Sorry, but the Rolling Stones song was the first thing that came to mind. Does it matter? This town’s been wearing tatters.
Team Green bested Team Gray in Game Two of the Mystics World Series last night by one run, 11-10. Green currently leads the Series, 2-0, with Game Three tomorrow night at Haaland Field at 5pm.
My kids never experienced the elementary lift-top combo desk. You know, where the seat and the desk were one? For six years we sat and learned in the desk equivalent of an old iron-seat tractor, only less comfortable. I doubt Herman Miller came up with this painful melding of wood and metal, but whoever did […]
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Screech
My apologies to those who may be unfamiliar with the early 90s sitcom Saved by the Bell. The series’ stereotypical nerd, Samuel ‘Screech’ Powers, seemed like a logical choice for today’s prompt.
‘I know that name.’ A crumpled old sailor shuffled toward me from the shadowy corner of the public house, listing sideways as he steadily worked the floor with his mangrove cane. I couldn’t be certain if this was the fellow they called Billy Bones or the legendary Ben Gunn himself, but the man was a […]
According to Starch Research Professor of Psychology, Jerome Kagan, shyness has been found to be an inherited biological trait that can be detected in infants as early as four months. There are a number of factors that can help individuals overcome their shyness, so it isn’t necessarily a life sentence. Kagan’s research found that only […]
Count Rugen could count on his right hand the number of times I’ve seen this movie, but the persistent Spanish swashbuckler, Inigo Montoya, from the classic 80s flick – the Princess Bride – immediately came to mind.
Poor dishonest Pinnochio! He can’t seem to keep his nose out of other people’s business.
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Underwater
Sometimes perception isn’t reality. If you’re a small fish, in a big pond…SWIM BIG!
Mr. Yuk was introduced in 1971 as a graphic solution to label poisonous substances so that children would know they were potentially harmful. According to the creator of the Poison Control Network, Dr. Richard Moriarity, a new symbol for poison was needed since research showed that children associated the familiar skull and crossbones iconography with […]