The media reminds me a lot of Andre Linoge from Stephen King’s STORM OF THE CENTURY. In that fictitious horror tale, Linoge was an aging devil looking for a child apprentice to teach the evil ways.. he found one by demanding a town during a massive blizzard to give him what he wants and he will … Read moreThey’re off! Black Friday madness from sea to sea.
There are so many reasons I love this photo of me and my son Ayden having a snowball fight. First off, he is clearly winning.. secondly, I am wearing socks on my hands because I couldn’t find gloves.. and thirdly, in some artistic oddity, it appears that I am vomiting a tree branch.. While I … Read moreTHE SNOWBALL FAMILY FIGHT
NIGHT AT THE RACES! The early bird Black Friday specials begin tonight: Thanksgiving » I am half inclined to not care about this Black Friday mayhem.. To a big degree, throughout my teenage and adult life, Thanksgiving night has been boring. Prior to my married and fatherhood days, friends and I would take to the … Read moreThe big sale: Selling your Thanksgiving for commerce
This is my son Ayden peering through a decorated window looking at the first snowstorm of the year, which incidentally falls on the day before Thanksgiving 2014. While he’s excited by the prospect of playing in this later, it will most likely only last for a few minutes outside when he ventures away from Technology … Read moreTHANKSGIVING EVE GREETINGS
The sign could not have been in a more bizarre spot. As protests began last night in Ferguson, Missouri, police and people had a stand off, a “Season’s Greetings” sign was evident in a number of photographs.. Fires eventually raged while President Obama addressed the nation, and rest became a blip in history. Another tale … Read moreSeason’s greetings from the gates of hell
At least 45 people were killed and 60 others were wounded Sunday after a suicide bomber attacked a crowd watching a volleyball match in Afghanistan’s southeastern Paktika province, according to a spokesman for the local governor.
Preparations are being made.. Turkeys are getting set for their pardons. Others are plucked and ready for an oven baked night of finger licking food. Thanksgiving is set for this week. No stopping it, the calender does not lie and time does not give any extra seconds to get things right.. But things this year … Read moreTHE SUNDAY MORNING SIDEWALK BEFORE THANKSGIVING
Saturday begins.. noteworthy events continue.. a conglomeration of things that matter from the fruited plain and beyond.. Today is the 51st anniversary of the JFK assassination. I contemplated this all week, and listened to some amazing GROUND ZERO WITH CLYDE LEWIS shows as well. It angers me to think that we don’t have truth, and … Read moreThe news of the day..
The very normal and random act of a cup falling down off of the sink today caused me a little concern until I contemplated what had just occurred. I was moving from one room to the next when I placed the cup on the edge of the bathroom sink. I left the room for a … Read moreMAKING A MOEHILL OUT OF THE MUNDANE
It was a normal late evening rush hour. Cars attempting to burst out of the moving traffic jams caused by too many people leaving work at the same time.. Trucks pushing and shoving themselves into the front of the line, just to make traffic back up further.. And noise.. Voices raised on radio..So much noise.. … Read moreTHE QUIET PEACE OF A SUNSET, WHILE THE NOISE OF THE DAY BLASTS YOUR TIRED FIVE SENSES