Tag Archives: mike slickster

Another Essay That’s For The Birds

Almost like clockwork, a couple of ospreys have returned to my neck of the woods for another breeding season, although, not exactly in Andalusia yet. Usually they appear around St. Patrick’s Day, but have been arriving late for the past … Continue reading

Posted in General | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Happy Autumnal Equinox In Advance!

The dead body was still warm. Seething maggots waited to devour it, attempting already to fill the corpse’s void with their appointed morality, utter contempt and blatant hypocrisy. The preceding would make a great lead-in for a horror story, a … Continue reading

Posted in General | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Bad Luck Is Not Better Than No Luck At All!

Don’t know why, but Lake Luxembourg is seemingly a bad-luck spot. It started last summer, when the Cooper threw a CV joint on the way up there from Andalusia. The car fortunately limped back home at least, but had to … Continue reading

Posted in General | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Love, Kristen: Payback

Takes more than a listing of blonde jokes to get me all fired up, Mr. Slickster. We’ve been friends for too long, and I mean that in a good sense.  I’ll even contribute one about the fair-haired, mentally challenged Annie … Continue reading

Posted in General | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Love, Kristen: Friday the Thirteenth

Triskaidekaphobia—the fear of the number thirteen—has been around for eons, dating back to the dark ages. If the number lands on a Friday, look out. It’s become a day for which to be paranoid of events that cannot be controlled. … Continue reading

Posted in General | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Today’s Tirade: Social Media

Social media, a major part of today’s total lifestyle for those tied to the World Wide Web—users of smartphones and text-enabled cell phones—gripped this writer ostentatiously back in the antediluvian era of Usenet and IRC (Internet Relay Chat), where all … Continue reading

Posted in Past Posts from Live Journal | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Today’s Tirade: Divorcing My E-mail Address

Netaxs.com When did you get your first e-mail address? Mine was back in 1995, originating at Philadelphia’s premier Internet provider: Netaxs.com, who went by the wayside in the early twenty-first century and sold out to a large conglomerate who has … Continue reading

Posted in Past Posts from Live Journal | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments