Thoughts on a Stormy Night

Thoughts on a Stormy Night

new book of poetry. fast. furious. seven. or eight. negen.

 

God’s Expectations

Flowers 4

This is the last time I used the flower motif. Less people plant flowers these days. With two people working its difficult to garden. I’ve also noticed less butterflies, bees, and grasshoppers. I remembered when you had to pick the bugs out of your teeth after a quick spin on the bike. Ah, those were the days.

why do we worship the flag…

by David Halliday

 

a rant

Calendar Girls 2

Why is the male so visually stimulated by any image of a woman or suggestion of an image? There are graphic images of penises scratched on walls dating back before the Roman Empire. (Why they are phallic images is another question.) You can see these same crude images on bathroom walls in gas stations, and bank towers. The male brain always seems to be in a state of readiness. The rest of his body, not so much.

the bed

by David Halliday

We shall tear down this country and return it to its glorious past…

by David Halliday

 

Prime Minister Harper really wants to be President of the U.S.A.  Ted Cruz (the other Canadian) has staked out that claim so Mr. Harper has worked very hard at turning Canada into the U.S.A.

Rommel in Egypt

by David Halliday

 

In a universe where nothing has meaning, the laughing never stops.

Meet the girls at Fox News

by David Halliday

 

Like their male colleagues the women on Fox News lean heavily on mimicry, formalized outrage, and they never let facts get in the way of an opinion. And they practice what Humphrey Bogart called professional nationalism. The only difference is that the women wear dresses. On air anyway.

 

Lost in a thought

by David Halliday

 

Our brains operate almost independently of our will. Thoughts come into our head like subway cars on the wrong lines.