2016

I AM JOAN CONNOR:

I’mma start a revolution from my bed
if you’ve any objections
keep them to yourself
and get outta my way instead.
Cos I’m gonna roll right through you
– some sacrifices must be made –
and if you don’t stand against him
then you must stand against me
and I don’t need you anyway.

If we’ve gotta burn this country down
I’mma cry and hesitate
but with my finger on the button
I’mma start this fire burning
and burn away all the hate.
Because while all lives matter
when I watch my brothers and sisters fall
I don’t care about your petty issues
I’mma answer to this call.

So we’re gonna start this revolution
and you’re gonna be with us
– and that’s great –
but if you wanna stand against us
we’re not gonna hesitate.
So while I’ve whispered words of love
and promised you all I am
you looked at me like a possession
and gave into your fear and self-hate.
So don’t tell me to swallow up my pride
to dim the fires of my heart
and drink the poisoned water
welling up from the country’s darkest parts.

I’mma start a revolution from my bed
raise my voice and lift my head
and if you’re gonna stand against me
then I don’t need you anyway.
I’m a fighter and I’m righteous
I’mma stamp out all the hate
burn it from its burrows
and throw the ashes all away.
And if you stand with hatred
with inequality, ignorance, and hate
then I’mma roll right through you
cos baby, we don’t need you anyway.

Piper Computer

When I first saw the Piper Computer Kit, I thought it was a waste of money ($253!) but then I took a closer look at what it was and I find myself impressed.

About the Product

  • Hand-crafted wooden computer case with lcd screen monitor

  • Minecraft story mode adventure play with hardware components and challenges

  • Wifi enabled gameplay for extra levels and sharing capabilities

  • Electronic gadgets including led lights, motion sensors, buzzers, buttons and switches

  • Self-contained computer running on a raspberry pi 3 project board – 1gb ram – 1.2Ghz quad-core CPU

The kit contains:
● Beautiful, hand­crafted wooden computer case with HD LCD display
● Fully functioning computer running on a Raspberry Pi 3 Project Board. 1GB RAM. 1200 MHz Quad­Core CPU
● Electronic gadgets including LED lights, buzzers, buttons, switches, sensors and more
● Cables to connect the screen, Pi and 6600 mAh powerbank together
● 8 square foot laminated blueprint explaining how to assemble your Piper Computer
● USB mouse with a retractable cable
● An 8GB SD card that holds your game progress and keeps your creations safe
● Custom Minecraft Pi adventure that you play by building and programming electronic modules
● Wifi enabled gameplay for multiplayer, new downloadable levels, and sharing capabilities
● Free automatic level updates
● It even comes with a Piper Screwdriver!

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One of the questioners asked if the computer could be assembled, disassembled, and reassembled again. This would allow it to be built and played with by different children.

A reviewer said that once the Piper Computer is put together, there are lesson plans available at the Piper website for further edutainment. [Piper: Minecraft Raspbery Pi Edition – https://playpiper.com/]

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So while it seems like the price might be a bit much, if you’ve got the scratch to … Read the rest “Gifts for kids: Piper Computer [STEM, educational]”

“365 Prompts” by Harper Kingsley will be available as a pre-release November 14th. You can order your copy now for $5.
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2. Hidden in an attic, wrapped in stiff paper, there was an old painting. A moment caught in time, though the subject–a young man with fine features–continued to age until he was a withered old man.

A. Hidden in an attic, wrapped in stiff paper, there was an old painting. A moment caught in time, though the subject–a young man with fine features–continued to age until he was a withered old man. He’d been easy prey to the monster that lived in the house.

Captured and locked in oil paint, he felt no pain as the life was drained out of his trapped soul. And neither did the 200 other men and women transformed into paintings and hidden all through the countryside, their screams silenced to dull lassitude, so that they could sleep through their decades-long deaths.

But he was special. He was the first. The one true beloved that had turned a loving heart into a sucking pit of hate and rage.

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And consider if you want mm, mf, or gen; or if there’s … Read the rest ““365 Prompts” – Prompt 070. portrait ages so subject doesn’t 2A – $5 to paypal.me/harperkingsley”

“365 Prompts” by Harper Kingsley will be available as pre-release November 14. You can order a copy via Paypal or Patreon. Just send $5 and mention that it’s for “365 Prompts”.

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Otherwise, you can pre-order via Amazon or Smashwords in a few days. The official release will be December 10, 2016, just in time for the holiday season.

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2. Tangled in the blackberry bushes, the small child howled in fear and pain. There were red scratches marring the dirty face and arms, one thorn having scratched dangerously close to a teary eye.

A. Tangled in the blackberry bushes, the small child howled in fear and pain. There were red scratches marring the dirty face and arms, one thorn having scratched dangerously close to a teary eye.

Anna ran forward, waving her arms to signal No. “Don’t move, kid. You hold still and I’ll help you.”

“Get me out of here. It hurts! It hurts!” the child screeched, making an aborted lunge forward. Anna winced when she saw that a long thorny branch was wrapped around the child’s chest, digging into the patched and worn cotton shirt.

“I’ll get you, I’ll get you, don’t move.” Anna tried to hide her panic and project a sense of calm concern. The last thing she wanted was for the kid to realize how afraid she was. “Why don’t you tell me your name, sweetie?”

“I’m not sweetie. I’m Brandon.”

“Oh. Well, hello Brandon. I’m Anna.” Working slowly, she began untangling the small body. He couldn’t have been older than four or five, dressed in clothes that would have done better in the rag bin. “Can you tell me where your parents are, Brandon?”

“Don’t have any,” he muttered, his attention focused on her hands. Which is … Read the rest ““365 Prompts” – Prompt 041. blackberries 2A”

Through a window darkly gazing
At a sight afraid to see
Breathing deep the salted water
Dreaming dreams, of you and me.