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Dust
You're peeling back your inner gloves, aching in every muscle after a twelve-hour shift, when you feel a faint pressure against the inside of your left wrist where the thick latex is doubled over. You barely have time to register the sensation before it disappears with a soft pop, and a cloud of tiny motes appears around your hand, sparkling in the harsh white lights of the decontamination room. Your heart lurches and you yank your hand back, but it's a spastic movement, directed by your terrified lizard-brain rather than the part of you that thinks, and those few centimeters of exposed skin at your wrist pass through the cloud before you stagger backward, cradling your arm to your chest. You look down to see a thin dusting of gray specks on your skin, then feel a brief, almost-painful tingling as they disappear, leaving behind an angry-looking scattering of tiny red bumps.
By Rajan Poudel 4 years ago in Fiction
The Style of Time Travel
No one ever wants to look like a peasant. No matter how many times I insist the ensemble is simpler, less expensive, and honestly, less conspicuous on the other end, no one ever wants to look like a peasant. They don't get into this job to go around as peasants, or Russian serfs, urban poor in the twentieth century, the shudra in India. Every agent insists on knighthood, a noble line, merchant class at least. Who would talk to them, they think, if they were so lowly and homely? They shouldn't be talking to anyone is what I remind them, but they are the agents with the education and I'm only the costume designer with the experience. I've been in this job longer than many of these, essentially babies will live.
By Rajan Poudel 4 years ago in Fiction
A Villain Turns Mad
I'm on the set of a big-budget movie, mere moments away from destroying Hollywood, and not with one of my patented Doomsday devices either. No, my plan involves wrecking the industry from the inside by turning public opinion against it and its bogus propaganda. No one needs to manually cock the hammer back on a modern gun, bombs aren't built with different colored wires and you can't crash through real glass and not expect serious injury.
By Rajan Poudel 4 years ago in Fiction
Banana Pudding Girl
Her skin was lusciously smooth and mocha-colored, which reminded me of a very sweet coffee drink (and a very sweet barista I'd had once), and that's why I invited her to a coffee shop. But I didn't come right out and proposition her--there's a process, a sequence, a dance.
By Rajan Poudel 4 years ago in Fiction
How I Overcome Challenges
As you can see, effective planning and good decisions can help reduce the number of challenging situations in life. The idea you can take from this pattern is that challenges are not just an obstacle in your life, but an important part of your life. The problem is that when you face the same challenges over and over again, you lose the motivation to face them and lose sight of the potential lessons.
By Rajan Poudel 4 years ago in Humans
First Human Lung Transplant
Mary Gohlke, a heartbroken patient is another patient. Patients with congenital heart disease and patients with severe lung disease can be treated without implants. Sick patients with comorbidities of both heart and lung transplants, patients with multiple sclerosis, a high number of limited donors, and reduced resources often due to health care changes and health management challenges are some of the challenges facing the sureyapap transplant group.
By Rajan Poudel 4 years ago in FYI
Dubai the land of Luxury
We decided to spend our winter vacation in Dubai because we didn't know how the city had developed and we were a little skeptical because this was our first trip there. We decided to visit the beach, as we had done earlier in the Daily Marina, and we were not interested in the old town. After a tiring but exciting day, we thought of something else happening around us and decided to skip to the Dubai Mall Emirates one day.
By Rajan Poudel 4 years ago in Wander
Which is better Mac or pc?
If you choose Apple technology and don’t tire of accepting that you have fewer hardware options, you’re better off if you get a Mac. With most PC computers, PC users have no choice but to have both devices. Most computer users use PC and Windows and are likely to make major changes.
By Rajan Poudel 4 years ago in 01
Norway The Land of Midnight Sun
At the height of summer, from the Arctic Circle to the Antarctic Circle, the sun is visible at local time (midnight), which means that it is not really dark. And wherever you go, you find sunlight at night. From the Arctic Circle, the midnight sun is visible in the northern hemisphere during the summer (June 21).
By Rajan Poudel 4 years ago in Earth
