Dentist, Gentleman, Sporting Man, Friend.

295. Mediocrity, Talent and Genius

2009-08-22T03:46:41Z

"Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes ge (Read more ...)

285. When you were broke

2009-06-14T17:26:28Z

When I look back at my life, there is a period of time that sticks up like a spl (Read more ...)

282. Cremation or Burial

2009-05-08T20:26:39Z

I didn't make plans for my funeral or burial. They did not have cremation in my (Read more ...)

Charloft. Wednesday. Pride.

2009-04-14T02:57:47Z

Pride is a virtue. In pride, we set high expectations for ourselves. The oppos (Read more ...)

273. Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

2009-04-14T02:56:18Z

"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

"Why, I do.

"As I was quoted as saying, (Read more ...)

265. Last night:

2009-04-14T02:55:22Z

I dreamt the world, the earth as an entire globe, a sphere, had shattered beneat (Read more ...)

259. I don't understand...

2009-04-14T02:53:34Z

I don't understand...

His blue eyes look back at him from the mirror. He doesn (Read more ...)

256. Hope

2008-11-14T02:38:31Z

"What did you hope for?" The priest sits by his bedside, not a friend exactly, (Read more ...)

252. Innuendo

2008-10-17T06:33:50Z

When he had been a boy in the large houses, warm air and long cool lawns of his (Read more ...)

September, badcompany_muse: Thou Shalt not Kill

2008-10-17T06:30:57Z

Appealing from his native sod
In forma pauperis, to God:
"Lay bare thi (Read more ...)

249. Talk about Politics

2008-10-17T06:29:24Z

These are John's views - I've reconstructed them best as I can. Mine are differ (Read more ...)

246. 5 Steps to Negotiations

2008-09-20T04:52:38Z

John is not now, nor has he ever been, adept at negotiating. Or convincing grac (Read more ...)

243. Olympics

2008-08-24T05:17:17Z

John indulges in a brief fantasy. As it is his own mind, he may wallow in vanit (Read more ...)

242. Bearer of Bad News

2008-08-18T19:24:51Z

When John finally arrived at the hospital camp he refused to let go of the horse (Read more ...)

241. What principles do you hold sacrosanct?

2008-08-05T18:00:12Z

Any principles held are sacrosanct. That is what principles are. And even if t (Read more ...)

240. Whom do you fear?

2008-07-25T02:32:54Z

John looks at the question out of the corner of his eye.
Wyatt had said John was (Read more ...)

50drabbles. table 11. 9. Sheriff - Bill Kills

2008-07-25T02:21:31Z

Guns in the night, shouts, shattering glass. Damn cowboys shooting up the town (Read more ...)

50drabbles. table 11. 1. Cowboy - Nomenclature

2008-07-25T02:06:20Z

Even this word was insult. Cowboy - a child, irresponsible and a child's word. (Read more ...)

50drabbles. table 11. 14. Brothel - Kate, of course

2008-07-22T19:35:00Z

Kate was a whore. She enjoyed being a whore. She was a whore even when (Read more ...)

239. Hair

2008-07-21T05:48:50Z

During the war, John had always hoped to somehow acquire some store-bought soap (Read more ...)

50drabbles. table 11. 26. Hold Up - Gold Watch

2008-07-18T04:08:03Z

Stage rides were long. Though he was voluble and diligent, John sometimes simpl (Read more ...)

50drabbles. table 11. 19. Tracker - Watching

2008-07-17T04:39:48Z

John keeps cases for Lotte Deno. Faro Artist is title and compliment; can only (Read more ...)

50drabbles. table 11. 15. Campfire - Communion

2008-07-16T04:24:50Z

John avoided campfires. He was not robust enough to swing an axe. His hands we (Read more ...)

50drabbles. table 11. 40. Gold Mine - Murder

2008-07-16T04:11:37Z

It must have been a bank employee selling information. John privately sent mone (Read more ...)

50drabbles. table 11. 23. School Teacher - Rare Defence

2008-07-16T03:50:00Z

John smiled inside. The boys disrupting lessons dispersed, desisting at his wor (Read more ...)