Why I Want to be an Astronaut

I want to test my theory that, if I can see space from my backyard, then I can see my backyard from space. ☺ If I’m an astronaut, I think there’s a greater likelihood that they’ll take me as a contestant on Jeopardy. ☺ I want to see if I can beat a solar flare […]

Musical Instruments I Hate

[Sorry… I didn’t have anything particularly good to post and this one has been collecting dust…] Harpsichord: Listening to a harpsichord is like listening to regular music while crockery is being broken over your head. “I don’t think the organ was powerful enough for this concerto. Let’s play it, instead, on this giant wind-chime” Tuba: […]

My Mystery, Cha Twelve

Kossov had placed the locket into the hollow tree and was hiding behind a bush to see what happened next. Not the first bush he saw… actually, the first row of bushes were taken. There were jealous husbands and jealous wives watching those husbands from other bushes. Behind two of the bushes were graduate students […]

Haunted D. C.

Ghosts have been around ever since early man started walking around when he wasn’t alive anymore. There have always been ponderings of what it was like after death; but, with ghosts, we see that the afterlife might be more OCD than we like. You know, walk to the tower, holding your own head, turn to […]

Thrill Rides I Hate

Eco-Swing: You sit in a plastic toddler seat while a machine spins you around until your last meal goes away. It is firmly fastened to the main mechanism by a slim rusty chain that is maintained by a carny who, if he was good at anything at all, wouldn’t be a carny… These tend to […]