In bed, seeking calm
Tossing and turning
trying to block out the sound of traffic
Head on pillow but
mind at 100 miles an hour
racing through the list of forgotten calls and misplaced keys
Sometime after one,
her thoughts move to a low hum
search engine shifts to idle
Asleep beneath the watchful eyes of pilot lights
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A non-literal Discordian perspective on the logic of cause and effect, emphasizing absurdity and paradox over indisputable fact.
"I mean, it’s Newton, right? What could go wrong? Plenty."
-- fool4luv
This law states: If something does not happen then the exact opposite will happen, only in exactly the opposite manner from that in which it did not happen. Or
…In pre WW-II Britain and across the Commonwealth, ads for “Bennett College, in Sheffield” were a mainstay of the back pages of magazines, and sounded a clarion call among the ads for trusses, cures for bad breath, baldness and hæmorrhoids.
Men, aged 16-45! You need help!
The headline was styled after
…May 1: May day.
May 3: Happy birthday ImConfused!
May 4: May the Fourth be with you!
May 8: Happy birthday E2D2!
May 10: Happy birthday BIII!
May 12: Mother's day in the USA.
May 27: Memorial Day in the USA.
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April 1: The E2 Dadaism Quest starts today! Please show off your Dadaist chops with lots of fig inverted urinal.
April 1: The 2024 LieQuest has been cancelled.
April 12: Yuri's Night
April 22: Happy Earth Day, fellow earthlings!
April 23: Saint George's Day.
April 24: Happy birthday, Rancid_Pickle!
April 30: Walpurgis Night.
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March 14th: Pi day.
March 10th: Daylight saving time celebrated by many.
March 19th: The first equinox of the year.
March 31st: Happy birthday mad girl's love song!
Get ready for LieQuest 2024, starting on April 10th!
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February 2: Happy birthday Auspice!
February 2: Happy birthday npecom!
February 5: Happy birthday wertperch!
February 8: Happy birthday to panamaus
February 15: Happy birthday Admin to the goo!
February 15: Terse Quest 2024 begins!
February 23: Happy birthday Samuel Pepys!
February 29: Happy birthday Browncoat!
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January 1: Gregorian New Year.
January 16: National Nothing Day.
January 24: Happy Birthday Silverai_me!
January 26: Happy Birthday Segnbora-t!
January 30: Happy Birthday O-Swirl!
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