"Absolutely not, young lady!... my daughter absolutely WILL NOT spend the night at some sleepover party with boys in attendance... I DON'T care what Emily's mother says, or what Tia's mother says... or what anyone else's mother says.... and I DO NOT care that all your friends think that I am old-fashioned and grumpy... I DO care about what goes on at those sleepovers--and it has nothing to do with SLEEPING!"

"Daddy, remember what you told me about Toadstool Rock when you were a…

My restlessness abounds--I know that fatigue can be suppressed by one's will-- still I must wander this web at nights...searching for spirits which are not there, or more horrifying... that are. My thoughts dwell in those morbid realms where those who I cherish have preceded me to that valued crypt, and await our eternal reunion. My physical appearance no longer reflects my fastidious nature and my once-proud persona. My transfigurement into that slovenly, unshaven,…

AUTHOR'S NOTE: Company D [Ranger] 151^st Infantry [AIRBORNE] was the only U.S. National Guard Infantry unit to see combat action in Vietnam [1968-69].

“Get those fucking dogs outta’ here, Morgan, or I swear to God I'm gonna' pull this trigger!”

“Take it easy,…

You wags the tail when master appears.

You begs for it when you wants it.

You sniffs it before you licks it.

You roll over to gets the belly scratched.

You chases the pussy but never catches it.

You barks and barks and barks and barks but forgets…

"A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds." (an old English nursery rhyme)

Leisure-suit Leon had all the lines, but never made the show with the ladies--never even saw the opening act. But to Leon, it was the thrill of the hunt more than the trophies on his bedroom wall. His friends tried to point out his casual effrontery as a reason for his repeated failures, but LSL passed their concerns off as mere "competitive bias." He chose to believe…