God and the Devil got together recently. They do that more often than you think. Usually at least once every millennia. They play cards, catch up on all the celestial gossip and have a few beers. More often than not,… Read More ›
satire and parody
RINGING ROUND YOUR ROSY – Marilyn Armstrong
A LITTLE POEM FOR STRANGE AND TERRIBLE TIMES OHHHHHH! I’m Coronavirus dum de do de day I came to you from China far away (Hey!) I heard you weren’t ready With your government unsteady Oh, yippee oh doodle yo ki-yay!… Read More ›
WORLD SHARING, EXTENDED EDITION, 2-10-2020 – Marilyn Armstrong
SHARE YOUR WORLD BY MELANIE THIS STRANGE AND WONDERFUL MONDAY by Melanie B Cee Questions: Do you snore? How do you know it, if you do? I did but I no longer do. It turned out as soon as I… Read More ›
NEWSISH — Marilyn Armstrong
In an unexpected bow to America’s need for clean air and including a desperate attempt to make people stop watching the impeachment hearings, President Trump announced he is banning automobiles and going back to the full-scale manufacturing buggies. And buggy… Read More ›
ALMOST STAR TREK: STERLING BRONSON RETURNS – BY TOM CURLEY
Several of my recent blogs here have been about Star Trek and all of its various iterations. It’s apparently sparked a bit of a trip down memory lane because Marilyn just posted a funny (and true) blog about Star Trek… Read More ›
TO FINITY AND BEYOND! – Tom Curley
I wrote this post while back. I’m re-posting it because it’s back in the news again. Our Twittler-in-chief announced that he wanted to create a new branch of the military, the Space Force (pronounced SPAAACE FOOORCE!!! With reverb). It was… Read More ›
I WANT AN AUTONOMOUS HOUSE! Marilyn Armstrong
Autonomous house, autonomous life! The self-driving vehicle is on the way. It’s on the news and in the news. A few accidents. One death. But considering the number of accidents just backing out of a driveway in suburbia, that’s pretty… Read More ›
Trump Cabinet invokes 25th Amendment
Originally posted on Views from the Edge:
NEWS RELEASE The Dissociative Press January 7, 2018 Today White House Chief of Staff John Kelly announced the decision of the Trump Cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution to…
TURNS OUT YOU DON’T ACTUALLY NEED A PRESIDENT – BY TOM CURLEY
I wrote this post months ago. It was originally called “It’s A Crazy Idea, But It Just Might Work”. I thought it was a joke, but, it turns out it’s working! Rather better than I thought it would. And now,… Read More ›
“BELLWETHER” IS NOT NEW, BUT APROPOS
I’m listening to it again. Not the first, second, or third time. Maybe the fifth or sixth? When life gets too weird, I need a “Bellwether” fix. It’s novel — a short one — Connie Willis and along with several… Read More ›
HOW STUPID ARE WE?
When I lived in Israel, there was a true story, heavily publicized in local papers, about a family who sold their house and used the proceeds to buy lottery tickets. They reasoned they had to win. Win big. After which they would… Read More ›
MAKING AMERICA GREAT AGAIN – PERSONALLY by GARRY ARMSTRONG
The following anecdote is not rigged by the crooked — or straight — media. I was exiting our local supermarket and noticed a young lad, maybe 10 or 11-years old staring at me. I know that look. Maybe you have to be a person of color to… Read More ›
