The Random Thoughts of Navarone

It’s a lucky thing the Wicked Witch of the West melted on contact with water… it could’ve been much worse for her. Of the four sent to kill her, one had an axe and another was a lion… I can only respect someone who has the courage to tell me exactly what I want to […]

Recycling Tips

Flatten cardboard boxes before recycling. Before flattening remove all homeless people living inside. A compost heap is a great way to stink up your backyard and still feel smug about it. If you break up with him in the right way, an ex-boyfriend can be recycled into a furniture mover or cash machine. Putting your […]

August 12th, this Day in History

Night of Murdered Poets. In Soviet Russia thirteen Jewish poets were put on trial for espionage. Just Stalin’s way of thanking a population that gave its all to beat back Nazi Germany. The thirteen pleaded their cases in front of a jury of their peers, although, in this case, their peers were a three military […]

Our Allies in the Ongoing War Against Snakes

We are in a war against snakes and you need to know who your friends are. I’ll give you a hint: It ISN’T the snakes… well, it isn’t most snakes… But, who in the animal kingdom is going to risk a venomous bite just to take out one of the enemy? Well, how about these […]

The Uncountable Grains of Sand

[This is a response to a challenge by Raynotbradbury to expound on the uncountable grains of sand. I’m making it today’s post so that I can disappoint TWO groups of people at the same time] Some think that the grains of sand cannot be counted, but those people are quitters. We need to count […]