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12:04

Weekly Challenge #1035 – PICK TWO Stings Low flying...

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2026/02/22

LewieLizzie Richard Tom Serendipidy Norval Joe Planet Z The next topic is Twist RICHARD Plump “What do you think?” As pouts go, it’s fair to say this one resembled an inflatable dinghy stuck on her face in place of a mouth. “What on earth have you done?” I asked. “Bee stings” she replied, “It’s new at the beauty salon for the plumpest lips ever. It is rather expensive, though.” I asked her how much. She told me. “You have to be

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1:09

To the Victor came the spoils

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2026/02/21

Uncle Victor had been in an iron long for 20 years. Aunt Millie hired a nurse to take care of them. He did stocks from a computer that he controlled with his voice and he did well, which is what paid for the nurse. Didn’t mind that Millie was off on cruises as long as she came back and showed him the pictures in the home movies. After one trip, Millie didn’t come back. No one knows what happened to her. The nurse left a letter. Victor told her to shut off the iron lung, take the money, and

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1:10

Remote buttons

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2026/02/20

My television remote has a Netflix button. So does my DVD player remote. I don’t subscribe to Netflix, so I find the button annoying. And I hit it by mistake a lot. I used to subscribe to it, but even then I’d use the SmartTV navigation on the screen to open Netflix and not use the Netflix button. There’s also Amazon and Disney buttons, and even though I subscribe to them, I don’t use those buttons. I only hit them by mistake, too. What I really want is a remote with shortcut

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1:11

The old tax fraud

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2026/02/19

My father was a corporate lawyer in the restaurant industry for years. He retired to run a glass business. But he failed to send in the company’s share of income taxes. The IRS was on his ass, and he reached a settlement with them. So, I helped. After that, he did his best to sink his fangs into me, trying to sucker me into power of attorney and responsibility. I said no and cut him off. I should have let the IRS deal throw him in prison. It would have been cheaper than the old fraud running

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1:13

Analytics

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2026/02/18

It used to be that to find out what your users wanted, you asked them. You brought them in to a focus group or you sent out a survey. Then, companies started to monitor sales figures and markets. After that, they developed A/B testing, and moved on to behavior-tracking analytics. In the end, the people projecting their wants and needs on to the data were no better than the Greek augurs who played around with bird guts, or the old women who chewed wacky weed and called themselves

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1:28

Every two weeks

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2026/02/17

The last job I had, it felt like I was drawing a line with one hand and erasing it with the other. Every project I put any effort into got delayed or canceled. And if a delayed project were put back in play, I’d put effort into it until it would be delayed again or canceled. Endless meetings to discuss the next project to get canceled. I felt like I wasn’t accomplishing anything. “You’re doing great,” they said. “Keep up the good work.” The only work I was

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1:06

Touch grass

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2026/02/16

Even though my cat can go out in the enclosed patio and enjoy lying in the sun and watching birds, she still howls at the front door to be allowed to go out and roll on the grass. Flipping and flopping, stretching her legs, peeking up her ears at all the sounds. When birds fly to the birdfeeder or squirrels chirp their displeasure, she runs at the tree, climbs up, and scares them off. Then she runs back down the tree to the grass, tuck up, close her eyes and enjoys her last few moments of freedom

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12:36

Weekly Challenge #1034 – Experiment

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2026/02/15

Lewie Lisa Lizzie Richard Tom Serendipidy Norval Joe Planet Z The next topic is PICK TWO Stings Low flying Supply Clothes pegs Stick LEWIE Champion of the Backyard Games Harry had a spear. It had a minty smell. He thought he was being funny, humming music as if he were in the Olympics. He stuck his finger in the mint flavored wind and looked at a big red X in the distance. “…and the crowd looks on in anticipation,” he announced. He held up the spear and ran. He held his hand back and threw

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1:01

Coaching

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2026/02/13

When I got drafted out of college, I was the new kid on the team. Some of the returning players saw me as a threat to their jobs, and they hazed and pranked me, and they did nothing to help me. But the veterans who were at the end of their careers saw an opportunity in me. To teach me all they’d learned and how to make me a better player and person. Not only did it help me, but it helped them when they retired and were looking for coaching jobs. Which is why I’m helping you now, kid.

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1:20

Galazy

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2026/02/12

Some professor at some university discovered a new galaxy. No other scientist had seen it before. Until this guy did. I think it was a guy. Could have been a chick. The professor did research and published it, and got a lot of congratulations for it. And named the galaxy something, I don’t remember what the name is. You can tell I don’t really care about this shit. What the fuck does a galaxy millions and billions of light years away matter? I’m here. Right now. You are too. Has

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11:51

Weekly Challenge #1033 – Vanishing Point

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2026/02/08

LewieLisa Lizzie Richard Tom Serendipidy Norval Joe Planet Z The next topic is Experiment RICHARD Perspective “Do you understand it now?” The blank look on my face said it all. I didn’t have a clue. My art teacher sighed and tried again. “Perspective is all about giving a realistic impression of depth, so you pick a single point on the horizon -the vanishing point- and imagine all the sight -lines converge at that spot. I frowned in confusion. I’d always wanted to be

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1:29

Reward stars

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2026/02/07

The teacher put reward stars on homework. Gold for great, silver for good. If you didn’t have a star, you had a problem. My brother was two years older than me, so my mother knew that this teacher put stars on homework. So I shoplifted a pack of star stickers from the office supply store and added them to my homework. Why I would be getting silver and gold stars for homework covered with red correction pen? So I made Xerox‘s of homework at the office supply store, filled it out twice, and put the

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1:21

A thief to catch a thief

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2026/02/06

It takes a thief to catch a thief, they say. So the FBI made the old swindler an offer. Pose as a rich Arab and bribe a bunch of crooked politicians, and we wipe your slate clean. And it worked out great, I mean, you’ve heard of ABSCAM, right? what I love most about the case is that the old crook would order corned beef sandwich sandwiches from his favorite delicatessen. When they asked why a rich Arab was eating kosher food, he said they were so delicious, and i can’t get any back at the kingdom,

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1:13

Summer evenings

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2026/02/05

On warm summer evenings, I like to walk to the abandoned golf course and stand by one of the ponds. The water is usually pretty clear, with a few lily pads floating on the surface. I can see the fish swimming around, and sometimes a heron or a pelican flies in from the beach and ducks its head under the water and comes up with a fish. I stand there, sipping my coffee, and let my mind slowly go quiet. When the sun sets, I finish my coffee and walk back home, and all is good in the world, right?

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1:29

Cat regrets

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2026/02/04

Myst is the cat who goes outside to roam and stays out so long, she makes us worry if she’s ever coming home. You know, like Bruwyn. Myst came home. Bruwyn didn’t. Myst climbs on me when I go to bed, and she’ll paw my face with claws out and she’ll bite my nose. And I tell her I wish that it had been Bruwyn who had come home. But when she gets sick with her respiratory infections and goes under the bed, and she won’t eat or drink. I regret everything I’ve ever

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1:32

Peppers

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2026/02/03

The explorers search for the peppers. The botanist identifies the peppers. The agricultural conglomerate seeds the peppers. The tractor plants the peppers. The rain waters the peppers. The farmers grow the peppers. The migrants pick the peppers. The truckers haul the peppers. The factory processes the peppers. The chemist extracts the peppers. The manufacturer weaponizes the peppers. The factory cans the peppers. The warehouse stores the peppers. The distributor stocks the peppers. The armorers hand

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1:22

Pandemic classes

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2026/02/02

When the pandemic hit and schools were closed, the classes got on Zoom or specialized distance learning apps. Teachers who were tired of teaching the same stuff to multiple classes a day began to pre-record their lessons and play them back for the classes. They used the extra time to focus on helping the students with questions or problems with the material. Students were doing better, and parents figured out which were the good teachers and which were the bad ones, demanding that they be fired. The

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11:48

Weekly Challenge #1032 – Fancy

The 100 Word Stories Podcast ·

2026/02/01

LewieLisa Lizzie Richard Tom Serendipidy Norval Joe Planet Z The next topic is Vanishing point LEWIE I saw an advertisement. It was a feast fit for a ruler of house cats. There was meat, treats, and fancy cat nip. What’s fancy about it you ask? Well, there’s a normal, plain cat nip that loses its scent the moment it hits the floor. The dried out flakes have no smell at all. But the “fancy” catnip? Oh boy, I’ll tell you. The POWER… It’s out of this world! If you haven’t experienced it

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1:18

Wanting kids

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2026/01/31

My mother has a younger sister. And she’s a thieving, conniving bitch. Robbed my grandmother blind and sent her broke ass to drain my parents dry. But I’ve always known she was garbage. You see, when I was little, her husband repeatedly tried to molest me. Nobody believed me, and I was punished for lying about it. Ah, memories. A year or two later, she divorced the creep and found a new guy. It turned out that she wanted kids, but her first husband didn’t. I beg to differ…

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1:21

Chemical memory

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2026/01/30

If you keep a device constantly charging, or top it off every night, the battery has a chemical memory to it and will hold less of a charge. So it’s important to regularly deplete the battery, and then charge it up. Thankfully, batteries don’t remember when you swear at them when you need a device the most. If your phone has a healthy battery, the people who find your body at the bottom of the canyon can charge up to call your next of kin. Who can sell your phone for more recycling

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