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Saturday's Storyteller: The Planet Of George

The Planet Of George by Belinda Roddie The planet of George had room for only one man - George, of course - and his two cats, Rocky and Balboa. He's set up his rocket with a cozy mancave, where he watches TV, drinks beer, and eats pork rinds. The TV is only set to one channel: Constant replays of historical World Series baseball and Super Bowls and NBA championships. Hell, maybe even a few US Opens here and there. And even Ultimate Frisbee or ping pong. He wishes he could watch the Olympics, though. George never married, so he doesn't have kids to worry about. His cats have enough food to last them forty lifetimes. Balboa's actually a girl, and neither feline is fixed, so he hopes she'll actually copulate with Rocky and have some kittens that he can tend to. Outside the rocket home, they get to play along craters and across blue grass and atop tiny hills built as if by ants. There are no bugs to speak of here. Means no mosquitoes. George is okay with this. His mother em

Today's Ten Word Tale: Last Day

Last Day by Belinda Roddie It's been fun being thirty years old. Prime number time!