image link Pam was approaching her fifth anniversary of singlehood. She had her sanctuary, affectionately nicknamed “the nest” just the way she wanted it. After her nasty breakup with Chad, she’d had a lot of time to dissect what went wrong between them. She began to learn about gaslighting and now considered herself to be…
Month: August 2019
50 Word Thursday — Everyday American Hero
“Miss Wonderly murmured, “Thank you,” softly as before and sat down on the edge of the chair’s wooden seat.” – The Maltese Falcon – Dashiell Hammett. Miss Wonderly learned that the refugee couple, Elvira and Javier Miro, now attending their church, were stopped at the border six months ago. They were separated from their children…
#MM — Music Challenges — Heartbreak Hotel
Jim chose to write about, “Heartbreak Hotel,” which is full of, well, heartbreak. When I went to lyrics.com and put hotel in the search box, it came back with 6,263 songs with lyrics containing hotel. That doesn’t even include motel. Why is it that motels/hotels are so often sung about as these dwelling places of…
Coloring Club Plus — 8/9/19
From previous posts of mine, From Nonesuch Records’ website: The Black Keys’ ninth studio album, “Let’s Rock,” [was] released June 28, 2019, via Easy Eye Sound / Nonesuch Records. The long-awaited album, the band’s first in five years, is a return to the straightforward rock of the singer/guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney’s early…
Reena’s Exploration Challenge — Caption challenge
“What’s missing is the big picture.” Reena is the host of Reena’s Exploration Challenge. Reena says to caption the above photo.
“Morning Bell,” by Radiohead — Coloring Club Plus — 8/8/19
I have Radiohead’s discography. Kid A ranks right up there. Trying to remember how I started listening to Radiohead in the first place with OK Computer, but I’ve been a passionate fan of their music ever since. There’s a glowing jewel of humanity in the center of Radiohead’s music. I feel the same way about…
Anti-Prophecy
image link The week after second Tuesday in November 2020. The votes have been counted and reviewed, with all “inconsistent” votes flagged for deeper investigation. It doesn’t matter. Cheeto won by a landslide. As Emperor Nero fiddled while Rome burned, Cheeto tweeted, “Need official way to sanctify my relection [sic]. New Christen [sic] flag…
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