We were going through the last remnants left behind by the last Tennant of this nursing home, looking for something We found a file of some information from Marcus Mendlecot that had some bearing on the search The room was a mess We looked through the file. Donna talked with another scavenger in another room,…
Author: Lance Harrison
I am a "Life Artist". I create music, art, theatre, drama, and comedy in my daily existence. I consider myself to be one of the luckiest people on this planet! My dreams come to fruition regularly. There is a certain freedom in my basic anonymity yet I am known by many. I currently live with my wife and partner, Donna, on an island in the middle of nowhere in a country few even think about.
House
28 Dec 2022 I was working on writing our book but was trying to use AI to fill out the text. Every time I entered the text, it came out jumbled, and I couldn’t read it It was also partially covered with advertisements for Oreo cookies or a modern record player that still looked like…
Why the Chicken Crosses the Road
16 January 2023 I’m sitting in a car waiting outside of a bar. Suddenly, the passenger side back tire goes, “pop!” I get out and see that the tire has a hole in the side as big around as my finger. Tony comes over and, in his thick New York gangster accent, says, “Let’s get…
(52) The Visitor
One afternoon a car pulled up to the gate, and a man dressed as a Russian Orthodox priest wearing a robe and kamilavkas, a clerical headdress, stepped out of the passenger side. The car quickly backed down the entrance drive leaving the priest behind. He walked to the gate and asked, “Is this the Rainbow?”
Edmond and friend
Edmond was well known in Nashville as one of the great ‘undiscovered’ rockers. He got around and knew lots of people. He even ‘rubbed elbows’ with several famous people.
Pull My Finger
Pull my finger. Memories of my grandfather, who was a bit of a prankster, flooded back to me as I recalled the first time he ‘pulled’ that gag on me. A flatulent gag steeped in tradition.
Potential Side Effects
If you watch any TV, at some point, you will see an advertisement for a pharmaceutical drug to help with an ailment. The ads always show a montage of couples or families enjoying life together, laughing, riding bikes, or having a nice meal. As this montage of happiness is candy for the eyes, the narrator lists a litany of potentially serious side effects that this miraculous drug may cause.
What Did I Forget
You know that feeling when you walk into a room and forget why? You might stand there for a few minutes trying to remember why it was that you entered the room.
Short Bald and Fat
Short, bald, and fat
How the hell did I get like that?
I was once a “strapping young lad”
Now a third of the energy
I once had