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Jun

Ya know, UFOs!

Above left: The Gimbal UAP was part of a whole fleet that flew against the wind, stopped in mid-air, then rotated. Filmed by Navy pilots in 2015, it was released by To The Stars Academy. Click here for the video.

Above right: A triangle or pyramid-shaped object, one of several — as well as some brightly lit spheres — hovered around Navy ships in 2019, some of which then slowly descended into the ocean without a trace found by submarines or sonar. It was filmed by the Navy and released by Jeremy Corbell.
Click here for the triangle video. Click here for the sphere video.

UFOs are real.

That’s one of my favorite sentences ever written, along with: I’m in remission; I’m a grandfather; Biden won and Cappuccino Blasts are on sale.Read More

Jan

Hammerin’ Hank

My 26 Hank Aaron baseball cards, saved from when I was his biggest fan.

The text came in from my cousin, “RIP Hank Aaron.”

“Damn,” was all I could respond.

Jan

Beginnings and Endings

Judy Watson and her great-granddaughter Avery Yau.

Our sweet, sweet granddaughter entered our lives on Sunday night.

Her great-grandmother — my wife’s mother — left us on Wednesday night.

Jun

Virtual Head Peace

I’m done with reality. Read More

Jun

A Perfect 10?

My doctor’s notes from this day, ten years ago.

My life ended ten years ago. But it’s okay; I got over it.

That morning, I guest-lectured in a friend’s class at MSU, had some pizza with her husband, played a quick round of golf with him, then at 3:30 pm, June 9th, 2010, my doctor dropped a death sentence on me.

His sentence was, “This is not a death sentence.”Read More

May

A Funeral For a Friend’s Father

Before the funeral, he is curled up in a little ball on his daughter’s bed. Outside, Saturday happens. Lawnmowers whine, trucks bang by; his subdivision is subdivided.

Mar

IT

I’ve lost my voice.

I know where it went. IT took it.

No, I’m not sick. Marci might be, but she’s been like this for more than three weeks. So if it’s IT, then I think we’re outta the woods.

SHIT

FUCK

PISSRead More

Aug

Kurt and Karl

“Karl can be a real rat bastard.”
— Kurt

Karl likes to hang out along the coast and hillsides of San Francisco.

Jul

Touring Tortola

The sun sets from my vantage point perched atop a mountain on Tortola in the British Virgin Islands.

The moon is reflecting off the bottom of the pool. I look down to see up. Directly in front of me is infinity and I see the saints; John and Thomas, rising up from the sea. No, I’m not dreaming and no, the drugs haven’t just kicked in. This is me taking a late evening dip in the pool, atop a mountain on the outer edge of the Caribbean Sea.

Jul

Michael Collins

Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin crewed the famous Apollo 11 mission to the moon.

Back when I was in kindergarten, I felt bad for Michael Collins. The other guys on his team got to do the most amazing thing humans had ever done. Yet Michael, who went along with them, didn’t get to do it. I asked my dad if Michael felt bad, but he assured me Michael was just fine.

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