I added a ghost story to my website https://fragments.ws titled "Salvage the Dead" ...

I'll be adding short stories to my website at two week intervals.

When did the world become stupid?

(Please don't answer that. I feel relieved just saying it today.)

Dave (imported) wrote: Tue Nov 14, 2017 1:13 pm When did the world become stupid?

(Please don't answer that. I feel relieved just saying it today.)

:-\ Why ask if you don,t want an answer? It is just some of the people in it.

Ernie of Maine (imported) wrote: Wed Nov 15, 2017 2:21 am :-\ Why ask if you don,t want an answer? It is just some of the people in it.

I was screaming at the TV for about 20 minutes and had to make a comment to someone, somewhere, anywhere.

I didn't want to write what I really thought because a) it was vile beyond description and b) politics (forbidden).

I get these moods sometimes. Yesterday was a bad day for bad moods.

There are times when I think that banging my head off the wall and whimpering softly is preferable to listening to the news because it's less painful.

I don't know when the world became stupid, Dave. But it's really starting to get to me.

It seems that on top of that, you can't even walk down the street without someone holding out their hand for payment for some reason or another.

Paolo wrote: Wed Nov 15, 2017 6:49 pm It seems that on top of that, you can't even walk down the street without someone holding out their hand for payment for some reason or another.

I hit the panhandlers up for smokes. rarely works, but then I don't smoke

Paolo wrote: Wed Nov 15, 2017 6:49 pm I don't know when the world became stupid, Dave. But it's really starting to get to me.

It seems that on top of that, you can't even walk down the street without someone holding out their hand for payment for some reason or another.

Gentlemen, the world has always been stupid. Only now with social media, the stupidity is so much more obvious.

And in regards to beating your head against the wall, it feels really good when you stop.

Mandler1 (imported) wrote: Thu Nov 16, 2017 11:35 am Gentlemen, the world has always been stupid. Only now with social media, the stupidity is so much more obvious.

And in regards to beating your head against the wall, it feels really good when you stop.

yes, much better...

Although this morning Tom Lehrer made things much brighter:

Dave (imported) wrote: Thu May 07, 2015 9:47 am https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

mScdJURKGWM&list=RDEMy7y9kUzH0o6RvU_kK8qouw

I recommend "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park"

"THE HUNTING SONG"

"SMUT"

"ALMA"

"THE ELEMENTS"

"The IRISH BALLAD"

Dave (imported) wrote: Tue Oct 31, 2017 7:52 am I added a ghost story to my website https://fragments.ws titled "Salvage the Dead" ...

I'll be adding short stories to my website at two week intervals.

I added another

Dave (imported) wrote: Tue Oct 31, 2017 7:52 am ghost story to my website https://fragments.ws titled "

Ghost at Four Bells" ...

A ghostly survivor of the Santo Antonio, a merchant bessel lost during the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa, haunts a modern day freighter.

It's my retelling of The Flying Dutchman legend for modern times.

Not the Ghost with four balls? Awww. that would be interesting. and a cutting story...