http://haroldandthepirates.com Hippies, freedom fighters, and nerds This is a weekly comedy science fiction story. Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:26:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en-us <!-- @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> The Sea Rat groaned and shook as its engines ran at full throttle. Behind them, Laura was racing across the waves in a small deadly speed boat that skipped along the foamy waves. The boat was ... http://haroldandthepirates.com/?p=35 <!-- @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> It happened on a day when the world did little to talk about. All the pop stars were safely in rehab and world leaders were in their vacation ranches, kept safely from the nearest news outlet, ... http://haroldandthepirates.com/?p=33 DeLaura's punch to the Catain's face was both extreme and cruel in a way that only intense love can bring. It crunched bone and blood splattered onto her fist as his body flopped backwards like a rag doll. Harold, Jack, and Constantine watched in horror, unable to move, as the ... http://haroldandthepirates.com/?p=32 The Mall Ninja lay on his back, defeated and covered in sewer water, and stared at the soft blue sky, watching the clouds pull themselves apart in soft white and gray cottony strands. His beating had only stopped moments ago, after the entire area was covered in a fine ... http://haroldandthepirates.com/?p=31 Each store in the mall had a designer, who spent many long hours in school designing, criticizing other designers, and sobbing bitterly when their hours of hard work and sleepless nights were reduced to “that sucks”. Their skills at critical selections of color and style were so finely honed that ... http://haroldandthepirates.com/?p=30 All the main entrances to the mall had large archways with bright colors, huge columns, and incredible signs that one could see from across the massive parking lot, like a beacon from across a sea of asphalt announcing its message of buy and spend to the masses that flocked to ... http://haroldandthepirates.com/?p=29 “Arrrrgh!” the pirates shouted as they charged. They ran down the hallways screaming and laughing as they went. The industrial fluorescents lights were buzzing overhead like flies. All the offices were empty as they ran, pausing intermittently to catch their breath as their enthusiasm surpassed their fitness. They rounded ... http://haroldandthepirates.com/?p=28 Outside A group began to gather outside the mall. Each person was dressed in a full back suit and wore a Guy Fawkes mask. They made up a mass of undifferentiated bodies. Each held a camera and a megaphone. Opposite them lining the entrance to the mall were the soldiers in uniforms ... http://haroldandthepirates.com/?p=27 Harold slumped into his stool and brooded. He was back home and where he started. The ride was over. Everything was normal, and he found there was nothing more depressing than normal. The men next to him were loud, screaming loud. They sang in deep voices that carried with it a ... http://haroldandthepirates.com/?p=26 “Dude take this spoon” “Why...spoon aahhh!” Harold said as he felt pain radiate through his fingers, up his arms, and spread making every muscle throughout his body twitch. His body went limp and he collapsed. He opened his eyes to see the Captain, Constantine, and Jack standing over him sipping their coffee ... http://haroldandthepirates.com/?p=25