Posted in Blogroll, Creative Writing, Prompt, Writing, Writing Prompt, entertainment, funny, humour, life, thoughts on April 1, 2008 | 2 Comments »
We stood listening to the high-pitched noise of the fire alarm. When it first went off, everyone at the office froze. I could tell we were all thinking the same thing. Is it just the weekly drill or do we have to go through the bother of getting our coats and marching down the stairs [...]
Posted in entertainment, farce, funny on March 26, 2008 | No Comments »
Nate The Snake
Author Unknown
A truck driver is heading west across the Arizona desert. He
has been driving all night, and as the sun starts to rise,
he feels the need to stop and commune with nature. He pulls
to the side of the road, parks, and walks out into the sage
brush.
As he is standing there, looking around at [...]
Posted in 55 fiction, Blogroll, Creative Writing, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Memoirs, Prompt, Short Story, Writing, Writing Prompt, friendship, funny, humour, life, thoughts on March 20, 2008 | No Comments »
The instructions were simple. Get up on the table and hold still.
I stretched out on the long, white table while my best friend held my hand. Having been through the experience before, I thought it best to go with someone in the know.
“Tell me if it hurts.” The fellow said. “Some people experience a bit of discomfort [...]
Posted in Blogroll, Creative Writing, Prompt, entertainment, funny, life, thoughts on February 29, 2008 | No Comments »
Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.
- Mark Twain
Posted in Blogroll, Fiction, Writing, farce, funny, life, literature, reading, thoughts on February 15, 2008 | No Comments »
Ok, I know I said I’d stick to the list, but a couple of books have come my way and they need to be added…
1. We Need to Talk about Kevin - Lionel Shriver
2. The Samurai’s Garden - Gail Tsukiyama
3. The Street of a Thousand Blossoms - Gail Tsukiyama
4. The Dressmaker - Elizabeth Birkelund Overbeck
5. [...]
Posted in Creative Writing, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Micro Fiction, Prompt, Short Story, Writing, Writing Prompt, entertainment, funny, life, literature, thoughts on February 6, 2008 | No Comments »
Have you ever been in a situation where you were so bored you contemplated doing something outrageous just to break the monotony? Have you ever sat in a boring meeting playing bullshit bingo (a game where you tick a box on your notepad every time someone uses industry jargon, e.g no-brainer, team-player, touch-base, setting our [...]
Posted in Creative Writing, Fiction, entertainment, funny, humor, humour, life, quotes, thoughts on February 6, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
-Oscar Wilde
Posted in funny, life, literature, politics, quotes, thoughts on February 5, 2008 | No Comments »
We trained hard, but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up into teams we would be reorganised.? I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganising: and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress, while producing confusion, inefficiency [...]
Posted in entertainment, funny, life, politics, quotes, thoughts on February 3, 2008 | No Comments »
While there is a chance of the world getting through its troubles, I hold that a reasonable man has to behave as though he were sure of it. If at the end your cheerfulness in not justified, at any rate you will have been cheerful.
-H.G.Wells
Posted in entertainment, funny, humour, life, literature, quotes, thoughts on February 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
“Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.”
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