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E is definitely the biggest ERROR my mother has ever made--worse than the time she designed a litter-box-cleaning robot that flung clumps of kitty poop all over the house.
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Then you're a big loser, you don't get to finish the game, and the rest of the year will be about as much fun as a case of never-ending diarrhea,
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Each person here, except me, was living out his worst nightmare, facing his biggest fear--even the dog. It was under a counter, staring horror-stricken at a bowl of generic dog food. I
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No, what's the best way to catch a fish?" Angel asked again. Oh. "I don't know?" I said warily. "Have someone throw it to you!" Angel laughed, I groaned, and, next to me, Total chuckled."
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quickly fading--going
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that palpable odor pumped out through the
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I had made a friend. My second one in fourteen years. I was on a roll.
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A BURGER AND FRIES FIXES EVERYTHING
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We Stink was going to sink like the Titanic.
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Why did she do this to me?" I mumble. "Actually, Samuel, from my preliminary scans of your internal organs, it does not appear that our mother has done anything to you. Were you in need of repair as well? If so, I am certain she will--"
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Boy, you just can't kill people like you used to," said Fang."
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Why is this happening? Who knows, really? Life and existence can never be fully understood. Stars are born only to explode. Creatures hunt other creatures, and then they die. The universe is a chaos of irrational forces wrestling with one another in a war without end. The human race is on the receiving end now.
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He was already a sociopath, and he was just out of kinder-garten. I didn't think much of it at the time. It was the family way.
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learn to think smart, stay one step ahead of the game instead of having the game bite us in the ass." Or"
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The next day I picked up my electric guitar and amp at a tag sale. Grandma Dotty loves tag sales, and somehow she managed to bargain with the guy who was selling them, until we paid just three dollars
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I dumped half a cup of green tea into the sink. To hell with my chakras. I needed coffee.
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we've got all these
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I knew that she was a psychopath, just like Gary. No conscience. I believed that business, the government, Wall Street were filled with people like that. No regret for their actions. Not unless they got caught. Then the crocodile tears started. "What"
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Toxic pheromone pollution. How can we combat that?" Charles Groh and I looked at each other. This was it. We'd finally arrived at the hard part. What had to be done. "The first step," I said, "would be removing the factors that are causing the environmental disturbance." "Remove petroleum products?" said the president. "And cell phones?" said the secretary of state. I nodded at both of them, then looked out at the faces around the table and..
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YOU COULD LOCK the Gasman in a padded cell with some dental floss and a bowl of Jell-O, and he'd find a way to make something explode.
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aunt Bela would be most pleased." "Wait a second," I said. "You know Bela Kilgore?" The man in the fez smiled. "Oh, yes, Kidd"
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However, using insidious and irresistible mind-control techniques such as offering us Mountain Dew and a ton of nachos, the naval bigwigs had managed to corral us in this room for a debriefing.
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I mentally reviewed possible responses: 1) Sardonic laughter (always good) 2) Rolled eyes and snort of disbelief 3) Sarcastic "You have got to be kidding me." Any"
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Delusional. Like Donald Trump with a comb.
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You're a Capricorn to the core. Organized, loves structure, not driven by impulse, a master of restraint.
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It's always, always, always about the flock. I don't know how to do it any other way.
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A flow of heroically suppressed swear words ran through my brain.
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No one ever leaves alive The house at 7 Ocean Drive
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bleachers at a Little League
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I wanted an endless summer with you. But then darkness always comes doesn't it? Just a fact of life, i guess
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WARNING If you dare to read this story, you become part of the Experiment. I know that sounds a little mysterious - but it's all I can say right now.
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Mostly I just suck up what life throws my way, stomp on it, and then keep going. I don't dwell much on what I am or how I got this way. It just is. I just am. I'm Max, and whatever form I take, it's good enough for me.
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Congratulations. The fact that you're reading this means you've taken one giant step closer to surviving till your next birthday. Yes, you, standing there leafing through these pages. Do not put this book down. I'm dead serious--your life could depend on it.
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Disney World. You've probably been. I'm assuming that most of America has been there, because you all seemed to be there the day that we went. All of you at the same time.
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I guess when you're a drama teacher, you're used to memorizing long speeches.
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Be a first-rate version of yourself and not a second-rate version of someone else.
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Stevie Kosgrov is my very own somewhat demented Dudley Dursley--if Dudley had muscles and serious BO issues and knew how to jam people's heads down toilets to give them a swirly. Yes,
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Chapter 16 ME AND MY CRAZY FRIENDS Yes, the other Smileys finally came home and, yes, my body finally thawed out. (Now
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physically impossible for pigs to look up at the sky, so they'll never know when one of their pals is flying.
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Remember that country singer on American Songster, the girl whose father only let her order ketchup, mustard, and relish at McDonald's because ketchup, mustard, and relish are free and you can mix them in a cup of hot water to make McSoup?
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tee-hee
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Okay, smartyboots, how about if you're flying at eighteen thousand feet at, say, a hundred and forty miles an hour," I said. "You're facing a southwest wind of about seven knots. How long would it take you to fly from Philadelphia to Billings, Montana?" Omega frowned as he started to work the math. "Are you saying you know how to make that calculation?" the Director asked. "I'm saying I'm smart enough to know that I'll get there when I get ..
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