Category Archives: Sagas

Hunting with the Curmudgeon: Part Six

Eighteen minutes into the day and the plan had gone to shit! Rather than blissful unawareness of election results I knew The Hairball had prevailed. The news (despite being unwanted knowledge) made me buoyant. The same feeling you get when … Continue reading

Posted in Hunting With The Curmudgeon | 14 Comments

Hunting with the Curmudgeon: Part Five

No plan survives contact with the enemy. Field Marshall Helmuth Karl Bernhard Graf von Moltke We had a plan. It began as intended: Mingo and I unplugged from the media (which had gone full retard for Hillary), Dr. Mingo (and … Continue reading

Posted in Hunting With The Curmudgeon | Leave a comment

Hunting with the Curmudgeon: Part Four

I should explain something about my last post. You know how I said “the deer won’t move in this wind”? Well they did. You know how I said “you won’t see a buck”? Well, Dr. Mingo saw a buck. You … Continue reading

Posted in Hunting With The Curmudgeon | 3 Comments

Hunting With The Curmudgeon: Part Three

[Editors note: previous posts in this series were titled “I’m Back”. Lame! I went back and re-titled them.] Dr. Mingo arrived, banjo and all, via the ritual torture called commercial airline travel. I was the extraction team. I swooped into … Continue reading

Posted in Hunting With The Curmudgeon | 4 Comments

Hunting With The Curmudgeon: Part Two

I’m telling this story backwards. I started with the day of the election… its dénouement. That’s not the start of the story. What you did on election day is your business but I planned for not only election day but several days … Continue reading

Posted in Hunting With The Curmudgeon | 5 Comments

Hunting With The Curmudgeon

[There are many ways to experience election day, this is one.] With timeless unhurried grace the sun rose. It was cold. I wanted it to rise faster. The sun doesn’t give a shit. I sat there and shivered. I was … Continue reading

Posted in Hunting With The Curmudgeon | 10 Comments

Lesbian Squirrels: Part 12: Birth Of The DudeBro

Dr. Simone Moonglow Lenin Rothschild’s plans were working! She had the five nitwits lined up in uncomfortable wooden chairs facing a screen in a darkened room. “Is this part of the ‘Disco-cracy, Abba, And Transspecies Raptors’ seminar?” Asked one. “Will … Continue reading

Posted in Chapter 2 - Lesbian Squirrels, Lesbian Squirrels, Sagas, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Lesbian Squirrels: Part 11: Like You Didn’t See This Coming

On August 21, 1957 Russia completed its first successful test of the R-7 launch vehicle new. The ICBM was born. On July 9, 1959 the United States declared that it’s version of the ICBM, an armed Atlas A rocket, was … Continue reading

Posted in Chapter 2 - Lesbian Squirrels, Lesbian Squirrels, Sagas, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Lesbian Squirrels: Part 10: Subtle Foreshadowing

Edward had literally filled the tree with female squirrels and showed no sign of slowing down. Mary wondered what would happen when he ran out of squirrels. Even as this thought crossed her mind there was a swoosh as Edward … Continue reading

Posted in Chapter 2 - Lesbian Squirrels, Lesbian Squirrels, Sagas, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Lesbian Squirrels: Part 9: Student Loans Unleashed

Dr. Simone Moonglow Lenin Rothschild frowned at her computer screen. As a teacher of Advanced Grievance Indoctrination she was required to give these idiots a grade. Yet here it was in black and white, all five of them had aced … Continue reading

Posted in Chapter 2 - Lesbian Squirrels, Lesbian Squirrels, Sagas, Uncategorized | 16 Comments