Can you spell "S-C-A-R-Y????

I'm watching NCIS (instead of finishing the English curriculum I told the boss he'd get tomorrow!), and a man has been shot, and almost killed, because he thought he was receiving e-mails, and love, from a woman whose pictures he had been sent, whom he had been e-mailing for months, whom he thought loved him, and whom he thought had invited him to her home to play rape games.  According to her profile, they both enjoyed rape fantasies, which is why he showed up at her house to play.  When he got there though, and began the game, she shot him, twice, almost killing him.  Turns out her ID was hacked when she joined a website for people looking for sex, and all the e-mails and everything this guy was receiving was from the hacker, not her.  And they almost arrested her for attempted murder, even though she didn't know him from Adam! 

OMG!!    *looking around me in horror*  What a world!!! 

For goodness sake, people, WATCH OUT!!!!

Fiction in a Flash #77

(This photograph was taken from the Internet.)

The "rules" are few and very simple:

* Your entry will come due each Saturday, when a new picture will be posted.
* You may only write 55 words.
* Your entry must be fiction.
* You may not alter the picture in any way.
* Post your entry as a blog on your page, and drop off the link in the comments section on this page.
* Have fun!  (Yes, it's a rule!  )

Questions of Identity

Are those African Americans who are rallying to end Black History Month buying trouble for themselves and the black community? 

Do their arguments that "black people only have a history as slaves in America", that outside of February, blacks have no history, and no significance, that they are even more exploitable now that they have a month that can be commercialized, with huge financial gains for folk other than blacks, hold water? 

Is the idea that since there are no months for Jews and Latinos and Asians (and so on), that there should be none for blacks, a valid idea? 

Does the argument that "Black History is American History" sufficient rationalization for the abolition of Black History Month? 

Is the organization that founded the commemoration right in labeling this "postmodernist identity games"? 

Is an America without Black History Month an America without black history?

Hard to explain to someone who has no clue. It's a daily struggle being in pain or feeling sick on the inside while you look fine on the outside. Please put this as your status for at least 1 hour if you or someone you know has an invisible illness (PTSD, Anxiety, Bipolar, Depression,Crohn's Disease, Diabetes, LUPUS, Fibromyalgia,TM, MS, ME, HS, Chronic Fatigue, Arthritis, Celiac, Cancer, Heart Disease, Epilepsy, Autism,M.D. Scarcoidosis, etc.) " Never judge what you don't understand.

Moving Images Challenge #50

TABLEAU

The silence broken
only by the hissing steam --
kettle calls for tea.

Motion suspended,
except where he and she touch --
slowly pulsing heat.

Their bodies aligned,
noses, beating heart to heart --
aching groin to groin.

Time marking their place,
waiting for the rolling boil --
passion's lazy play.

Table, patient, waits,
almost knowing, food or lust --
either end fulfills.

Copyright © 2012 by Teri K D Bannerman

K's FIAF # 76

BOY

I watched the animal snuggle against his neck, watched him hold still, tensely waiting for another attack, and my heart broke.  Even a gift as simple and profound as a pet could not reduce the fear with which this small boy met life.  I held my breath, waiting for the puppy's magic to enchant him...

Fiction in a Flash #76

(This photograph was taken from the Internet.)

The "rules" are few and very simple:

* Your entry will come due each Saturday, when a new picture will be posted.
* You may only write 55 words.
* Your entry must be fiction.
* You may not alter the picture in any way.
* Post your entry as a blog on your page, and drop off the link in the comments section on this page.
* Have fun!  (Yes, it's a rule!  )