The one who controls the past controls the future and the one who controls the present controls the past, and we all who don't control the present don't control anything.
23 Oct 2019 1 minute read 6 comments mgaft1
It's pretty amazing how much junk mail we get; every day there are tons of it. Interestingly, I never met a person who'd ever used it. Take it back maybe some coupons, but still. I am thinking about how much money these people spend on all this ju...
22 Oct 2019 1 minute read 0 comments mgaft1
I never drove anything beyond a moped. Yet, even on a moped I was able to be hit by a car, become airborne and get into a hospital. But this is the story for another prompt. I used to like reading about the most ridiculous deaths. One of them happene...
21 Oct 2019 1 minute read 2 comments mgaft1
I know lots of people hold grudges to American police. Sometimes, I also am mad at them. Recently, for example, the cop stopped me and said I was driving 55 on 35 miles limit street. Well, I was looking at the speed dial all the time and knew I was g...
20 Oct 2019 1 minute read 0 comments mgaft1
These baboons climb the high slippery hill and descend from it every day as a life necessity. I'd imagine our remote ancestors did the same until they discovered fire. Can't sleep on the ground because of lions and hyenas, can't sleep on trees becau...
19 Oct 2019 1 minute read 0 comments mgaft1
I think it was Hemingway who said approximately the following: What is the secret of writing? It is similar to Byzantine masonry where all the stones are chosen so carefully that they don't require mortar to be held together. Now, I don't give much t...
17 Oct 2019 1 minute read 2 comments mgaft1
In the country where I grew up, a trolley was the cheapest form of transportation. It cost 3 cents! Still, somehow people managed to cheat. ))) What comes to mind is the fun that we - boys had with trolleys. That fun was based upon the fact that a t...
16 Oct 2019 1 minute read 0 comments mgaft1
Hi there! Last Sunday, when I came out to take my usual stroll, I noticed unusual activity on the large parking lot near the complex where I live. It turned out to be preparations for Police motorcycle contest. Later in the day, when I came to see th...
15 Oct 2019 1 minute read 4 comments mgaft1
Her name was Cella. She was a mix of Malamute and Pit-bull, is well aware of her duties to safeguard our yard from all the bystanders: raccoons, opossums, rats, cats, and squirrels. Even when our neighbor sticks his long nose through the bordering b...
