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Who Let the Dogs Out?

Posted on February 20, 2021 by Mike Slickster

I love dogs like the next person, but not those little, mangy mongrels who live in the apartment next to me, across the landing outside my back door that exits from my kitchen. The canines are enough to drive me … Continue reading →

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Happy Imbolc and Candlemas in Advance

Posted on January 30, 2021 by Mike Slickster

Groundhog Day is this coming Tuesday, which is supposed to be cloudy in Punxsutawny, Pa., where the official prognosticating rodent lives; so a good chance for not seeing his shadow is on tap. I could go for an early spring, … Continue reading →

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It’s Been Six Months; She Hasn’t Shut Up Once!

Posted on December 26, 2020 by Mike Slickster

Christmas is officially over, so no more Mr. Nice Guy. The title to this tirade, lyrics from a Tubes’ song entitled “Talk To You Later,” is dedicated to the young woman who moved into her mother’s apartment downstairs. Things were … Continue reading →

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Happy Holidaze!

Posted on November 28, 2020 by Mike Slickster

Here’s hoping you counted your blessings on Thanksgiving Day, gratified that 2020 is almost over. Not much to be thankful for from this past year, albeit. My short list was topped with being grateful I’m still alive throughout this ongoing … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree", 2020, apartment, Black Friday, blessings, Brenda Lee, Bristol Borough Park, casualty, celibrate, christmas, Christmas Tree, confrontation, COVID-19, disappointment, errands, festive, flat, food-shopping, grateful, groceries, hallway, happy holidaze, holiday season, huffing, immune, infection, Jingle Bells Reggae, Katy, mail, mask, Mike Slickster and His One-man Steampunk Boogie Band, music, neighbor, pandemic, postal box, puffing, short list, social-distance, spoke, Thanksgiving Day, tree, virus, week 38, Wharf | Leave a comment

Off-The-Wall News

Posted on January 12, 2019 by Mike Slickster

The world has gone crazy. At least a good portion of the population has, that is. Reading the news everyday tends to make me shake my head in disbelief. It’s like, who can come up with the most insane story? … Continue reading →

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Those Were the Days

Posted on October 20, 2018 by Mike Slickster

Times have changed, at least for those who are over the age of forty, born in the late ’70s. That’s when talk of the Internet began with terms like “Surfing the Net,” or “Computer Viruses.” I couldn’t help but envision … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Abbott and Costello, Admiral TV, American League Championship Series, analog, belly laugh, bet, boston, Brewers, cell phone, cellular phones, Computer Virus, digital, Dodgers, Dumont TV, essay, flu, Houston, internet, LA, Laurel and Hardy, Los Andeles, lottery, Mary Hopkins, Mega Millions Lottery, millennial, Milwaukee, National League Championship Series, neighbor, Net, new york city, NYC, Officer Joe Bolton, pay phones, phone booths, prediction, Prince Albert in a can, prognostications, refrigerator, riding bikes, Saturday morning cartoons, smartphones, son, stick, stickball, suffocate, surfboard, Surfing the Net, television, The Three Stooges, Those Were the Days, Times have changed, tobacco store, touch football, TV, video games, World Series | Leave a comment

My Final Tirade for 2017

Posted on December 30, 2017 by Mike Slickster

Pick any New Year’s resolutions yet? Oh, you say you’re perfect and don’t need to? Well, bless your little heart. Wish I could feel the same way with my being far from it. Although, every year it’s the same thing: … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged aisle, annoyance, asses, bellyache, bitch, cigars, complain, computer, cooper, crap, derelicts, drivers, good luck, Happy New Year, January, jerk, key-scratching, locking valve-stem caps, marauder, Merriam-Webster, motorists, neighbor, New Year's resolutions, Pearls Before Swine, perfection, petty, profanity, realistic goals, seagulls, shopping carts, smart-ass, smart-phone zombies, social media, Stephan Pastis, supermarket, tirade, turn signals, twitter, unrealistic resolutions, vulgarity, weisenheimer, wise-ass, zapped | 3 Comments

A Tribute to a Long-term Love Affair

Posted on May 11, 2016 by Mike Slickster

A few entries ago, vandals and vitriol were the weekly topics regarding an unjustified attack on an otherwise cherry, chili-red Cooper S, where someone had keyed an “X” on both doors above the handles. About a week after the fact, … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged animosity, Barnegat, cooper, Cooper S, cure, england, fender bender, gender, heartbroken, heartstrings, insurance company, jerk, love affair, neighbor, NJ, Paul Simon, pigeon, pissed, police, prevention, sentimentality, statue, support, Thanksgiving, tribute, US, vandalism, vandals, victim, vitriol | Leave a comment

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Tag Archives: neighbor

Who Let the Dogs Out?

Happy Imbolc and Candlemas in Advance

It’s Been Six Months; She Hasn’t Shut Up Once!

Those Were the Days

A Tribute to a Long-term Love Affair

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