From my notes:  “ISIS is claiming responsibilty for the Las Vegas mass shooting.” Twenty-three year old Renee Cesario describes how 21-year-old U.S. Marine Brendan Kelly saved her life in the opening moments of gunfire in Las Vegas, on Sunday night. “Brendan and I met only 2 hours before the Jason Aldean show. I left my…

There are sharks in this damn water But I’m the striped tiger, beyond king. Fuck with me and I’ll drown you And your progeny’s coming progeny. Perhaps I’m nothing more than drunk, Ten feet tall, bullet proof, pissed off Don’t know exactly why, but then — hey I don’t think I need a reason, do…

From my notes:  “I think the reason Obama’s keeping his mouth shut is because of the ‘Bump Stock,’ police found in the shooters room, a piece of shooting equiptment he approved as president.”  When Taylor Benge went to the Route 91 Festival in Las Vegas on Sunday, an agnostic. He left a Believer: “I was…

From my notes: “All but three of the 59 people killed in the mass shooting in the Las Vegas have been identified.” Survivor Heather Gooze was working as bartender when the shooting started, but she risked her life to stay at the side of the dying Jordan McIldoon. She describes the situation: “You could hear…

From my notes: “No, the Vegas muderers’ real name isn’t in my lexicon and I refuse to ever mention it again.”  Country music star John Rich, one half of the duo Big & Rich, was at a bar in Las Vegas when a gunman began murdering people at the country music festival. He reveals: “I…

Based on a tale I heard as a child from my grandmother… Truth and Lie meet at the local swimming hole, where Lie says, “It’s a great day.” Suspicious, Truth looks at the sky before agreeing. Lie says, “The water’s nice, let’s go for a swim” Still suspicious, Truth checks the water before agreeing. They…

There’s no way to hate Without getting jelly and crumbs On your hangman’s noose.

How Vince really lost his left ear — and damned near his life.

“Be careful with it,” the archaeologist exclaimed, “It might have a metal frame, but it’s also made of glass and is very fragile!” The six assistant’s continued moving the heavy artifact between the narrow walls of the old building and up the newly prepared dirt ramp. The structure had been part of an underground complex…

The old mule saw the figure standing on the left side of the path, stone ax in hand; so it stopped. Impatient, Zeke struck the animal using the lead-rope, trying to make it move, but it refused. “You ornery, stubb’rn idjit! Git movin’!” Then the figure stood in the narrow between the walls of the canyon…