“If I jump now I’ll kill myself,” thought Stuart. So he ducked back into the can and waited. The men threw the can with a loud bump into the truck, where another man grabbed it, turned it upside down, and shook everything out. Stuart landed on his head, buried two feet deep ...
“Yes; but please don’t make me, I can’t bear it,” cried Nat, backing up against the door with both hands behind him, and a face full of distress. “Why don’t he up and take it like a man? I would,” thought Tommy, though his heart beat fast at the sight. “I shal...
All the lovely boys building bodies to bodacious on the beach, sand sticking to evvvvvery sinewed limb, pump pump bump Now we can smell the coffee smell the bacon smell half the customers too, or at least their smoke The clatter of breakfast – and always smiling Ruby (“somebody hit th...
Frank, sitting just behind the little girls, heard what they were saying, and pushed his crutch away from him with an impatient gesture as he watched the active lads going through all sorts of comical gymnastics. Beth, who was collecting the scattered Author cards, looked up and said, in ...
behind on dry days a trail of black crow feathers and tiny brown acorns. So now we don our cozy jackets and set out to enjoy long walks here in our urban forest and on the busy seawall, the echo of tree frogs and the rough call of the raven never too far away just like those ...
Another set of measurements show a similar result [link]. I believe this mode refers to this cap configuration [link]. The results are pretty similar to the adding of capacitance to the stock buffer’s output capacitor. Notice the “bump”. ...
At this point I realise that it might sound almost crowded but the reality is that you had to work hard to bump into people when out and about but when you did it was a pleasure as it transpired our clan for the week were were all kindred spirits, fresh and enthusiast islanders … ...
Fast-talking auteurQuentin Tarantinoopened his panel at Comic-Con’s Hall H with a behind-the-scenes look at his upcoming Western,The Hateful Eight. Introduced bySamuel L. Jackson, who sent his regrets for not making it to the Con this year, the featurette took us into Tarantino’s mindset...
They hide behind Fluttershy, who stares at the cockatrice and demands it to restore Twilight and her missing chicken back to normal, even as she herself slowly turns to stone. The cockatrice finally relents and Fluttershy's stone shell shatters. Twilight and the chicken both return to normal,...
On days like this, regular errands around town have become my water-cooler moments. Where I use to chat with fellow employees at lunch in the cafeteria or bump into friends between very important meetings, the camaraderie of stay-home parenting has to be outsourced. I often muse that being ...