Author Archives
Usually bemused by the current nuttiness of the modern world and attempting to maintain my wits by writing about it all
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Why We Write
The great journalist, satirist and cultural critic, H.L. Mencken, (September 12, 1880 – January 29, 1956) wrote: “Why then do rational men and women engage in so barbarous and exhausting a vocation (writing) – for there are relatively intelligent and… Read More ›
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The Rat Infestation of Washington D.C. is Never-Ending
Another speech, a few more countries added to Washington’s list to destroy. Ah, such is the life of the POTUS. Just a few warmongering gems from Mr. Trump’s UN address: “The United States has great strength and patience, but if… Read More ›
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4 Out of 4 Demons Agree – There Will be No Safe Spaces in Hades
Recent surveys from Beelzebub’s assistants say that present day candidates for the bottomless pit are as long as the work week is tedious. Future spots in Hell are filling fast! As life on “planet” Earth winds down, regular folks, simply… Read More ›
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“In the Mood”
Insanity, nuttiness, absurdities….you know – what you see and maybe, unfortunately, experience about anytime you step out of your cocoon called home and venture out into the matrix. Can it get any more insane? Sure! As we here at the… Read More ›
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“Affogato” ~ A Short Story
She arrives at the neighborhood cafe, always at 3:30, almost every afternoon. A half cup of coffee is poured for her into a off-white porcelain cup with matching saucer underneath. Always ordering the same accompaniment, employees at the cafe know… Read More ›
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Great Water!
The regular daily insanity at the Asylum was curtailed for a spell yesterday as kitchen pipes that had rusted through, enabled water to get to places previously banned, creating a pleasant squishing sensation under a couple of kitchen tiles close… Read More ›
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Sniffing Through the Nonsense
Just as sure as your dog will sniff another dog’s back-end upon their initial greeting of each other; government incompetents, Hollywood nutjobs, media hyenas and political charlatans of every stripe will lie. Whether it’s an off-the-cuff lie, a lie… Read More ›
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McCain and Media Wet Themselves Together
“You live and learn. At any rate, you live.” ~ Douglas Adams Since the time, some billions and billions and billions of years ago (so we’re told) when this whole universe, with its’ planetary system: sun, moon, stars and all… Read More ›
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Magnificent Prokofiev
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) was one of the few composers who have encapsulated the dilemma of being a 20th-century creative artist quite as poignantly as Prokofiev. He was already composing by the age of six, and wrote his first opera, The… Read More ›
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Our Daily Bread
Humorless oafs can ruin any social outing. Yes, you know the ones – ordering anchovies on a pizza for a group of folks allergic to all forms of life aquatic. What promised to be an epic gabfest of exchanging texts… Read More ›
