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Seasons Change
Love in a Life By Robert Browning I Room after room, I hunt the house through We inhabit together. Heart, fear nothing, for, heart, thou...

Mike Dickey
Nov 21, 20243 min read


Jonah and Me
"Now the LORD provided a huge fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights." -Jonah 1: 17...

Mike Dickey
Nov 20, 20242 min read


Terrorist with a Nuke
"My fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you I just signed legislation which outlaws Russia forever. The bombing begins in five...

Mike Dickey
Nov 19, 20242 min read


Spinelessness
"Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme liberty." -...

Mike Dickey
Nov 18, 20242 min read


I'm the Slime from Your Reservoir
So, a little lesson here. We're in Corning this morning, sipping lattes from the super espresso machine Issac and Olivia bought us four...

Mike Dickey
Nov 15, 20242 min read


On the Departure of George, Socialist Economics, Self-Improvement, and Bad Cereal
"You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus." - Mark Twain Today won't be my most focused effort; there's simply...

Mike Dickey
Nov 14, 20245 min read


Winter of Our Discontent
"In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer." - Albert Camus "Here is the rule to remember in the...

Mike Dickey
Nov 13, 20242 min read


Going on a Diet
"What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise." — Oscar Wilde Day seven of the beginning of the end arrives in the...

Mike Dickey
Nov 12, 20243 min read


Then That Happened
“He loved mountains, or he had loved the thought of them marching on the edge of stories brought from far away; but now he was borne down...

Mike Dickey
Nov 11, 20244 min read


Patmos and Ephesus
"We Greeks are lovers of the beautiful, yet simple in our tastes, and we cultivate the mind without loss of manliness." - Thucydides Hard...

Mike Dickey
Oct 31, 20244 min read


Ochi Day
"How great are the dangers I face to win a good name in Athens." - Alexander the Great After an uneventful flight from London yesterday,...

Mike Dickey
Oct 28, 20242 min read


London Calling
"My baby drove up in a brand new Cadillac Yes, she did My baby drove up in a brand new Cadillac She said, "Hey, come here, daddy" I ain't...

Mike Dickey
Oct 25, 20241 min read


It Can't Happen Here
"Perhaps America will one day go fascist democratically, by popular vote." "I myself was to experience how easily one is taken in by a...

Mike Dickey
Oct 23, 20242 min read


Travel Plans
"It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive". -Robert Louis Stevenson Having trouble focusing on a big writing project with our...

Mike Dickey
Oct 22, 20241 min read


Erie
"We have met the enemy, and they are ours." -Oliver Hazard Perry A brief post again. P has the day off, which meant rolling out of bed as...

Mike Dickey
Oct 21, 20243 min read


Bad Programming
" Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." -Arthur C. Clark A quick post after roughly two hours of tax...

Mike Dickey
Oct 18, 20244 min read


First Frost
Well the frost is on the pumpkin And the hay is in the barn And pappy's come to rambling on Stumbling around drunk Down on the farm...

Mike Dickey
Oct 17, 20242 min read


One Particular Harbour
"Look in vain for many in-depth studies on the only thing that matters, what it feels like to live in the world you live in. That’s so...

Mike Dickey
Oct 16, 20243 min read


The People v. Donk & Peg
Straight from twelfth grade into junior college Buddy buddy buddy I passed my exam Makin' me a law enforcement person Got me a gun and a...

Mike Dickey
Oct 15, 20244 min read


Navalny
The party of swindlers and thieves is putting forward its chief swindler and its chief thief for the presidency. We must vote against...

Mike Dickey
Oct 14, 20244 min read
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