The Black Hole
The black hole lurks in outer space, all matter it consumes. Not even light escapes its grasp nor witches on their brooms. Gases, dust, and planets, too, cannot resist its tug; it eats up galaxies for lunch and hardly gives a shrug. The only thing to match its strength, that could perhaps compete, would be [...]
This n That
Algebra and calculus have always been to me irritating bugaboos wrapped up in mystery. X can equal Y or Z but X is less than Pi, then take it to the Nth degree . . . now that just makes me cry! Way back in my high school days this stuff drove me insane and [...]
The Fountain Pen
In olden days the fountain pen bespoke a certain style – of elegance and artistry and lack of any guile. It was a trusty instrument and never would I knock it, except when the darn cap came off and ink filled my shirt pocket. So now I’ve switched to ballpoint pens. Plebian they may be, [...]
There’s Gold in them thar hills
A goldrush is upon us – all the Wall Street Jack & Jills are screaming of their mountain debts: ‘There’s gold in them thar hills!’ ‘The Treasury Department is a-buyin up bad loans; those rattles in the closet are now money and not bones!’ ‘Pack your mules with shovels and some powder for the fleas [...]
Things that go bump in my wallet
Where does money come from – do you grow it in a field, sowing dimes and nickels for a million-dollar yield? Maybe storks do bring it as they do our babies sweet, or maybe it is spun out from good fairies by the sheet. Leprechauns have pots of gold and pirates raid for loot, mermaids [...]
Immunity
Old George Bush, he’s up a tree when it comes to immunity. Our troops, that set Iraqis free and gave them pure democracy, sometimes go on a killing spree with no accountability. Prime Minister al-Malaki with this slight fault cannot agree. He hopes the killers won’t go free but will be tried quite legally. Old [...]
The Shopping Cart
I go into the market and pick out a shopping cart. No matter which I’ve choosen it begins to act real smart. The handle is all sticky and the wheels are such a fright, sounding like a screech owl being murdered in the night. I try to push it straight ahead but it has other [...]
Selling Short
What do you sell when you sell something short? Is it for pleasure, or profit or sport? Wall Street has done it for many a year, making more paupers than Miller has beer. Whatever it is and however it works, we’re taking it out of the hands of those jerks. Do not feel sorry for [...]
Change
Like the bums who mumble at you from a too close range, politicians are demanding that we must have change. Change in the economy and change in foreign wars; change inside the Beltway and behind the White House doors. Everyone’s a maverick who shuns the party line to bring us the Millenium of roses and [...]
My Moustache
I have a little moustache that goes in and out with me; some think it is an eyebrow that descended secretly. I say it gives me character, maturity and poise. Others say it looks a bit like shredded tinker toys. What with the price of razor blades, my wallet’s getting sheared; so next time that [...]
