In honour of my recently destroyed and soon to be re-imagined shoulder rotator cuff, this month’s challenge will be a Pull- Up Challenge. Head on over to Roc’s Challenges in order to post some comments, or comment below.
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Your Song
It used to be our tribal way where the birth date of a child was counted not from when they were born, nor from when they were conceived but from the day that the child was a thought in the mother’s mind. And when a woman decided that she would have a child, she would go off and sit under a tree, by herself, and she would listen until she could hear the song of the child that wanted to come. And after she’d heard the song of this child, she would come back to the man who would be the child’s father, and teach it to him. And then, when they made love to physically conceive the child, some of that time they would sing the song of the child, as a way to invite it. Continue reading
Roc’s Rule #545
Obesity doesn’t run in your family. Nobody runs in your family.
Torn
I kick the third attacker in the stomach again. This time I catch him in the solar plexus. I can see his eyes roll into his head as the wind is knocked from him. He’ll be down for the count.
I still can’t shake free from the vice-like grip the first attacker has my arm in. He has his entire body weight behind the shoulder lock, and I can feel it tearing at the joint. I am distracted by the foot long knife blade whipping towards me by the second attacker to be able to disengage. Continue reading
Roc’s Rule #544
Lifting weights makes women huge? Try again … chocolate cake makes women huge.
Roc’s Rule #543
It’s not how crazy you are, but how much you enjoy it that makes you dangerous.
Utopian Dream
The Utopia System, was, in any measurable sense, completely unremarkable. Its star was a blue dwarf, just like most others in this sector, and none it’s eight planets supported a significant atmosphere, let alone sentient life. There were no asteroid clusters, comets, nebulae, or any other remotely interesting stellar phenomena nearby; there wasn’t even anything worth mining in the minimal ice belts. In short, there was absolutely no reason for any living creature to ever come here. Continue reading
Roc’s Rule #542
Unless you tripped and smacked your face on the treadmill, nobody wants to hear about your workout.
Roc’s Rule #541
Real men don’t wear pink. They eat it.
Roc’s Rule #540
It’s not about how bad you want it, it’s about how hard you’re willing to work for it.



