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Little Birdie
“I heard you lost a couple of sheep this week,” she said. “Yeah, I did, a cow, too,” the farmer returned, adding, “Gone, vanished into thin air like they never were there. And who told you?” “Oh, a little birdie told me,” she smiled. “No, really, who did you hear it from because I’ve only…
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My Cousin Elmo says, “Beer is now cheaper than gas. Drink, don’t drive.”
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God’s Refrigerator
“Uh, Houston?” Baker asked, “Are you seeing this?” “Affirmative,” Houston came back. Baker was the Commander of Lunar Exploration One. His second in command, Wilson, was standing closer to the object inspecting it, and taking photographs. They were inside the dark half of the moon, the beams of their helmets the only illumination available and…
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And Women are from Venus
“You know I don’t like crowds,” Les complained to his supervisor. “Sorry, but you got the short straw, dude,” the other man said. Thousands of people gathered in Las Vegas for the tech show, and Les was one of them. He did his four hours at his companies booth, then retreated to the privacy of…
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To Prevent a Murder
Lieutenant Edwige Barre found the wind from the mountainside much colder than she expected. It was nighttime, 19 January, and there was a blanket of snow covering the streets, and more was threatening. She had to hurry, as she didn’t have much time and didn’t want to get caught. Her all-black bodysuit and the shadows…
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My Cousin Elmo says, “Where’s a rock when you need one? Oh, that’s right, God banned them when Cain slew Able.”
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The Doom of Sagebrush One
The craft glided gently to a stop exactly as programmed. Commander “Skeeter” Caster removed his helmet and smiled at the camera mounted over the control dash, happy that the first test of their hyper transonic-warp engine had worked. “Sagebrush One to Groom Lake, I’m outside of our solar system, and it took less than 78…
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Vanished Rock
Buddy and I are jus’ now back from our daily hike. We would have been home sooner had I not had to search for, but never find, what I was expecting to see. For nearly a quarter-century, I have been going to the same place to sit and relax, meditate, pray and allow my imagination…
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Twine
Dad, can we stop and see that ball of twine we heard about yesterday?” my son asked. “Sure,” I said as we approached Exit 13 that led to the town. Twine Town isn’t its real name. I don’t want to remember the name, let alone have a desire to say it aloud. We stopped there…
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My Cousin Elmo says, “Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein are a perfect couple because she can still finish his sentence.”