Monthly Archives: July 2015

A poem for Donald Trump… and I should probably apologize for this one right here at the top…

Donald, may I call you Don? Or would you prefer Mr. Trump? Into the primaries you have been drawn You say America is in a slump As much as I would love to end up as your pawn I’m afraid … Continue reading

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Day tripper… part 3… Liverpool was… wait… oh, that is the cutest puppy ever!!!

As we walked back to the train station, my wife and Mollie stopped to do some souvenir shopping, and while I waited I met this little guy. He is a bulldog, and I think his name was Chumley. I love bulldogs. … Continue reading

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Day tripper… part 2… wait… why are there World War Two era U.S. soldiers in Liverpool???

No way… are they filming another movie? Everywhere we go in England they are filming movies. What’s the deal? Yes, that looks like a movie camera. And that is a real bobbie closing off the street. And that is a … Continue reading

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Uh… I guess I’m not done doing silly pictures of Eric Idle…

But then again, he did help me get permission to use the Monty Python quotes I needed for the alien who learned how to speak English by watching old episodes of the Flying Circus in my action/humor science fiction novel… the upcoming book … Continue reading

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Day tripper… part 1… (or); chasing the Beatles…

My daughter, my wife and I took a day trip from Leyland to Liverpool. This was one of Mollie’s big dreams for her first trip to Europe, to see where the Beatles grew up and the famous Beatles museum there. As you … Continue reading

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The real England… part 5… (or); A really big fuss over a really small horse…

Towards the end of that fabulous day in the English countryside with our cousin Dot, where I had shared an early morning walk with my daughter, we had visited deceased relatives, and a weird house built in the freekin’ 1300’s, we went … Continue reading

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A story… about a guy… with some pictures thrown in…

Once there was a guy who had a dream, a dream of conquering the world… with nothing more dangerous than a silly blog… He was sure that people would follow him… But he began to have doubts. What if his head was … Continue reading

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The real England… part 4… (or); Well, it ain’t exactly Downton Abbey, but…

After our trip to the cemetery to visit a bunch of our no-longer-amongst-the-living relatives, our cousin took us to what they call in England a ‘stately home’. This term generally refers to huge estates and mansions, but it also includes historic places … Continue reading

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The real England… part 3… (or); I see dead people…

Well, we have reached the 6th day of our fabulous trip to Europe. I took Mollie on one of my patented early morning adventure walks. We set out from cousin Dot’s house at the crack of dawn, and soon found the old village … Continue reading

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Donald Trump is being a Dick…

Did you even notice that isn’t a picture of Donald Trump? No, you didn’t, because all you saw was the hair. That is actually a picture of Dick Cheney with Donald Trump’s hair stuck on him. So my title doesn’t … Continue reading

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