The universe was cold and dead and all the best aspects of humanity and its appreciation of the world were stored in electronic boxes Dec 26, 2010

(and on scraps of paper)

except: print 'failed to load', name; img = None
> dig in sand with hands
The ground is too hard for digging here.

THERE IS A SACRED PLACE Abandon every hope all ye who enter here!
AT WHICH NO ONE MAY STAND ****  You have died  ****
def getimage(self, name):

THERE ARE PARAGRAPHS ABOUT IT Type "help", "copyright", "credits"
(SCATTERED ABOUT) or "license" for more information.
AND READING THESE WILL GUIDE YOU THERE
else print "A woodstove crouches in the dimness.^";
BUT IT CANNOT EXIST if (location == thedark) t = real_location;
IF IT IS NOT ALSO WRITTEN BY OTHERS temperature 2,
print "You can't go that way. The only exit";

dreams that come sporadically in the night  SAY
like Viking longships to burn you to the ground
and steal your rationality DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN

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# whatever he touches, if it isn't false already,

The cathedral windows were high and narrow.
The front tower was rounded, and the rear a cross.
To the side was a sloped roof, before they burned it.
Now there is a family of deer and a ghost.

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I beg your pardon?

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The universe was cold and dead and all the best aspects of humanity and its appreciation of the world were stored in electronic boxes

links to:
- image
- the lake around which are a thousand tiny fires

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