Renaissance Jack Episode 7
Day 11Orientation MeetingFollowing on the theme of the heady bureaucratic heights that the associations aspire to, I had a meeting with my HR rep for my west coast relocation. Stupid of me to think...
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Day 12Not the sharpest tools in the shedCan you believe that someone actually tried to rob me? There is this kebab joint in downtown LA that has literally the best kebabs on the planet. This is coming...
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BayoBayo spent the ride back up to the CTU floor thinking about the way Lawal’s hand felt in his. He tried to focus on the small matter of the terrorist threat, but thoughts of Lawal filled his mind....
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Day 14Despots and Statistical DistributionsThe disadvantage of there being a statistical distribution of abilities amongst the various human personality types means that every so often you get a...
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Day 16Team BuildingPutting together all-volunteer teams is not as easy as it looks, as most EAs are also members of official teams that don’t normally allow their members to go on random missions. For...
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InnocentIn his mind Innocent was already dead, he could almost feel the hot, fiery, pain of the bullets piercing his flesh. After about ten seconds, he opened his eyes in confusion. He could hear the...
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Day 17The Survivor (Warning: Slightly EA Wonkish and Long Post)I just met the coolest EA ever. I gushing I know, but not only is he cool, he is also the best possible person for the job. I’ll be honest...
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Day 18What is in a name?I’m sure y’all are getting tired of reading my constant ridiculing of the EA penchant for naming everything we possibly can. Well, the bad news is that I get to do it at least...
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InnocentInnocent stood on that deserted street in the early hours of the morning and stared at the two dead men. Men had become a symbol of all those that had died by his hand; a symbol that demanded...
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Day 19Why Are EAs Rich (Another Wonkish Post)So one of the more common comments on the last post was about why association members had so much money lying around. After all even today, a million...
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Day 20Off to AfricaLT is sweet on my sister and I know she knows. I think Gloria knows as well cos she keeps shooting my sister suspicious looks. My sister does not know how to react to a three year...
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Hello. I know y'all were expecting Oya on Monday as per usual. However work/life got crazier than normal and so I was unable to publish Oya as planned. I was trying to rush and put it up, but I didn't...
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Day 30I’m Back. Africa Part I So the trip to Africawas not the fun easy vacation we all thought it was going to be, especially when u throw in the bureaucrap that came after. Most of it you have...
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RonkeRonke smiled at Dara’s enthusiasm as the girl drove past her to lay up the basketball in the recently installed hoop. The pair had been playing basketball in the backyard all morning. It had done...
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Day 31Africa Part II (Warning: Long Arse Post)Clearly judging by the comments, y’all didn’t particularly care for the politics stuff. I know, I know, it isn’t normally my bailiwick, but I was pretty...
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Day 32A Brief Primer on Elementals (Warning: Very EA Wonkish)So one of the primary questions about the last post was what an elemental was. Well the most common form was what differentiated Firelight...
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RonkeRonke did not know how long she sat staring at the empty space recently occupied by Innocent. Every so often she glanced at her hand as if to will it to curl around Innocent’s fingers wherever he...
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Day 34My First DateI think I am too used to meeting girls that want to sleep with me cos ima EA. I’m not one to boast but I’m young, rich and enhanced, and that gives me advantages. Also I am a flyer...
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Day 35So Not AmusedIt seems that the state of investigative journalism in the city of Los Angelesis to be applauded. Some tabloid journalist with too much time on his hands and a very low life...
View ArticleYour Top Ten 2012
IntroSo we are going to take a little break from Oya Iyansan this week to do something that is a bit of a tradition round these parts. Every year at the beginning of the year I do a top ten post where...
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