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WP 1: Plutonium stolen from parking lot

7/31/2018

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To ensure they got the right items, the specialists from Idaho brought radiation detectors and small samples of dangerous materials to calibrate them: specifically, a plastic-covered disk of plutonium, a material that can be used to fuel nuclear weapons, and another of cesium, a highly radioactive isotope that could potentially be used in a so-called "dirty" radioactive bomb.
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But when they stopped at a Marriott hotel just off Highway 410, in a high-crime neighborhood filled with temp agencies and ranch homes, they left those sensors on the back seat of their rented Ford Expedition. When they awoke the next morning, the window had been smashed and the special valises holding these sensors and nuclear materials had vanished.
Plutonium Stolen From the Parking Lot of the Marriott San Antonio Northwest
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Writing prompt: three words #3

9/28/2015

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tea

snow

violet
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Writing prompt: man with clarinet

9/21/2015

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A man stands in the exact center of a gazebo in a waterfront park, pulls out his clarinet, and begins playing music that exactly fills up the park. Who is he? Why is he playing? Who listens to his music? How do they react? Who doesn’t listen to his music? Why?

(Seriously, this happened to me in April.)
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Writing prompt: bye, bye, Internet

9/14/2015

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You receive an announcement that the Internet will go down. For everyone. For three days. Starting 27 minutes from now.
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Writing prompt: face freeze

9/7/2015

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You make a face, and your friend slaps you on the back. Then, just like your mother told you it would, you feel your face freeze in that awful, awkward position.
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Writing prompt: dandelion dreams

8/31/2015

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A child makes a wish on a dandelion. The wish comes true.
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Writing prompt: three words #2

8/24/2015

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armoire

yellow

betrayal

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Writing prompt: mindfulness, outside

8/10/2015

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Sit outside, take a deep breath. What do you see? What do you feel? What do you hear? What do you smell? What do you taste? Be as descriptive as possible.

(I try to do this every single day. I may not write anything, but I sit and breathe and catalog descriptions...)
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Writing prompt: take two steps to the left

8/3/2015

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You come home and discover every piece of furniture in your home has been moved two inches to the left.

(My husband has always wanted to do this...)
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Writing prompt: three words #1

7/27/2015

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translucent

quaint

arm

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