Author Archives: Alice
A Shaky 13
1. 2. According to one of The Girl’s teachers, there is a mountain near town that is holding on by a thread. Someday it’s going to crack and fall apart. 3. When it goes, it’ll wipe out everything for miles around. 4. But that’s nothing compared to what Yellowstone will do. 5. Yellowstone is a super volcano. Someday it’s going to blow. 6. When it does, it’ll take out the entire state of Wyoming and a good chunk of Montana […]
Suzie’s House 401 : Verbal Abuse
By the time Miranda made it home from the ad agency, she’d broken the heel of her newest Charline De Luca shoes – the red ones with the pony tail of fringe hanging off the back. Before that she’d taken a verbal beating from her boss for ordering the wrong size graphic sheets for a set of billboards, and spent hours dodging a client who wanted more than to place an order and have lunch with her. She was hungry, […]
Time to Travel?
Jack: THAT’S a time machine? Theodor: Yes. I need your help to set the time stream to rights. When will you be ready? Jack: When Easter falls in May. Theodor: That can be arranged. Previously in Jack and Jill: Moving Violations The theme for this week’s Jack and Jill is “When Easter falls in May” as suggested by Brian Miller Want to see what I can do with a word or phrase? Make a suggestion.
Urban Renewal
Matt sat in his little second hand shop and cringed with every step the renters next door took on his roof. Clunk, clunk, clunk. How unfair that they should have easy access, and him none at all. It was all because these old buildings had been renovated so many times. The neighbors put something down with a thud, and little bits of ceiling plaster came filtering down. Then he had it. A great idea. If he did a little renovation […]
Suzie’s House 400 : Bruce the Songbird
Kate and Justin were holding hands when they walked into the practice room. Tracy noticed it right away, but didn’t really think much about it until she overheard Gene’s quietly surprised “Oh.” “So, you two are dating now?” Tracy asked mostly to get it out of the way. “Yes!” Kate preened while Justin smiled quietly.
Windows Calling
I got a weird phone call last night. It was a man with an Indian accent who assure me he was calling from the Windows error report center who wanted to talk me through fixing my computer. Seriously? Why would Microsoft call me? I mean, even if I did have a problem with my computer that caused it to send error reports, why call? I never gave them my phone number. When I asked, the guy claimed it was in […]
Moving Violations
Mike: Seriously, Raoul, who do you think looks more like a cue ball, him or me? We whoever you pick will be the ball. Raoul: It’s all the same to me. Previously in Jack and Jill: Cue Ball The theme for this week’s Jack and Jill is “moving” as suggested by Alice Want to see what I can do with a word or phrase? Make a suggestion.
Fireworks
Jimal entered the gazebo like a warrior to battle. He had two more weeks to whip this amateur band into a Fourth of July force to be reckoned with. Twenty years ago they predicted the band’s demise. “The median age is ninety” the newspaper touted. Look at them now. Well over a dozen regular members, including two – count them – two! – tubas. Sure, they may have a little trouble with their hearing, but they gave it their best. […]
13 Things My Son Did Today
1. Watched TV 2. Played video games. 3. Smoked a cigarette 4. Surfed the internet 5. Skateboarded 6. Went on Facebook 7. Organized his stuff. 8. Ate some canned fruit. 9. Stared at wall. 10. Pet the cats 11. Paced. 12. Thought about playing guitar. 13. Cut out patches. For more lists of Thirteen, visit Thursday Thirteen
Suzie’s House 399 : Bruce vs Emma’s Brother
Bruce felt like a total idiot carrying around his latest creation. It might be a glorious confection of feathers, lace, ribbon, beads, and satin, with an extra layer of feathers just for emphasis, but it looked silly in the hands of a rough, tough dude. Seriously. People were staring. Luckily, he caught up with Emma before he reached the square. Unluckily, her reception was chilly.
