“Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee” said by the famous heavyweight boxer and global icon, Muhammad Ali, before his contest with Sonny Liston in 1964. Watching him box was a treat, as he danced and joked with opponents. He was always shouting he was the “greatest” and he was. Ali suffered from Parkinson’s disease and died at the age of 74 from septic shock. He was born Cassius Clay, but in 1964 he converted to Islam and changed his name. He was a humanitarian, inspiring people to stand up for their beliefs, but called a draft dodger when he refused to fight during the war in Vietnam.
After Joe finished grasping the packages, he scanned them all so not to lose anything. He fit them into the van as usual, and put on his seatbelt ready to drive. Still sweating from the August heat, he had a hunch he’d better be quick delivering because a couple of the boxes said perishable. People knew better than to expect regular vans to be refrigerated, but that’s life, Joe thought, they never read the fine print.
Joe smiled to himself, hoping this day would be fast. Then he heard it, a slight noise, like little chains were rattling around in one of the parcels. He pulled over thinking surely no one would box up an animal, like a puppy or kitten! Joe loved kittens. He decided to investigate the sounds and decided on one box that was moving slightly. Joe was freaked out, what if it was a snake? Joe hated snakes, one of his worst fears!
Then a flap of the cardboard moved and out streamed a colony of mice, running fast. Joe fell back as the tiny creatures flowed out of the tiny opening. He shoved the box with the only weapon he could think of, the first aid kit hanging on the truck wall. Joe was not about to touch the box with his hands. He grabbed the metal box and used it to move the creepy package out the back of the truck.
The package lay on the side of the street and then to Joe’s amazement, an extremely long striped snake came out of the flap the mice had fled through. Joe stayed up on the truck edge and the snake slid into the nearby culvert drain grate. Joe started shaking and quit his job that afternoon.
I read that ‘All Right Now’ by Free has the greatest opening line of any song ever written and although it is unlike Tennyson, Byron or Keats, this opening line lets you know it is going to be a rock song. A strong opening for a song sets the tone for the entire track and makes it memorable by establishing an immediate emotional atmosphere.
My choice is the opening solo by the amazing –
Guitarist: Angus Young (Lead guitar).
Technique: Rapid hammer-ons and pull-offs (0-4, 0-7, 0-9, etc.) on the B string.
Origin: Developed from a practice/warmup lick. Guitar World +3
Sensibility may come with age, I think, as Susan gathered up files. The papers always neatly selected and properly stowed away in cardboard folders. It only makes sense to do it once, correctly, she thought. There may come a day when all of these new fangled gadgets will run out of batteries and what will they do? There’s no shame in learning how to write legibly, keep handwritten or typed papers for future use if needed.
A precision airstrike on an Iranian military complex on Saturday hit a neighboring elementary school on Saturday, killing some 165 people, many of them schoolgirls. An NPR review of satellite imagery suggests the school may have been struck due to outdated targeting information.
The doctor stared at Charlie, the hyena. The veterinarian/scientist was waiting for Charlie’s reaction to a treat of cheesecake for two tasks the hyena had completed. It was a rare occurrence for the mobile veterinary chemist to see such a reaction, but chuckled as Charlie began to dance the jive, showing his appreciation for the treat!
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