Day: October 24, 2020

This work oftransgressive horroticaexplores concepts that some readers may find disturbing. Discretion is strongly advised.

Harold loves Dottie. Dottie loves Harold. Dottie and Harold both love Dolcett. Welcome to the first entry in a flavorful billionaire love story like you’ve never read before: American Psycho meets 50 Shades on a bad acid trip.

Harold Fleetwood is pathetic. Despite being the billionaire CEO of a major Fortune 500 company, he’s a divorcé in his mid-fifties who can hardly look a woman in the eye. His dark compulsions and sick fantasies fill him with shame and leave the Internet as his only outlet, not just for titillation, but for intimacy–until the day he discovers bratty Dottie Shipman, the sexiest secretary in the office, has a dirty little secret she’s been hiding.

Turns out, Dottie is as intrigued by taboo fantasies as Harold is. Not only that, but she’s the artist…

Mark your calendars, and get ready to grab your hat and read with the Cat in the Hat on Monday, March 3, 2014 for the 17th annual Read Across America Day. The Seussical celebration will kick off a week of reading across the nation as NEA members gather students, parents, and community members together to share their love of reading.

The National Education Association’s Read Across America Day is the nation’s largest reading event, occurring each year on or near Dr. Seuss’ birthday (March 2nd).
Across the country, thousands of schools, libraries, and community centers participate by bringing together kids, teens, and books, and you can too!
Visit Seussville or the NEA for activities & ideas, to find ways that you can celebrate reading with young people, and information about receiving books by Dr. Seuss and many of your favorite authors for free or at significant discounts. You can…

1. Kolombangara Island where Capt. Cecil and others were rescued July 7, 1943 2. Kula Gulf were the CL 50 was sunk July 6, 1943 3. Vella Lavella were 165 officers and men were stranded be be rescued July 16, 1943 4. Ranongga Island were the remains of General Preston Douglas S1c USS Helena CL 50 were found in 2006. 5. Blackett Stright were John F. Kennedy’s PT 109 was sunk August 2, 1943. 6. Randova Island PT 109’s base.

The information and map above provided by Shipmate Charlie McClellend, USS Helena CL-50.

For the landing on New Georgia, Admiral Turner’s attack force (Task Force 31) consisted of ships and landing craft from the South Pacific or III Amphibious Force (Task Force 32), plus the ground troops. These troops, designated the New Georgia Occupation Force, initially included the following units:

43rd Division
9th Marine Defense Battalion
1st Marine Raider Regiment (less…

[ This post was originally a guest post I wrote for Judy Guion @ Greatest Generation Lessons.  Being as times are rough these days, I thought a bit of comparison with what our parents and grandparents went through was in order. ]

Columnist Marquis Childs said after Pearl Harbor: “Nothing will ever be the same.”  Thirty-five years later he added: “It never has and never will be.”

We need to remember that in 1941 as much as 40% of U.S. families lived below the poverty level, approximately 8 million worked for less than minimum wage and another 8 million were unemployed.  The median income was about $2,000 per year.  The government, in virtually fighting two separate wars, entered into civilian lives by raising taxes, rationing, controlling prices and allotting jobs.

Once the war began, truck convoys became commonplace and train depots burst into arenas of activity.  The movement was not…

From the C.B.I. Theater of operation Roundup newsletter came this poem of wisdom.  Just something to keep in mind – no matter what theater of operations OR which war the veteran emerges from….

THE CONVERSION When bugles sound their final notes And bombs explode no more And we return to what we did Before we went to war The sudden shift of status On the ladder of success Will make some worthy gentlemen Feel like an awful mess. Just think of some poor captain Minus all his silver bars Standing up behind some counter Selling peanuts and cigars And think of all the majors When their oak leaf’s far behind And the uniforms they’re wearing is the Western Union kind.

Shed a tear for some poor colonel if he doesn’t feel himself Jerking sodas isn’t easy When the eagle’s on the shelf ‘Tis a bitter pill to swallow ‘Tis a…

”Why hate them because they sin different from you? Everyone sins as conscripted. Everyone.”

D. O-B.

As is usually the case, the above quote has little or nothing to do with the story I am about to tell. I felt the need to share. After all you and I are friends …are we not?

Great!

Glad we cleared that up.

How have you been?

Really…?

Sigh…I wish the best for you, I promise you that I do.

I got back from a hiking trip this past weekend.

I had considered the option of making this journey along the lines of;
Corvid 19,
The hazards of corrupt police,
Unhappy military checkpoints.
Paramilitary officials;
Local government officials,
Ill-positioned Civil Defence officers,
Road Safety officers with misplaced priorities and Drug Enforcement Agency officials.

Oh… and Vehicle Inspection Officers.
And herds of cattle crossing federal highways in droves.

I…

#adecem

#amen

#thestoryteller

#Iamwriting

That evening it cracked

Torrents wiped away all defunct

The day the dam burst.

Then the most glorious sun

It’s lights illuminated the cosmos

So sprouted Africa’s Jungle.

The concept of essence is so fundamental to how we view our individual existence that it not only affects our understanding of how we came into the world and how we will leave it, it also affects how we order and live our lives. How we arrived at this divide requires a look at the historical development of ideas concerning our experience of reality.