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Dueling Scammers (Part 2)

In my previous post I wrote about a failed “wrong number” scammer. This one was better, and could handle the improv longer. And thus ended another convo. And may I add: 🥰

One day, within 25 minutes of each other, I received two of those scammy “do I have the right number?” kinds of texts. However, in spite of the temporal proximity of the messages, the senders were very different. We begin with the failure. At least “she” asks if it’s my phone number. But her abilityContinue reading “Dueling Scammers (Part 1)”

A Maturing Palate

Recently I was working on adapting a short story of mine to a short animated film (using AI graphics). “American Dream Girl” is about an encounter between a young man and someone he went to high school with; it’s three years later, his fortunes seem to be on the rise, but she’s working as aContinue reading “A Maturing Palate”

Misplaced Religious Fervor

As I write this, we’ve just passed the Easter weekend celebration. That makes this an ideal time to once again reference the document mentioned previously that includes the note: “GI Joes crucified.” I mentioned this blog to my cousin a few weeks ago, but I have no idea if he ever looks/looked at it. IContinue reading “Misplaced Religious Fervor”

Dream…Dream, Dream, Dream…

It amazes me how some dreams can be so memorable that the mind still conjures clear images of them years later. I previously wrote about the last 3 items, and so now we come to the end of this note page with the “soul leaves body” dream. I had this dream in my early teens.Continue reading “Dream…Dream, Dream, Dream…”

Hold the Last Note

Or maybe the next to last notes, while I’m still working on this list: I can not remember what I had in mind with “scared straight school of acting.” “Scared Straight” was the program where they’d bring at-risk youth face-to-face with convicts who would attempt to frighten them into a life outside of crime. WouldContinue reading “Hold the Last Note”

Down On Your Knees…

The title of this post is a line from a Christmas carol. It’s also a suggestive line from Madonna’s “Like A Prayer.” But, foremost in my mind, it’s an imperative from Catholic grade school—and it found its way into the repertoire for nun methods of torture. Incidentally, one of our nuns in grade school usedContinue reading “Down On Your Knees…”

More After Than During

For years I’ve taken quick notes on a variety of things. Some are story ideas, some pieces of dialogue, some jokes, and some brief reminders of longer things I’ve conceived. On that set of notes I found recently, we see: I’ve been using these notes as fodder for recent blog posts, and I see thatContinue reading “More After Than During”

Dance With Me

My massage therapist ended our session by saying, “I really think I danced with your body today.” I reacted with a smile but I have been thinking about it ever since. I know that this was meant on a therapeutic level, but it really is one of the sexiest things anyone has ever said toContinue reading “Dance With Me”

Long, Beautiful…Where?

In the notes I found recently, one of the lines says, “History of My Hair.” Since the hair on top of my head is mostly gone, perhaps “Eulogy of My Hair” might be more accurate. When I was a kid, my hair rarely got very long, and my mother favored a crew cut. Looking inContinue reading “Long, Beautiful…Where?”