Don’t you some days feel like you’re the guy in the red shirt picked for the landing party? Now, you can dress for it by joining the Red Shirt Society.

Help desk support back in the Middle Ages soon after books were introduced, taking over from scrolls. Too funny. Originally taken from the show “Øystein og jeg” on Norwegian Broadcasting in 2001. With English subtitles, which somehow makes it funnier.

Snowstorms (ice storms, floods, lightning, volcanos etc.) are Nature’s way of reminding us she’s still the HMFIC.

PHOTO | Indoor Cat Looking Out | MoltoMediaWerks 2010

Country road. WestVirginiaVille | MoltoMediaWerks | 2007-ish | Click bigger

The sun drops down on Upshur County. Or maybe it’s Summers County, West Virginia. I was coming back from the mountaintop lair of a sculpture-making friend of mine a few years ago. | The sun was like a fried egg on the horizon. Had to consult with my camera. | A late afternoon rain painted the country road off to the right the color of Saran Wrap.

Traveling east on Interstate 64 in WestVirginiaVille

“May you have the hindsight to know where you’ve been, The foresight to know where you are going, And the insight to know when you have gone too far.” ~ Irish Blessing

“Do you want to spoon?” Jerry asked. He was standing by the bed, holding two six-foot spoons. A week later we forked for the first time.”

~ from ‘Twitter Sized Fiction” by twitter.com/VeryShortStory