Mark Richard
Mark Richard
Mark Richard is an American short story writer, novelist, screenwriter, and poet. He is the author of two award-winning short story collections, The Ice at the Bottom of the World and Charity, a bestselling novel, Fishboy, and House of Prayer No. 2: A Writer's Journey Home...
shots
We're getting closer. At least we didn't give up 52 shots this time.
days field personnel power priority restore safest service timely
We have approximately 1,800 field personnel working 16-hour days to restore power to all of our customers. Our priority is to restore service not only in a timely manner, but in the safest way possible.
bitterness bring children god help honor needed situation
My first thought was that in some way, I needed to bring honor to God through this situation and not show any bitterness because that would not help my children at all,
playing power wear
When you're playing with only 13 guys, and (Columbus) is on the power play 12 times, that'll wear you down.
easygoing
We thought it was too easygoing and something had to go wrong, and it did.
improvement needs work
There's work there that needs to be done and one thing we have to put in place is an improvement plan.
ask chance might ourselves win
We might not win even if we do that, but we'll give ourselves a chance at least, and that's all you can really ask for.
effect leave team
As of right now, we do not have any penalties. The only way they would come into effect is if (a player) would leave the team and not come back, and they would leave ineligible.
remember
This is something we will remember for ever.
boats break conditions five
I think if the conditions are here, I'd say all five big boats will break the record.
bad game saves won
(Cairns) made some big-time saves for us. And if it weren't for that bad bounce, we would have won the game 1-0.
mom brother real
That's the real excellent scary part, that feeling, and that feeling won't come if the lady from next door is there and your mom won't ride the ride, because what brings on that feeling most is when your mom rides wedged in tight with you and your brother on nights like this, when your mom will scream the excellent scream, the scream that people you see in snatches on the boardwalk stop and stare for, the scream that stops the ride next door, the scream that tells us to our hearts the bolts have finally broken.
defeated explaining storyteller
A defeated nation is always explaining itself. That's why the best storytellers are always from vanquished nations.