Tag Archives: Roger McManus

Slanted Definitions 9

Posted on May 2, 2014 by rogermcmanus2013

Addition – When the spoons and forks won’t talk to the flatware Polyester – Anna’s sister Eyewitness – One who has to be questioned on what he saw, using hand signals, but even then can’t be expected to answer. Cannibalism … Continue reading →

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Writing: What It Takes to Get Published?

Posted on April 25, 2014 by rogermcmanus2013

Journal log entry – The walls are caving in. Have you ever felt numb in your head, like: “I don’t know what to do.”? These past couple of days, I have. I’m not sure what to write, and that happens … Continue reading →

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Not So Rock Solid

Posted on April 18, 2014 by rogermcmanus2013

How does a rock get in a shoe? People contemplate the cosmos, and life and death … but I wonder how a rock gets in a shoe. I mean really, I’m just walking down the street and all of a … Continue reading →

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Good Health

Posted on April 11, 2014 by rogermcmanus2013

First they were told by the surgeon general that sitting upright while eating would decrease their lifespan due to the food pounding on their stomach from a vertical drop. So the people began to lie crooked and hunched over, reclining … Continue reading →

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The Winter Thaw

Posted on April 4, 2014 by rogermcmanus2013

Journal log entry – Jogging in place, staring out the back window of my living room, I can see the polyurethane netting I’d hung last year, stretching from pole to pole as a barrier between the critters ranging from deer … Continue reading →

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Slanted Definitions 8

Posted on March 28, 2014 by rogermcmanus2013

Snowboarding – A means of torture carried out in the winter (as opposed to waterboarding in warmer climates) Homesick – Only good for a commercial property (Unless you are a snowboarder, then it means: the best place to live) Preventive – … Continue reading →

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My Adventures in Nashville Land (Continued … Again … Once More)

Posted on March 21, 2014 by rogermcmanus2013

It was eleven thirtyish, bordering around midnight. The halls of the Opryland Hotel and Convention Center were empty except for me and a four foot tall, thirty pound potted plant in one hand, and a twenty pound mirror, which could … Continue reading →

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My Adventures in Nashville Land (Continued … Again)

Posted on March 14, 2014 by rogermcmanus2013

“Y’all,” I didn’t know when I began saying it, but I did. It wasn’t a means of me fitting in; it was more of the “in” fitting me. I just woke up one day and it had become part of … Continue reading →

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Chalked: Part 17

Posted on March 10, 2014 by rogermcmanus2013

One of the junior officers at the precinct slapped the side of the ancient television to remove the static. “And now a continuation on the breaking news from Lexington Station in Manhattan, magical trickery, high tech illusion, or is it … Continue reading →

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My Adventures in Nashville Land (Continued)

Posted on March 7, 2014 by rogermcmanus2013

He was either gay and aggressive, or he was going to kill me. I’m sure that got your attention. I was in Tennessee and a long way from home … and wasn’t I just like those many that had fallen … Continue reading →

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