We continue to hunt for conspiracy theories involving each President of the United States. To qualify, the story must be more or less contemporary with the President involved, and must be discounted by a majority of Mainstream Historians. I was expecting the boring Presidents of the late nineteenth century to be fairly free ofContinue reading “PRESIDENTIAL TALL TALES VII”
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FICTION FRIDAY: A Smell of Leaves
Mike straightened his back with only minor effort, and stretched. That was a respectable pile of leaves, and the weather was perfect for raking: cool with a light breeze not quite strong enough to go through the cloth jacket he was thinking of taking off if Carol wasn’t watching him through the kitchen window. Continue reading “FICTION FRIDAY: A Smell of Leaves”
PRESIDENTIAL TALL TALES VI
We continue our quest to find a conspiracy theory for each President of the United States. To reiterate the rules, we need something that was not just made up yesterday on the Interwebs: a conspiracy theory is best if it is contemporary with the president, or arose shortly thereafter. And to be a REALContinue reading “PRESIDENTIAL TALL TALES VI”
Airy Problems
I know it’s not February, but you can always file this column and not read it until February (if then.) Besides, I’m offering you a break from all those November articles which tell you that Benjamin Franklin suggested the turkey be made our national bird instead of the bald eagle. This always hasContinue reading “Airy Problems”
PRESIDENTIAL TALL TALES V
This is a series where we seek out at least one good solid conspiracy theory about each President of the United States. We prefer those which were active at the time the President in question was, and the theory should be considered, by a majority of Mainstream Historians (as any good Conspiracy Theorist knowsContinue reading “PRESIDENTIAL TALL TALES V”
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”
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