Empires Do Not Fall … Only Drop to Collective Knees and Face-Plant Into the Muck

Watched King’s “The Stand” on the Tubes of You not too long ago, remember reading the author’s cut about a million years ago … seems so very plausible, particularly in light of recent global troubles. Shut down the world, indeed. Had a classmate back in those dim, dark, desperate days of high school whose dad …

Once More into the Breach, Dear Friends …

theKid started back to school … and how quickly these years have passed. Harking back to the early days of pre-K, diaper changes with strangers, foot and mouth disease. And is it impetigo or vitiligo?  Never could keep those straight. Anyhoo, during those formative years always believed the adults were exaggerating when they said time speeds …

And the Journey Continues …

My problem is that not everyone sucks, and not all the time. Mentioned earlier in these parts that a Merry Tweaker bested me, wandered off with a solid five-figure, one comma, double-digited heist … Sigh.  Learn me to give the face-tatted stranger a chance. Anyhoo, are where we are, and getting to a better place. …