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Proverbs 9:9 (NASB1995) -
Give instruction to a wise man and he will be still wiser,
Teach a righteous man and he will increase his learning.
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Ep9 My demon (4)
Gosh..since this sbs..the hotness could increase if it's jtbc..I know they can do it more sexy and sensual..haha
Well at least Song Kang body was shown😍😍
#2023#korean drama#my demon#song kang#kim yoo jung#kiss#bed scene#ep9#sexy#passion#more#increase#sbs drama#jtbc#netflix#do do hee#jeong gu won
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#fairycore#fairygarden#faery aesthetic#tears for fears#frog aesthetic#frogs and toads#quote#frog#cute frogs#ducks#woman fears she was poisoned after picking up banknote laced with mystery substance from mcdonald’s floor#increase#economic#demand#cottageblr#cottagecore#english cottage#cottagestyle#cottage life#cottage garden#academia#cottage aesthetic#farmcore#cottage vibes#country cottage#cottagecore aesthetic#Instagram
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Buffet Times (3/6)
Groaning, Sarge lifted himself back up and wiped the drool from his mouth. “Gosh… why does that feel so good?” He looked up at where he thought Charlie was, but he didn’t see anyone this time. The only thing he could see was the empty guest tables around him with the buffet across the way.
Sarge lowered his hands to his belly. Placing a hand over his stomach, he pressed in as hard as he could… there was no firmness. His belly sank it deeply now. Pulling his hand away, Sarge looked down at his belly. He could see that the wall of muscles he had seemed to be… missing. His belly was now lapping over his pants in a subtle manner, covering up the unfastened button with ease.
He felt his eye twitch as he placed both his hands under his belly. Hefting it up, he was dismayed to feel it had a lot of heft to it. It felt heavier than it did before, yet now his stomach was emptied… again. He couldn’t pull his shirt back down anymore. It kept riding up and showing his belly hair constantly. “I feel mortified,” he said. Looking from his table to the buffet, and then to the exit, he gritted his teeth. “I… I think I wanna get going. I’ve had enough food… ha...ha.”
Sarge kept pulling his shirt down as he walked toward the front desk. He could see Charlie was standing at it. Charlie had both his elbows on the front counter with his head resting on his hands. When Sarge walked by, Charlie perked up. “Hello there, guest, enjoying the food?”
“Ahh yeah, it was all uh… really good!” Sarge said, whizzing past Charlie. “Unfortunately, I gotta get going! But I’ll be sure to be back again. Just… uh… charge the rest of the payment to my account-”
Sarge took one step on the welcome mat and his body froze. Try as he might, he couldn’t get himself to move. He could feel a set of hands rubbing his belly, but they felt different… cold. They weren’t warm and relaxing like Charlie’s hands, they felt almost… metallic.
He stood there, helplessly, as the arms rubbed his belly up and down. They then grasped portions of his belly, seeming to pull it outward as far as it could go. They then shook his belly which, to his chagrin, had grown a “jiggling” quality to it. After a few minutes of this… odd set of hands jostling his midriff, a digital-styled light popped on the glass door in front of him with the text, “0.00 lbs.” on it.
“Oh, no can do, big guy,” Charlie’s familiar voice said from right behind Sarge. Jumping, Sarge turned around to face Charlie.
“What do you mean? I can’t leave?!” Sarge screamed.
“Relax, big guy,” Charlie said, placing a hand on Sarge’s belly, causing Sarge to freeze up again. “You agreed to the Fat Man’s Eating Challenge. As you can see, the challenge says you’ve eaten zero pounds of food. All you gotta do is get to twelve pounds and you’re good to go.” Charlie took his hand off Sarge’s belly.
Sarge felt panic rise inside him. “Zero? But I literally just ate three platefuls of meat! Even just lifting it up was difficult! I thought that was like… six pounds!”
“If you ate it,” Charlie said, placing his hand on Sarge’s belly again, but firmly pressing into Sarge’s stomach area, “where’s the food?” He took his hand away.
“I… uh… I dunno! I thought you told me that massage made it easier to digest the food. It’s probably in my intestines somewhere!” Sarge groped at his belly, lifting it up as high as he could. “YOU even saw the food I ate! Why are you doing this?”
Charlie tilted his head to the side. “Welcome to Grand Surprises. Again, gimick for this week.”
“What even happened to me? Why is my stomach so… flabby?” Sarge whined.
“Nothing wrong with being fat,” Charlie said. “I think it makes you look cute.”
“Fat? I’m not fat! I’m rather well-built, thank you!” Sarge protested.
“Oh really? And what was your name again, big guy?” Charlie asked.
“My name? What does my name have to do with this?” Sarge asked.
“Your name?” Charlie asked.
“It’s S-” Sarge tried to say his name, but the moment it came to his mind, he lost it. “It’s… uh… what is my name?” He scratched his head. “Why can’t I remember my name?”
“Sarge, if I recall?” Charlie Chided.
“S-” Sarge tried to repeat what Charlie said, but he just couldn’t get himself to do so. “Is it?”
“No, well… not anymore. You don’t have a name,” Charlie put a finger to Sarge’s nose and poked it. “You gave it to me, remember? Right before the massage.”
“I only told you my name! I can say it! My name is-” ... tried to say it again, but this time, he felt something in his mind rip away.
“From now on, you’ll be called Big Guy,” Charlie smirked. “That alright, Big Guy?”
“That’s not my name,” Big Guy growled.
“Then what is it?”
“It’s… uh,” again, Big Guy tried to think of his name… but the only thing coming to mind was Big Guy. “It’s… Big Guy?”
Charlie giggled, patting Big Guy’s head. Big Guy felt a strange sensation of chills move from the top of his head, down his spine, and into his stomach. The chills began to intensify until his stomach began to growl. He felt hungry again… and he wanted more food.
“Now, go get more food, Big Guy. I’m sure you’ll find that you’re oh-so-close to reaching that twenty-four pound goal.
“Twenty four? Wasn’t it twelve?” Big Guy asked, looking down at his belly. “Big Guy can’t even fit-”
“Well, if you want your name back, Bug Guy, then you better get to eating! Twenty four pounds. No less.”
Big Guy whined again. His mind was swimming with confusion. Looking outside, he could see his car in the parking lot. It sat there, alone. No one else was coming in any time soon…. He was stuck here.
Helpless, confused, and scared, Big Guy went back to the buffet and filled up his plates. His stomach seemed to growl when he was close to the pasta bar, so he loaded up on different pastas. Lasagna, spaghetti, cavatappi…. He used to favor only marinara, but his stomach seemed to be craving every type of sauce there. He had to make a few trips, filling up six plates of food by the time he sat down to eat.
The pasta tasted divine. With each successive bite, he felt his worries melt away. The food here was amazing! A few more bites and Big Guy realized he was now completely done with his six plates of pasta. He wasn’t sure how much it all weighed, but he knew it was certainly a large volume of carbs he had ingested.
With a few huffs, Big Guy scooted his chair back, allowing his belly to breathe more. He didn’t even need to feel his stomach with his hand to know he was nearly bloated now. Much like the previous few times, Big Guy felt like he didn’t want to eat another bite. He groaned and started to rub his belly, as per usual. “Urk, Big Guy feel like…” Big Guy stopped cold, immediately realizing what was about to happen. Pushing against the table, Big Guy shot himself backward, almost knocking his chair over as he did. He tried to get up, but the girth of his belly caused him to lose his balance. He wasn’t expecting such a weight difference. Surely this was enough to meet the-
A pair of hands caught Big Guy. “Oh, careful now, Big Guy… you wouldn’t want to fall, would ya? For a man as fat as you, that’d be quite the fall!” To no surprise, it was Charlie.
“Big Guy isn’t fat!” Big Guy retorted, trying to wrestle himself free of Charlie, but found his efforts to be useless, as he was fighting against both Charlie and his own belly. “Wait… did Big Guy just say name in third person?”
“Indeed you did! Forgetting how to use ‘I’ are you? So focused on keeping your name in your head you barely notice if other bits of information slip away!” Charlie chuckled, already wrapping his hands around Big Guy. The moment they touched Big Guy’s belly, he expected to be completely frozen again. However, this time, he noticed he was able to move his head a bit. Looking down, Big Guy could see the pair of hands rubbing over his belly again. Even though he was watching the hands press firmly into his stomach, the need to upchuck never came.
At one point, one of Charlie’s hands pressed into Big Guy’s belly until it hit Big Guy’s muscular wall, which was further destended than he had ever seen it before. When Charlie went over this same spot again, Big Guy noticed that the hand pressed in a lot deeper. Both the hands inched downward and hefted up Big Guy’s belly. With a quick drop, Big Guy felt his gut wrench, as if it was being changed from the inside out…. He felt his stomach begin to growl again. The food was no longer there… but why was his stomach still so big?
(Part 3 of 6)
Artwork/Story/Characters (C) Pikminpedia
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God delights to increase the faith of his children. We ought, instead of wanting no trials before victory, no exercise for patience, to be willing to take them from God’s hands as a means. Trials, obstacles, difficulties, and sometimes defeats, are the very food of faith.
George Mueller
#God#delight#increase#faith#children of God#trials#difficulties#defeat#food of faith#George Mueller#Christian Quotes
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i have no idea what it is but the sketches of my plant witch OC have been favorited by these “definitely not a p-bot” tumblr accounts for a couple of months now. like luckily most of them are blank accounts but still no clue what math led them to this being the piece they’ve decided to favorite most
#unnamed witch story#increase#anyone else been noticing these gibberish accounts?#status update#doodle#tumblr bots love me men fear me
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what the fuck what the fuck what the fuck what the fuck what the fuck what the fuck what the fuck what th
#i got an A in my discrete math class??#how??#i hope this isn't a mistake??#i was supposed to get an A-#at least that's what i calculated#god has saved me#two more exams to go#it's almost impossible#but if i ace my exams#i can get an A in the other two classes#and my gpa would#fucking#increase#which is insane given how terribly this semester has went#but my main goal is to keep my gpa from not dropping too much#i won't settle for anything less than a 3.8#cynic.txt
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Love’s Growth
John Donne
I scarce believe my love to be so pure
As I had thought it was,
Because it doth endure
Vicissitude, and season, as the grasse;
Methinks I lied all winter, when I swore,
My love was infinite, if spring make’it more.
But if this medicine, love, which cures all sorrow
With more, not onely bee no quintessence,
But mixt of all stuffes, paining soule, or sense,
And of the Sunne his working vigour borrow,
Love’s not so pure, and abstract, as they use
To say, which have no Mistresse but their Muse,
But as all else, being elemented too,
Love sometimes would contemplate, sometimes do
And yet no greater, but more eminent,
Love by the spring is grown;
As, in the firmament,
Starres by the Sunne are not inlarg’d, but showne,
Gentle love deeds, as blossomes on a bough,
From love’s awakened root do bud out now.
If, as in water stir’d more circles bee
Produc’d by one, love such additions take,
Those like so many spheares, but one heaven make,
For, they are all concentrique unto thee,
And though each spring doe adde to love new heate,
As princes do in times of action get
New taxes, and remit them not in peace,
No winter shall abate the spring’s encrease.
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It’s Scorching
From THE VRNJJPTITTEBBA HONOURS (2023)
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APPREHENDING THE GOD OF INCREASE
Right now, we celebrate the Holy Spirit bringing us into a divine convergence to position us for a continual increase in wisdom, stature, and favor!
Luke 2:52 reads, "And Jesus kept increasing in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men."
WISDOM is the application of your understanding and the supernatural ability to turn your encounters and dreams with God into reality. This increase in the Spirit of Wisdom is being poured out to give you the capacity to clearly recognize where your FOCUS should be directed right now. In the Bible the "Sons of Issachar" knew the times (kairos: the NOW opportunities) and the seasons.
STATURE refers to the size of your heart and your inner man. It's a combination of your God-sized dreams, His presence on your life, and the size of your YES to God. Your stature in the Spirit causes a healthy recognition and is used by God to attract favor with God and men.
FAVOR is a direct result of apprehending and moving in your Christ calling as you bear fruit that remains for God’s Kingdom.
2 Corinthians 9:8 reads, "And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that always having all sufficiency in everything, you may have an abundance for every good deed."
SPENDING YOUR FAVOR
The secret to your increase in these NOW moments is directly linked to recognizing and valuing your "Burning Bush" (new and uncommon) invitations and your ability to "take off your shoes" and stay a while with Him.
Moses not only turned aside to encounter God's obvious invitations, but he built a dwelling place for continual encounters and called it "The Tent of Meeting". From that day on everyone knew that Moses was intentional about obeying God and using obedience and communion with God to receive more understanding and favor.
In Exodus 33:13, Moses discovers how to use his favor, "Now therefore, I pray You, if I have found favor in Your sight, let me know Your ways that I may know You, so that I may find favor in Your sight."
FAVOR AND FRIENDSHIP
Exodus 33:14-16 reads "And He said, 'My presence shall go with you, and I will give you rest.' Then he said to Him, 'If Your presence does not go with us, do not lead us up from here. For how then can it be known that I have found favor in Your sight, I and Your people? Is it not by Your going with us, so that we, I and Your people, may be distinguished from all the other people who are upon the face of the earth?'"
Moses had learned from his surprise "Burning Bush" encounters, and from wearing a path in the sand to his regularly scheduled "Tent of Meeting" moments with God, that experiencing more of God's presence would cause him to go from favor to friendship.
Then Moses said, "I pray You, show me Your glory!" (verse 17)
You have found the favor and the friendship of God who says to you this day, "I will be with you just as I was with Moses."
God shows His glory in us as we move from glory to glory as we bear fruit that remains for His advancing Kingdom through our Christ calling.
ALBERT FINCH MINISTRY
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What's the best method to boost my organic traffic by using the correct SEO practices?
Between all of the PPC ads, every website should have enough organic traffic, so that business owners are able to not only increase sales, but also boost their revenue ratio without spending a lot of money on PPC ads.
Here are some SEO-friendly methods I employ to increase organic traffic to any website:
Utilize content-based keywords
It is well-known how crucial the research of keywords is, but just adding the most relevant keywords to your website content isn't enough. Always make sure to include keywords that are relevant to the topic I write about.
So, if someone is looking for the same subject on Google There is an increase of 60% that they'll find your site effortlessly.
Make sure you use the correct meta titles and descriptions
The meta tag and the title are essential to improve your SERP rank on Google. Meta descriptions are only the text that appears beneath the title of the content in the search results.
Both the title and description are crucial for organic SEO. They should be optimized to the highest level for all websites.
Regularly guest blog to build backlinks
Writing guest posts is not only helping me establish connections with industry leaders but also allows my content to be discovered by a new public and helps me build high-quality backlinks to enhance the off-page SEO of my site.
Optimize the Website to allow for Mobile viewing
Another method to boost SEO is to make every website mobile-friendly. Nowadays, the majority of users visit their most visited websites via phones, and therefore it is essential to make your website mobile-friendly according to the aspect ratio of mobile devices.
Monitor the speed at which pages load. pages
The speed of loading plays a crucial factor in ranking SEO. I try to try to achieve a loading speed that is less three seconds. The longer is required to load up a web page, the greater the chance of visitors leaving your website and not even seeing it properly.
Thus, increasing the bounce rate that will impact the SEO rankings negatively.
End Thoughts
Enhancing the SEO of any site isn't difficult if you take the proper steps however I consider off-page SEO to be complicated, so I recommend using professional tools like Postifluence (link within the comment) to find the most effective guest post opportunities within my particular field.
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Proverbs 24:5 (NKJV) -
A wise man is strong,
Yes, a man of knowledge increases strength;
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Civil Servants Seek Salary Increase
Civil Servants Seek Salary Increase
Following the increase in the pump price of petrol, some federal and state civil servants have appealed to both governments to increase workers salaries to reduce their hardships.
The workers, who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria, in separate interviews on Friday in Katsina, said the appeal was necessary because prices of goods and transportation had also skyrocketed.
A Federal Government…
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An essay on labor market frictions, international trade, and uncertainty Economics and Finance.
The labor market is a central institution in any modern economy. If the market does not function satisfactorily, willing workers will remain unemployed for too long, and many workers will occupy positions that are unsuited for them. Moreover, firms will not appear, grow, or close at the optimal rate. At the same time, the labor market is characterized by pervasive regulation. Across nations, the labor market is subject to minimum wages, hiring and bring restrictions, compulsory collective bargaining and arbitrage, limitations on the number of hours, anti discrimination clauses, curtailments on work by age and by gender, etc. Moreover, substantial differences in labor market flexibility persist even within groups of countries with similar income levels.
The purpose of this paper is to studying the role of labor market frictions and its interaction with international trade and uncertainty, the relationship between uncertainty and the business cycle.
When uncertainty increases, the value of a job match declines as the option value of waiting increases. Unemployment goes up, making it harder for unemployed workers to find jobs. The decline in employment drives the marginal product of capital downward, which triggers fall in capital investment. Uncertainty also makes economic agents cautious about decisions like employment, which adjustment costs can make expensive to reverse. Thus, it gives rise to a contractionary real option-value effect. In this, real options apply to key decisions: hirings, firing and firrm entry.
How Can Taxes Help Ensure a Fair Globalization?
As productivity can quickly revert, firms become more reluctant to separate from their workforce, all the more so as they pay firing costs. The decline in total employment drives the marginal product of capital downwards, which triggers a fall in capital investment. Firm dynamics have an impact on job creation and separation decisions, and vice versa. We find that increased uncertainty generates real exchange rate depreciation, current account surplus and reduces the stock offirms in the economy.
Over the past decades, trade liberalization has led to a significant trade expansion. In developing countries, job creation resulting from trade liberalization has mainly taken place in the informal economy. The novelty of this paper is to focus on the interactions between the choices to participate at the international trade and the induced labor reallocations between formal and informal activities.
However, trade expansion and higher levels of economic activity do not necessarily imply higher employment quality and better working conditions. The essay show that trade liberalization boosts economic activity and employment in both the formal and informal sector. In the emerging economy, in the medium run, trade liberalization ultimately induces more firms to export, thereby increasing labor demand and real wages. As in the developed economy, this leads to high share of exporters and informality in emerging economy.
In the long run, when the developed country has reached its long-run level of iceberg costs, in the emerging country trade expansion is still ongoing. In the emerging country, revenue growth is now driven by iceberg cost reduction which takes place only in the emerging country and still generates growth gains.
An easy way to promote formal employment is to reduce the payroll tax paid by firms. An alternative solution might be implementing a "budget-neutral" tax reform, consisting in increasing the consumption tax to fund the cut in payroll taxes. An advantage of this strategy is that the consumption tax has a larger base, it is easier to collect and more difficult to evade. The tax reform is country-specifc. The most important point is certainly the fact that the tax reform allows the welfare of the unemployed workers to increase, despite the large initial loses induced by the jump in the consumption tax.
This essay show that trade liberalization boosts economic activity in both developed and emerging countries. However, the paper find that trade liberalization is associated to higher informality, which ultimately implies less job security and lower employment quality. Policy makers should consider placing a high priority on promoting job quality and income equality. Policy interventions should follow a comprehensive approach that rests on three pillars: increasing the benefitts of formality, decreasing the costs of formalization and improving enforcement methods.
Tax policy interventions should go hand in hand with more effective social protection systems and labor laws. Extending unemployment benefits to all workers in the formal sector including those working part-time and/or on temporary contracts, could prevent unemployed from looking for an informal job. Another step to enhance the quality of existing jobs is intensifying labor inspections in those sector where the incidence of informal work is higher.
The effects of uncertainty shocks can vary across countries, depending on their structuralcharacteristics, policy reactions, etc. This paper tries to focus on the role of LMIs in the transmission of uncertainty shocks. Under irreversibility and uncertainty, rms become more reluctant to lay workers off. The role of other country characteristics is ambiguous.
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#samir#essays#labor#market#international#trade#uncertainty#economics#finaces#wealth#increase#indulgences#desires#entrepreneurs#independence#luxury#excess#contrast#balance#light#good#life#positive#negative#workers#wishes#money#transfert#death#commerce
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Buffet Times (1/6)
It took a bit of coaxing from a friend to make Sarge come to this buffet. “Grand Surprises” was its name. As he walked through the door, he couldn’t help but notice how quiet the place was. He was certain the green, neon sign out front said, “OPEN”. As he walked up to the front desk, he could smell an array of tantalizing smells. Meats, vegetables, breads, all sorts of desserts…. The place was certainly open. Why else would they cook so much food?
Looking back toward the entrance, Sarge noticed a rather hefty-looking mannequin. The plastic material was gray in color, something Sarge thought was weird… given the mannequin wasn’t wearing any clothes. It just stood there with a big sign plastered to the orb-of-a-belly it had. The sign read, “This could be you!” Scoffing, Sarge place a hand on his belly, comparing his midriff with the mannequin’s. He rubbed it generously, feeling the fur press against the hard wall of muscle he had acquired over the past few years. He’d have to come here every day for an entire year to get that fat.
“Table for one?” a friendly voice asked, shaking Sarge out of his thoughts.
“Huh? Oh! Yeah! One, please.” He turned his head to see a rather slender man. He wore a burgundy, button-up shirt with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows. The black pants seemed to match the color of his hair, a neatly trimmed and styled structure of onyx.
The man pressed a few buttons on the cash register. “That’ll be twenty-two dollars. Did you want to add the big-guy discount?”
“Big guy discount?” Sarge asked, looking at himself. “Last I checked, I wasn’t very… big.”
The man chuckled as he rested an elbow on the counter. “It’s more of a, ‘if you can eat X amount of food, you get ten dollars off,’ kinda deal. We offer it to all our customers. Of course, if you can’t eat the suggested amount, you’ll pay full price.”
“I don’t see any real downside to that, so sure?” Sarge said, pulling out his wallet to pay the fee. Once the card was accepted, the man held up a stamper. Though a bit confused, Sarge held out his hand. The man quickly pressed the stamper down on Sarge’s hand, staining the fur on the back of his hand a dark blue coloration. He expected to see a smiley face but instead saw a bunch of intricate lines that formed a flower-like pattern. “A lily?” he asked.
“Somethin’ like that. I don’t really know. I pretend it has magical powers that allows people to eat more!” The man chortled again as he walked around the counter. “Charlie, by the way.”
“Sarge,” Sarge gave a nod. He let Charlie take him to a seat at the far end of the buffet. As they walked, Sarge noticed a distinct lack of other customers in the seating area to his left. As far as he knew, he was the only one here. This confused him even more, as he noticed plates upon plates of different cuisines lining the counter tops to his right. He felt his stomach growl again. It was surprisingly loud to him.
“Here’s your seat, Sarge. Feel free to take any food when you’re ready. Seems your receipt is saying… ‘at least four pounds of food’.” The man looked at the receipt before holding it out to Sarge. “Sorry, pal. That’s one of the harder goals to meet. I hope you’ll manage alright, though?”
“Probably not, but it’ll be fun to try, I suppose. Been meaning to treat myself!” Sarge gave a nervous laugh. Four pounds? That was more than he could stomach!
“Well, I’ll come by to check in you in ten minutes, alright? Would you like a drink?” Charlie asked.
“Water, please,” Sarge said with a quick nod. “I’m gonna grab food now.”
“Of course,” Charlie nodded. Seeing as Sarge didn’t take the receipt, he placed it on the table before walking off, leaving Sarge to his own devices.
Taking a deep breath, Sarge cracked his knuckles. He knew exactly where he was going to start – the salad table. One of his favorite foods, and one of the ways he would determine if a buffet was worth it or not was based on their salads. To his enjoyment, this buffet did not seem stingy. Collecting a great amount of salad components, Sarge managed to fully fill the plate he had picked up at the counter. When he made it back to his table, he had no second thoughts and immediately began scarfing down the delicious array of leafy greens, eggs, broccoli, pasta, and ranch he had meticulously put together.
Satisfied with his choice, Sarge patted his stomach, causing a belch to escape from his mouth. He estimated the weight of that salad was only around a half a pound at best. Though he wanted to get more, he knew the salad would fill him up quickly. Hesitating on where to go next, Sarge stepped out of his seat. Letting his nose guide him, Sarge smelled his way to the part of the buffet containing foods from different cultures. Most places he went to would usually only have Chinese and Mexican-styled dishes, but this buffet seemed to contain dishes from almost every continent.
Sure, there were a lot of foods he couldn’t pronounce, but that didn’t stop him from getting a small portion of each food to sample. Different styles of chicken, pastas, pastries, veggies, and… mystery dishes… quickly filled up his plate. Trying to save himself from taking two trips, Sarge grabbed another plate and filled it up with the remainder of the food from across the counter. Satisfied with his pickings, Sarge lifted his plates and walked back to his table, estimating the weight to be around three pounds on its own.
“This should be enough,” Sarge said, immediately sitting down and grabbing a chocolate-filled croissant. He scarfed it down hungrily, feeling his tail wag as he did so. He then grabbed a soft-shelled taco he put together, downing it within moments. His mouth salivated with every bite of this food. Its tantalizing flavors made him excited to eat more and more.
Sarge was half-way through the second plate of food when his bliss of eating was suddenly cut short. He had just scarfed down a deviled egg when he felt his body protest. Taking a shallow breath, Sarge looked down at his belly, realizing it was sticking out a bit. He was bloated. It had been a while since he attained this sensation.
“Urk,” he said, slowly lowering his hands to unbutton his pants so they wouldn’t restrict his midriff. “Too much food… but I didn’t even hit four pounds!” Whining, Sarge began to rub his belly as he looked down at the remaining bits of food on his plate. If he could finish it off, he knew he was a shoe-in to get that discount… but he felt he couldn’t.
“Everything going well, Sarge?” Charlie asked, causing Sarge to jump in surprise. He hadn’t noticed the man walk up next to him.
“Ahhh, yeah! I ate too much, I think. I feel so… bloated,” Sarge said, gesturing to his gut. “See that? It’s distended. I don’t think I quite hit the four pound mark, though.”
“A shame,” Charlie said, following looking down to where Sarge had gestured. “I may be able to help, actually. Though, I do need your permission.”
“Permission? Permission for what?” Sarge asked.
“Permission to use a massaging technique I learned. Helps your stomach empty out so you can eat more.” A smile appeared on Charlie’s face. Sarge swore it looked a bit devious.
“I… uh… you’d wanna help me?” Sarge asked. “What do I do? Take off my shirt or somethin’?”
“Oh, no. Just requires you relax. You can hold up your shirt if you’d like. Makes the massage more affective,” Charlie said. “Again, this is up to you. It is a special our buffet offers for those trying to do the ‘fat man’s eating challenge’.”
“You really love using your synonyms for someone being overweight, huh?” Sarge managed to huff out. He held up his shirt, revealing the cream and brown fur of his belly. “So like… what’s the fat man’s challenge?”
“May I have your name for the records? Giving me your name now would upgrade you to the Fat Man’s Eating Challenge,” Charlie asked, seeming to avoid the question.
Sarge wanted to think on it more, but his churning stomach did the talking for him. “Yeah, sure, go ahead… erm. Sorry, my name’s Sarge,” he belted out with eyes closed, followed by a suddenly loud burp.
The moment Sarge finished his burp, he felt a set of hands press against his belly. They were firm and quick as they rubbed up and down on his midriff. It felt good… impossibly good. Sarge found himself only focusing on the belly rub. Being a werewolf, he knew he had a predisposition for enjoying belly rubs, but this belly rub felt abnormally good. He started to zone in and out of consciousness, lulled by the rhythmic motion of Charlie’s hands on his belly.
(Part 1 of 6)
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Strength to the Weary
He gives power to the stricken and to those afflicted of disease he increases strength.
— Isaiah 40:29 | Aramaic Bible in Plain English (ABPE)
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Cross References: Judges 15:19; Psalm 29:11; Psalm 68:35; Isaiah 41:10; Isaiah 50:4; Jeremiah 31:25; 2 Corinthians 4:16
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