I couldn’t help it. This dumb brick joke of a pop culture reference got stuck in my head. “What do you mean, NO! I’m your master. You can’t say NO!” Her face grew redder as her pitch and volume rose into the scream, but still failed to approach the shining crimson of the much more relaxed face she was screaming… Read more →
Month: February 2020
Happy Birthday Pluto! : Song Pluto’s always a planet to me
So, it’s the 90th anniversary of the discovery of our 9th planet, Pluto. Yes. It’s a planet. There are a LOT of reasons why the IAU decision is a steaming pile of manure. I put a couple of them into song! (To the tune of Billy Joel’s ‘She’s always a woman to me’.) It can push and can pull, where… Read more →
Fiction Snippet : Nu Yeller
Thanks to Totally Mindy on Kid’s Place live this morning, I have a horrible cyberpunk version of Old Yeller in my head… here’s a snippet of “the scene” in my head, so you can all share in my horror at my own brain. “No pa. He’s my dog. I’ll do it.” Tahmina pulled the old keyboard out from the rack… Read more →