• Three Red Banners

    Jus’ connecting the dots here, so don’t shoot the messenger… Three Red Banners’ is a PRC slogan which calls on the Chinese people to build a socialist state which consists of socialist construction, the ‘Great Leap Forward’ and the people’s commune. One of the many things I enjoy is the study of semiotics or iconography,…

  • Went to the store. Woman pointed the temp device at me. ‘Poop.’ I forgot what I was there to get. Men in Black?

  • Face Mask

    It had been a direct flight from the mainland of China to the mainland of the U.S. and back again with none of the trained professionals taking the time to sleep. Instead, they now sat around the cramp conference table of the 707, drinking coffee, chain-smoking nervously, all studying and discussing what each in their…

  • A 45-year-old Recollection

    2020 Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden at one time tried to block the evacuation of tens of thousands of South Vietnamese refugees who had helped the U.S. during the Vietnam War. As a senator, Biden was adamant that the U.S. had “no obligation, moral or otherwise, to evacuate foreign nationals,” dismissing concerns for their safety…

  • His Secret

    “Do you hear that?” she whispered. “No,” I answered. “Sounds like a ‘clickity-clack.’” “Must be coming from the neighbors. How long have you been awake?” “A couple of minutes.” “Was it the sound that woke you?” “No. I had a strange dream. That’s what woke me.” “Wanna tell me about it?” “I was dreaming that…

  • My cellphone changed the word ‘hungry’ to ‘horny’ which is sadly the most accurate autocorrect mistake so far.

  • We’re all wearing masks and yet I can’t understand why everyone gets mad at me for peeing in the swimming pool. After all I still have my trucks on.

  • Not in Front of Me, You Don’t!

    Went to Walmart today and saw a 20-something woman slap a disabled, wheel-chair bound WWII Army vet from behind and on the side of the head. I said nothing as I walked over a slapped her hard across the face. Then I called the cops and shielded him from her until they arrived. The elderly…

  • Picture Window

    The two stucco houses sat facing one another, across the long-time quiet street. Each home had a large picture window in front, and that’s how he came to see her. She was the most beautiful girl he’d ever seen and he had no way of getting her attention. Neither one, it seemed, were allowed to…

  • So a burglar broke into our house. I aimed the little red dot at his crotch and let the cat do the rest.