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Happy New Year!
May this year bring you joy. I have a good feeling about 2012. Tagged: Happy New Year, Well Wishes
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In Case You Were Wondering…
The Echo Chambers continues tomorrow at its regular schedule. (Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays–I try for noon, but I can’t always promise the time, exactly. Just call me a rebel.) And since I never...
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The Echo Chambers, 33
“You think Sam would like this?” Clare asked, holding up a short-sleeved red polo. “I don’t know. He’s so picky.” “I like him in red.” “You like him in everything.” Clare’s teeth flashed white and...
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The Echo Chambers, 34
Over an hour later, Ji threw up his hands in a futile effort to hold off Clare. “No. No more.” She raised the clothes and their hangers as if seeing them would change his mind. “It’s just a few—” “I …...
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TEC Soundtrack: “Letter From a Thief”
From Chevelle, one of my all-time favorite bands. Tagged: Chevelle, Letter From a Thief, Soundtracks, The Echo Chambers
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The Echo Chambers, 35
“What?” She looked up at him, confused. “You can’t be the attending technician.” “Of course I can. I am.” “Listen to me,” Ji said, struggling for patience. “You don’t know enough. You don’t even speak...
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The Echo Chambers, 36
Their hushed conversation fell into silence and then a shadow passed beneath the fitting room door. Ji. He made no sound when he moved, a realization that Lyssa found disconcerting. She sat, waiting...
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The Echo Chambers, 37
Dan was already plugging him in and booting up the diagnostic program. Not fast enough, Ji thought as Cale rolled to his side and retched, reaching blindly for the trashcan Ji had placed there. He...
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TEC Soundtrack: “Keys (The Liaison)”
The first song I’ve heard from this band, The Drawing Room. Now I have to hunt down more of their stuff ’cause I really like it… Tagged: Keys (The Liaison), Soundtracks, The Drawing Room, The Echo...
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We’re Currently Experiencing Technical Difficulties…
…So if anyone hears a woman cursing internet companies, computers, and technology in general, do not be alarmed. I’ll post the next segment of The Echo Chambers as soon as I figure out how to get it...
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TEC Soundtrack: “Get Out Alive”
One of the lines from this song by Three Days Grace seemed uniquely appropriate (“burning on the inside”). All kinda of fun metaphors to play with there, but it applies so well in the literal to Ji....
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TEC Soundtrack: “You’re Going Down”
Having never seen a picture of the band Sick Puppies before, I’m impressed by the female bassist and rather adorable lead singer. Tagged: Sick Puppies, Soundtracks, The Echo Chambers, Writing...
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The Echo Chambers, 38
“I shouldn’t have left.” Clare’s husband Sam sat at the small table in the kitchenette of the Echo Chamber, his jaw set and his hand in Clare’s. “I knew better. I shouldn’t have gone.” “I’m the one who...
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The Echo Chambers, 39
If Jimmy hadn’t called in sick, and if eight dozen specialty cupcakes hadn’t need to be delivered for the Cahill’s 50th anniversary party, Lyssa never would have noticed the truck pull into the winding...
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The Echo Chambers, 40
Lyssa opened the door and slipped inside the dim. The lock snicked shut behind her. She waited as her eyes adjusted to the filtered glow of a light-rimmed door at the end of a hallway. She could see a...
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The Echo Chambers, 44
Ji turned and walked from the room, pleased and oddly humbled when Lyssa didn’t hesitate to follow. “You said he’s sick. What’s wrong with him?” “Not sick. His body has had a shock, a symptom of which...
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The Echo Chambers, 45
He sighed. “Our roles here are not as grand as all that. We, each of us—” his gesture included Clare and Sam, “—help facilitate the transfers. We’re technicians.” “Transfers?” “The arrivals. For the...
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The Echo Chambers, 46
Resigned to her interest despite her incredulity, Lyssa watched as Ji crossed to a cabinet near the empty bed with the strange oblong ring above it. He opened a couple of drawers, apparently unfamiliar...
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The Echo Chambers, 47
“I repeat: it’s not that simple.” “Then we’ll get Dan or Sam in here to help.” Betrayal sliced through her again at the unmentioned Clare, and she pushed it firmly away, clinging to her skepticism like...
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The Echo Chambers, 48
“You’ve already seen some of its benefits,” he said, reaching beside her to turn on the terminal. The screen came alive again, the image of the beating heart in the upper corner. “Seya?” that lilting...
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