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This is how it works: you get 5 words and with these 5 words you have to write an entry. The words might or might not be related. You decide how to combine them, and how long your entry will be. You tag your entry with 5wordchallenge and whatever other tags you like. Finally, you put the words in…

The drawstring pouch hangs off his hip         like a holster,filled with glittering gold, shining silver     and iridescent, opalescent                  cats-eyes.

He reaches within, selecting carefully         amongst his hard-earned treasures,      the clicks and clatters music to his ears             as he selects his most precious marble                         by the eyes in his fingertips.

Chilled from its time in his desk drawer,    his prize possession grows warm between his palms ashe rolls it                 back                             and                 forth.

He readies the hazy bronze-colored glass, shot through with sparks of     amethyst and jade.

              Aims,                             fires,

and smiles at the noise of his efforts,     the clacks from the circle that provide                       the soundtrack of his bliss,the joy of success when playing for keepsies.

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Scavenger Hunt #2 – Yod’s Weekend Photo Scavenger Hunt

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Take a self portrait of yourself doing your best secret agent impression.Show us the most delicious thing that you can prepare in your kitchen in under 90 seconds.Take a picture of a tattoo or piercing on your body. If you don’t have either, show us where you want one and tell us what you plan to…

1. Take a self portrait of yourself doing your best secret agent impression.

Not Deep Throat By Any Means

What evil lurks in the hearts of men?  Only the Shadow knows…or the shadowy, partially obscured figure dressed like a sekrit agent from an old 50's B movie…I'm passing the uber-secret crossword puzzle to my invisible government contact in this photo.  Please note I had already completed photo scavenger hunt topic #2 at the time of this photo.

2. Show us the most delicious thing that you can prepare in your kitchen in under 90 seconds.

What I Wouldn’t Give For a Manhattan Right Now…

Ross' Extra-Delicious Manhattan Recipe

1 part whiskey (Black Label optional, but highly recommended)
1/2 part sweet vermouth
2 maraschino cherries
Ice to suit
Stir and sip, repeat when you hit bottom

I swear I wasn't copying crankypants on this one!  I made and drank this one long before I saw her post!

3. Take a picture of a tattoo or piercing on your body. If you don't have either, show us where you want one and tell us what you plan to get. If you're against body modification or are just not interested, take a picture of your thumb.

I Got the Tattoo Before I was a Panthers Fan

This is a slightly-weird angle of my one and only tattoo.  I got it after I had graduated college and joined the working world, and was completely sober at the time.  I had started off with an idea of what I wanted, combined it with some flash I saw at the tattoo parlor, helped the artist fine-tune it to my liking, and just went for it.  I highly recommend Skin Funk Tattoo in New York, if you're ever up that way and looking for some new ink.

4. Show us something that could only exist in [where you live].

Philip Morris Cow Pasture

Only in North Carolina can you find Big Tobacco manufacturing facilities hand-in-hand with acres and acres of cow-pastures.  These fields are all owned by Philip Morris, who has a facility somewhere back there on-site.

Note: North Carolina's unofficial state motto is: Remember, Tobacco is a Vegetable!

5. Create a sculpture of a pig out of unconventional materials (don't use clay or play doh, etc.) and show it to us.

Gerald, the Soda-Pig

Meet Gerald the soda-pig (not to be confused with Spider-Pig).  Born 11:22 AM, August 18th, 2007, Gerald consists of:

1 caffeine-free diet pepsi can
4 sheet-metal screws
1/2 sheet of pink paper
2 pieces of scotch tape
1 pink-vinyl coated paper-clip
Ink from a Sharpie
A whole lot of TLC

Unfortunately, Gerald suffered a bad accident involving a recycling bin, and is no longer with us.  He is survived by his littermates Geraldine and Harold, both of whom declined to be pictured here.

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I'd heard Europe had larger hazardous warnings on cigarette packages, but wasn't aware of how bad it actually was until I saw this display in the duty-free shop in the Manchester airport…

The Hazards of Smoking

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