At least one of these images is not that of a ski boot. It’s not the latest fashion footwear, nor is it a device for strengthening one’s ankle in preparation for “Dancing with the Stars”. It is most decidedly not that freakishly, strappy, astronaut pump that Neil Armstrong would have looked smart wearing for mankind’s first footstep on the Moon and when worn, it makes driving a 2000 5-speed Toyota MR2 Spyder convertible a tad awkward. Continue reading
Let’s talk about zombie dating services. Yes, there is such a thing as zombies dating–virtually. However, there is no such thing as a zombie–not in reality. But, then, one has to remember all those Star Trek Conventions one went to over the years dressed in various Star Fleet uniforms and then zombie dating becomes understandable. Continue reading
“I’m telling you this story because you are the only person I can trust not to judge me…
I was a soldier in the Russian Army. We were in a country which we were fighting since 1795, when Mother Russia was an Empire. Continue reading
I really enjoy my backyard. I am into growing banana plants in pots and then putting them in the ground when they’re big enough. Right now I have about 10 rather large plants that should have gone in the ground a while back but I was unable to do so because of my knee. Continue reading
Seals are pinnipeds along with walruses and sea lions. It’s fairly simple to tell a seal apart from a sea lion. But I’m not going to talk about pinnipeds nor am I going to talk about Ingmar Bergman’s “The Seventh Seal”, 1958. Instead I’m going to talk about the Biblical Seventh Seal. Continue reading
Corruption can be defined in several ways such as depravity and decadence of one who is wicked. One’s tooth can decay and so can a radioactive isotope. A sleaze-bag can be crooked and a scum-bag can be guilty of misconduct. Continue reading
I have been chosen to continue the Nano Poblano Blog Hop Story that Fish of Gold started. Thank you Mark Bialczak over at markbialczak.com. for passing it on to me! Continue reading
“Captain Hong? Can you see this on your screen? It’s on Hatch 3.”
“Roger that, Albright. Looks like an insect of some kind. It’s big!”
“I can see it on my heads up. It’s 45.7 cm in length. It’s a foot and a half long, Hong! Anyone got a can of RAID?” Continue reading
Dr. Illyana Davinich knew she was making the right decision by altering the ship’s course to the small island off the coast of Borneo. She had convinced Vladimir Dragonovic, Captain of the Russian research vessel, Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn, that it was necessary for humanity’s survival to thwart Dr. Papadopoulos’ heinous initiative: the supplanting of the human species by super insects. Continue reading
Today is not only the Ides of March, and the 2058th anniversary of the heinous murder of Julius Caesar, it is also National Quilting Day here in the USA. Let’s all celebrate those people who can sew creatively, unlike many of us who have trouble sewing on a button. You know who you are. Continue reading
Valerie knew that what she was about to tell Mitzi was going to be a real buzz kill. She needed to get Mitzi numb. “Camerero. Dos marqaritas, por favor.” Continue reading
The first and largest of the palm tree’s missiles, for I believe them to be so, has morphed into a new, and elegant , palm frond. Do not be fooled. It is a ruse, a deceit, an unsportsmanlike attempt to disguise itself until such time it is heinously deployed by an agency so foul that even the Persians cringe in fear. You know of whom I speak. Continue reading
“I don’t like any of this, Paul. It’s bordering on sophomoric idiocy. What would your Mom say about all this?”
Paul slowly lifted his head out of the toilet bowl and tried to focus. It was no use, everything was still a blur. Continue reading
Click.
“NOBODY MOVE!”
“Sarge, what about Ricco?”
“I said nobody move you jerkwad!”
“Ricco! What about Ricco?”
“It’s too late for her. Turn ’round and track back with TBone. Now!”
“We can’t go back, Sarge, that thing’s right behind us!” Continue reading
the EXCESSIVE GARDENER 
