Three colors, six tenuous links

(Tue Apr 11th, 2006, by Pem Charnley)

It was Christmas Eve last year that the car carrier, Tricolor, was issued with a wreck removal notice. Having been crashed into by a ship trying to overtake it, it has been lying there a wreck ever since. I know how it must have felt. I was issued w...

Front Porch Chat

(Mon Apr 10th, 2006, by Shellie Rushing Tomlinson)

Hello porchers! I've been watching for y'all. Have a seat, and let's chat. So, tell me, are you working on those New Years' resolutions? Uh-huh, call me Miss Cleo, but I bet losing weight tops the list, right? My powers also tell me you're gonna need...

When the father becomes the Groom

(Sun Apr 9th, 2006, by Daneil)

And then it happened! On the corner of his favourite Tamil daily page, inside this small rectangle space was a banner proudly proclaiming... "Find your life partner." "Get married now!!" It was an Internet matrimonial site ad. More so, an Indian matr...

Visiting Grandma

(Sun Apr 9th, 2006, by Joyce C. Lock)

If the creek was up, we had to park the car next to the gravel country road, then take our shoes off and walk the long stretch to the barn (wading through the water, as water covered the road up past the barn). The water was knee high ... if you wer...

HOW D' YA LIKE THEM APPLES?

(Mon Apr 3rd, 2006, by Theolonius McTavish)

HOW DO YOU LIKE THEM APPLES? -- Or, things you might have said to Eve had she tricked you into eating the apple -- Copyright by Theolonius McTavish 2004. All rights reserved. There are a few things that you might be tempted to say, if you had the ch...

Vincent Price's Ultimate Horror!

(Mon Apr 3rd, 2006, by Stephen Schochet)

Vincent Price was always of two minds about his horror movie career. On the one hand it was a way for an actor to age and keep working. But the gourmet cook and art collector often felt that these films were beneath him. Always looking for extra pub...

It'll Feel Better When It Quits Hurting

(Sat Apr 1st, 2006, by Timothy Whitt)

Let me give you some advice putting together a swing set takes more then one person. That is unless you enjoy suffering aches and pains in muscles you did not even know you had. My wife told me to get some help but I assured her by the pictures in th...

Gay Zombie Hunter's Dilemma

(Sat Apr 1st, 2006, by Karl Mueller)

The title of this article may lead you to believe that I hunt gay zombies. This is untrue, mostly because zombies who were once gay humans are now too gross to still be considered ‘gay’. Their cards were revoked long ago. No no, I am a gay hunter of ...

What?!? No bananas?

(Sat Apr 1st, 2006, by David Leonhardt)

"Where are your bananas?" It seemed like a logical question to ask. For all of my forty trips around the sun, bananas were a key item to place in the grocery cart. For the first time I could recall, the banana bin was empty. So I asked a store worker...

EVERYONE HAS A DOUBLE SOMEWHERE

(Fri Mar 31st, 2006, by By Rev. James L. Snyder)

The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage and Yours Truly have an agreement as ironclad as any legal document in the world court. Simply put, the contract is as follows: I will eat broccoli when she eats liver. I'm on pretty good ground here because I k...