Science and Housework
posted about 1 year ago | 1 comment
I have been thinking a lot about global warming. It seems like green is the word of the year. Everyone runs about yelling to live green and how we are destroying the planet.
Today I saw a fearsome volcano on TV. It erupted in Iceland and the wic...
Today I saw a fearsome volcano on TV. It erupted in Iceland and the wic...
My True North
posted over 3 years ago | 1 comment
One Sunday morning I sat on the stoop outside of my son’s apartment in the inner city. A little girl sauntered past me. She was at the most twelve years old. Barefoot and dirty, she sipped a beer through a straw. She stopped several times, very un...
Pet Peeve-Cell Phones
posted over 4 years ago | 3 comments
Hi, My pet peeve is hearing cell phone conversations everywhere I go. In the store, restaurants, on the street, and even in church I find myself treated to one way conversations of every conceivable type.
What is so important to people that they ...
What is so important to people that they ...
Politically Correct Santa? copyright akalinus 2003
posted over 5 years ago, updated 4 minutes later | 3 comments
You know how the story goes. Santa Claus, aka St. Nicholas, Pere Noel, Father Christmas, or whatever name you've heard, lives at the North Pole. All year long, he and a pack of elves work making toys for all the good little girls and boys. On Chri...
Your Call Is Very Important To Us
posted over 5 years ago | 2 comments
Today I called to get a prescription refill. An automated system came on and, as instructed, I entered my refill number. After three tries they said they would connect me to an operator. I kept getting an announcement that my call is very importan...
Naked Rider
posted over 5 years ago, updated about 22 hours later | 1 comment
Naked Rider
By akalinus
Recently I got some shocking news about myself. It seems I went crazy, stole a truck, and drove it naked through my senior park at eleven o’clock at night. My deranged journey ended only when I ran over a water ...
By akalinus
Recently I got some shocking news about myself. It seems I went crazy, stole a truck, and drove it naked through my senior park at eleven o’clock at night. My deranged journey ended only when I ran over a water ...
