But maybe that code was the location of some rebel army in North Africa or the Middle East. Once they have that location, they bomb the village where the rebels were hiding and fifteen hundred people I never met--never had no problem with--get killed. Now the politicians are sayin', "Oh, send in the Marines to secure the area" 'cause they don't give a shit. It won't be their kid over there, gettin' shot. Just like it wasn't them when their number got called, 'cause they were pullin' a tour in the National Guard. It'll be some kid from Southie takin' shrapnel in the ass. And he comes back to find that the plant he used to work at got exported to the country he just got back from. And the guy who put the shrapnel in his ass got his old job, 'cause he'll work for fifteen cents a day and no bathroom breaks. Meanwhile, he realizes the only reason he was over there in the first place was so we could install a government that would sell us oil at a good price. And, of course, the oil companies used the skirmish over there to scare up domestic oil prices. A cute little ancillary benefit for them, but it ain't helping my buddy at two-fifty a gallon. And they're takin' their sweet time bringin' the oil back, of course, and maybe even took the liberty of hiring an alcoholic skipper who likes to drink martinis and fuckin' play slalom with the icebergs, and it ain't too long 'til he hits one, spills the oil and kills all the sea life in the North Atlantic. So now my buddy's out of work and he can't afford to drive, so he's got to walk to the fuckin' job interviews, which sucks 'cause the shrapnel in his ass is givin' him chronic hemorrhoids. And meanwhile he's starvin', 'cause every time he tries to get a bite to eat, the only blue plate special they're servin' is North Atlantic scrod with Quaker State. So what did I think? I'm holdin' out for somethin' better. I figure fuck it, while I'm at it why not just shoot my buddy, take his job, give it to his sworn enemy, hike up gas prices, bomb a village, club a baby seal, hit the hash pipe and join the National Guard? I could be elected president.

    http://fazeaghost.blogspot.com/

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    This week on Lifestyles of the Super-Powered: Superman eats toaster strudel. Tune in next week when the Flash looks for his TV remote then spends 99% of the episode watching TV.

    http://fazeaghost.blogspot.com/

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    Back in high school, when I was a little guy with a lotta hair.

    New Chapter! TK gets emotional over a bird and we meet his sister.

    “What are you digging for worms for, little brother?”

    “I’m hungry.” I stuck my fingers in the dog’s mouth and yanked her gums into a smile. She snapped at me then pawed my lap, then my shoulders, then stood up and hugged me and kissed my face. Her breath stunk of poo.

    http://fazeaghost.blogspot.com/2012/05/ch-34-digging-for-nothing.html

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    @ginosanchez Insisted I break copyright laws.

    now @galadrielspitcher post yours!

    http://fazeaghost.blogspot.com/

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    I'm in the kitchen! Cooking up a burger.

    Can anyone hoolahoop? It's hard!

    http://fazeaghost.blogspot.com/

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    Boxing! My hand wraps make me feel tough.

    I'm so quick my whole body is blurry and so are the exercise machines in back that aren't even moving! Man, I'm fast.

    http://fazeaghost.blogspot.com/

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    I'm a bird! with a bird's nest on his head.

    Yesterday, I got some serious writing done. It was a parable to open the novel Ben Dau: Monster. The implications are terrific.

    But you guys don't get to read that for another two or three years, whenever it's published. So read this until then! This week's chapter will introduce a new-ish character :)
    http://fazeaghost.blogspot.com/

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    First rebooth. I was going to use a stolen picture from my graduation pictures, but I figure that's wrong....

    Tomorrow (or rather after I wake up) I start (again) Ben Dau: Monster, the sequel to my first novel Ben Dau: Marked. I have the opening scene of chapter 1 written, and tomorrow I'll get the prologue fleshed out and Tuesday I'll get scene 2 of Ch. 1 on the page.

    Mondays and Tuesdays, I'll devote to Ben Dau. Thursdays and Fridays are for Nothing Fazes a Ghost. Wednesday might be a rest day, edit day, brainstorm day, or this mysterious new novel I've been trying to write.

    Be sure to catch up on Nothing Fazes a Ghost before it gets too far into the new arc! TGG's got an important role to play in upcoming chapters.
    http://fazeaghost.blogspot.com/

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    The egg glows. I know what you're thinking, "Surely you can't be serious."

    Yeah, I'm watching Airplane!

    Want to read about a ghost?! Here's a little story for you. By little, I mean nearly 40,000 words. And most are terrific words.
    http://fazeaghost.blogspot.com/

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    Kashi Go Lean! 13g of Protein, lots of Fiber and only 1g of fat. It doesn't smell so great though

    New chapter of NFG posted earlier. It's a little explanation of how TK's going to exorcise ghosts! I have the next arc fairly well planned.
    http://fazeaghost.blogspot.com/

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    1 week 1 day ago

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I'm want to be great someday.

Projects:
Nothing Fazes a Ghost: Blog-story updated every Friday

Editing NFG into a novella

A query for Ben Dau: Marked got a positive response

Ben Dau: Monster (tentative title) is started

Poetry chapbook to be published on April 27.

Neligan Prize submissions -- I'll hear back in July.

Calliope Prize recipient and two-time Short Fiction contest winner

Planning a new novel, not in the Ben Dau series.

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