• In Reply

    From my email this late afternoon: “Why do you announce to the world that you have mental health issues? Don’t you know that can come back and bite you in the ass? Aren’t you afraid?” Here are my answers: It is the right thing for me to do, yes, and no.  Now to expound on that,…

  • Cheese and Crackers

    It has been a minute since my cheese last slipped off my cracker. As I was on my way home from a potluck last Wednesday evening, I felt a slight change overcome my mood. The best I describe it is I suddenly, and not for any discernable reason, I describe as ‘sad,’ though that is…

  • Haunted House

    We had not been in our new home for three months yet when Halloween came around. My son was six-years-old at the time, and he was excited about going trick-or-treating in our new neighborhood. One night, as he was getting ready for bed, he asked, “Can we go to a haunted house?” As he climbed…

  • ¿Eres tú, Batman?

    Darkness was beginning to settle as I hurriedly walked home. I had spent much longer at the local pub than I meant to, and now I was in trouble with my wife. Along with the night came an unsettling fog that slowly wafted its way between the nearby trees and the narrow path I followed.…

  • My Cousin Elmo says, “I stand behind Alec Baldwin because no way in hell will I stand in front of him.”

  • Bullied

    As Frankie entered my laboratory, I asked, “Whats was wrong, son?” “The kids at school are bullying me,” he said. “How so?” I asked. “They are calling me a freak,” he said. “One kid even said I was an accident.” I frowned as he asked, “Am I an accident, Dad?” Frank Jr. is reaching that…

  • My Cousin Elmo says, “So, the bills are washed, the laundry paid, the clothes are in the oven, and the last load of dinner is in the dryer, and my wife claims I’m no good at multitasking.”

  • Native Nevada and Political Correctness

    The Marketing and Communications Department at UNR has introduced a diversity, equity, and inclusion guide, requiring staff to avoid saying “Native Nevadan,” as it may be offensive to the indigenous population, meaning Indians. It says: “Refrain from using the term native Nevadan as a general term for people born and raised in Nevada as it…

  • Las Vegas Man Accused of Voter Fraud

    Nearly a year after this blog documented the federal elections fraud that happened in Nevada in 2020, a Las Vegas man finds himself accused of voting twice, including once using his late wife, Rosemarie, name, during the 2020 election. Attorney General Aaron Ford’s office is accusing Donald Kirk Hartle of voting more than once in…

  • My Cousin Elmo says, “I’m fat and salty. I am bacon!”