@nprofile1q... the character himself says it's just something he likes to say before he kills someone. Then when all the bullets miss them, he tries "real hard" to the shepard. I don't think secdef wants to try at all.
@nprofile1q... driving in death valley with a friend in on a rocky surface usually called 'washboard'. Neither of us is talking because there's a lot of noise coming into the car from the road, buttuh-buttuh-buttuh. Then she breaks the silence and says, "This road make my thighs feel fat"
@nprofile1q... two authors about which I've heard great things and stopped after about 50 pages of each. Similar reasons: Banks- just seemed like the world was too big with too many nooks and crannies Newitz - too far in the future. When the tech and semiotics seem way out there, I check out.