Jonathan Blackbow
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Fist Bump
Fist Bump Mshindi ambled around the enclosure on a lazy Saturday afternoon, past the plaque reading “RIP Harambe” again. He’d never met Harambe, but when he’d been introduced into the enclosure, he’d found the spot where Harambe had been. Harambe had been upset, but under control, and then he went to sleep very suddenly, and there was the smell of blood all over the place.
By Jonathan Blackbow3 years ago in Fiction
Day With a Dolphin
Thanksgiving Day 2008 “Day with a Dolphin” So my mom forgot Janet’s birthday back in June and asked me what Janet wanted. Well, one of the things Janet’s wanted since she was 8 was to swim with dolphins. So I said “she’s always wanted to swim with dolphins.”
By Jonathan Blackbow3 years ago in Humans
Winter Solstice
WE BETTER GET BACK BEFORE DARK “We better get back before dark, Pad.” Kittle’s voice was the only sound either of them had heard all through the quiet, cold day other than the background noise of snow falling, and their feet scrrching through it. Neither of them wanted to say it, but they knew they were in for a scolding, if not a beating, when they finally got home.
By Jonathan Blackbow3 years ago in Fiction
Battletech: The Arano Restoration
"I am Kamea Arano, High Lady of the Aurigan Reach, Protector of Coromodir and the Sword of Restoration. But I am not a hero, no matter what the stories say. A hero would have sacrificed more, compromised less. A hero would have done better.
By Jonathan Blackbow3 years ago in Fiction
Why I Matter
I know the title sounds... pushy. Grandiose. Whatever word you want to put on it. I've got one prototype that Shark Tank wants for a humane snake deterrent. If I can get that up and running I'd be rich beyond the dreams of avarice. But it's taken six or seven years to get it to the point where it's ready to be assembled.
By Jonathan Blackbow3 years ago in Earth
Find Somebody who'll Listen
Q. How do you reduce a carbon footprint? A. By adding water. Look, it's no big secret that the western 2/3 of the US is getting bone-dry or already bone-dry. It's also no secret that there's too much water in various places and not enough in others. Look at any water map of the United States and you'll see that the biggest threat to a second American Civil War is the western 2/3 of the US panicking and coming after the eastern 1/3 of the US, simply for its water resources.
By Jonathan Blackbow3 years ago in Earth