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This is a totally real conversation I had on Twitter.

Obvious scammer on Twitter (disguised as sexy girl): “My name is Kaleta.”

Me: “My name is Luka. I live on the second floor.”

Scammer: “That’s nice to hear from you where are you from”

Me: “I live upstairs from you. Yes, I think you’ve seen me before.”

Scammer: “Oh really”

Me: “If you hear something late at night — some kind of trouble, some kind of fight — just don’t ask me what it was.”

Scammer: “Oh I see so can you send me pic of you If you don’t mind.”

Me: “I think it’s because I’m clumsy. I try not to talk too loud.”

Scammer: “Oh om Ok Can you send a pic of you This is me” [Sends picture again.  I have been reliably informed by a friend that the picture is actually one of the Playboy Playmates.  Which is curious, because “Kaleta’s” Twitter profile somewhat puzzlingly refers to her as an “Able God.”]

Me: “Maybe it’s because I’m crazy. I try not to act too proud.”

Scammer:

Me: “They only hit until you cry. After that you don’t ask why.”

Scammer:

Me:  “You just don’t argue anymore.
You just don’t argue anymore.
You just don’t argue anymore.”

 

 

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Poster for “Metropolis” (1927)

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“Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.”

“Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.”

—  Romans 12:15

 

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Photo credit:  By Filiptb – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7801616

Poetry, 2020

Hey, gang.  If you happen to dig these poemy-type things I keep rattling off, you can follow my 2020 publications at the link below (as well as my self-published stuff).

I hope you guys have a fun Valentine’s Day!  🙂

Poetry, 2020

 

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“The Windmiller’s Guest,” Edmund Blair Leighton

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Winedrunk Sidewalk features my “Open Letter to President Donald J. Trump Upon His Acquittal”

I’m honored to share here that Winedrunk Sidewalk: Shipwrecked in Trumpland has featured another piece of mine — “An Open Letter to President Donald J. Trump Upon His Acquittal.”

You can find it right here.

Thank you, Editor John Grochalski, for allowing me to share the piece with the readers of Winedrunk Sidewalk!

 

 

Throwback Thursday: Nestle’s Quik!

So this meme about Nestle’s Quik was making the rounds on Facebook this week.  (It apparently originated on the realestateispower Instagram page?)  I grew up loving Quik in the 80’s.  I wouldn’t be surprised if there are millennials who do not recognize it — it was a powder you mixed with milk to get a flavored treat.  (It’s okay … when I was very young, I didn’t really know what this Tang was that adults occasionally referred to — it was just something that was popular a little before my time.)

Now, please understand … when I say Quik, I do not mean the peculiar strawberry-flavored variant that you see pictured below.  I and every other self-respecting kid in my neighborhood appreciated the chocolate variety.  Strawberry was for … Russian kids.  Or maybe hippies.  Or girls, possibly.

Anyway. it turns out I’m not the only one who deliberately put too much mix in, so that I was rewarded with that delicious chocolate mud at the bottom of the glass.  Facebook has informed me that was machination employed by others as well.

 

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“Ribbons and Laces for Very Pretty Faces,” Edmund Blair Leighton, 1902

Oil on canvas.

Ribbons and laces for very pretty faces, by Edmund Blair Leighton

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Cover to “Le Petit Journal,” December 1, 1912

Via the Apocalyptic Midnight Death Cult Facebook page.

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