“Now serving O-4-1-1, at window number three,” a mechanical female voice said from the base clinic’s new automated pharmacy system. My ticket read “O-419”. I grabbed a copy of the base newspaper, The Navalog, from the rack inside the revolving door, and took a seat with all the others in the waiting area. I searched…
Book Review
The Tell-Tale Tooth
I was nervous, dreadfully nervous. True, the tooth had haunted me both day and night, but my senses were only sharpened, not destroyed. I was certainly not mad! In fact, my awareness was so acute as to render me excruciatingly sane. So listen carefully, ye with endodontic woes, and hear the ghoulish story on this…
Trophies for Participants and Parolees
I grew up in Western Pennsylvania — the cradle of quarterbacks, Steeler Country, the home of those folks accused of “clinging to their guns and religion” — where hard work and home style values are honored more than social position and wealth. An appreciation for football, a hard-knocking sport requiring the kind of gritty strength…
Sexy Pizza Rat vs. Frankenstein
When I was a kid, Halloween was simple. All we had to do was be scary, be scared, and get candy. But then about 20 years ago, society was hit with a tidal wave of global information technology. Although the full impact of Internet on society is yet unknown, the “Sexy Pizza Rat Costume” is…
What I believe about Hell and hand baskets