J is for Jumping Jesus, I've Reached 100 Posts! Six months and 100 posts on Thain in Vain! Not sure if these numbers are impressive in the grand scheme of blog posts, but they are to me! Starting this blog was a way for me to actually write instead of just thinking about writing. I … Continue reading Jumping Jesus – 100 Posts – A to Z Challenge
Flash Fiction Challenge! Week fourteen submissions are in! Check them out! Submit your week fifteen flash fiction by April 16, 2014! Each Wednesday, post a link to your submission in the comments section of the corresponding weekly prompt. Week Fifteen Prompt: A desperate man comes up with a unique way to make some extra cash. … Continue reading Flash Fiction Challenge – Prompt Fifteen
The FFC week twelve submissions are in! Some of us are busy with the craziness called A to Z Challenge and Camp NaNoWrimo, but we're still slogging away to bring you our weekly flash fiction! There is still wacky talk about publishing a flash fiction book (bathroom or otherwise) at the end of our 52 … Continue reading Flash Fiction Challenge – Week Fourteen Submissions
G is grapes--of the sour variety! This post is playing double duty: the A to Z Challenge and the Flash Fiction Challenge. Check it out! It's fun, but on to the main event! Sour Grapes Thain in Vain “Oh, I’ll propose a toast to the happy couple, all right,” said Nora Treme holding a wine … Continue reading Grapes – A to Z Challenge
F is for fries. I'm kinda stuck for an "F"post, so I thought I would take the Fool's way out and post Fotos of Fries. Lame I know, but I challenge you not to crave fries--or chips for my British friends! America - Fries & Ketchup! Canadian - Poutine Britain -Chips & Brown … Continue reading Fries – A to Z Challenge
E is for excrement on the path of life (okay, just on the path) I was out enjoying the spring weather my area of the planet is experiencing, with a nice walk around the lake. My pallid skin practically leapt off my bones to soak up some much-needed sun; my bed head rooster tail swayed … Continue reading Excrement – A to Z Challenge
D is for Donald disheartened in a cage
The Cubicles Donna In cubicle C56.6, a tall, thick, fifty year-old woman with fuzzy hair the colour of morning urine sits clipping her fingernails. Click-snap, click-snap, preceded by the undeniable sound of nail fragments ricocheting off the desktop. Donna observes her fingernails: brittle with a yellowish hue and deep, vertically running ridges, especially her thumbnails. Her … Continue reading Cubicles – A to Z Challenge
Day 26 - This is Water "This is Water" is a unique commencement speech to Yale graduates by the late David Foster Wallace. It's a great reminder to all of us about being more compassionate, more understanding towards others. It's a good read (Google it), but I've included a link to a video of the … Continue reading 100 Happy Days (26, 27, 28 & 29)
B is for blowhard boiled in beet broth
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