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In The Land Of The Gun 24 Aug 2013 | 06:01 pm
You don’t live around, and in all honesty once belong to the extreme end of the gun culture without having some basic understanding about how things have gotten this bad. There was time when the gener...
Helium.com Short Story---Running on Empty 17 Aug 2013 | 11:33 pm
(Author's note: trying something new and submitted a short story. The prompt was "running on empty" which I made the title. Still managed to screw up by again leaving html code in the body of my story...
Bastions of Hope and Reason in the Vast Wasteland 15 Aug 2013 | 02:24 am
As anyone who has ever worked the night shift knows you simply do not come home and go to bed after getting cleaned up. There has to be a certain period where you decompress, or unwind. For me this us...
Helium.com Flash Fiction---The Injured Earth 10 Aug 2013 | 07:15 pm
(Author's note: Trying this flash fiction yet again with the prompt being "isolated thunderstorms". The gods at Helium have not kicked the four-hundred word version off their site but after reading i...
Why Should I Care 8 Aug 2013 | 05:27 am
No one would be wrong to think I really need to start to mind my own business when it comes to my incessant habit of passively observing those around me. I guess it is the writer in me that is always ...
Dealing With Legal Eagles and Assorted Villiany 4 Aug 2013 | 07:13 pm
It is a common occurrence among the unwashed masses frustrated with the fact our society is far too litigious to utter this infamous line from Shakespeare’s Henry VI: “The first thing we do, let’s kil...
What Wives Should Never Do 2 Aug 2013 | 01:23 am
(Author's note: This was my first attempt at nonfiction at the Helium.com writing site where I have been playing around with flash fiction again. The gods at Helium did not like my admittedly tongue-...
A Little Good News 30 Jul 2013 | 11:41 pm
Going on the glass is half full idea here. Anyone with a basic understanding about our planet knows that it is being wracked with ever increasing natural calamities brought on by changing climates. S...
Cold Blooded 27 Jul 2013 | 08:52 pm
During my active duty years in the army I heard about all sort of cold blooded breakups between couples. Being honest here the vast majority of them were dudes callously ending medium to long term rel...
Why I Have Grey Hair 25 Jul 2013 | 02:52 am
Unfortunately for me a dumbass vaccine to protect myself from my all too regular bouts of stupidity is something that will never be available. I have long since resigned myself to the fact that what f...
