In a surprise press conference, President Trump unveiled its mission statement:
- Man the air.
- Ram the ramparts.
- Take over airports.
- Do everything they have to do.
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THIS TOWN CAN PARTY LIKE RAGNAROK.
Nothing stops these Southerners on the Fourth of July. We had intermittent thunderstorms roll through and around Roanoke early this evening. But when faced with thunder and lightning, residents just kinda … shot back.
If you crested the right hill here, you could see fireworks displays at every corner of the compass — blasting back at the sporadic storms like a hubris-fueled war with heaven. Seeing lightning streak across the sky with fireworks exploding in front of it is really, really damn cool. (Regrettably, I did not get a shot of that.)
Happy Birthday, America.
Have fun, be safe, don’t drink and drive, and don’t accept election help from foreign adversaries.
By Anita Mishra – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=41619517
I knew this pun was bad, but I went Fourth with it anyway.
A college friend actually invited me to the Fourth of July festivities in Washington tomorrow.
But I said no tanks.
“hens staring upward” selected for “The Flickering Light” poetry collection
I’m quite happy to share here that my poem “hens staring upward” was selected by Down in the Dirt magazine for its latest poetry collection, The Flickering Light. I was honored to have this poem originally published by Down in the Dirt in its April issue; seeing it subsequently selected for The Flickering Light today was a nice surprise!
If you’d like to order a copy of the anthology, you can find it right here over at Amazon.
Thank you, Editor Janet Kuypers, for allowing me to join the creative community of Down in the Dirt!
“Fawning Haiku,” by Eric Robert Nolan
We fawn over fawns
until their clipping gallop
cadences away.
(c) Eric Robert Nolan 2019
Photo credit: By Mwanner at the English language Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=245464
“Nihilist Night Haiku,” by Eric Robert Nolan
This nihilist night,
the sky is only void and
burning tombstone stars.
(c) Eric Robert Nolan 2019
Photo credit: Egres73 [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)%5D
“Weeping Willow Haiku,” by Eric Robert Nolan
Sighing submission,
all our weeping willows now
sway in evening’s storm.
(c) Eric Robert Nolan 2019
Photo credit: André Karwath aka Aka [CC BY-SA 2.5 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5)%5D
Trolley shot.
Somebody told me that the trolley actually goes up Mill Mountain at one point in its route. Is that true?
Ah, the things we’re left to ponder when we’re too apathetic to Google a schedule. These are the mysteries faced by the lazy.
My idea for an “Iron Man” horror story:
Tony Stark programs his suit to act fully autonomously in the event he’s ever knocked unconscious or otherwise incapacitated. In addition to fighting villains and saving people, it’s programmed to seek out a power source so it can replenish itself.
Except he dies inside the suit, which continues carrying out all its advanced programs without him. And it cannot be shut down, especially because it will defend itself against anyone who tries to tamper with it. Even Tony’s friends and allies can’t take it offline.
So essentially you’ve got Tony’s metal-encased corpse rocketing around committing various heroic deeds, indefinitely. People are grateful to be helped but really freaked out at the same time. And poor Pepper.
By Julito82 – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4844819
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