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Entries from August 2006

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August 30th, 2006 · 2 Comments

“Jesus loves you, yes he does, brothers and sisters.”
Oily and insincere, Owen Cudworth flashed a $20,000 smile directly to camera.
“Call now and claim your piece of miracle burial cloth. Operators are standing by.”
Jump cut to testimony #3.
“Pastor, this lady was on welfare. She has 6 kids and couldn’t feed ‘em. Then she sent for the [...]

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Tags: Stories · short fiction

A lesson too far.

August 29th, 2006 · 6 Comments

“So you see that under Directive 96/9/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 11 March 1996 on the legal protection of databases, sui generis rights are to be protected vis-a-vis electronic databases. A 2,500 word article, please, by tomorrow, outlining the importance of this development with reference to the changing nature of the [...]

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Tags: Stories · my thoughts · short fiction

A Brave New World

August 28th, 2006 · 12 Comments

with apologies to Huxley for stealing his title.
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“AEGIS.”
“That’s the name of our new organisation, gentlemen.”
“What the hell does it stand for?”
West was always first with the aggressive question.
“Major West, AEGIS stands for American Electronic General Internet Surveillance. So you could say we’ll be working under the Aegis of the United States.”
The weak pun was lost [...]

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Tags: Stories · my thoughts · sci-fi · short fiction