While I waited for my foot to heal, I formulated an escape plan. I had to ensure I was in the best physical state possible, as in order to escape from a spy-filled compound, I would need my full strength and abilities. That was a little bit hard to do after nearly four months underground with nothing to do but walk, sleep and eat, but I resolved to put particular effort into my foot’s recovery and to returning to my physical strength. I didn’t want to make it suspicious, however. I was already making casual inquiries into the suspended ceiling system of my hospital room, and I wanted neither the foot specialist or the security I knew were watching my cameras to raise the alarm. I instead asked the podiatrist for new and varied exercises to do, citing my insane boredom. This way, if I randomly started doing push-ups or sprinting through the long, empty hallways of the underground hospital, it wouldn’t arouse any concern. After all, I was simply trying to improve my foot, right? I made every effort to appear as I had in the first few months of my stay: curious, just as a spy should be, but never overtly interested in the goings on beyond my four walls. I had learned to read body language as a spy, and I could see the podiatrist wasn’t concerned about my behaviour. The security behind the cameras was a different story. I couldn’t see them, I didn’t know who they were, and I didn’t know what they knew. Knowing the organisation I worked for, the security were probably watching the cameras, replaying bits to each other and picking apart by every eye movement. Every time my eyes flicked up to that commercial plastering job on the ceiling of the room, I envisaged half a dozen junior spies analysing my eye movements, using AI to track my facial expressions, and laughing about how obvious I was. I was sure I was being discreet, but after nearly four months only seeing the same three people on rotation, I was also sure my skills of deception were probably getting rusty.
It’s tough running a small business. Sometimes all you want to do is get your head above water and have the freedom to take on bigger jobs. I can think of dozens of projects I’ve wanted us to take on but have had to refuse as we simply could not make it work logistically. Up until recently, we’ve had to say no to big commercial building projects as we’ve been a business that specialises in building houses and small commercial buildings. We’ve built a reputation for our quality of work and timely completion of projects, but that’s probably because we never bite off more than we can chew.
When you become a parent, your whole life changes. You start gaining a new perspective on what does and doesn’t matter in life. Things that used to bother you are now no longer an issue. Meanwhile, things that you never used to even think about have become top of mind. Having a child has definitely changed me. I have a new set of responsibilities that I need to prioritise in my life. I’d say the most important responsibility has definitely been the wellbeing of my child. I want my child to be healthy and happy. Part of my child being healthy and happy is ensuring they have good vision. Once my child turned five years old, I noticed they were struggling with things other children weren’t. My child was struggling to read signs and see things at a distance. 
Today has been tricky, folks, I see no point in lying about it. We all have our ups and downs, of course, especially when you get to our age, but things have been a lot harder since I hurt my shoulder so badly.
This is the story of an alien named Zor. Zor was a friendly little alien who had migrated to Earth after the great Milky Way Galactic War had begun. Since coming to Earth, Zor had enjoyed life on the blue marble of the Sol System, but he soon realised that there was a problem with human bathtubs.
When Sailors of the Coast purchased Buoys and Boats from BSR in 1997, the boating world rejoiced, as Sailors immediately announced plans to implement a legal document that would allow boating enthusiasts everywhere to use the B&B handbook to create their own boating instructional content. This would become known as the Open Boating License, or OBL, which was finalised and officially released to the world in 2000. The OBL allowed creators worldwide to borrow from the B&B handbook, including the updated 3rd Edition, also released in 2000. It was said that this legal document was irrevocable and would empower the boating community to create their own content by using the framework B&B had established. Whether you wanted to create a guide to finding the 
The cooling is pretty important where I work. If you think about it for like, three seconds, you’ll figure out exactly what I mean. Elderly people need a certain level of comfort, because their temperatures just don’t really work the way they used to. So yeah, we just need some really good cooling to keep them comfortable and…the opposite thing. Gets a bit hot for me sometimes, but whatever. It’s just part of the job.
Jack scratched his head and sat back from the computer monitor with a sigh.
Have you ever been going about your business, trying to make your way in the world like a normal person, when suddenly your life gets flipped on its head? Well, I have. In a huge way, too. It was late on a Friday afternoon, and I was getting ready to wrap up a long day of