Sublime

A serial line jumper has been making his way forward along the turkey line, a large white alpha male whose social skills, if any, are still in beta, intimidating people one by one out of his way.

The living stayed home, haunting the world of the dead like ghosts.

That’s the way I am. Life is too short for dawdling. My third-grade teacher used to tell us the same thing—with exactly those words.

painted an indecisive green,

this is bullshit of the rankest vintage,

Italo Calvino,

it’s an absolute goddamned travesty, or at any rate extremely dissatisfying indeed.

Harvey had also been impressed by his willingness to chase a wild boar down a steep cliff. “He is kind of an animal,” Harvey said with manifest respect. “I love that,” said Kagle.