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Methane Wars: A Fable — Chapter Eight
Methane Collector FemCad had a subsidiary: the Methane Collection Service. If FemCad was like the IRS, then the Methane Collection Service was like the postal service except in reverse: a civil service union charged with collecting methane and other gases. … Continue reading
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Methane Wars: A Fable — Chapter Seven
The Bureaucrat Human methane collection was real. I had to figure out what was going on. There was more to this than met the eye and there was a lot to meet the eye. It took nine months but with … Continue reading
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Sofas, Beets and Belief: Choose Wisley
I helped move a sofa into a basement today with small doors and annoying landings. I was positive the sofa was going to be stuck on the landing forever, or until I broke the legs off. We had to back … Continue reading
Methane Wars: A Fable – Chapter Six
The President The intensity built slowly. Environmentalists and economists lauded the Methane Collection Measure. Civil liberties groups denounced it. The average Joe could not fathom the reality and had no unified voice with which to alter the mindset of their … Continue reading
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What if I Don’t Take the Road Less Travelled?
What if I don’t take the road less travelled? Will that make all the difference? What if I stay on the road most travelled? There’s obviously advantages to staying on the road most travelled otherwise there wouldn’t be all these … Continue reading
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Methane Wars: A Fable – Chapter Four
Leaks A few months after I finished my stint as a test subject for Humachinix Integration, some UnGastro documents were leaked to the press and accusations were made by a former UnGastro employee and a former test subject. The allegations … Continue reading
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In Search of the Gushing Pen
I just stopped. The pen was so faulty in putting ink to paper that I just stopped taking notes. And then I just stopped thinking. And that isn’t much help when you’re actually trying to put thoughts to paper. I … Continue reading
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Methane Wars: A Fable – Chapter Three
Biology While the politics behind the lobbying was interesting, I was curious about the director’s reference to the use of methane collection units on humans. It was clear he was not joking. And if he was not joking, this was … Continue reading
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Methane Wars: A Fable–Chapter Two
Coal I forgot about Farmer Brown and his cows. Finding a job at the time was more important so I focused my attention there. Six months later I landed a job with an environmental lobby group. Then the cows came … Continue reading
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Fortress of Dissolitude 