Bawlmer, Merlyn - Home of The Hons (Book) - 4/19/2014 8:20:05 AM
After reading your poem today, I see you have written your autobiography.
When I published my first novel as an e-book in 1999, it was summarily dropped by my publisher for lack of sales the next year. Fortunately, the book was picked up by another publisher who raved about it and I was off to the races. Then, that publisher failed in spite of valiant efforts that drove nearly crazy after losing all of his venture capital to ideas like telling us all to join a website called, "Authors Den." Fortunately, my original publisher saw the light in about 2006 and started to offer my books in perpetuity as long as I pay an $8 fee per year to keep each one in circulation. She is very honest and straightforward and if you like the book to be there, contact Angela Hoy (she answers your email) at book locker.com.
I could've warned you about Publish America and many others out there, but you already know that. Frankly, in spite of good reviews, and a good bit of promotion, my books haven't sold. I did sell one poem for $1800 to the educational testing service to drive school kids crazy trying to analyze, but otherwise I've taken to giving my books away as a means of getting better known among the reading public. My autobiography got a lot of buzz, but so far sales are dismal, practically nothing.
From what I read of you, you are humorous and down to earth in your writing, the kind of style that should appeal. I plan to write until I die and then become famous 50 years hence. I'm sure glad I have Social Security to back me up until then.
Ron
Bawlmer, Merlyn - Home of The Hons (Book) - 5/30/2010 9:37:46 AM
SUNDAY, MAY 30th, 2010 -
DEAR READERS -
Because of a 'chance' encounter via Reviews at this site, just now, from an Author with a Tag of *STARMAN** I googled my Book Name, solely out of curiosity. When I clicked the Link, and was transported back in time, so to speak - i just HAD to read the above posting.
I had forgotten about the two excellent Reviews above, which literally brought tears to my eyes. What MIGHT have been! IF ONLY ... "A Day Late, and a Dollar Short!"
At the time when my First (and only) Book was published, Elizabeth (I call her Liz) had been my Mentor and partial 'confidant' for almost two years, and her timely Review made me BLUSH!
By the time that Laurel had done her Review, almost a year after publication, the AXE was about to FALL - but we did not know it! Although my 'One-Sided' Contract with Publish America 'locked me in' for SEVEN years - after only One year they simply CANCELLED my little book! 'Lack of Demand' was the stated reason in their COLD letter!
If I wanted the PLATES - it would Cost me Dearly - could not afford. So, they would DESTROY them! At the time, I had no less than Three Managers at Three separate Barnes & Noble Stores, as well as Greetings & Readings - that agreed to hold Book Signings for me!
But - ALAS and ALACK - when they all discovered that PA was just a smidgen above a VANITY PRESS, which would not Accept Back any Unsold books - they all dropped me like a 'Hot Potato!'
As Kirk Douglas sang the lyrics of "I've a Whale of a Tale to tell you Lads ..." in the movie "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea" - " ... it's all True - I Swear by my Tattoo!"
My best guess is that less than 200 books were ever sold - and I bought about 50 of them myself, for distribution and Marketing purposes, as well as Gifts to Family members. If any were sold here at AD - I surely don't remember being told!
SO- DEAR READERS - "To Be Forewarned Is To Be Forearmed!"
BUT - now I am 'After-Warning' you all - EXACTLY FIVE YEARS LATE! DUH?
P-A-L ... Peace - Abundance - LUV ... Tom 'Still Wanna-Be' Hyland.
The New Jerusalem - Chapters 1 - 5 (Book) - 9/21/2008 6:30:08 PM
Just keeps rolling right along. Enjoyable read, at least it was for me. Something different from the romantic novels I have been reading. More like the truth and not fiction. I loved it and glad you can write so well. Keep it up and hope the book sells well. I like the title, It is good for the scenes here.
The New Jerusalem - Chapters 1 - 5 (Book) - 5/29/2008 7:22:13 AM
Tom - I really enjoy your story so far, but have two questions for you:
1 - Is it necessary to rant...as in RANT, SHOUT, SCREAM...at your reader? I think it detracts from your story when used as often as you do. Word[s] repetition for emphasis is just as effective and less offensive to the eyes.
2 - If this is to be a hand-held book (in lieu of an e-book while reader is on their computer), why not name the article or book you reference and use "quoted passages" from same, rather than use the URLs to a website or ask reader to Google? Keep the reader into your book, not running off to their 'puter :o)
Just a few suggestions, Tom, cause I like this story...
~~Micke
Bawlmer, Merlyn - Home of The Hons (Book) - 8/30/2004 9:31:52 PM
As I read your story,I was taken back in time! I was a little girl again. who said you can't turn back the clock!I remember those days of "outhouses" and "parlors" and drawing water from a well. Those were the happy days we all need to remember, from time to time. THANKS! JUANITA JONES
PANDORA (Short Story) - 3/5/2024 11:52:06 AM
About 20 years ago, when my aunt and uncle were here, I played Christmas songs while we ate dinner on this dining room computer I used to write my work. Never owned a record player, tape player or even watched MTV. I was strictly pop 40 on my car radio and television variety shows like Ed Sullivan.
I don't own a mobile phone, but my partner does and she listens, sometimes, to music in Vietnamese.
But lately, within the last year, she has been lending me her iPad for an hour or so of me indulging in old artists like you are doing. Since the damn thing started going automatically to a playlist of my favorite songs, over and over again, I started going to listening to them from a playlist… Far less satisfactory than watching them perform. But, like you, I'm finding that over half of the songs on their playlist are certainly ones that never made the top 40 that were played over and over on the radio until I memorized many of them and can still sing them along with the artist… Forgetting lyrics after knowing the opening and chorus very well.
The new songs and hip-hop generally escape me with my hearing problem, but watching young people on American Idol or The Voice singing their heart out on some of these classic songs warms my heart greatly. Those songs will never die.
Ron
53 Mercury Monterey (Short Story) - 2/13/2024 11:55:45 AM
Fond memories. You certainly were cool. I shared some of the same a couple of years later in the great wasteland of the upper Midwest, far from the East or West Coast action where the rust quickly claimed most cars.
I never knew a Mercury to have a straight 8. Ford was the inventor of the V8 and I can't believe the Ford Motor Company would put a straight 8 in a Mercury.
Many cars in the 30s had straight 8s. Most notably, Pontiacs and Buicks. But they all turned to V8s by to mid 50s.
Ron
PS. I would love to see it, but I can't seem to see your picture. I will check on my other, more up-to-date, computer.
TITANS ? (Short Story) - 9/16/2016 1:17:08 AM
interesting read
keep writing
m
TITANS ? (Short Story) - 8/31/2016 10:40:56 AM
You've been watching too many sci-fi movies or, God (oops!) forbid, Ancient Aliens, that pseudo-history juggernaut. The last time I read a philosophical piece like this about ants was reading Thoreau. And he did a bang up job of it.
Did you listen to that radio show? Just hearing that voice of the shadow, always ran chills up and down my spine.
Ron
TITANS ? (Short Story) - 8/31/2016 7:03:36 AM
Oh, Cronus, thou Time and Space, don't you still devour all your children?
TITANS ? (Short Story) - 8/30/2016 11:57:52 PM
We mortals are mere specks in the vast universe.
TITANS ? (Short Story) - 8/30/2016 11:11:57 AM
Growing up knowing of many Scandinavian gods, I say...........Why not??? Write on, hon!!
Love ya!
Jane
DEMOCRACY OR CORPORATISM ? (Short Story) - 8/29/2016 7:44:35 AM
I couldn't agree with you more! You don't mince your words. I like that.
Love ya!
Jane
DEMOCRACY OR CORPORATISM ? (Short Story) - 8/29/2016 6:18:32 AM
You are right with most of your concerns. But there is something we can do. Our fellow author, Ed Phillips, has written very clear articles on what we can and should do.
We can do our banking with credit unions and not large corporate banks. If we invest, we should only do so in small, emerging companies and not in the blue-chip corporations. We should also not shop at the large monopolistic corporations like Walmart, Amazon, etc. Buy outlandish brand names for vanity. Eat fast food rather than buying fresh food and cooking it. Support young, uncorrupted candidates for office. Unfortunately, while many Americans complain like you and then go about bad behavior like "sheeple," we deserve what we get.
Ron
IS THIS FAIR ? (Short Story) - 9/7/2015 12:13:19 AM
I do feel your pain. I doubt many of us will get out of this world rich whether a home owner or renter. I'll second the motion of lodging a formal complaint, and resorting to calling one of the local TV station's hotlines as your next recourse if you have to.
IS THIS FAIR ? (Short Story) - 9/6/2015 7:20:55 AM
The others' suggestions are great.
A word of caution. The laws are generally in favor of landlords. That's why I'm a landowner. Unfortunately, landowners have to pay taxes… And complain a lot about that. But, renters pay taxes, in-proportionately, through their rent.
But you are right to file a complaint, in writing, registered, signature required, to your landlord stating the very things you just said about how long you've faithfully paid rent now much. If she does not reconsider, call those TV stations.
Ron
IS THIS FAIR ? (Short Story) - 9/5/2015 2:35:40 PM
Looks like Jane had a great idea, I mean, if others can make money off of the benevolence of the Maryland community at large,why not you, as well call the local TV station affiliate or probably better yet, write them a letter...you certainly know how to write a letter that will catch the eye of the station manage, I would think...lawyer is last resort, if nothing else works...Good luck...-e-
IS THIS FAIR ? (Short Story) - 9/5/2015 1:35:07 PM
Have you tried the site, "Go fund me."? They helped my sister-in-law get a walk in tub as she could not afford it.
Love ya!
Jane
And Yet Another Way Corporations SCREW The People! (Short Story) - 8/21/2015 4:11:39 AM
Thanks for the warning, Tom. Hard to invest in something (e.g., the stock market) which keeps taking more than it gives - employment for the glib of tongue.
And Yet Another Way Corporations SCREW The People! (Short Story) - 8/18/2015 6:01:08 AM
It's always been that way. The good, simple oldies required frequent servicing and if you bought new cars, salesman always tricked you and the dealer always charged more and upsold unnecessary service perks. When I inquired about a new Mercedes in 1968, I was told that a service technician would drive the 20 miles to my home or work every month, take my new car back to San Francisco, service it, and then return it to me. They didn't mention what that would cost me. BMW recently started providing 10 years (I think) of free service after their sales declined because of a bad reputation for outrageous service costs. Car companies buy huge lots of cheap tires for their new cars. My 1966 Toronado had special factory rayon tires because the ride was so harsh with front torsion bars. Those tires were so soft sharp rocks would puncture them. I made the mistake of buying some and then having nearly 20 flat tires in 2 years. I had to switch to used Cadillac tires I tore them up so fast.
Your Honda will probably run 200,000 miles with very little maintenance. My father wouldn't keep a car after it had 50,000 miles, because, "the maintenance will cost too much, more than the car is worth."
Ron
TIMES ? (Short Story) - 8/5/2015 5:13:09 AM
U R a real "Stud muffin"
ALL MY CARS - PART 2 (Short Story) - 8/5/2015 5:11:50 AM
U R a real gearhead. The only interesting one's are the Fiat and the Volvo. LUV a good deal!!!
TIMES ? (Short Story) - 8/5/2015 4:01:59 AM
That's quite a story. Who's keeping track? You call that a score?
It's what I would call a red-blooded manly lifetime. Why so many think we are monogamous when we aren't is beyond me. And women, while they won't admit it, like variety (when the right man comes along) as much as men. I'm not saying you weren't monogamous during your marriages. I think you were.
If we would just accept the truth of the matter, all the divorces over infidelity would go away. The ones over money won't be helped by being open about sexuality.
Congratulations! Variety is the spice of life. I hope you aren't relying on blue pills to keep it up. I'm not.
Ron
TIMES ? (Short Story) - 8/4/2015 8:04:26 AM
Spread the love, my man!!!
Love ya!
Jane
SLURPEES ! (Short Story) - 6/15/2015 4:13:30 PM
Smoothies, or slurpees as you call them, are a good bullet in the direction of cancer. I like your idea, Tom, of including raw sunflower seeds. You might try a little piece of dark chocolate in your slurpee. My trainer says dark chocolate in moderation is very healthy. I also use a few table spoons of low fat yogurt in my smoothies. Okay, that did it; time for a smoopee...
Scott
CHICKEN SCRATCHES ? (Short Story) - 10/22/2014 7:39:16 AM
We seem to travel along similar paths. Both my grandmothers were schoolmarms and self-taught when it came to reading music and playing the piano. My father played the trumpet in high school, could sing quite well, and said that he "played by ear," although he was hard of hearing from a punctured eardrum in his teens. His CCC camp bugle hangs from my fireplace mantel… All beat up by my younger brothers… I don't remember it being that way when I was growing up and he played it often at family get-togethers where we would all get around the piano with my dad sister playing and sing songs.
I learned music and promptly forgot it. I learned to play the piano and piano accordion and promptly forgot it. Sang in several choirs during school, but never joined a church choir. My dad's brother was a member of the Rochester (Minnesota) Men's Choir for many years. I understand they were quite famous, but I never heard him sing with them. I only heard him sing "Old Man River," solo, when he was in high school. Quite a baritone.
It looks like your choir singing got you in some high places. That's wonderful. Great memories. Thanks for sharing with us your chicken scratches.
Ron
CHICKEN SCRATCHES ? (Short Story) - 10/21/2014 11:12:21 AM
First bass, Huh??? Well in Bawl'mer that would be Boog Powell, I guess.
Seriously,your musical odyssey sounds like a lot of fun, and a real blessing. I played piano and sang in a variety of choirs and small groups. Right now the church I attend is too small to suppor a choir, so I just sing in song service.
If you can't make a joyful noise, make a happy racket!!!
God bless,
Chip B.
CHICKEN SCRATCHES ? (Short Story) - 10/21/2014 5:21:23 AM
I played piano, oboe, and trombone...............you should have played with me............
Fill in the Blanks (Article) - 4/25/2024 12:38:44 PM
I could fill in a couple but, to bet my life, I wouldn't get past the first episode of Jeopardy and probably would fail miserably at Wheel of Fortune.
I never want to kill my wife, eat peas with a knife or even play a fife.
Ron
Ethnicity ? (Article) - 2/14/2024 1:23:31 PM
I agree with you about those who occupied this great continent before we Europeans came and messed it up royally. For thousands of years, natives never contributed to global warming.
Thankfully, they are beginning to get their lands back, although nothing like what was promised in those treaties we constantly broke with forked tongues. And they are also gradually getting back their languages and culture, one tribe at a time. I'm not sure if the casino concession has helped them, or hurt them, culturally. Only time will tell.
Tolerance and understanding is the key to the future. More and more, largely because of business conducted internationally, American English is the language of choice. But we could all have our native languages, too. They are part of our culture.
Ron
LOVE (Article) - 1/22/2024 9:43:06 PM
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LOVE (Article) - 1/22/2024 10:31:50 AM
LOVE the twist at the end. But I wouldn't know. I only drink in moderation.
Funny that you should post this. I have taken to pulling out my partner's iPad and listening to old songs. You're right, probably 90% are love songs. There is a simple reason. Young people have disposable income and buy new releases. Their hormones are raging and their relationships are often in difficulty. Most people these days divorce regardless of the amazing love they had when they got married. So love songs become the hoped-for or describe perfectly the loss.
You are also right about rhyming. While rappers tend to be more angry rather than loving, they use a lot of rhyme because it tends to become lyrical, like song. And repetition seems to work more in lyrics than it does in poetry. Some songs are so repetitious that they have only 3 or 4 words in the whole song like, "All I am saying, is give peace [love] a chance."
Good to see you posting again with your unique humor.
Ron
PS. Are you in LOVE with the Ravens? I'm disappointed that the Texans got cut short. But their quarterback is the real deal and watch for the Texans in coming years.
HEALERS ? (Article) - 1/19/2024 2:59:50 PM
A whole bunch of folks making a living from the laying of hands. Looks like you're benefiting.
Except for those medical practitioners who very rarely put a hand on me, but use rather sophisticated, and often noninvasive ways of finding out what ails me and coming up with something to fix it, I don't pay for any of it and am relatively pain-free.
If you've ever watched animals and birds, you will see a lot of hands-on picking and pruning.
I am very fortunate to have a partner who scratches where I can't scratch, repositions me to keep blood flowing and avoiding pressure sores and pain. And finally, careful pedicures that keep my toenails from in growing and causing leg spasms. I wish I could return the favors.
Ron
ADDICTION ? (Article) - 12/4/2023 2:19:50 PM
Great to see you posting again!
I would call something an addiction if it is repetitive and if the results in some detriment to your life like compulsive behavior or even codependent relationships where someone is continually abused. And, of course, all of the stimulants and downers out there that trap us in their grip. The last time I looked, the drug that kills the most is still alcohol, not driving while texting.
You may not believe this, but I do not have a cell phone because I cannot hold it in my hand or use a touchscreen. Believe me though, I would've been one of the first to see the value of a cell phone for work and personal use.
I like the value of the new technologies that enable me to watch two or more sporting events at the same time. Or if a program is slow, two of them at the same time. And most nights, I settle in playing games while watching TV programs with frequent commercials. Especially various solitaires from the World of Solitaire, just like my grandmother used to do in the evening with cards that she wore out. Whenever she was in the presence of others, they generally would play cards and chat. So far, the images of the various solitaire games have not eroded my computer screen yet from overuse.
The only detrimental thing from all of this addiction like my evening meal glass of wine is a sore shoulder and sometimes, stiff neck, from clicking the mouse too many times.
Ron
Death - Finality or Infinity? (Article) - 5/31/2020 2:51:35 PM
This is a very thoughtful, informative, dignified bit of expository writing. You covered many fears and anxieties and other reasons most of us think of death in terms of nonexistence or a glorious afterlife. For those same reasons, your composition is timeless.
FLIES ? (Article) - 9/4/2016 4:57:51 AM
interesting read
FLIES ? (Article) - 8/27/2016 8:06:59 AM
Hmmmm! One week I had houseflies that were driving me crazy!! Finally, after looking around the house, I noticed that the cover for the duct coming from the dryer had fallen off. That was their entry point! 'Glad that's over!!
Love ya!
Jane
FLIES ? (Article) - 8/27/2016 5:56:12 AM
You must've dissed a lot of people to have so many reincarnations arrive at your little hacienda like that. Getting back to your investigation where all the humongous horse flies are coming from, I would say, one source.
According to your research, horsefly larvae, in order to grow large enough, must eat plant material. So, the plants you had in the house are probably the culprits.
I once had a major housefly infestation in my house. I figured that it must've been a dead animal in the attic or in the walls from the mouse poison I put out. Thankfully, it only happened once. But there were hundreds of flies everywhere.
I used to be pretty good at winging flies with the flyswatter, only injuring them. I would then take the little critters and feed them to my pet turtle that would only eat its turtle food and live insects. Smart turtle. Smarter than humans and maggots that the dead things. ;-)
Ron
PS. Why aren't any others commenting on this interesting struggle?
SKID MARKS ? (Article) - 8/15/2016 1:04:54 PM
A juicy toot? You certainly have a way of writing the most off-the-wall articles… but if you think you can disgust little ole me you got something coming. But I won't get into it right now because this is your show and you definitely are writing from personal experience.
More power to ya.
My theory would get into explosive contents and why China developed the gun from observing the natural power that these built-in howitzers have. Blast away!
Ron
SKID MARKS ? (Article) - 8/15/2016 5:26:10 AM
A "shart"?????? LOL!!!
Love ya!
Jane
PO' FOLKS ? (Article) - 7/12/2016 6:10:52 AM
My automotive instructor told us that most Americans (in the 1960s) were "car poor." He was describing my father very well. He bought many, many cars always because they were a "bargain." He made good money as a truck driver, but spent every bit of it. He paid nothing for my college education or my three other brothers' and sister's. We lived a lower middle-class lifestyle, he retired early and had a long retirement with union pension playing golf and enjoying life and had nothing left for my mother by way of inheritance or pension when he died.
I delayed buying cars until mid college when I paid for $100 rusty "transportation", $.25 per gal gasoline, and $80 per year for liability insurance. I paid for my college by working and scholarships without debt, and have a comfortable retirement with some inheritance. But the middle class is sliding into the lower class rapidly and most people who can afford to buy a car spend too much on style and convenience, etc. for their cars, insurance, and on gasoline for unnecessary trips.
While public transportation is much better than it was back in those, "good old days," in sprawling cities like Houston, there are still gaps in service that make riding bus and walking, especially for working people, often very difficult and time-consuming. There is no freedom when most of the money you make goes to your car so that you can go to work/school.
Ron
PO' FOLKS ? (Article) - 7/12/2016 5:03:26 AM
I was a starving student in Chicago and walked and rode busses. When I came back I lived in Cleveland and again, walked and rode busses. I never had a car until 1966. The kids and I still do a lot of hiking and go chipping for fossils. We even chase corn snakes!! LOL!! I enjoyed this write because it makes me think back and realize what a privilege it is to enjoy the fruits of my labor. You always come up with something that makes me think about cool stuff. Thank you!!
Love ya!
Jane
PO' FOLKS ? (Article) - 7/12/2016 1:17:55 AM
Growing up as a New Yorker I would walk, take a train or I would ride the bus. Riding trains were so much fun. As kids we took the train to Coney Island or Far Rockaway Beach. It was also a beautiful thing to ride to the end of the train line and explore new horizons. My friend Steve called our adventures, "Lots of Times" because we had such great experiences every week. Looking back I think that I had a BETTER childhood than most. Fast forward, many years later when I was stationed in the US Air Force in Tokyo I enjoyed the trains once again. My wife and I would ride to towns in the mountains and explore the surrounding area. I would venture off and explore on my own first and when I would find a place that was fun and exciting I would take my wife there. We called it "doing site surveys" and it was a time that was filled with wonder and adventure all over again! While in Korea I would ride the bus and enjoy the Korean countryside. I was not afraid to wander off with a friend or on my own. In fact, that made my stay in foreign countries much more enjoyable. If it were not for my childhood experiences I doubt that I would have been so adventurous. Now I live in Florida and having a car is a necessity. My exploration trips are when I ride my bike or walk. It's so much more fun to walk because you see things that you would miss if you would just drive by. So to all the folks driving by in their cars, you don't know how much life and love you are missing by not walking, taking a bus, a train or riding a bike! Enjoy Life! Amen!
PO' FOLKS ? (Article) - 7/12/2016 12:37:51 AM
Absolutely! I view my car as a vehicle for independence.
DESIRE - ROMANCE - LOVE (Article) - 6/24/2016 7:35:02 AM
Hey! We could have a hell of a party playing those numbers! Party at your house!! LOL!!! 'Loved it!
Love ya!
Jane
DESIRE - ROMANCE - LOVE (Article) - 6/24/2016 5:37:18 AM
That's just the way it is, baby! Why are song titles all ancient oldies but goodies?
She looks great. But either you look terrible or it's that striped prison outfit. I think it's the former, even the latter is certainly atrocious.
Ron
CORNY ? (Article) - 6/20/2016 1:57:20 AM
I always knew that you were Corny, Cuz! PS: My dog Junior once inhaled an entire corn cob - had to rush him to an emergency vet to get his stomach pumped - took forever to flush out that corn cob!
CORNY ? (Article) - 6/19/2016 8:52:15 AM
My goodness! I never really thought about it but now I realize what a precious commodity corn is!! (I love butter too!)
Love ya!
Jane
CORNY ? (Article) - 6/19/2016 4:06:25 AM
Haven't done any research, but I believe that all that corn going to gas alcohol could feed the hungry (at least in the United States). Most field corn goes to feed lots to fatten cattle. When I was in Guatemala where they grow a lot of corn but don't feed it to cattle, I had grass fed beef and it was delicious.
Europeans had no corn before 1500. No tomatoes either.
Ron
DESPICABLE STUFF (Article) - 5/26/2016 3:44:02 AM
speechless in tornado alley am I
m
DESPICABLE STUFF (Article) - 5/24/2016 2:54:24 PM
Despicable stuff from a despicable old CUR...-e-
MATLACK UPDATE (Poetry) - 6/13/2026 5:24:31 AM
I have never stopped missing him, his banter and outright crude one liners. He got the Hat Promised from afar. I saw it in a photo at Memorial.
Hope to see you smiley face again ED, Much missed by all who knew you.
xx Ch'erie
GOLD ? (Poetry) - 5/16/2024 11:30:42 AM
I am glad that you've got your muse back and writing rhyme again. This one is particularly popular because people are attracted to gold the way that moths are attracted to light. Why I continue to watch all of the Gold Rush spinoffs.
Greek Roman and biblical myths are the underpinning of Western civilization. I guess that's why we can seem to stop fighting one another. We are still ruled by mythical gods in our minds.
Ron
GOLD ? (Poetry) - 5/15/2024 5:56:51 PM
Now, Tom, I may be wrong, but, having three older brothers, I heard, "In days of old when knights were bold................" a bit......a lot differently!! I love it! Your words took me back!
Love ya!
Jane
JOSEPH DID YOU KNOW ... (Poetry) - 12/21/2022 2:09:46 PM
I LOVE THIS CHRISTMAS SHARING, ENTIRELY. AND YOU ARE SO RIGHT...JOSEPH IS FOR THE MOST PART, OVERLOOKED. SOME TIME AGO, I WROTE AND POSTED A POEM ENTITLED, 'A FAMILY HOLY' WHICH HIGHLIGHTS HIS UTMOST IMPORTANCE IN THE BIRTH AND REARING OF OUR REDEEMER. MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU AND HAPPY NEW YEARS! LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
SHINGLES (Poetry) - 4/4/2021 12:43:39 AM
Wow. For a 'shingles' poem you really nailed it.
Thanks. Enjoyable read.
HORSE-SHIT ! (Poetry) - 3/29/2020 10:14:05 AM
This may have been the sentiment that gave rise to America's First Revolutionary War! Our Congress should be careful about any actions they continue, that says to us, "Let them eat cake!"
D.C. good vent!
On a Nectarine (Poetry) - 10/31/2018 11:49:12 AM
I like the analogy, very sensual, Tom. Love and peace.
Regis
ENTITLEMENTS ? (Poetry) - 10/24/2018 12:57:03 PM
Well-ranted, Tom; sadly, you are right. Love and peace,
Regis
A Melded Medley (Poetry) - 5/10/2017 2:48:47 PM
I don't know much about any of those writings, but this writing is a joy to read.
$$$,$$$,$$$.cc (Poetry) - 1/15/2017 12:14:49 PM
It sometimes get rather depressing since nothing ever changes. I wonder how you feel about your soon to be new president. Thank you for sharing your views, Tom. Love and peace,
Regis
On a Nectarine (Poetry) - 12/30/2016 2:16:59 PM
well done
Ode on an Aneurism (Poetry) - 12/10/2016 3:32:47 PM
I just went to your timeline on fb and found this. It's great to be able to laugh about it after having had a close call with one. I thought I WAS following you on here. Hmmm............ Enjoyed!!!
Love ya!
Jane
BRAND-SPANKING NEW CARS (Poetry) - 4/2/2016 8:19:40 AM
Cleverly concocted, Tom. I have had only two used cars and that was early on when I was still in school and university. After that, I have had three cars, all bought new. The Datsun B210 I had for six years. We raised our family with the 1984 Dodge Caravan (2.2 liter) and had that for eighteen years. My favorite is the GMC Jimmy 4x4 which I have had now for fourteen years. Thanks for sharing. Love and peace,
Regis
BRAND-SPANKING NEW CARS (Poetry) - 2/22/2016 6:34:05 AM
So you like the
" CVT = Continuously Variable Transmission " Tom?
My friends wife got one and I questioned how it would stand up!
I hope it serves you well, you will have to let us know how it does as time goes by...
BRAND-SPANKING NEW CARS (Poetry) - 2/9/2016 5:05:59 AM
Just turned 100k miles in my sixteen yo Tacoma - best vehicle I ever bought -
RELIGULOUS (Poetry) - 2/7/2016 2:16:51 AM
Yes! Yes! Yes! We are called to follow Jesus! Not MAN and certainly NOT in one building. How corrupt is man-made religion? It's ridiculous! GREAT poem Tom!
BRAND-SPANKING NEW CARS (Poetry) - 2/4/2016 8:45:15 AM
Guess you will have to add flying car in a few years maybe, loved that.
Hey, I loved the Johnny Cash song about working on the assembly line in Detroit. He goes thru the model years numerically in the song and how he slipped out parts one at a time to build his own hogepoge automobile,
The song was called "One Piece At a Time" , you ought to google /you tube it if you never heard it.
Dan
BRAND-SPANKING NEW CARS (Poetry) - 2/3/2016 11:16:15 AM
'Way to go!!! 'Love it!
Love ya!
Jane
BRAND-SPANKING NEW CARS (Poetry) - 2/3/2016 9:53:43 AM
Nice little jaunt through your auto history. Like my mechanic shop teacher told us. They don't make cars like they used to… That make them better. But they do become more complicated.
Ron
BRAND-SPANKING NEW CARS (Poetry) - 2/3/2016 9:29:54 AM
New or used,
I still get the blues,
Those repairs cost a ton.
As Jerry Reed sang,
Lord Mr. Ford, What have you done?
Michael D.
BRAND-SPANKING NEW CARS (Poetry) - 2/3/2016 8:02:40 AM
I don't think used is all that bad...I have been kind of lucky with my used heaps...the one I got now, a used, 2004, Honda Accord in silver like yours, is a really nice machine though it doesn't get the mileage yours gets as it is a V-6, fast mother, it is...and it had only 75,315 when I picked it up...now up to 79 & change, but a Honda is built to last forever & usually always starts...very comfy inside, black leather with heated seats & has XM on the radio...love all those stations with no commercials...glad to hear your new one works well...you are piling up that mileage...fun write, cuz...-e-
SHINGLES (Poetry) - 12/21/2015 4:36:25 AM
I just spotted this in the Popular Poetry section. Somehow missed it back in 2009. I got the heads up from my parents, who both got shingles a few years ago. Dad said that he had to go on morphine to get through it. Mom had a milder case, probably because she had gone through what dad had.
Anyhow, I got the inoculation right away as soon as I could. Even though I've had two pneumonia shots I still got pneumonia (I think it was a fungus and not bacteria or a virus). All of these little demons: viruses, bacteria, and fungi, are evolving and transferring from animals to humans. Anyone who doesn't get inoculations is asking for the disease. The only other way to get immune is to have the disease.
A lot of jerks out there!
Ron
JOSEPH ... DID YOU KNOW? (2) (Poetry) - 12/13/2015 10:04:07 PM
Jesus: God became man so he could be close to us and tell us His plan. Man: Some cannot believe how much God loves us so many turn away and become blind. God's plan: To forgive us and give us eternal life with Him that is wonderful, gracious and kind. Thank you for your wonderful poems Tom and have a Merry time celebrating CHRIST birthday for the Lord is with us. Amen!
SHINGLES (Poetry) - 12/11/2015 6:01:58 PM
This was written just after I first went into the hospital in the diabetic coma, so that is probably how I missed it..I finally got the shot myself, just earlier this year...I figured that I had been getting everything that came down the pike so I had better not take chances...you made a really bad infection sound almost fun or is it funny...I know, you didn't find it funny whatsoever...-e-
JOSEPH ... DID YOU KNOW? (2) (Poetry) - 12/10/2015 6:49:01 PM
Guess I am your sixth review again...but I found this compelling and never knew of Joseph being the Patron Saint of Fathers...I never paid attention to the nuns of St Joseph's Catholic school when I went there for my first 6 years...Nice write, Tom...your cuz' -e-
JOSEPH ... DID YOU KNOW? (2) (Poetry) - 12/10/2015 3:35:55 AM
Wonderful Tribute to Joseph - Who Truly Doesn't Get Much Credit or Mention This Time of Year. And those Nuns were something else - I still remember mine from grade school.
As for your pic, those adorable dogs surely don't have fleas - but if they do, they are Blessed Fleas!
JOSEPH ... DID YOU KNOW? (2) (Poetry) - 12/9/2015 10:24:19 AM
As far as what little I know of the Roman Catholic Church, it seems like the Virgin Mary gets all the credit… Even more than Jesus. Like the others have said, it's about time that gentle Joseph gets a little credit and you've done that for him.
You now have four reviews this time. I'll have to check and see if I was one of those skipping religious poems at that time.
Ron
JOSEPH ... DID YOU KNOW? (2) (Poetry) - 12/8/2015 6:40:48 PM
A most apt and timely poem, Tom; nicely done. Coincidentally, I shared a version of the song, "Mary Did You Know" a few days ago. I cannot recall if I sent it to you. Love and peace to you,
Regis
JOSEPH ... DID YOU KNOW? (2) (Poetry) - 12/8/2015 1:46:44 PM
Joseph had to be one wonderful person and was certainly chosen by God to be the Father of Jesus. Lovely write!!
Love ya!
Jane
JOSEPH ... DID YOU KNOW? (2) (Poetry) - 12/8/2015 4:07:40 AM
I don't think Joseph gets enough credit for being such a wonderful man and father. Much enjoyed your poem of tribuite to him.
ELF # 1 (Poetry) - 8/13/2015 5:52:03 AM
What a lovely tribute to this lovely lady I truly enjoyed your trip down memory lane.
Hug
Kathy
CROSSWORDS (Poetry) - 8/13/2015 5:48:13 AM
I love circle the words myself. Never could do those cross words. I really suck at them lol.
hug
kathy
CROSSWORDS (Poetry) - 8/5/2015 2:20:10 AM
I love crossword puzzles.. BUt it doesnt love me back.. Entertaining poem..
CROSSWORDS (Poetry) - 8/4/2015 7:55:24 AM
I've always loved doing crossword puzzles... ...the more challenging ones. Thank you for sharing, Tom. Love and peace,
Regis
CROSSWORDS (Poetry) - 8/4/2015 7:14:45 AM
You really described crosswords very well. At first, I thought you were going to write about "cross words." ;-)
I always hated trivia games and pastime activities. In waiting rooms and on public transportation, I always preferred talking to people rather than doing introverted things like reading, work, study or pastimes like crosswords. So, I've only done a couple of crossword puzzles in my lifetime and found them quite easy. I can see why they might build one's vocabulary and knowledge of trivial facts like the names of Jewish months.
Perhaps I would have done crossword puzzles more had I been able to pick up a newspaper and a pen and doodle easily with my paralyzed hands.
Ron
CROSSWORDS (Poetry) - 8/3/2015 9:29:23 PM
Never could do crosswords, just could not do it...lets see in prison I liked playing a card game called "Uno", it would start out with maybe ten guys playing till by the end only the strong survive....I was NOT one of them I died after 8 hours...-e-
(still I like it, Tom, taught me a bit, that I will likely never use, so I will forget it...never was I a math lover, I cut class so much for the algebra class that they just were so surprised to see me show up...I would go surfing sometimes, the ocean was only a LONG city block away...(
CROSSWORDS (Poetry) - 8/3/2015 8:16:40 AM
I get a message here! Strongly, in fact.
Love ya!
Jane
ELF # 1 (Poetry) - 7/17/2015 5:06:03 PM
She has not got white hair, it looks blond to me...Happy Birthday & my condolances at being ANY relation to this Hyland guy...-e-
ELF # 1 (Poetry) - 7/16/2015 2:53:06 PM
Happy birthday to a (I can tell.) a lovely lady!!
Love ya!
Jane
ELF # 1 (Poetry) - 7/16/2015 9:49:34 AM
Wonderful tribute to the little lady on her 80. The only thing better on that date with her would have been that all of the ladies would have had to take their bras off at the party and that in all shake shake shake!
Ron
SHRIMPY (Poetry) - 7/16/2015 5:39:19 AM
enjoyed the read!
like the graphic too
ELF # 1 (Poetry) - 7/16/2015 5:38:37 AM
lovely tribute
happy birthday to Rita!
ELF # 1 (Poetry) - 7/15/2015 4:33:01 PM
A most apt and timely tribute, Tom; filled with love and respect, it seems to me. Best wishes to Rita and to all of you from the man on Chilliwack Mountain. Love and peace,
Regis
SHRIMPY (Poetry) - 5/11/2015 4:49:44 PM
Thank you for introducing your family through your wit and humor, Tom. Quite the tale! Love and peace,
Regis
SHRIMPY (Poetry) - 5/7/2015 6:11:59 AM
Very entertaining read! You need to actually publish this stuff; real publishing - this is a cross between Dr. Seuss and "Song of the South." -- Jeff Mason
SHRIMPY (Poetry) - 5/3/2015 6:36:24 PM
Tom you tell quite a tale Enjoyed.
SHRIMPY (Poetry) - 4/4/2015 3:07:16 AM
Gotta like a guy called Shrimpy
Your Cousin Pee Wee
SHRIMPY (Poetry) - 4/3/2015 6:24:05 PM
INteresting family story, old cuz, but they are nothing like the cur of Bawl'more, I will never forget the time...well, you can expound on that & I will let you go and thank you for the laugh...-e-
SHRIMPY (Poetry) - 4/3/2015 7:29:58 AM
A fun tribute, and true shrimp "tale".
Michael D.
SHRIMPY (Poetry) - 4/3/2015 6:34:36 AM
A rousing tribute to a real character. You have to quit running around with the younger generation. They are corrupting you, those damn baby boomers!
Ron
SHRIMPY (Poetry) - 4/3/2015 6:18:10 AM
Hah! Absolute humorous writing about that rascal (jailbird?), Shrimpy and all around seeker of things that probably should be left alone.
SHRIMPY (Poetry) - 4/3/2015 6:16:28 AM
~Tom~
Enjoyed this jiv'n "Shrimpy" tale...
Lady Mary Ann
SHRIMPY (Poetry) - 4/3/2015 5:17:26 AM
only you my hot little devil....puuuurrrrrfect..
SHRIMPY (Poetry) - 4/2/2015 11:46:21 PM
It sounds as if you have a colorful family! What would we do without the bright spashes of color?!
I enjoyed reading this so very much!!
Love ya!
Jane
OF ALL THE GIRLS I LOVED BEFORE ... (Poetry) - 1/28/2015 2:12:55 PM
Quite a tribute to all the girls you've loved before, Tom. Nicely done! Love and peace,
Regis
OF ALL THE GIRLS I LOVED BEFORE ... (Poetry) - 1/27/2015 7:36:57 PM
Dear Ladies:
Of those 60 years or so, 36 were spent faithfully with One, another 8 years with another. That's 44 years of Monogamy, leaving only 16 years of Learning Youth. I was a "Quick Study" and those "Gals" taught me a lot!
Someone wiser than I once wrote:
"Just because there is snow on the roof, it doesn't mean there is no fire in the furnace!"
Peace ... Abundance ... Love ...
OF ALL THE GIRLS I LOVED BEFORE ... (Poetry) - 1/27/2015 11:25:30 AM
I hope none of these chicks 'hunt you up'. Vengeful women can be so dangerous and being called a 'score' might give rise to some 'avenging angel' transformations. Still, they might be mollified by being described as 'scrumptious', truly. LOL
I had fun reading this one, T. K. Thanks for the smile.
'DEVILED' CHICKEN (Poetry) - 1/8/2015 8:23:39 AM
Thank you for sharing your wit and humor, Tom. Love and peace to you,
Regis
A Visit With Chris (Poetry) - 12/11/2014 6:05:38 PM
I'm glad I stumbled on to this one, Tom; clever, apt, and timely. Thank you for the smiles. Love and peace to you,
Regis
CONTEMPLATING BAMBI’S NAVEL (Poetry) - 11/15/2014 2:50:08 PM
Delightful, Tom; Bambi sounds like a deer... ...sorry, I mean dear. Love it! Best wishes to you,
Regis
ALL HALLOWS EVE (Poetry) - 11/3/2014 1:16:18 PM
Sorry late on reviewing this. I liked both poems. The one about the frost on the pumpkin though brought to mind a naghty little ditty I learned as a mkid.
ChipB.
ALL HALLOWS EVE (Poetry) - 10/20/2014 9:18:34 AM
Thank you for sharing this most apt and timely offering, Tom. Nicely done. Love and peace to you,
Regis
ALL HALLOWS EVE (Poetry) - 10/19/2014 3:56:29 AM
Nice two poems full of fright. These will really be good for all who believe in the Boo hullabaloo! I used to help out in a House of Horrors we would scare girls and young boys for hours. But these days I just don't have the time, there are better things to do. Boo Ho! Humbug!
ALL HALLOWS EVE (Poetry) - 10/17/2014 9:03:35 PM
Yes Cuz two poems with a lot of fun enclosed...and you see that i have left brother ED alone and he STILL picks on me...lol...-e-
ALL HALLOWS EVE (Poetry) - 10/16/2014 9:17:58 AM
Yep, Stagger Lee" for sure on the second poem, Tom. Enjoyed the first one also.
ALL HALLOWS EVE (Poetry) - 10/16/2014 8:46:00 AM
When the frost is on the pumpkin,
and trick or treating is we ask.
I dress up nice and scary,
but my face has no need for a mask.
BOO!
Michael D.
ALL HALLOWS EVE (Poetry) - 10/16/2014 2:39:32 AM
Very Good, Cuz - and we could have used these in the epic Brother Ed Howloween Battles we had here several years ago when dear old Brother Edvard was still with us.
When the frost is on the pumpkin,
Old Jersey Devil Ed will be in The Barrens;
If you spot him, he will be dining on Road Kill,
This time of year, his devilish appetite never ends.
ALL HALLOWS EVE (Poetry) - 10/16/2014 1:43:06 AM
Two great poems for Halloween!! Oh, I had fun singing your second poem to the tune of "Stagger Lee". Thank you for a fun morning!
Love ya!
Jane
HONEY, OUR VOWS MEANT NOTHING TO YOU ... BUT I DIDN'T KNOW (Poetry) - 10/6/2014 2:19:58 PM
WOW, TOM...I FEEL THIS! YOUR LOVE, YOUR PAIN...YOUR BROKENNESS. THANK GOD FOR TIME WHICH 'HEALS'...'IF' WE LET IT. THANKS FOR SHARING THIS KEEPER. LOVE, BLESSING AND FAITH...JOYCE * HIS INSPIRATIONS
HONEY, OUR VOWS MEANT NOTHING TO YOU ... BUT I DIDN'T KNOW (Poetry) - 10/4/2014 8:29:49 PM
Well, did it get published...you were just as long winded even way back then & as you got older you got "worser"...by the way what does the K stand for as your middle name, maybe, "Knave, Knumb, Knuts.." wonder where I heard that...in all seriousness this is really a cool country type song and I am glad I hate conutry...luv ya, Cuz, keep on pluggin'...-e-
HONEY, OUR VOWS MEANT NOTHING TO YOU ... BUT I DIDN'T KNOW (Poetry) - 10/4/2014 4:40:55 PM
My Sue and I were married 34 years before leukemia done took her away in 2011. I still cry every now and then. Unortunately, no kids. I AM all alone, thank heaven for friends. A write I could identifynwith.
ChipB.
CONTEMPLATING BAMBI’S NAVEL (Poetry) - 10/2/2014 3:19:27 AM
I'll have to show this to some girls I know who have pierced navels. They will love it! I like this write, you sexy thang!
Love ya!
Jane
CONTEMPLATING BAMBI’S NAVEL (Poetry) - 10/1/2014 11:23:51 PM
A really fun and truly delightful read, Tom. It is, I must admit, a lovely and rather erotic navel. Contemplate away!
DANGLING PARTICIPLES ? (Poetry) - 9/30/2014 12:58:12 PM
I always appreciate your wit and humor, Tom; and this is a nice tribute for Ed. Love and peace to you,
Regis
DANGLING PARTICIPLES ? (Poetry) - 9/11/2014 7:10:19 PM
I got such a kick out of this! Oh, excuse me.......'got to run. I think I saw a few of my participles dangling!!!
Love ya!
Jane
DANGLING PARTICIPLES ? (Poetry) - 9/8/2014 7:23:04 PM
Incorrect Verbs ... in Awkward Tenses ...
These are More ... Of His Offenses ...
Present - Past - Future ... To Him ... Matter Not ...
He Just ‘Screws Them Up’ ... Quite A Lot!
Some lika my Engimsh when I dwrink.
Love the poem!
DANGLING PARTICIPLES ? (Poetry) - 9/8/2014 3:39:13 PM
You gotta have people who mangle the syntax, Tom. We all need someone to correct. That's what God put them there for!
Chip Bergeron
DANGLING PARTICIPLES ? (Poetry) - 9/8/2014 7:37:57 AM
Except for the glaring capitalization--your trademark--I find this erudite description of the Joisey Devil's masterful writing, write on. You threw me back into my extensive English language courses for a moment. Sure glad I left them behind and started writing. Ol'e Ed never have those courses in the first place, so he's learning English bass act words.
Ron
DANGLING PARTICIPLES ? (Poetry) - 9/8/2014 3:02:14 AM
He is an Un-Ed-ju-ma-cated Dolt in his Environs!
You sure know him well! But you are his cousin after all. And speaking of family, our dear old Ma has a big favor to ask of you tonight. She fears that he will be dangling something far worse than participles tonight. Please read my post this morning.
Thanks, Cuz.
COURAGE (Poetry) - 8/31/2014 9:56:40 AM
It sometimes takes all the courage we have to face certain situations, sometimes, even to face the day; nicely done, Tom. Love and peace,
Regis
BIG 5 0 ! (Poetry) - 7/20/2014 5:36:32 PM
Hey Tom! That seems like a lot of fun was had by all. Thanks for sharing. Love and peace,
Regis
BIG 5 0 ! (Poetry) - 7/5/2014 7:15:24 PM
Wearing sex toys on his head? Lordy at 50 I would have thought he could find better use of them....ah youth. Cuz p
BIG 5 0 ! (Poetry) - 6/25/2014 10:40:14 AM
Terrific fun!
COURAGE (Poetry) - 6/25/2014 7:25:00 AM
Fantastic! Wonderful! My father, when I would "hear" something that scared me, would make me get up and go look where I heard the sound coming from. With fear in my heart, I would do so only to find there was nothing there at all. Write on!
Love ya!
Jane
BIG 5 0 ! (Poetry) - 6/25/2014 7:17:45 AM
Bravo!
Love ya!
Jane
BIG 5 0 ! (Poetry) - 6/25/2014 6:51:21 AM
Your PS bowled me over! Did they have sex toys back in ancient times like 1964? At least you remember it like it was yesterday. Some party… Let's have a swill!
Ron
PS. If you have a photo editor (I use an old copy of Photoshop but many printers come with them) open the picture in the editor and you should see it in its correct orientation (sideways like shown). There should be a way to rotate it to the desired orientation. After you do that, save and replace the original version. Then, when you upload it to AD, the picture will be properly aligned. Unfortunately, a lot of the latest software automatically reorients pictures like this, making us think that they are properly oriented, when they are not.
BIG 5 0 ! (Poetry) - 6/25/2014 2:19:28 AM
Sounds like a marvelous party.
PS: Pls don't give the old Devil any of those Sex Toys when you go visit him!
BIG 5 0 ! (Poetry) - 6/25/2014 2:06:19 AM
I feel sorry for the guy to have had the Cur of Mer - lyn invited to ruin his party...e
COURAGE (Poetry) - 6/24/2014 6:33:00 PM
You are so right! Without courage, there will not be anything left of us.
Sandie
BIG 5 0 ! (Poetry) - 6/24/2014 6:31:20 PM
Sounds like your friend has been having a good life so far, and glad that you are a good friend to him and his family. Wonderful tribute!!! Thank you for sharing!!
Sandie
COURAGE (Poetry) - 6/24/2014 5:29:21 PM
Funny you should bring this up...as I have been of late experiencing some fear of sorts...I hate to deal with governmental entities but I guess I have to deal with it eventually...I could use some of that courage you speak of...e
AS FOR ME ... (Poetry) - 6/11/2014 5:29:45 PM
To me, Christmas is a Spirit - A Spirit of Joy!
I agree, Tom; and I always enjoy your wit and humor. Love and peace to you... ...and Merry Christmas today and every day,
Regis
AS FOR ME ... (Poetry) - 5/5/2014 4:00:15 AM
WOW! If it's always Christmas at your place, how come Christmas Gifts to your beloved cousins aren't arriving all year long??!!
PS: A bottle of bourbon each month would be nice! Thanks.
AS FOR ME ... (Poetry) - 5/1/2014 7:09:29 AM
That's the lamest excuse for being lazy and not taking down Christmas decoration that was tacky to start with and even tackier now that summer is approaching.
However, I certainly enjoy a good laugh and with your current situation as a foil, you have created a memorable post here.
Ron
AS FOR ME ... (Poetry) - 5/1/2014 6:46:09 AM
I love it! I do the same thing. My mother always said to leave a bit of Christmas around the house all year long..............and I do!
Love ya!
Jane
AS FOR ME ... (Poetry) - 5/1/2014 6:35:45 AM
My favorite holiday is Thanksgiving. It's the only one that so far has remained fairly uncommercalized. Gobble gobble.
Michael D.
AS FOR ME ... (Poetry) - 4/30/2014 9:34:59 PM
Congratz, sir! Very nice depiction of happiness, joy and finding contentment, in that wonderful feast, where the fat man roams about to make children, of every age, happy! Merry Christmas hoo hoo hoo!! Grt, Daniel.
AS FOR ME ... (Poetry) - 4/30/2014 8:24:19 PM
christmas every day sounds great! :)
AS FOR ME ... (Poetry) - 4/30/2014 5:10:57 PM
There is always something magical about Christmas that we all want to keep. Your home sounds like cozy and fun.
Sandie
LIFE IS LIKE ... A BOOK (Poetry) - 4/20/2014 4:51:31 AM
Very clever. Mine is already available for preview in select bargain bins.
LIFE IS LIKE ... A BOOK (Poetry) - 4/19/2014 7:55:38 AM
An interesting way to present a poem…
I already wrote my book and it has a happy ending… So far.
Ron
LIFE IS LIKE ... A BOOK (Poetry) - 4/19/2014 5:31:58 AM
Tom,
I hope so too. Most of the chapters to our lives haven't been written yet. Blank years that we fill with God's love and mercy.
Love and blessings,
Linda
LIFE IS LIKE ... A BOOK (Poetry) - 4/19/2014 4:59:59 AM
We are all living in our book of life everyday. I wish we will all live in a book of happiness, and it has a happy ending; but that's just wishful thinking. My book of life will have its ups and downs of life; some defeats and some triumphs; some sadness and some happiness; some rights and some wrongs; ... too much to mention, but I'm still living the chapters of my book right now, hopefully I will have a happy ending for all to read.
Sandie :o)
LIFE IS LIKE ... A BOOK (Poetry) - 4/19/2014 4:15:01 AM
My cover will be, "Plain Jane". The rest will blow your mind. Seriously, I like the comparison of life to a book. Very well stated.
Love ya!
Jane
LIFE IS LIKE ... A BOOK (Poetry) - 4/19/2014 1:33:28 AM
The Book of Life - may it be a long and interesting one. And don't forget to write about the next exciting chapter in yours - I hear that the old Jersey Devil now wants to move in with his Cuz!
DRUTHERS 2 ... ? (Poetry) - 4/14/2014 2:53:13 AM
I'll take the Ford Pick-Up.
And be careful if you buy that property - I see that the old Devil already wants to move in with you!!!
DRUTHERS 2 ... ? (Poetry) - 4/13/2014 9:36:23 AM
I'm thinking 1968 Hearst Olds 442
A fully blown 1969 Super Bee
And 1965 GTO
Cuz P
DRUTHERS 2 ... ? (Poetry) - 4/12/2014 11:07:47 AM
I can see the lust for "toys" and position in your wish list of excess. In a way I can see your point. I visited the Mecum auction here in Houston yesterday and I must admit that if I had the money, I would buy about half the cars displayed. There were some plain Janes, some real weirdos, but, for the most part, the cars were immaculate and highly desirable. I must admit that I prefer the older cars.
As far as your illustration of life's phases, I regret having reached that second to last phase about 30 years ago and holding. Like Jack Benny, I think I'll stay 29. Even if I can't drive a jalopy anymore.
Ron
DRUTHERS 2 ... ? (Poetry) - 4/11/2014 10:47:55 PM
gotta buy em, to win em, but I LOVE THE SOUND OF THAT property...u buy it, I will move in,,,e
DRUTHERS 2 ... ? (Poetry) - 4/11/2014 6:59:58 AM
LOL!!! Don't tell others it's okay to hope and dream, otherwise some people will think you're always sleeping and condemn you for life.
Yes, follow that dream. Have a lot of antique cars. I love that too!!!
Sandie
NO ONE MAKES IT ! (Poetry) - 4/6/2014 11:11:59 AM
Tom,
I also take Losartan for my blood pressure, among many other meds. Getting older is hard but I think God I lived to be old. Many don't get there.
Love and blessings, Linda
INVENTORY ? (Poetry) - 3/19/2014 10:48:57 AM
Great article, Tom!! Now, ddd to that the Natural Gas drilling and FRACKING! Not that far from me was the drilling/fracking (supposedly 4000' deep. NOT!) Homes around there had foundations cracked; fortunately I (and outdoor cats) only felt the tremors.
Much, Much better than a Tornado Wall would be large dirt berms. Evidence: when the 2000 Ft. Worth tornado hit from the West, it traveled easterly, following I-30 (I live 3 blocks south). About 1-1/2miles to the west of me, there is a 400 ft. elevation rise (berm?) in No. Arlington; this caused the tornado to "jump" into the sky and pass over my location (I could year the the "train noise" above me - I stood on my front porch after getting my 8 cats into closet). 2 miles to the east it touched down again at Hwy 360 (just missing the Arlington Ballpark) and veered to the south, damaging abut 200 homes. It was the elevation rise (berm?) that saved No. Arlington!!
NO ONE MAKES IT ! (Poetry) - 3/19/2014 10:02:19 AM
My dear Tom...have you been peeking into my med. cabinet? Yes, on 11 meds (not counting pain and sleep meds and Dulcolax :) Once on these, you pay a heavy "price" to get off them (that's the point!) So fortunate to have retirement perk of paid-for health + scripts ins. But I inherited my Father's genes...he died of heart attack at 34, his parents (Grandmother at 58 and Grandfather at 70) both died of heart attacks; Mother lived 'til 84 (good "country" genes)I've had quad-by-pass, 2 MIA (minor strokes), 4 surgeries (including lithotrypsi and laser) for kidney stones (still make them, but much smaller now, due to Allopurinol - been making 'em since '71 and have passed approx 3000); is it any wonder I now have kidney disease? You must read my poem "Without Pain".
I always enjoy your posts, and most always agree with what you have to say. THANKS for this one, too!! :-)
Blessings and Love - Micke
NO ONE MAKES IT ! (Poetry) - 3/12/2014 7:30:11 PM
For me jury's out. Yes the price of drugs is obscene for the common life saving ones but the alternative makes our heirs smile.
NO ONE MAKES IT ! (Poetry) - 3/3/2014 4:06:31 AM
Do "They" Really Want to "CURE" Anyone?
Or ... To Just Help 180,000,000 ...
48.5% of The Population to Just Live Longer ...
So They Can Continue Buying and Taking
Their Rapaciously Over-Priced Drugs ...
A 'No Brainer' I'd say, and I haven't even taken my Anti-Alzheimer Pill yet this morning.
NO ONE MAKES IT ! (Poetry) - 3/1/2014 11:32:10 AM
My Dad always said, "Golden years my ass" The older I get {I was born in '53} The more I have to agree.
Michael D.
NO ONE MAKES IT ! (Poetry) - 3/1/2014 10:36:56 AM
My father died at 85 and my mother, at 89 is suffering from "all of the above" and taking, at last count 21 pills a day. We are all living a lot longer thanks to surgeries that fix of acute problems and pills that sidetrack long-term ones.
I really pity those who take pills for other reasons than health… And there are a lot of those.
I am noticing that with every year now, the reaper is cutting deeper.
Ron
NO ONE MAKES IT ! (Poetry) - 3/1/2014 8:48:43 AM
I couldn't agree with you more!
Love ya!
Jane
NO ONE MAKES IT ! (Poetry) - 3/1/2014 7:49:06 AM
~Tom~
Good advise and thoughts..taking my meds.
Mother is 94..dad passed on at 70.
Be well.
Lady Mary Ann
NO ONE MAKES IT ! (Poetry) - 3/1/2014 6:50:40 AM
Both my mom and dad's livers were damaged by the Cholestrol drug "Lipitor", and yet both died of cancer anyway at the end. We will all die because of one thing or another. You are right, no one gets out alive.
Sandie
NO ONE MAKES IT ! (Poetry) - 3/1/2014 6:29:58 AM
I certainly relate.
NO ONE MAKES IT ! (Poetry) - 3/1/2014 4:19:11 AM
this is so true
budd
INVENTORY ? (Poetry) - 2/28/2014 11:24:42 AM
Vintage Trasking here, TK. Verbage non-excessive to preempt more waste in baby knowledge of our home planet. Every action requires nerd-energy here even housed in thought, the by-product being heat. Got to the pi-center of global warming, Washington D.C.
VEHICULAR VERACITY ? (Poetry) - 2/27/2014 10:53:34 AM
Number 9...Hey if you count ATV's then Kawasaki is 3. And don't forget triumph!!!! I owned one once (the car) and it was a piece of shit. cuz p
INVENTORY ? (Poetry) - 2/27/2014 10:07:13 AM
Hey you forgot to mention the new tornado wall they're thinking about building along the entire southern border of Oklahoma. A thousand feet tall! That has to rival any human boondoggle ever imagined.
cuz p
INVENTORY ? (Poetry) - 2/26/2014 4:37:18 AM
Being an environmentalist and an animal lover (both wild animals and pets) this planet gets sadder and sadder for me every day now, and I now pray that once we completely trash Earth, we don't colonize another planet, and trash it as well. We are now Earth's parasites, devouring everything in our path.
INVENTORY ? (Poetry) - 2/25/2014 7:15:57 PM
Nicely done Tom! Yes, we are told in the Bible that man has dominance over all the bird, fish and animals on earth. We have an awesome responsibility. It's high time we live up to that task. Amen!
INVENTORY ? (Poetry) - 2/25/2014 12:37:33 PM
and we've already got lots of space junk waiting on gravity's pull to rain down on us. Well Said.
Michael D.
INVENTORY ? (Poetry) - 2/25/2014 10:02:53 AM
Amen. what a shame man's pride & greed blind him to what is & what could be.
INVENTORY ? (Poetry) - 2/25/2014 9:11:28 AM
You said it so well! I compare humankind to the rust that eats away at metal, to mildew that ruins stuff, to parasites, etc... Write on!
Love ya!
Jane
INVENTORY ? (Poetry) - 2/25/2014 8:40:19 AM
A fine inventory of our miserable presence. As a result of experiments that left behind the finished experiment, the earth is ringed with a trash belt of defunct satellite material and rockets. Thankfully, most of it will burn up upon reentry. On the other hand, the movie, Gravity, illustrated what can happen if space junk came to close for comfort.
Ron
INVENTORY ? (Poetry) - 2/25/2014 7:39:56 AM
"all in not well in Denmark" that's for sure ...
INVENTORY ? (Poetry) - 2/25/2014 5:09:03 AM
Abortion took care of the rest. We have come full cycle.
INVENTORY ? (Poetry) - 2/25/2014 3:35:10 AM
Ya hada go mention space..Now ya done it! It won't be long now before someone starts de-asteroiding the asteroid belt and turns it into an old broken satellite dump :-)
INVENTORY ? (Poetry) - 2/25/2014 2:04:44 AM
To this I can only say a resounding and heartfelt 'AMEN!' Well said, my friend.
Sand
INVENTORY ? (Poetry) - 2/25/2014 1:26:01 AM
i beleive you have coverd it all very well
budd
PROCEDURES ? (Poetry) - 2/11/2014 3:54:07 PM
This is certainly a huge improvement over emerging from the shower and doing the 'waggle-waggle'. LOL And I'm sure the time and the attention was much appreciated. Good behavior is often rewarded. Women do love a thorough man. Don't forget the kisses. They're really important.
Hugs, my dear
Sand
PROCEDURES ? (Poetry) - 2/11/2014 6:28:25 AM
Great advice. Ladies, take heed!
Love ya!
Jane
PROCEDURES ? (Poetry) - 2/11/2014 4:09:09 AM
I used to give my wife massages and what sex followed. Wow
JEALOUS ? MOI ? (Poetry) - 2/1/2014 10:27:10 AM
I'm with you all the way. Those poor NFL board members and their tax exempt status. It seems they can't get the same advertising and merchandise money that the owners of the teams get, poor boys.
I am verging on the 20%, so I can afford gas guzzling high powered, highly modified suburban shopping mart vans that are highly subsidized by the state's drunk drivers. Thank you drunk drivers, for the $90,000 to modify the last big fat stupid brand-new gas guzzling Ford van I done had to purchase. Wish I could still drive my 1966 Olds Toronado at 100 mph everywhere, all the time. By the way, I'm on the dole. Social Security. Started at 69. Does that make me a deadbeat?
Ron
JEALOUS ? MOI ? (Poetry) - 1/31/2014 9:38:29 AM
People love to show off, especially in America. A vehicle for personal use is just transpotation. All those gas guzzlers do is say "Look at me". I always wanted a bumper stickewr that read, "You are now keeping up with the Schafer's", THIS COUNTRY DOESN'T HAVE A MONEY PROBLEM, IT'S JUST THAT THE WRONG PEOPLE HAVE ALL THE MONEY!
Michael D.
JEALOUS ? MOI ? (Poetry) - 1/31/2014 8:53:12 AM
Moi as well!!! I'm a waitress and those big shots are the cheapest tippers!!! Sure, they brag about their latest cruise and the cars they just bought for their kids who don't even work as they sleep the days away in those mansions you speak of. Well, got to get ready to go run my ass crazy in the restaurant. BTW, I am a RMA, but the doctor's office didn't pay as much as I make as a waitress!!
Love ya!
Jane
VEHICULAR VERACITY ? (Poetry) - 1/11/2014 3:47:34 AM
I am a car buff. But I go for chrome and muscle. Names don't interest me but I love great styles. I have a Cad with chrome. I love to take it for a spin, it's the other cheese cake cars that I am not interested in.
Amen
VEHICULAR VERACITY ? (Poetry) - 1/10/2014 2:21:20 PM
Death Traps = Modern Day Throw Away
Over Priced $$ Beer Cans On Wheels!
What's There To Be Inquisitive About?
Pull To Intersection Red Light-
They All Look Alike Bettles As Roaches
Ready To Pounce On You...
You Want Real Car Go Back To
50s & 60s Safe And Still Running
60 Years Later-So They Use Gas
So What!
I Will Go 160 mph In My 68 Corvette-
I Will Not Go 60 mph In Any Modern
Day Beer Can On Wheels,i.e. Its Safer
To Walk Run ...
All That Glitters Is Not
Gold Its Plastic!
TRASK...
VEHICULAR VERACITY ? (Poetry) - 1/10/2014 10:23:03 AM
I found this fun but this car guy couldn't get them all very right. Come to think of it, my Monte Carlo had a crest on it. And what about the Mustang, thunder chicken and gazelle?
Ron
VEHICULAR VERACITY ? (Poetry) - 1/10/2014 4:12:02 AM
Most Interesting - and driving around my hometown this past week has been an absolute nightmare - First, the blizzard, then the Arctic blast, then black ice roads, on which so many idiots still refuse to slow down.
VEHICULAR VERACITY ? (Poetry) - 1/10/2014 3:28:57 AM
i was never very interested in the models of cars..sorry..but entertaining anyway
budd
NICK-NAMES ? (Poetry) - 1/9/2014 7:14:25 PM
Thanks for the lesson, Tom. Love and peace,
Regis
VEHICULAR VERACITY ? (Poetry) - 1/9/2014 7:11:55 PM
Thanks for provoking thought, Tom. I knew a few but certainly not all. Love and peace,
Regis
NICK-NAMES ? (Poetry) - 1/9/2014 10:55:04 AM
As a previous poem announced, only my aging aunts and uncles can get away with calling me, Ronnie. When I heard that my college roommate, Bob, was referred to by an old friend as "Tinker," I thought little of it until later I learned that it was a nickname for "Little Stinker!" I'm surprised he didn't deck me when I mentioned it.
Ron
NICK-NAMES ? (Poetry) - 1/9/2014 9:14:58 AM
My refrigerator is a 'fridge', my television is a teevee and my commode is named 'John'. We can shorten anything. LOL You forgot to include yourself, TK. TK is a pretty good nickname. Hugs, babe.
Sand (me and the beach)
NICK-NAMES ? (Poetry) - 1/9/2014 8:33:33 AM
And a rose is a rose by any other name.
Michael D.
NICK-NAMES ? (Poetry) - 1/9/2014 8:20:11 AM
You are a cool cat!
Love ya!
Jane
NICK-NAMES ? (Poetry) - 1/9/2014 7:29:44 AM
you got a lot of them in there lol
budd
JOSEPH DID YOU KNOW ... (Poetry) - 1/2/2014 1:42:36 PM
Now that you got the words, you need to visit some friendly Irish home where they sing a lot of nasty old songs. From there I'm sure you can pick up a melody for the words. I heard that's the way it was done in the old days and it sounds good today.
Ron
JOSEPH DID YOU KNOW ... (Poetry) - 1/2/2014 7:00:19 AM
Excellent! This is Sooooooo dogonne good!
May peace, love, happiness and Christ blessings follow you throughout the New Year!
John Michael Domino
JOSEPH DID YOU KNOW ... (Poetry) - 1/1/2014 2:58:22 PM
Very nicely composed, Tom; thank you for sharing this unique perspective. Happy New Year to you with love and peace,
Regis
JOSEPH DID YOU KNOW ... (Poetry) - 12/31/2013 7:45:18 AM
No offense to the Bethlehem scene, but Fleas Navidog
would be a great title to a parody. The picture alone is hilarious.
JOSEPH DID YOU KNOW ... (Poetry) - 12/31/2013 6:33:25 AM
This is a great beginning, Tom! You have all the components, except the feelings, the heart of Joseph, so maybe God will give you deep insight into the man as you meditate and ask Him.
Even if you never change anything it is still a very worthy poem that makes us think about Joseph and his place in the family.
Now a question for you: Tom, Did You Know...that the Magi did not arrive until Jesus was a young child, and their visit was not to the stable but to a house? Still, all our Nativity sets place them at the stable and that's ok with me!
Thanks for sharing this!
Connie
JOSEPH DID YOU KNOW ... (Poetry) - 12/31/2013 5:29:37 AM
This is beautiful! I hope a songwriter picks up on it! You never know!
Love ya!
Jane
JERSEY DEVIL UPDATE (Poetry) - 12/22/2013 6:15:53 AM
GREAT NEWS...GOD IS SO GOOD! THANK YOU, TOM...LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...JOYCE * HIS INSPIRATIONS
MATLACK UPDATE (Poetry) - 12/22/2013 6:10:13 AM
THANKS FOR THIS UPDATE...HOPE HE IS STILL IMPROVING. JUST SAID A PRAYER FOR HIM. GIVE HIM OUR LOVE. BLESSINGS AND FAITH...JOYCE * HIS INSPIRATIONS
GEE ? (Poetry) - 12/21/2013 11:31:46 AM
Happy Happy Happy to you too, Tom.
GEE ? (Poetry) - 12/18/2013 4:48:09 AM
May Swiety Mikolaj bring you joy and peace this Holiday Season, Cuz.
GEE ? (Poetry) - 12/17/2013 10:02:32 AM
Gee willikers! I enjoyed this poem.
Love ya!
Jane
GEE ? (Poetry) - 12/16/2013 5:01:21 PM
you guys should write a book ;)
GEE ? (Poetry) - 12/16/2013 11:36:13 AM
RON ... AS PER USUAL, U R RIGHT ON MY FRIEND !
Am quite familiar w both 'geez' & 'judas priest' ...
Mayhaps we are "dating" ourselves, eh wot ... Wart ?
GEE ? (Poetry) - 12/16/2013 10:06:23 AM
As an atheist, I fully enjoy holidays (even though they are holy days) and can declare "Merry Christmas!" with the full meaning of the season.
It is interesting that you use the word "GEE." I was listening to my brothers using "geez this" and "geez that" a lot and got to thinking… Just like my grandfather used to say, "Judas Priest!" As a way of swearing without defaming God, the word "geez" is just another way of saying Jesus without saying it, so to speak.
So to what you are writing I'm just like to say that it is "jee whiz!"
Ron
GEE ? (Poetry) - 12/15/2013 11:30:51 AM
And a very Merry Christmas to you too.
Michael D.
GEE ? (Poetry) - 12/15/2013 11:28:08 AM
Cleverly concocted, Tom; I gleefully greet you with great gusto. Love and peace,
Regis
JERSEY DEVIL UPDATE (Poetry) - 12/14/2013 12:03:00 PM
Thanks, I talked to Ed. His voice is quite good and he was very happy to receive the call. Those of you here reading this, please give old Jersey Devil a call. He will appreciate it very much…
856-641-8455
Ron
JERSEY DEVIL UPDATE (Poetry) - 12/14/2013 10:20:13 AM
Thank you for the information, Tom. Love and peace,
Regis
JERSEY DEVIL UPDATE (Poetry) - 12/14/2013 10:02:11 AM
Thank you for the heads up.
Love ya!
Jane
JERSEY DEVIL UPDATE (Poetry) - 12/14/2013 3:13:10 AM
Thanks very much for another update, Cuz. The old Jersey Devil sure seems to have lots of medical problems these days.
Our thoughts, prayers, and a card are on the way.
Pee Wee, Mean Tall Woman, and All Our Critters
DISGUSTING STUFF !!! (Poetry) - 12/13/2013 3:29:29 AM
That looks like the old Jersey Devil's Commode - you been sneakin around his old motor home??
PS: Any new updates on his medical condition and status?
DISGUSTING STUFF !!! (Poetry) - 12/10/2013 2:07:37 PM
"STICKY ... SLIPPERY ... SLIMEY" Sounds like good sex to me.
Mark
DISGUSTING STUFF !!! (Poetry) - 12/10/2013 2:02:35 PM
I'm to old to run, but my nose is still young.
Michael D.
DISGUSTING STUFF !!! (Poetry) - 12/10/2013 11:52:45 AM
I resemble those feelings. As a young boy on our gravel playground at Central grade school in north-central Wisconsin, I managed to mess up a handkerchief a day until they were all green slime in my pocket. I admired the guys… Sixth-graders… Who could put one finger over a nostril and shoot a long yellow one about 10 feet from the other nostril. What fun in those cold, coal burning days with more colds than flies on the kitchen sticky tape.
Ron
DISGUSTING STUFF !!! (Poetry) - 12/10/2013 8:48:35 AM
You sure have a way with words, you smooth character, you!
Love ya!
Jane
D. N. R. (Poetry) - 12/7/2013 12:43:37 PM
Bang on, Tom! Love and peace and best wishes,
Regis
MATLACK UPDATE (Poetry) - 12/7/2013 12:42:33 PM
Thank you for keeping us informed, Tom. Prayers and best thoughts sent as requested. Love and peace,
Regis
MATLACK UPDATE (Poetry) - 12/6/2013 2:11:28 PM
Thank you for keeping the AD family in the loop, Tom. Heal well, dear Ed, and come home soon. xx
