silver lines
zipping power
along a gradient blue sky
five red dots
two red arrows
halts traffic across Sahara
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the inn is burning
the page is gone
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The asphalt canyon was bounded by a green edged 7 ELEVEN sign to the east and a red WELLS FARGO sign to the east.
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In negotiations, an impasse may be circumvented via expanding the field of deliberation, or just demand more.
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I lost a life every time he hit me; he gained a life every time he swatted one away.
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The conversation became unnecessarily lively around the cherry stained lunch table.
Just a momenthe tried to interrupt her
I told him to waitOK you can talk now
he started crying
“I don’t want you to talk when daddy is done talking!”You can’t say that!
between gasps
he tried to tickle her
You really can’t do that!
wept some more and stopped
“I want you to talk!”
What do you want me to say?
䷰pot
fire
boil
big
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He started a cookie shop on the faux marble coffee table with chips that Grandma won twenty-five years ago at a test launch for the casino’s grand opening.
Dollar Cookie (DEALER chip)
Veggie Cookie (green chip)
Red Flag Cookie (Abe Lincoln Chip)Original Cookie (red chip with gold filigree)
Red Bean Cookie (red chip)
Money Cookie (light blue chip)Popcorn Cookie (white chip)
Water Cookie (blue chip)
Flag Cookie (FDR Chip)Snow Flake Cookie (purple and cyan chip)
Rock Chip (Harry Truman Chip)
Lock Chip (black chip)䷧
south west / lucky storms
doing nothing / head home
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The boy would do well in Ronchamp; his lunch lasted three hours.
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A sapphire vessel plied the turquoise skies, bisecting an enormous gossamer bird of paradise.
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“I only like to speak English now.”
he found an apple on the dining table.
Daddy, you picked a big apple!妈妈! 爸爸 picked 了一个很大的苹果!
(Mama! Daddy picked a big apple!)(Actually, Mama picked it)
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妈妈! 我要跟一个人玩. 但是不是你和爸爸!
(Mama! I want to play with one person. But not you or Daddy!)你要跟姐姐玩,就好好问她.
(If you want to play with your sister, just ask her nicely.)~
弟弟,给爸爸抱抱!
(Come hug Daddy!)NEVER!
big grin.䷺䷅
disperse
foam
coalesce
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Search for the monster who fears the moon.
they turn off the lights
tell me to jump out with clawsRAWR!
they emerge from their fort
clang sticks against metal lidsRAWR!
they scream, giggle, race back to safety
sneak out with a flashlightRAWR!
they tell me that I’m scared of the light
I shrink away in fearrawr?
the moon monster
waits in a dark bathroom䷫䷱
wrap a melon
willow leaves
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Wreck-It Ralph, Rich Moore, 2012 & Ralph Breaks the Internet, Johnston & Moore, 2018
She spent half an hour going through the Disney catalog.
She was intrigued by the princesses in the sequel.We started with this one.
We watched it a few years ago but forgot the story.
The bugs are scary.
The 8-bit breaks up the monotony of CGI.A thrill a minute.
A simple fable with the usual Disney lessons.Why isn’t it better known?
Why isn’t it lauded as a modern classic?Great fun for the kids,
Great love letter to the parents’ childhoods.Is it the lack of princesses?
Is it missing a surreal song and dance routine?
Ralph Breaks the Internet:
The internet is a big place, so it makes sense that the movie felt less focused than the first one.
Still, it was a fun time with the kids.
The cameos of the Disney Princesses were great, but they also need that little extra to keep interest in the story.
The boy is always taciturn at the end of a movie, but this time he announced
“姐姐 (Sister) I hate the gigantic Wreck-it-Ralph!”Most importantly, I’m happy to report they had a song and dance routine this time.
Plus the Eeyore cameo might convince the kids to watch Winnie the Pooh!