One-on-One Combat

Thrust, parry. Thrust, parry. Thrust, parry.

We retreat to our safe spaces and eye each other warily. My opponent is dangerous and obviously well trained in the nuances of one-on-one combat. They have the slight positional upper hand but so far they have not launched an all out attack. They have been happy to remain safely out of my reach taking sporadic pot shots in order to test my defence.

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Saturday Night

Saturday night. The party night. The pinnacle of the weekend. The time when everything feels great. That moment in which work can be completely forgotten about - far enough removed from Friday afternoon and yet not close enough to Monday to warrant worrying about work. Saturday night is that wonderful time when a few casual drinks with friends turns into a crazy party that somehow results in long and outrageous sex with a beautiful woman you only just met at the bar.

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Headphones of Social Immunity

Darkness had fallen early tonight, as though a great force of evil was slowly encroaching upon the day, consuming the last remaining rays of sun like a gluttonous monster before plunging the world in to a thick blackness.

Jack, a young wizard, was bent over his forest campfire busily preparing a summoning spell of protective wards. The fire was an unfortunate requirement for the spell but Jack was all too aware of how it was like a beacon, attracting the attention of whatever evils were lurking out there in the darkened forest.

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Biting the Bullet

It is now three years to the day since I became "Jack Brumby, Data Analyst", my new secret identity in the world of espionage. Three years and I am slowly going insane. As part of my experience I'm going to document my life right here on this site. A digital fuck-you to those bureaucrats running the merry shit-show that is the misnamed 'government intelligence'.

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