The Fire Hose
I like parodies. Back in the 1980s there was a series of radio commercials that were spoofs of real commercials. Wham-Care PM had pills...
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Mark
- Nov 28, 2021
- 2 min
Eye of the Beholder
There’s a monster in Dungeons and Dragons called a Beholder. They typically have one central eye and ten eyes on short tentacles. At...
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Mark
- Nov 21, 2021
- 2 min
Foundations
As I was growing up my family was involved in new home construction. Despite my best efforts, I managed to learn some things along the...
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Mark
- Nov 14, 2021
- 3 min
Higher Dimensions
I recently watched a video explaining how humans can’t really understand how space and time are really the same thing. Part of the video...
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Mark
- Nov 7, 2021
- 2 min
ISO 9000
I work for a company that services a federal government contract. Back in August we had an audit to see if we were filling the...
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Mark
- Oct 31, 2021
- 3 min
Calculus of Purpose
One of the things I learned in calculus class is when trying to figure out an equation it helps to take a variable and take it to an...
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Mark
- Oct 24, 2021
- 2 min
Surprise!
Anyone who has written stories for long enough can tell you about when characters surprised them. One instance comes to mind for me when...
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Mark
- Oct 17, 2021
- 3 min
Not Gonna Happen
A lot of people reject things without even knowing what they’re missing. For instance, sushi. There are certain things that will not go...
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Mark
- Oct 10, 2021
- 4 min
Words Mean Things
But what DO they mean? Definitions change over the years, as anyone over the age of twenty can attest. Anyone reading this can probably...
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Mark
- Sep 26, 2021
- 3 min
Camouflage
One of the best innovations in combat is camouflage. If you can keep the enemy from seeing you, they can’t fight you. Even if they know...
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Mark
- Sep 19, 2021
- 3 min
Not Made For You
Ever watch a foreign-made movie? I don’t really have the patience for it. I don’t know any language enough to follow dialogue unless it’s...
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Mark
- Sep 12, 2021
- 2 min
Eye of the Needle
I’ve done some embroidery. Nothing too elaborate, but just enough to know I’ll never be really good at it. With my eyesight it’s hard to...
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Mark
- Sep 5, 2021
- 2 min
LIAR!
I used to lie - a lot. I’d tell lies just to see if I could get away with it. For instance, in college I’d occasionally dress up in suit...
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Mark
- Aug 29, 2021
- 2 min
"I Miss Him"
There’s someone I know who lost his job. COVID did that to a lot of people. A while later, a coworker was heard saying, “I really miss...
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Mark
- Aug 22, 2021
- 2 min
Steak
I’m a little on the strange side. Many of you are thinking, “Tell me something I don’t know.” I have a specific example: Before Linda and...
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Mark
- Aug 15, 2021
- 2 min
Air Conditioner
I do not like heat. Any time the temperature gets above a certain level (in the neighborhood of 75 - plus or minus depending on humidity)...
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Mark
- Aug 8, 2021
- 3 min
Lost in the Mall
My wife tells me a story about when she was in the mall with her kids and one of them got lost. Six kids, one of them let go of a hand,...
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Mark
- Aug 1, 2021
- 3 min
The Good Guys
Back in the early days of movies the good guys always wore white hats. In that era of black-and-white film (before color was invented, I...
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Mark
- Jul 25, 2021
- 2 min
The Prodigal Veteran
One of the things I have a hard time doing is putting myself in the place of other people. You know, trying to imagine what they hear...
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