New Footage from NASA’s Perseverance Rover shows that vikings may have +landed first — What started as a historic week for humankind has devolved into disappointment today after the first imagery trickling back from NASA’s Perseverance Rover showed a 10th century Viking Schooner half buried in red Martian sand. The old wooden ship, which was shown in the middle of a dried up ancient…

A studio apartment divided against itself cannot stand.” — Abraham Lincoln 1. Bake a Cherry Pie! Honor our nation’s first president and honor your own first lady or man by baking this romantically red confection. After chopping his father’s cherry tree, a young George Washington said “I can not tell a lie.” …

The stock price has fallen nearly 35% since the announcement by EA on twitter Tuesday morning. — Retailer GameStop ($GME) saw its stock price stumble Tuesday morning after an announcement that video game giant EA ($EA) was rebooting its college football video game for Next Generation consoles. It appears that investors are concerned the return of the controversial franchise famous for glorifying unrealistic body standards, violence against…

Short Story Challenge #4 | The Story of Slick Ray Cooper Part 1 — At 7:00 am every morning I’d watch a silver Mercedes S-Class cruise into the dealership with Ray Cooper behind the wheel. Ray Ban aviators, an unbuttoned shirt and a gold watch he bought himself because in his own words: “you can’t wait until retirement for the good life” His reputation…

Short Story Challenge #3 — “Attention Shoppers. Attention Shoppers. The time is now 8:55. Whole Foods will be closing in 5 Minutes. Thank you.” Martha’s gaze dropped to her list, then lengthened to her cart. Her tedious red pen had slowed her down, and now, the effects of her poor timing were starting to sink…

Short Story Challenge #2 — Genre: Drama | Word: Circulate | Action: Feeding an Animal Two hundred and twenty seven. Each morning 227 students would walk past Joshua, and at night, 227 would walk past again. Whether they were stopping for food or going to class, Joshua had a smile and wave for every single…

Short Story Challenge #1 — Genre: Fantasy Action: Organize a Shelf Word: Bombard Word Count: 600 Timon was just an average boy. Tall and scrawny, a bit of a nerd but you wouldn’t know it until you mentioned medieval history and got stuck in a cycylonic ramble of facts about his favorite knights and the…