Our hero becomes distracted by digital advances… — Continued from Entry 547… Online dating, digital divas, selfies… this story has none of that. Entry 3315 “It’s the best plan yet!” General Furnass shouted. “Pure genius!” “What plan is that, General?” “You know,” the general chuckled. “You find a hottie on line, start writing an Internet romance and before you know…

The adventurers of the USS Starship, Donald Trump continue to get worse. — If you haven’t read it, start with Part 1 and follow the link back to here. Introduction Captain Twiggy Stardust stands at the helm of the USS Starship, Donald Trump and states, “Stardate… ah, who cares, no one is going to believe it anyway. Let’s get the story started.” The Build-up “Captain,” communications…

Is the EU a geographic region, a cultural region, or an economic region? All three perhaps? — Perhaps you’re heard of the recent agreement between Canada and Denmark to end their 50 year war over Hans Island, and divide the island between the two nations? While the war was a war in name only with the most aggressive actions being the planting of flags, leaving messages, and…

Is there anything our hero… er, villain won’t do to take control of the literary world? Probably not. — Continued from Entry 547… I know, I know you were hoping the worst book ever written was finished. Well, it’s not. Entry 2755 “You want me to do what?” General Furnass said. “But how is…” “Trust me, General,” the poet said stopping him in mid sentence. “Just let me explain.” “But how…

Like millions of boys before me, I eventually got tired of crouching, paper bag in hand, waiting for something, anything, and made my way back to camp only to discover I had been duped. — Another story from the daze of my youth. Snipe hunts have been going on as far back as 1840 or longer, and were once a rite of passage for young men who were members of organizations like the Boy Scouts. Perhaps snipe hunts still happen today. It was when I…

Hit Me With Your Best Shot — Where’s My Change? People need to understand that a pipe wrench is a tool unless you bash someone in the head with it. Then it becomes a weapon. Capitalism is also a tool that can be weaponized. Speaking of Weapons. At least 10,000 different cryptocurrencies have been circulated, all with the intention of killing the economy…

A cop came running up to me shouting that I had driven past the barricades. “I didn’t see any barricades,” I said. — Another story from the daze of my youth. In my early years of trucking I often found myself picking up and delivering in and around Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania usually groceries in and steel out, along with the occasional load of soup or ketchup picked up there. In my first trip to…

While unconfirmed, it was said Gustoff was the first man to circumvent the world alone, perhaps 300 years before any other sailor managed to complete the journey. — Gustoff was a sailing man, who sailed the oceans blue, went to every port of call in search of lands anew, sailed around the whole wide world is search of land his own… While forgotten today, Gustoff was, for over a century, the most famous sailor to have ever hoisted…