Recent events illuminate some aged leaders are very much like should-retire truculent baseball umpires. They reject logic and any suggestion or evidence of their errors, frailties, or failings. They put themselves, and their pride, above the game, above YOU.

If a Bouncer did their job while on a pogo stick, would they then be called a Bouncy?

They would peek out at the dystopian world, only to quickly pull the curtains or drop the blinds.
It happened over and over and over in this noir movie.

I tell you, Planet of the Drapes really sucked.

Good evening.
Sunset comes to us all, but at the end of our days, if we've embraced humanity, honored nature, and were honest to ourselves and others, we can journey, unhindered, to that next magical realm.

I'd give up a nut for a book review,
But then I would be stuck with just two.
Perhaps a more thoughtful offering,
Like gravedigging, or a coffer'ing?

My home, honoring Mother Nature and her pallette.
Have a good weekend!

Good evening from the Appalachian woods of Nova Scotia.

Mark Twain said it best: Never argue with an idiot. You'll never convince the idiot that you're correct, and bystanders won't be able to tell who's who.

Huey Lewis and the News delivered "Hip to Be Square."
🎶

As yet, no artist has shown similar love for the Rhombus.

Equilateral parallelograms get no respect.

"Oklahoma schools are now required to incorporate the Bible as an instructional support into the curriculum across specified grade levels."
PASTAFARIAN'S RISE, the time of the Flying Spaghetti Monster is at hand!
For the good of the children, schools MUST provide PASTA at lunch!

So, my mom built a railroad.

"All aboard, for Whycocomagh Junction!"

Does your mind wander?
I find it fascinating how many of us can be focused on something, and then, suddenly, be distracted by another development. Is it due to daily sensory overload, or..
Oh, look, a butterfly! It's got a laser!
Oh, wait, it's a bee with pollen.
Ah, where was I?

Your Fish Name is the color of your bathtub or shower and the title of your first (or most recent) job:

Good afternoon, from Green, with honorable mention to Blue and White.

Jeremiah was one of the major prophets of the Bible, which, when you think about it, is an amazing accomplishment for a bullfrog.

Elon's Tesla Cybertruck looks like a ______________.

[Dibs on Kenmore Fridge]

In remote times, Education, especially as it applied to Arithmetic, wasn't easy.
Even Roll Call could be off.
For instance, head counts at Cannibal Academy.

Aliens toss you on the slab and in preparation of "The Probe," strip you naked.
Suddenly, ___ ____ ...

ADD YOUR ENDING in 8 words or fewer!

A moth landed on me and we had a quiet, delightful conversation. I was feeling most Mithrandian, that was, until, I lit my lantern.

The knife cuts, paper thin.
From without and from within.
Slashing, gouging, penetrating deep.
And now I lay myself down to sleep.