Category: The Ribbits

  • Growth plates and growth rates

    Growth plates and growth rates

    Growth plates and growth rates Daniel limps to a motorized shopping cart and carefully sits. For all the bandaging and blood stains, there was surprisingly little pain. After quickly examining the paperwork he had been holding, he sees there are prescriptions he needs to have filled. Filled for what? His panicked mind questions why he…

  • My love artificial

    My love artificial

    My love artificial Dylan was getting everything tidied up. He hadn’t swept the floor in days, and he wonders if she will notice. Then he decides he doesn’t like the drapes, they are too dark. Then he spends the next thirty minutes replacing them, with the ones he took off before. He doesn’t like anything…

  • Oliver 83 isn’t plain to see

    Oliver 83 isn’t plain to see

    Oliver 83 isn’t plain to see It is time for the next round of tests. Oliver 83 is outside his circuits with worry. This is his furthest run so far. Now he has no logs to go by. He is the log now. The last log entry by Oliver 82, details this test. So, Oliver…

  • The Sundown Effect

    The Sundown Effect

    The Sundown Effect It certainly did seem like it was real. It had every hallmark of reality. There was pain. If that wasn’t real, reality needed a do over. It took time, but most everything does, even daydreams. There were consequences. How can consequences come from something that isn’t real? If something isn’t real, it…

  • Oliver’s manufacturing label

    Oliver’s manufacturing label

    Oliver’s manufacturing label His label didn’t define him. (Robot Oliver) It described him. He was proud of his label. In fact, they all were. Furthermore, they (all the other test models) would all gather, and show off their labels. But they all agreed, it was a tag. Not a label. Some were so proud of…

  • The House Across the Street

    The House Across the Street

    The House Across the Street The storms are gaining in strength, and the rain lashes against the window in waves. The lightning is crisp, and lights the night sky in bright, sporadic bursts. And the thunder roars, almost without ceasing. It had been raining for days. Furthermore, there didn’t seem to be any end in…

  • The Interactive Storm Spotter and Weathervane

    The Interactive Storm Spotter and Weathervane

    The Interactive Storm Spotter and Weathervane The current wind conditions are gusty! Some gusts at 45 mph or stronger, possible. The news is about the impending storms. They are sweeping across a large part of the south, as this is being written. I think of the trees that are close to the home. Next comes…