Tales from my head
-
Freedom is not free. This is often said by politicians to defend their shameful sacrifice of young lives in wars. Any politician that engages in war is a failed politician in my book! I see that statement differently. To be free is not the same thing as having freedom! The freedom offered in society does…
-
Ben was about to start the second season of Dexter when the dinosaur walked past his house. It had a huge teeth-filled head and looked like a T-Rex. It had to be a T-Rex. Ben was in his home office on the second floor of his house when he saw the giant head bob past…
-
I told someone earlier this week that once I was a crastinator, but have since become a pro. I have things to do, but I am also very fortunate to have time to waste. Of course wasting time is not good, but it is good when you can! Having downtime to kick back and relax,…
-
I see this phenomenon everywhere. Opinions and direction swings like a pendulum, from one end of the spectrum to the other, only passing the middle ground, but lingering at the extremes. The saying ‘Two wrongs don’t make a right!’ applies here. These swings are much more common and prominent due to media programming. And here…
-
I did not plan to publish anything today, but unfortunately I started thinking about taxes. It is very complicated I know, but to me it seems set up to make the consumer, that is all of us ordinary people, pay the brunt of it. When there is a deficit, and the debt ceiling looms, more…
-
The very first time I drew Hans was in the form of a story. He wanted something from the kitchen cabinet and had all sorts of crazy ideas, until he asked someone for help. I’ll post it also. This story is different. Forgive me any spelling mistakes or color changes, it was hard keeping it…
-
Time is precious. Each of us is allotted a fixed amount of time, and like the sand in a hour glass it never stops flowing. We can add more money, things and people to our lives, but not time. There is only 24 hours in a day, and our days are numbered. I am very…
-
The angel is in a foul mood. It yanked its suit off and struggled to fold it before tossing it back into the ship. The suit’s wings tend to become rigid and springy when the suit is not worn. The angel was in the middle of a well-deserved vacation when this job got assigned. It…