August 2011
30 posts
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What Constitutes Humour These Days?
In the United Kingdom back in the previous mid century, humour was a mix of slapstick and double entendre, raw humour unfettered by politically correct constraints, unlike today.
In my childhood I looked forward to the weekly Goon Show on radio, starring the brilliantly surreal Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe, and the absolute master and my personal favourite – Peter Sellars.
Then when television...
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Review: The Covert Element
What would you do if someone were cooking up meth in your backyard? What would you do to stop it and how far would you go? Drug cartels do more than just sell, create, profit and make their own drugs. Their leaders are dangerous and their henchman even more.
In 1985 Master Sergeant Fuentes proved to be equally as dangerous by executing, planning and orchestrating a plan to bring down the...
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Psalms of Praise & Power
Translated from the Greek Old Testament
In John Howard Reid’s, Bible Wisdom: Psalms of Praise & Power. In reading the Psalm of Solomon 50 (51) Repentance tells us “You shall wash me and I shall be made white as snow, You shall cause my ears to hear gladness and joy. And even my age-afflicted old bones shall rejoice.”
Evil-doers are conscious of their sins but do not readily...
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Daydreaming
Sunny skies are part of the day remembering moments of gentle play
To take some time, perhaps a walk bringing up our future, to laugh and talk
Perhaps a place at the lake for time away, and a trip to take
Plans of moving, one more hop finding our place, the final stop
Looking ahead, time will fly time escapes us, it just goes by
Before too long, all will be plans will be clear, for us...
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Reviews: Onet's Tale
By Misty “Gamer Mom” (Kentucky, USA): 5.0 out of 5 stars Onet’s a Great Storyteller, 2 Feb 2011
Imagine slaving in a mine on a distant planet, where each swing of your pick throws poisonous dust into the air that will kill you in a few months time from breathing it. This is where “Onet’s Tale” opens, but it doesn’t stay there long. This epic sci-fi tale...
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The Open Door Policy
The water that fell from the sky was just a drizzle at first. The cool breeze that followed each drop served as an aphrodisiac of sorts. By the time the drizzle turned into a downpour Cynthia had already been conceived in the back seat of a 62 Chevy. After the informal conception ceremony Camille the willing participant stepped out a block from her home and closed the door to her virginity.
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Friends & Lovers
Speaking of topics, that two can relate, as an artist uses color, to draw and create
Someone to talk with, one on one, as flowers grow from the heat of the sun
A person to travel with down to the sea, as wind goes through branches of an oak tree
Time you spend talking is such a pleasure, as deep sea divers, find a buried treasure.
Dreams you have are one in the same, as youngsters find...
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Life
Pain is a part of life no one ever said life would be easy, easy as a summer breeze work your way through the ruts of life and soon thereafter you may find a gentle cool breeze after, after a thunderstorm pain is temporary as are our situations make the best of the situation you are currently in and respect God’s decision, intuition on why you may be in the rut...
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The Groundsman
St Dominic’s Anglican Church - March 1953
As I deposited the last of the hymnals in their usual resting place at the back of the church (not one of my more regular duties), Mrs. Bancroft, the church committee chairperson, wearing her regulation tweed skirt and cream colored twinset, swept past me, nostrils flaring, eyes resolutely fixed on the vestry door. For some reason she’s always...
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Review: Grieving a Soulmate
The love story behind “Till Death do us Part” by Robert Orfali - The blurb on the back of the book begins: “Grieving a soul mate is unlike any book you’ve ever read, even though the story is universal.” It’s about a loving and talented couple who fought the death rattle of ovarian cancer for over nine years before taking Jeri, the wife, away.
It was not the...
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Beta 1
While the world may from time to time experience a few relatively peaceful decades, sooner or later greed, corruption and hatred coalesce into a weapon of frightening proportions when one power hungry madman emerges, conveniently forgetting the lessons of the past.
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Poetry Should Not Be Segregated
Poetry should not Be segregated yet Integrated interrelated indifferent Of race creed color No one defines Poetic lines and We write to Inspire and be Joined and one One nation under God we did Overcome we did Overcome and segregation Remains only in Minds of the People who feel That we are Not united so Bring your ink No matter what The color let Us blend the World...
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Review: Chasing Amanda
Observations and noticing small details and remembering them can often make all the difference in the world when an investigation is ensuing or reporting the news.
But, how often do we discount the sounds of a child, the screams of a temper tantrum as trying to get someone’s attention because they did not get what they want or just a child who throws tantrums. Reliving and revisiting events can...
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The Train To Somewhere
Train stops and many board boarding passes needed and money for the train and the snack train is filled with kids playing cards and eating candy filled noises of laughter and stories of old and new old stories told to make new friends and bond on a ride a ride ridden to somewhere train zooms high speeds ahead over hills highlands high housetops and sky scrapers over train tracks ...
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Faded Memory
Memory is a funny beast. How often have you heard someone recalling something from their past, not sure whether or not to believe what you are hearing? How many times have you recalled something yourself years after it happened? What triggered that recollection? Was it the truth of what happened to you or merely an embellished conglomeration?
When the particular event in your life occurred, it...
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Review: Bible Wisdom for Modern Times
Editors Review by John Howard Reid’s, Bible Wisdom for Modern Times: Selections from the Orthodox Old Testament (Paperback) “…Do you find Bibles somewhat daunting and off-putting? I know I do. The first problem is the sheer size of the book.)” Says author, John Howard Reid!
Note: I agree with the author that most Bibles were not written for ordinary people and the...
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To Reinvent the Wheel?
With the end of the NASA shuttle programme, sadly we have seen the end of any serious manned space flights for many a year to come. In the meantime, private companies are being encouraged to plug the gap, while NASA’s astronauts are reduced to using Russian 1960’s technology to carry out crew changes and maintenance on the ISS.
But is the proposed plan for the private concerns...
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Being Writer (1)
Like the eternal question, ‘what does it mean to be human?’ today’s blog is about a less eternal but no less fascinating, at least for me, question, what does it mean to be an author at a time when the industry is undergoing such upheaval?
There is no publishing industry crystal ball we can look into to tell us how it will take shape. One thing is for sure, there will be winners...
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Getting Married
In my tribe, getting married in the old days followed a set pattern designed only to bring the right persons to each other and reduce as they as they a mismatch or unhappiness as divorce was rarely considered unless you were accused of being a witch and made to confess, not an easy option I can tell you.
The procedure was fairly simple, first you saw the girl you wanted that you will refer to as...
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Review: Repulsion Thrust
 This book by Magdalene Ball is her first full length poetry collection of many varied subjects including, dogs, cats, math, tending gardens to evolving insects; she writes about healing.Â
In the Equinox, she saysâ¦the world opens her uterus and births the morning. Wonderful imagery in this and Pie in the Sky. I enjoyed her Repulsion Thrust, the titled poem. From one poem to another she...
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A Separate Universe
 I always wanted to fly.
A SEPARATE UNIVERSE
AÂ chemical - releasing energy, grasping threads from life - no mental block, perfect form like an eagle in flight, effortlessly performing, sibilant nature seeking new adventure, pooling with criticism, providing a larger ego to reach the top - a Universe, alone belonged to her â crossing mighty rivers - infallible pride.
Her field of view -...
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Official Secrets
When I joined the Royal Air Force one of the first thing’s that was required was for me to sign the Official Secrets Act, everyone who works within the Governments has to sign it, so my question is this, do politicians sign the act and if so why has not one of them been prosecuted.
The relationship between News International and the Conservative Party is not a straight forward government...
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Review: Megadeth - Rust in Peace Live
In 1990, Megadeth released the platinum, essential metal CD, Rust in Peace. Heralded as a classic since, twenty years later, Megadeth commemorated this anniversary by touring the year of 2010 playing the entire CD as a whole for their fans.
This tour was concluded with an evening at the legendary Hollywood Palladium and presented to us as Megadeth – Rust in Peace Live, a CD where the entire...
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Two Heads
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See me, Am I not a monster? A malevolent Orthrus? I sit framed by Noir shadows, crawling expressionist tracks.
I lie and I contemplate the worst infidelity. I lay a course for broken sacred oaths with fresh promises that can never be fulfilled.
What ...
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Secrets to Staying Slim Forever
You know that sometimes you just feel like you want to eat and eat and eat. Staying slim forever means taking the time to take inventory and see what’s behind your insatiable hunger?
What’s inventory about? Ask yourself when was the last time you ate? Should you be hungry? Did you get a balance of protein, fat, and carbohydrates? For example, not enough protein, no energy and no full....
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Gallows Hill House (1)
In the not too distant past, every town had a place of execution and to spare the gentlefolk the horror of the swaying rope; they sited many of these places well outside the city limits.
The house I’m going to tell you about tonight, is not shy about its past, though the plaque bearing its name has been taken down. Built in 1746, or so the stone above the door declares, it stand in a lonesome...
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Review: Do I Flaunt My Fat, or Jump Off a Bridge?
This is One Funny Book: Smile - Sabina is overweight, living at home with her mother and constantly nudged and annoyed when threatening to move out and live on her own at the young age of 30.
Her mother calls her Shirley and every time she decides to assert a little independence her mother does what any good, smart and crafty Jewish mother does best, if lay on the guilt, pretend to have a heart...
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What Really Matters?
With me, it’s friendship to all and common decency – qualities that sadly gets brushed aside in today’s uncaring world.
It seems to me that the basic human traits which separate us from the rest on this planet are rapidly being sacrificed. The great god Mammon rules as it always has closely followed by inflated egos, delusions of self-worth and ruthless ambition at the expense of...
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When I Look Back
“When I look back on the time spent with my Mother, I have a multitude of smiles and talks, snuggles and lectures cakes made and time spent cooking and talking about life
we were never great with relationships yet she dis not want me to struggle as she did and ironically enough, I did and do as a single parent as she did as well. I look back and wonder what if I stayed in those...
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Heaven (Senryu)
Souls soaring higher Heaven is within our reach Of those who seek truth
Angels guard frail men As they journey toward light Wings brush against wind
Heavens blinding light Leaves us dazzled and amazed Unable to speak
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