“Did you see the news about how Biden’s going to cancel a billion dollars in student loans?” my wife asked. “Yes,” I answered. “Whose going to pay for that?” “I don’t want to talk about it.” “What? Why?  This is important stuff.” “Yup, I know.” “Then why don’t you want to talk about it? This…

After battling cancer, writer, artist, blogger, friend, and all-around nice person, Sue Vincent left us today. She was born on September 14, 1958. In her own words: “I am a Yorkshire-born painter and writer, living in the south of England. I paint the strange things that come as images in dreams and fantasies and write…

Turning from Seventh onto Sun Valley was like entering a twisted dreamscape. But now I know that this witnessed scene is but a view of the remaining year. I expect no one to understand. It was minutes beyond noon, as work let out early. It would forever be ‘out early’ because of COVID-19 and high…

My Cousin Elmo says, “Instead of getting rid of Dr. Suess, let’s get rid of Dr. Fauci.”

UPDATE: I have lost Mark’s card… As a master hoarder of all things historical and not-as-of-yet-historical, there is a secret pleasure in collecting calling cards. We know them better today as business cards. Yesterday, I received four cards, possibly five, if one should include the double-side card. The farthest came is from San Angelo, Texas.…

Standing on the observation platform, the Commander and a Sub-commander of the spaceship looked at the blue orb known as Earth. The craft’s sensors detected a planet devoid of human life. Soon the scouts they had sent to investigate returned. The lead scout reported to the platform where the two officers waited. “Did you find…

The sergeant sat in his cubicle listening to the static and hiss of the shortwave. His duty was monitoring the signal being bounced from Moscow to West Germany, write down anything he heard and report it to the duty officer. Three-years through his four-year Air Force enlistment, and with a couple of hours left in…

My Cousin Elmo says, “The problem with being empathic is that you feel sorry for the assholes, too.”

Perhaps I should have known it was gonna be an “Ahh, crap!” kinda day. My wife brought home two cream-fill donuts for me. Aside from already partaking in my “doctor recommended” two cups of coffee, the one donut turned out to be jelly-fill, the other empty. “Ahh, crap!” I complained, eating both anyway. Everything started…

BAM! He jumped from bed at the sound, looking at the bedside alarm, 3:17 am, and as the dog suddenly stopped barking. Before he had a chance to react, they were on him, men in black uniforms forcing him to the floor and handcuffing him. He was bleeding from the top of his head, where…