Word count 1776 Balance On June 23 2005 a hiker that I knew got a request from The Balance Disorders Lab of Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) to find males from ages 52-73 to join a balance study with the goal of better … Continue reading Balance
Altared States
Word count 787 A few days after my wife Celestine died suddenly from encephalitis, I got a phone call that I suspected was some form of condolence. I had not recovered enough to talk to anyone, but the caller ID – Jellane Jefferson - shocked … Continue reading Altared States
Strictly Short Humour
Strictly Short Humour – Not duplicated elsewhere Word count 10116 Hiking Etiquette, Glossary And Wisdom Affirmation – Are we here yet? The answer is always yes. Are we there yet? – If said subject to capital punishment. Bad hike – One or more die. … Continue reading Strictly Short Humour
Interview
Word count 3078 Interviewer – Here’s what you’ve been waiting for – the interview with God. Because we are mostly broadcast to English speaking areas, we’d like to concentrate on Western concerns. Welcome to WXYZ television, God. First question, what should we call you? God … Continue reading Interview
Inpler
Word Count 573 Language report 2019 -2119 During the last hundred yrs great progress has bin made in American Language. This essay will kover the trends and landmarks of that period. The drivers of the changes were 2 movements. 1 went under the banner “If … Continue reading Inpler
Space Force vs. Space Squids
Word count 613 “Mr. President, we have our first action taken by Space Force.” “Jenkins, I told you to call me ‘Your Excellency, Emperor For Life’. I knew that the 200 billion dollars start up cost for Space Force was well worth it. Have Space … Continue reading Space Force vs. Space Squids
Brave Newt World
Word count 799 When an Antarctic scientist uncovered an alien space ship while digging for a latrine, he sent for the best crypto-biologists, archaeologists and astronomers to come to the Antarctic base. After the local Antarctic scientists were assembled, they entered the ship which had … Continue reading Brave Newt World
