by mexican sharpshooter | Dec 3, 2024 | Daily Links
My son’s baseball team decided to finally play defense for exactly one inning. The game went how all their games go, where they score a bunch of runs in the first inning and then a series of mental mistakes results in the other team tying it up or getting the go ahead...
by db | Dec 3, 2024 | Entertainment, Fiction, Fun
“You have to do the job and accept Daddy’s pardon, Slashballs. Because of The Implication.” Acrid smoke jetted from Hunter’s nostrils as he finished the sentence, joining the previously exhaled vapors already curling around his head. “I’m no fool, Hunter....
by Banjos | Dec 3, 2024 | Daily Links
Good morning one and all to another fine day! Major News Outlet Tied To First Trump Impeachment Exposed For Taking Huge Funding From State Department Karine Jean-Pierre faces press grilling after Biden pardons son Hunter Ninth Circuit rules in favor of federal...
by Derpetologist | Dec 2, 2024 | Fiction
Alexandra continued to get funding for NASA projects. I could tell she was proud of that, as she spoke often of the various spacecraft and missions that were being planned. It was hard to keep up with the Apollo program while it was underway, as I was busy with...
by Swiss Servator | Dec 2, 2024 | Daily Links
Back to the grind. I was going to beef about being back to work…but I am glad I have work. I have a couple of friends that are still looking, despite good experience and qualifications. That, and I still have some good leftovers from Thanksgiving. So, I’ve...
by Animal | Dec 2, 2024 | Fiction
Eight On the surface Gomp came to slowly, his head pounding. He moved his arms and legs experimentally; he had some bumps and bruises, but no broken bones he could detect. Finally, he looked around. He was propped in a sitting position against the smooth, slightly...
by sloopyinca | Dec 2, 2024 | Daily Links
The Steelers won. Liverpool embarrassed Man City. Max won. And all I know is disappointment. 3 out of 4 ain’t bad…it’s miserable. And that’s putting it lightly. On to…the links! Good luck enforcing this. First off, nature is nature and...
by UnCivilServant | Dec 1, 2024 | Fiction, Literature
I can’t say I didn’t glance at the gaudy sword on the table when the Lawspeaker made his pronouncement. But the wall of armored Dwarfs ringing the room made me decide against such a stupid option. So I found myself clapped in irons and dragged into the...
by Not Adahn | Dec 1, 2024 | IFLA
Really? December? I mean, Thanksgiving was as late as it could be this year but I don’t remember November existing much at all. Lily rarely is in the mood to play with Eva, but When she is Eva is game. The first few days this week are excellent for romantic...
by Old Man With Candy | Dec 1, 2024 | Daily Links
Fittingly, the end of November and the beginning of December meant a lake-effect enhanced snow, and we got it good and hard. Fortunately, I wasn’t relying on airports, and for all their faults, the local governments here do a pretty good job of getting the snow...