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Rick is starving for human warmth and comfort from his wife who is now seemingly encased in ice. Does Naomi blame him for their daughter’s death? Even though he is completely innocent, he feels guilty. *He needs intimacy with his wife and with this out of the question, he turns first to pornography.*
Then when his office manager Lillian, the divorced mother of a young boy, initiates a sexual encounter Rick is ripe and ready for an affair. Rick's sexual fantasies leap out at the reader as glaringly vulgar because they do not fit with the tone of the book. Thank goodness there were only a couple places they appeared early on, then the author dropped that line.
Then when his office manager Lillian, the divorced mother of a young boy, initiates a sexual encounter Rick is ripe and ready for an affair. Rick's sexual fantasies leap out at the reader as glaringly vulgar because they do not fit with the tone of the book. Thank goodness there were only a couple places they appeared early on, then the author dropped that line.
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Minor transcendant Ramen abilities:
- The Cords and Manethralls can move through high grass without disturbing it, without leaving a trail, and without making any noise.
- The Cords and Manethralls can hide in any sort of terrain. They can hide so well even the Haruchai cannot see them (and that's saying something.)
- The Cords and Manethralls can attack by surprise, catching even the Haruchai off guard (again, that's saying something.)
- The Cords and Manethralls can unerringly find their way back to the surface from underground.
- The Cords and Manethralls can nurse injured horses back to health with superhuman speed.
- The Cords and Manethralls are the best trackers in the Land, exceeding even the Haruchai.
Major transcendant Ramen abilities:
- The Cords and Manethralls have superhuman reflexes, agility, and fighting prowess. They are the finest acrobats in the Land (they put the finest acrobats in the Real World to shame.) This has been proven again and again. They are not the match of the Haruchai in one on one combat: if the Haruchai are the martial artists, the Ramen are the assassins.
- The Cords and Manethralls can move through any terrain, in a combat situation, without being seen, heard, or smelled, even by the Haruchai, much less their foes (typically, the Kresh.)
- The Cords can move at preternatural speed when they decide to. The Manethralls can move at the speed of a galloping Raynhim for at least several minutes (that's over 40 miles per hour, I'm guessing. The current world record on the 50 yard dash is 21 miles per hour.)
- The Cords and Manethralls both have preternatural toughness and endurance that cannot be explained by the hard lives they live.
- The Cords and Manethralls can move through high grass without disturbing it, without leaving a trail, and without making any noise.
- The Cords and Manethralls can hide in any sort of terrain. They can hide so well even the Haruchai cannot see them (and that's saying something.)
- The Cords and Manethralls can attack by surprise, catching even the Haruchai off guard (again, that's saying something.)
- The Cords and Manethralls can unerringly find their way back to the surface from underground.
- The Cords and Manethralls can nurse injured horses back to health with superhuman speed.
- The Cords and Manethralls are the best trackers in the Land, exceeding even the Haruchai.
Major transcendant Ramen abilities:
- The Cords and Manethralls have superhuman reflexes, agility, and fighting prowess. They are the finest acrobats in the Land (they put the finest acrobats in the Real World to shame.) This has been proven again and again. They are not the match of the Haruchai in one on one combat: if the Haruchai are the martial artists, the Ramen are the assassins.
- The Cords and Manethralls can move through any terrain, in a combat situation, without being seen, heard, or smelled, even by the Haruchai, much less their foes (typically, the Kresh.)
- The Cords can move at preternatural speed when they decide to. The Manethralls can move at the speed of a galloping Raynhim for at least several minutes (that's over 40 miles per hour, I'm guessing. The current world record on the 50 yard dash is 21 miles per hour.)
- The Cords and Manethralls both have preternatural toughness and endurance that cannot be explained by the hard lives they live.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want
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--Abraham Lincoln
Excerpt from Animal Songs Never Written
"Hey, dad," croaked the vulture, "what are you eating?"
"Carrion, my wayward son."
"Will there be pieces when you are done?"
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Catastrophic Orifice Metering Mechanics Outlining Defective Emissions

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want
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--Abraham Lincoln
Excerpt from Animal Songs Never Written
"Hey, dad," croaked the vulture, "what are you eating?"
"Carrion, my wayward son."
"Will there be pieces when you are done?"
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"We probably could have saved ourselves, but we were too damned lazy to try very hard... and too damn cheap." - Kurt Vonnegut
"Now if you remember all great paintings have an element of tragedy to them. Uh, for instance if you remember from last week, the unicorn was stuck on the aircraft carrier and couldn't get off. That was very sad. " - Kids in the Hall
"Now if you remember all great paintings have an element of tragedy to them. Uh, for instance if you remember from last week, the unicorn was stuck on the aircraft carrier and couldn't get off. That was very sad. " - Kids in the Hall
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PAPERBACK FICTION
Top 5 at a Glance
1. NIGHTTIME IS MY TIME, by Mary Higgins Clark
2. THE KITE RUNNER, by Khaled Hosseini
3. BLIND ALLEY, by Iris Johansen
4. R IS FOR RICOCHET, by Sue Grafton
5. THERAPY, by Jonathan Kellerman
PAPERBACK FICTION
Top 5 at a Glance
1. NIGHTTIME IS MY TIME, by Mary Higgins Clark
2. THE KITE RUNNER, by Khaled Hosseini
3. BLIND ALLEY, by Iris Johansen
4. R IS FOR RICOCHET, by Sue Grafton
5. THERAPY, by Jonathan Kellerman
"The universe is made of stories, not atoms." -- Roger Penrose
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Characters from 'The Wizard of Oz'
1. Dorothy
2. Tin man
3. Toto
4. The leader of the Lollypop Guild
5. That scarecrow guy
6. The Wizard
7. The guy behind the curtain impersonating a wizard
8. Flying monkey #1
9. DandeLion
10. Auntie Em
11) Glinda
1. Dorothy
2. Tin man
3. Toto
4. The leader of the Lollypop Guild
5. That scarecrow guy
6. The Wizard
7. The guy behind the curtain impersonating a wizard
8. Flying monkey #1
9. DandeLion
10. Auntie Em
11) Glinda

Empress Cho hammers the KABC of Evil.
"If Ignorance is Bliss, Ann Coulter must be the happiest woman in the universe!"
Take that, you Varlet!

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