A-5 was to supply any air cover that might be needed.As soon as they flew over the Norfolk naval base, they knew which submarine they wanted. This was...one of the larger versions of an attack submarine. Its selection was based on the fact that it was large enough to be used for testing prototype mechanisms and for carrying Jake and his alien friends. On the other hand, it was not so large that it would present a problem in converting it to a useful spaceship.Jake was especially happy with the. ”Alan smiled. “Yes, yes. And yet, consider that this place we see around us, this Christian Hell, was not once mentioned in Christian teachings during the first four hundred years of being an established religion. It is later mentioned in the various versions of the Bible, of course, but every one of those examples is a mistaken translation of one of four words, none of which accurately translates to a fiery domain of eternal punishment.”Alan stared at him and smiled in the orange glow of the. He'd tell me the meaning of legal terms like "malfeasance" and "misfeasance".I thought it was a little strange for someone to go to law school by mail, but I respected his intellect and I made sure to keep my voice down whenever George went upstairs to his bedroom to study. "George's studying," my grandmother would say, with a tone of reverence. "He needs us to be very quiet."My father would say, "George should be on the stage," and it was true. He could make you laugh so hard your insides. All family. Open this damn door, I need to take a whizz." I felt like I wanted to set the tone for our visit. I didn't want my family to feel uncomfortable about how they lived, or to think that Tina and Sherry were there to pass judgment on them. I'd finally decided that they were my family, warts and all, and that I would no longer subject either them or myself to my hypersensitivity, or to the critical part of my nature that heretofore had been controlling most of my fears.The door finally.