[UC## [redacted] offers the following reflection on domestic tranquility.] I’m sure I’ll be over it in 2 hours but a limerick is in order: Why not have a digital family calendar with noted citations? To keep everyone apprised of laborious social obligations Telling me in January of an event that will occur 3 months in […]
Category: Lasting Love
Today we hear from elder UC#3. The heart is a muscle where fluid will pulse It moves blood through us in a huge expulse Why does a Valentine’s card sent to your lover Feature a heart with no chest cover Alas, I’ve learned this kind of analytical discourse can cause ladies to convulse Leaving No […]
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The River Trembles with Fear
The First Step of the Journey is Terrifying It is said that before entering the sea a river trembles with fear. But with a Warrior’s Heart, We Accept Our Fear The river needs to take the riskof entering the oceanbecause only then will fear disappear. And Faith That’s where the river will know. The River […]
WLBOTT recently held a focus group, trying to determine what species would dominate Planet Earth after humans succumb to their foibles, flaws, faults, failings, frailties, and general feet of clay. Some possible candidates: For 99.9 per cent of the history of life on Earth, the planet has managed perfectly well without human-style intelligence and if […]
With a little help from HotPot.ai
An extremely strange and disturbing 2015 event at the Tomball hospital raises questions about the ethics, morality, and legal issues. [ed-note: Tomball is part of the Houston metropolitan area, northeast of Houston proper. It has its own HEB.] HOUSTON – Eleven months ago George Pickering II was in a very different place in his life. […]
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Not Haiku, Texas Style
Stay A Little Longer You ought to see my blue eyed Sally She lives a way down on Shinbone Alley The number on the gate is the number on the door And the next house over is the grocery store You can’t go home if you’re going by the mill ‘Cause the bridge washed out […]
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Sardines, part 1
Ketchikan Many years ago I bought my wonderful spousal unit a silver sardine can pendant . At the time it was a pretty unique gift, but sadly there has been an explosion in this line of jewelry. The commodification of Sardine Can Necklaces. The SCN Cartel. Anyhow, the necklace came from an on-line jewelry store […]