Heroes: A Rant

Webster’s Dictionary defines hero as “a person admired for achievements and noble qualities”. In other words, actors, sports figures or politicians because, as far as famous people go, that’s pretty much all we have except for serial killers and fashion designers; and, I doubt Yves Saint Laurant ever killed a chimera or took down the […]

The Livid Irregularity of the Reindeer

If there is one animal that people love above all others, it would be puppies. Unfortunately, this essay is about reindeer, but I THOUGHT about puppies while I wrote it… This is about reindeer physiology, their habits and their ecology. It also touches on their sexual habits so if you have young children and you […]

Still Another Rant

I am blocked. I have been for a few weeks. I’m still writing, but it’s not coming easily. It’s like that old method of execution where they pull out the entrails and burn them in front of the owner…only it’s worse because it’s happening to me. I always worry that maybe it’s because my mind […]

Ort of the Worst Sort (Random Thoughts)

I was debating with my lawyer the concept of a free will but he told me I have to pay for mine like everyone else. ☻ My father always said, “Not having a Y chromosome doesn’t make you any less of a man” ☻ Whenever I see a roast chicken that has been tied up […]

My Mystery, Cha 13

At Scrod Palace, definitely an order of magnitude less popular than the Dyslexic’s Bra and Girl, the two sat and examined what they knew thus far… “From what I can see”, Goober Partridge started, “We have a multitude of crimes to investigate. There’s the untimely murder of Snakeford Cadd; the multiple thefts in Hamshock Manor, […]