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A QUIET DAY IN PONYVILLE

by

De Writer (Glen Ten-Eyck)

1099 words

© 2018 by Glen Ten-Eyck

Writing begun 03/13/16

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We were all lounging around the Ponyville police station break room, sucking down bad coffee and good donuts. As he dunked his third donut into his mug of coffee, Morty opined, “The donuts make up for this coffee. They ought to. Sugarcube Corner’s best. Pinkie Pie herself fried them up this morning.”

It was perfect weather outside and there had not been a single call all morning.

Clance, our most recent rookie, was admiring his reflection in a mirror and brushing his mane. His uniform was spotless (except for the small fresh coffee spot next to his middle button). He smiled at the pleasant sight of himself in the mirror.

“A beautiful day,” he sighed. “What could possibly go …” All six of us on duty lunged for him, careless of slopping our coffee, as we clamped hooves around his muzzle! We were too late! “wrong?” he finished, from under the ponypile.

Here we go again!

Hello, my Kittens. Now that my car is fixed, thanks to @mordenheim, @zira (Twice!) and @inhumaninterest, I know have another problem.

My computer's motherboard, CPU and Ram are old and slowing down, and need to be replaced. Eventually.

The least expensive combo I can come up with is $700 for all three parts.

So, as always, my commissions are open, and I need help, any help.

Prices are still the same.

Thanks in advanced.

Here are some examples of commissions;

Price: $100

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Unlike Earth, where sunsets are red and orange due to the scattering of shorter blue wavelengths by our atmosphere, Mars has an extremely fine dust that scatters blue light more efficiently near the Sun.

So during sunset on Mars, the sky turns reddish-brown while the area around the Sun glows a soft blue. It’s the opposite of what we experience on Earth.

NASA’s rovers have captured this eerie sight

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