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FICTION FRIDAY: Neatness Counts

     Ridiculous!  He stepped away from the tumble of garlic.  He might have moved on, crushing the cloves underfoot, to symbolize what he would do to the idiots who concocted such a trap, but reflected that if they were setting traps in the corridor, they might have forgotten the old passage behind the tapestry ofContinue reading “FICTION FRIDAY: Neatness Counts”

PRESIDENTIAL TALL TALES iv

     You will recall our mission in the search for a conspiracy theory about each President of the United States: we are looking for old theories, not something somebody on the Interwebs made up last week, and we seek accusations which turned out to be untrue, or at least unproven.  The mid nineteenth century wasContinue reading “PRESIDENTIAL TALL TALES iv”

FICTION FRIDAY: To a Degree

     “You down there, Uncle Jack?”      “Yep/”      I felt my way down the stairs.  My uncle is as cheap as he is eccentric, and though you’d think a man with a flair for machinery could change light bulbs, he likes to wait until he can’t tell a copper wire from his vise grips.Continue reading “FICTION FRIDAY: To a Degree”

PRESIDENTIAL TALL TALES III

     We continue our hunt for the conspiracy theories which bedeviled the Presidents of the United States, following the same rules as before.  These have to be contemporary conspiracy theories accusing the Presidents of nefarious plans, not something made up by me or the Interwebs later, and they must be conspiracies which Mainstream Historians, byContinue reading “PRESIDENTIAL TALL TALES III”

Up In the Air So Blue

     Those who have been checking this space for a while will recall our study of the men on postcards who keep on rowing even when their partner makes it difficult.  Looking over the postcard world recently, I realized that we had left out another role for the hardworking, helpful male.      These are theContinue reading “Up In the Air So Blue”

PRESIDENTIAL TALL TALES, PART II

     Remember, as we return to our attempt to find a “conspiracy theory” about each of the Presidents of the United States, that we have two basic rules: the conspiracies must have been debunked by a majority of Mainstream Historians, and they can’t be something I or some other Interwebs rumor-monger made up recently.  WeContinue reading “PRESIDENTIAL TALL TALES, PART II”

Ladies of the Court

     I know you were yearning to see the next installment of my list of presidential conspiracies, but I didn’t plan to fill this space with that until we got through thirty or forty presidents.  Anyhow, I can’t quite get my head around the James Madison theory yet.  We’ll come back to the list nextContinue reading “Ladies of the Court”

Presidential Tall Tales, Part I

     Just got hit with a new one.  Some unknown conspiracy theorist just let me know that these phone calls about choosing my medical plan are NOT coming for ORDINARY robocallers.  No, no:: these are people prepared to alter the fabric of our country by moving (should you be unwise enough to use the wordContinue reading “Presidential Tall Tales, Part I”

FICTION FRIDAY: Reassessment

     “What happened?” asked Barbara, looking around the off-white chamber.      The tall person in the white robe smiled.  “We get a lot of that.  You turned left on the corner of State and Delaware just as a driver lost control of his SUV.  You were caught between the grille and the window washer’s scaffold.” Continue reading “FICTION FRIDAY: Reassessment”