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thehacksaw

Stubbly web developer. Owned by two cats, and one puppy. Grumpy sweary optimist.

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The Button

I wrote this perhaps controversial short story this afternoon. Understanding this action is more difficult than I first thought. I don't mean to offend, but to provoke thought.

8 3 654 words
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Umwelt

Umwelt: the world, as it is experienced by an organism. Animals living in the same ecosystem can have entirely different umwelten, depending on their senses and the way they interpret information.

2 0 69 words
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Big Small Word

What's the biggest small word. I think it's 'squish'..

4 4 9 words
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thehacksaw

Squeak's Day In

Today, the sun is shining. I'm sitting on a pile of books on the windowsill, soaking up the rays into my multicoloured fur. Humans should do more of this.

6 1 58 words
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Unfaithful

The smell was subtle but unmistakable. When had it happened. Why. What had she done to push him away. She tossed thoughts around her mind. Broken dreams, transparent promises.

6 0 182 words
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thehacksaw

Untitled

I seem to have this habit of saying stuff without thinking it through. The other day I emailed something really rude to someone.

2 0 106 words
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Life Is Hard

Someone once said to Voltaire: "Life is hard." Voltaire replied: "Compared to what?".

8 0 13 words
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thehacksaw

Untitled

How am I not alone. Surrounded by bustle. Of anonymous faces. Rushing to be nowhere. How am I not deaf. When the silent cacophony. Slices my leather skin. How can I not miss you. If absent warmth.

2 0 43 words
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Untitled

But you didn't have to cut me off. Make out like it never happened and that we were nothing. I don't even need your love. But you treat me like a stranger and that feels so rough.

8 2 74 words
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thehacksaw

Life Is Like A Book

There's a beginning and an end, and a bunch of stuff happens in the middle. #rubbishquotes.

8 1 15 words
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Worrying

If it's not out of your control and you can do so something about it, then do it. Otherwise, there's nothing you can do about it anyway. So why worry?.

6 0 30 words
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Big Red Sign

The first thing he saw was the big red sign. As he strode quietly across the street, the hot asphalt singed his tiny pink paws.

2 0 217 words
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Geek Romantic

Your eyes shine bright as a full page Flash takeover. A thousand onclick listeners respond to your quietest whisper.

4 1 51 words