tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39269668878532385032024-03-12T23:18:15.966-04:00Evidence From the Car CrashThe Writings of Daniel Car Crash.
Poetry, fiction, comedy. Copyright Daniel Smallegange.Daniel Car Crashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06260515302322584834noreply@blogger.comBlogger339125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3926966887853238503.post-2390747919333206862024-01-28T15:12:00.000-05:002024-01-28T15:12:39.355-05:00The Fiery Pyres You Build So High<p> Sifting through the ashes</p><p>Of all you have sacrificed</p><p>The aftermath of</p><p>The fiery pyres you build so high</p><p>To curry favour above and or</p><p>Below</p><p>To impress the neighbours you make these so grand?</p><p>Out of obligation or desire?</p><p>Expectation of a return on investment equal?</p><p>What is it you seek?</p><p>It is hard to discern</p><p>But gods don't listen mostly</p><p>In my experience</p><p>Neither those above in heaven</p><p>Nor below in hell</p><p>Your pyres of fires consume</p><p>Evidence also</p><p>Of all your crimes and deeds</p><p>Of all you wish discarded</p><p>Voodoo dolls decorate your living space too</p><p>They're crammed in all over the place</p><p>In every nook and cranny</p><p>Do these also fulfill your need?</p><p>So many pins in so many</p><p>Crude form creations</p><p>Enemies too you have to match</p><p>But what ever happened to those friends though?</p><p>The ones you said you had though?</p><p>I never seen 'em</p><p>And no dolls nor ashes</p><p>Represent them</p><p>And no visitors knock at your door</p><p>At least when I'm around</p><p>Maybe if you made dolls for them as well</p><p>But kind well meaning ones</p><p>These friends would provide you more attention</p><p>These friends you say you possess</p><p>But all I see is you alone</p><p>Sitting in front of your burning pyres</p><p>Tending offerings or removing proofs</p><p>At least they warm you in the night</p><p>These fires you burn so high</p><p>By: Daniel Smallegange, 2024, all rights reserved.</p>Daniel Car Crashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06260515302322584834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3926966887853238503.post-64552267548546416972024-01-21T13:46:00.002-05:002024-01-21T13:46:40.801-05:00The Doctors Insist<p> The doctors insist</p><p>Your eyes are the cure</p><p>They've written me a prescription</p><p>With this so inscribed</p><p>They've studied and analyzed the facts of the case</p><p>They say however</p><p>The cure might be worse than the disease</p><p>What's in your eyes might prove</p><p>Fatal or at least lead to</p><p>Unforseeable side effects and</p><p>Defects of the heart</p><p>Regardless they insist</p><p>The breakthrough is you</p><p>Kissing your waist might help also</p><p>This is unproven and</p><p>A theory of my own devising</p><p>Kissing your pretty waist</p><p>And biting your thighs</p><p>Is a hypothesis I would like very much</p><p>To test and assess</p><p>In the name of science</p><p>Your neck also</p><p>Elegant as it is</p><p>The doctors insist</p><p>And all the experts</p><p>So it's not really my fault</p><p>They've written me a prescription</p><p>With these things inscribed</p><p>I keep it close to my heart</p><p>Until the day we meet</p><p>By: Daniel Smallegange, all rights reserved.</p>Daniel Car Crashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06260515302322584834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3926966887853238503.post-88163865715530067702024-01-20T13:19:00.000-05:002024-01-20T13:19:39.918-05:00Walking Down Along the Road<p>Walking down along the road</p><p>Looking down and all around</p><p>Seeking</p><p>Always seeking</p><p>Hoping to find a friend worth keeping</p><p>Hoping to see a soul worth meeting</p><p>As we walk our lonely path</p><p>Towards a day so far away</p><p>So many friends and enemies been</p><p>Vanquished from the field of play</p><p>As we too begin to grey</p><p>Walking up towards a bend</p><p>Uncertain if we're at the end</p><p>Or if we've come to a new way</p><p>And can begin a brand new day</p><p>To find that friend or</p><p>Seek our end</p><p>Walking down along the road</p><p>By: Daniel Smallegange, all rights reserved.</p>Daniel Car Crashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06260515302322584834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3926966887853238503.post-35158322424225414842023-12-29T10:12:00.000-05:002023-12-29T10:12:16.605-05:00Your End, Anyways<p>Welcome my friend</p><p>Welcome to the end</p><p>Well your end, anyways</p><p>It's been quite a journey, has it not?</p><p>A chase, a thrill</p><p>Such sublime efforts of will</p><p>Moral gymnastics and intrigue</p><p>To reach this final sprint</p><p>A veritable treasure trove</p><p>Of love and loss, glory and guilt</p><p>So much blood and treasure</p><p>Gained and lost along the way</p><p>Now here and alone</p><p>Your finery and vestments stripped</p><p>Your allies and brave hope</p><p>A trail of corpses in your wake</p><p>While you never looked back</p><p>Oh, maybe once looked back</p><p>So much betrayal too</p><p>For beauty and love</p><p>Lust and greed</p><p>To fulfill those yawning needs</p><p>Too bad there's no time to dwell</p><p>On those questionable ends</p><p>Did they justify the means?</p><p>Welcome friend</p><p>Your end, anyways</p><p>Been long over due</p><p>Turn now and embrace it</p><p>Or fight</p><p>By Daniel Smallegange, all rights reserved.</p>Daniel Car Crashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06260515302322584834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3926966887853238503.post-90749074247343844622023-11-19T09:29:00.004-05:002023-11-19T09:40:47.858-05:00Those Pesky Things<p>Walking away from the things</p><p>Those things those pesky things</p><p>That helped and hindered and passed the time</p><p>That we thought could never be left behind</p><p>Those things that seemed to make up</p><p>A part of our self</p><p>Our ecosystem</p><p>Those damned things</p><p>That fought the sadness and pain</p><p>Numbed it all away but also</p><p>Inevitably as the night progressed</p><p>Encouraged them to live and breathe</p><p>That left worse tastes in the mouth</p><p>Then all the stale cigarrettes and booze</p><p>Walking away from those things</p><p>Once thought unimaginable</p><p>Things we held so tight</p><p>Pesky pesky things</p><p>Ugly things</p><p>Walking away</p><p>Each step becoming easier</p><p>Each day our bearing less stooped</p><p>Now walking</p><p>With a smile we are</p><p>Freer</p><p>By: Daniel Smallegange</p><p>Picture is of me in NYC a few years back.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZIXCC586vsG-3IBcjSzEVhNxK15UhNN0p82Wicgai16XRlbALP9PAdF9yc8S15cSf-3qK9rKrFrWg63QED7tyM8eFun4k1_GyTgtsyjrhgVH43jF80Br-oqH9vi1gEk1V3Hdf4T1TsNwinmVSmll_MTKdLJvuaqOzfuVSNeWrXHA2NLXTFJ2RXFBaYlyr/s1656/daniel's%20alley.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1176" data-original-width="1656" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZIXCC586vsG-3IBcjSzEVhNxK15UhNN0p82Wicgai16XRlbALP9PAdF9yc8S15cSf-3qK9rKrFrWg63QED7tyM8eFun4k1_GyTgtsyjrhgVH43jF80Br-oqH9vi1gEk1V3Hdf4T1TsNwinmVSmll_MTKdLJvuaqOzfuVSNeWrXHA2NLXTFJ2RXFBaYlyr/w400-h284/daniel's%20alley.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Daniel Car Crashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06260515302322584834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3926966887853238503.post-51895545814204636142023-09-19T11:40:00.009-04:002023-09-19T11:40:54.107-04:00Billy the Boy Helping me Write<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOX6w_H_0rFjbkBMZz_pumWAF5a5vTa6secIWVMCSTVyO331HN3eYLg2mq4uHcfjTjJAecuIeBvddVK8MQHLb9vGUQL86jgEv1L2Vei-A5L8mvuPFNjW-Yiht_kx1Ut2q4s-G4RLHXDbozqrCGafqIYVBXh_FWzIZ2O89Fo6Cz-S7_PefDWCuVUo4yGVtT/s3088/IMG-0867.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2320" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOX6w_H_0rFjbkBMZz_pumWAF5a5vTa6secIWVMCSTVyO331HN3eYLg2mq4uHcfjTjJAecuIeBvddVK8MQHLb9vGUQL86jgEv1L2Vei-A5L8mvuPFNjW-Yiht_kx1Ut2q4s-G4RLHXDbozqrCGafqIYVBXh_FWzIZ2O89Fo6Cz-S7_PefDWCuVUo4yGVtT/w300-h400/IMG-0867.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"> This guy is a tough critic. Billy the Boy sits with me while I work on my </span><span class="xv78j7m" spellcheck="false" style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">scifi</span><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span><span class="xv78j7m" spellcheck="false" style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">comedy</span><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span><span class="xv78j7m" spellcheck="false" style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">detective</span><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span><span class="xv78j7m" spellcheck="false" style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">#novel</span><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"> 24thCenturyDick . I </span><span class="xv78j7m" spellcheck="false" style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">love</span><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"> this </span><span class="xv78j7m" spellcheck="false" style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">cat,</span><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"> Have a great day all! </span><span class="xv78j7m" spellcheck="false" style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">#writingcommunity</span><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span><span class="xv78j7m" spellcheck="false" style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">#CatsOfTwitter</span><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span><span class="xv78j7m" spellcheck="false" style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">#tuesday</span><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span><span class="xv78j7m" spellcheck="false" style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">#tuesdayvibe</span><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span><span class="xv78j7m" spellcheck="false" style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">#TuesdayFeelings</span><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span><span class="xv78j7m" spellcheck="false" style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">#tuesdaymotivations</span><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span><span class="xv78j7m" spellcheck="false" style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">#writerscommunity</span><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span><span class="xv78j7m" spellcheck="false" style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">#writerslife</span><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span><span class="xv78j7m" spellcheck="false" style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">#poetrycommunity</span><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></p>Daniel Car Crashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06260515302322584834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3926966887853238503.post-71077977252581302222023-09-07T13:35:00.005-04:002023-09-08T20:07:53.493-04:00Lick Your Wounds<p>Lick your wounds and then</p><p>Bathe in some salutary praise as you've</p><p>Made it back with wounds to lick</p><p>And do not now lie down</p><p>Haphazard on the ground</p><p>Along the soaked wet red field of battle</p><p>Like so many others</p><p>That did not return</p><p>So lick your wounds and grin and raise a glass to say</p><p>You made it back alive</p><p>More so than</p><p>The less lucky or agile ones</p><p>Fallen fellows now lost</p><p>Raise a glass for them and drink it all down every drop</p><p>As such succour is precious and</p><p>To pour some out is such a waste</p><p>For ghosts can taste it not</p><p>And their bodies are not here to bury anyways</p><p>Let alone present to pour salutary booze</p><p>Upon the earth of which they prop</p><p>They have been left where they fell</p><p>On the field of battle</p><p>While you sit and drink and</p><p>Lick your wounds</p><p>By: Daniel Smallegange.</p>Daniel Car Crashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06260515302322584834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3926966887853238503.post-14274697348881230912023-09-06T11:51:00.001-04:002023-09-06T11:51:17.386-04:00Back Cover of my Book: The City: Tales From the Post-Post Apocalypse by Daniel Smallegange<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4LMqT9W29xEurfAbz0JMRYu4gxcQ7k53oG9eTC1adwAIdikV_MymIERi7cIyLVJUqp1P-gj9w3uNEw_T4z3OCurgFbB9e1VdbHZBIgIweK-o4o43bb5b2Yp0dkHwywyeEtoKK1m5OlXTKCTgL89XxOr0lgVGZwLwIjWZOCamD9SL4Z27bi60kGVNNTENU/s1360/The%20City,%20back%20cover..jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1360" data-original-width="880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4LMqT9W29xEurfAbz0JMRYu4gxcQ7k53oG9eTC1adwAIdikV_MymIERi7cIyLVJUqp1P-gj9w3uNEw_T4z3OCurgFbB9e1VdbHZBIgIweK-o4o43bb5b2Yp0dkHwywyeEtoKK1m5OlXTKCTgL89XxOr0lgVGZwLwIjWZOCamD9SL4Z27bi60kGVNNTENU/w259-h400/The%20City,%20back%20cover..jpg" width="259" /></a></div><p><br /></p>Published by The Three Sisters, Ebook now available everywhere, along with paperback.<br /> <p></p>Daniel Car Crashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06260515302322584834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3926966887853238503.post-70647769648695675652023-08-30T16:19:00.003-04:002023-08-30T16:20:30.594-04:00Cleo the Cat Immortalized. Photo by Dan Smallegange<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDeGp5kp2IObY1PLi91buOHOk7cOOJIEIKHdTd_PVDEaxM09rFN597DwtN6MrmY9864VLxUjfciZ_w-F-lO3jfqTgRhjv0C1olt8DwsFa3QzLAhZ57-dSwUkthdjYHetnza65MxmEWJkyYMtsRbn20ku-_JwFApTBJNhFnZPMM3_q8Nk_JUjvjMdJPgzyh/s4032/IMG-0844.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDeGp5kp2IObY1PLi91buOHOk7cOOJIEIKHdTd_PVDEaxM09rFN597DwtN6MrmY9864VLxUjfciZ_w-F-lO3jfqTgRhjv0C1olt8DwsFa3QzLAhZ57-dSwUkthdjYHetnza65MxmEWJkyYMtsRbn20ku-_JwFApTBJNhFnZPMM3_q8Nk_JUjvjMdJPgzyh/w300-h400/IMG-0844.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Cleo the cat immortalized. They poured new cement for the sidewalk in front of my house the other day, and naughty Cleo left her mark. I find it quite adorable and fitting as it is right at my entrance steps and I rather like cats. Photo by Dan Smallegange.</p>Daniel Car Crashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06260515302322584834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3926966887853238503.post-53601279891976216722023-08-09T08:14:00.001-04:002023-08-09T08:14:21.453-04:00The Terror Syndrome Known as Love. Comedy by Dan Smallegange<p> <span style="color: var(--primary-text); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The Society for Evil, Debauchery and Kitten Appreciation Presents:</span></p><div style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="" dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="x1iorvi4 x1pi30zi x1swvt13 xjkvuk6" data-ad-comet-preview="message" data-ad-preview="message" id=":rkg:" style="font-family: inherit; padding: 4px 16px;"><div class="x78zum5 xdt5ytf xz62fqu x16ldp7u" style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: -5px; margin-top: -5px;"><div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b" style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto" style="color: var(--primary-text); display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">The Terror Syndrome Known as Love.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Yes, True Love. It can be a real thorn in the side of any evil corporation, dark empire or cuddly revolutionary group trying to take over the planet. Especially if this terrible, maddening disease gets at those people at the top. Suddenly generals known for cruelty and a mentality hard as nails are wanting to buy everyone an aperitif and trade sappy anecdotes. Suddenly absolute <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>rulers fists are not at all iron-like, but as malleable as a small duck who's been plied with several rounds of tequila. They get all mooshey and cow eyed and grin inanely when they should be minging mercilessly. Yes indeedy, Love is a bane, true danger, and cause for worry in any 'Number 2' worth his or her salt and pepper.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Yes, when thus afflicted the newly smitten seem to want to forgive everyone and inflict on them uncomfortable hugs and icky warm embraces. They'll decide not to drop captured agents in that vat of acid or giant fishbowl de-la-piranha, but rather bore then to death by telling them all about the handsome man or gorgeous gal they're into. It is a serious problem this thing called LOVE and when they at the top become afflicted only trouble may result. Averting catastrophe in the early stages can be your only hope. Besides happy people freakking suck. Let's repeat that:</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">HAPPY PEOPLE FREAKING SUCK.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Always smiling inanely and floating about the room and bringing the normal miserable rest of us down.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">So, here below are some helpful hints and pointers on how to determine if yes, the evil overlord is in love, the head of the assassin's guild is in love, or even the head waiter is indeed afflicted with that dreaded virus: love. (No one likes a blissful head waiter grinning like an ass who can't concentrate on what the h'ordeuvres are.)</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Your Overlord is in Love if:</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">1) He starts wearing snappy fashionable clothing in vivid pastels instead of the requisite black and brooding. Also, you can see his teeth way more often in what may be described as some kind of inverted grimace previously foreign to him.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">2) The boss's evil cat is decidedly scratchy to the staff and in a foul, jealous mood, having had to share the bed in the evil lair of late with the new love interest, or worse, been confined to the couch!</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">3) The execution squad has so much time off they've begun to learn pinochle and to finally get right all the moves to 'Achey Breaky Heart'.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">4) The evil general's assignments move from devastating and ruthless attacks against dreaded mortal enemies The Society for Good, Chastity and Dog Appreciation to trips to the chocolate shops and redecorating books crop up on the evil coffee tables.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">5) And lastly, there is a final dread symptom that marks the death knell of any evil society, this being the initiation of bad poetry. Poetry is tried out on the under staff to 'see what you think and if she'll like it'. Poems recited nervously on the love interest's joyously large buttocks and streamingly luxurious armpit hair are to be especially feared.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Dealing with Evil Goons in Love.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Just shoot them.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Goons can be replaced. Or grow more in the ol' cloning pond down by the way. No one likes a goon chattering on and on about how he's met his absolute soul mate anyways, when he should be pounding his sledge-like fists into an opponent's sternum. With goonery silence is always the golden rule.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">On Dealing with Your Evil Overlord After He's Been Dumped.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Well, sometimes bosses kill their Number 2s through 20s when pissed off/heartbroken/impotent/et cetera, so you are may be dead already. If you somehow survived a purge (Stalin was famous for his purges after one of his many blind dates had gone awry or even slightly awkward) then you may want to focus this new rage into a small war or well, anywhere but directed at you. OR you can get him some ice cream. Everyone loves ice cream when they're down, even evil geniuses. And perhaps lace it with barbiturates.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Love a kitten and kill a martini today.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">EVIL SOCIETY MGMT xo</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">By: Daniel Smallegange, CC all rights reserved.</div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="x168nmei x13lgxp2 x30kzoy x9jhf4c x6ikm8r x10wlt62" data-visualcompletion="ignore-dynamic" style="border-radius: 0px 0px 8px 8px; font-family: inherit; overflow: hidden;"><div style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="background-color: #242526; color: #1c1e21; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><div style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="x1n2onr6" style="font-family: inherit; 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Win Win. Just give them the ISBN number: <b>195935034X</b>, which is all they need. Other info just in case: Author: Daniel Smallegange. And It is listed as: "The City" on the Ingram system. It This is better than ordering on Amazon as it might be an older version on there, which has some typos as their system is glitchy, but you can get the new ebook on there though now. Also soon the ebook will be available at libraries around the world through the Libby system, which is awesome. Hardcover to be available soon too. Yay.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE51M3lVKgYnCUx_10zPxjtkeXsBCr5eJHu3HuJW53o1enw0MSwU_pIGDsD4zuERCx2VNB7ZwvUz5SgiQhUzr5Hv_ZbNgG7dCOYvrqs10Vm2CDbmwlmmUzb0ABFVtdOPAtWAf2HfVrIjbryHvh8anjPDZP35jBMOgsgp0HhChBnY7tpbU3EtDTy01s9A8C/s2625/TheCity_EbookCover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2625" data-original-width="1686" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE51M3lVKgYnCUx_10zPxjtkeXsBCr5eJHu3HuJW53o1enw0MSwU_pIGDsD4zuERCx2VNB7ZwvUz5SgiQhUzr5Hv_ZbNgG7dCOYvrqs10Vm2CDbmwlmmUzb0ABFVtdOPAtWAf2HfVrIjbryHvh8anjPDZP35jBMOgsgp0HhChBnY7tpbU3EtDTy01s9A8C/s320/TheCity_EbookCover.jpg" width="206" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p>Daniel Car Crashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06260515302322584834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3926966887853238503.post-45794312617080650072023-07-31T10:29:00.006-04:002023-07-31T10:29:47.895-04:00Fishies. Comic by Dan Smallegange<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1uWLQC97ait_yAUxiN_-tXKwjAvwq52ZMsTZ6CTlFpMa9rLdaHZD5YNJv94KKe2ksw_Su0kvJ9d5Iv-h2RC09906S38NRR0FWR4jGyJlm5TyM_x5Hee2GxVb49BZfvNYjjFw5zwAleeKk3_ZCSUeI7WB4x6jA12JGh_tOugNBE8QpqIFxoMRLWWxSb2hv/s1360/jaundice%20fish.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="585" data-original-width="1360" height="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1uWLQC97ait_yAUxiN_-tXKwjAvwq52ZMsTZ6CTlFpMa9rLdaHZD5YNJv94KKe2ksw_Su0kvJ9d5Iv-h2RC09906S38NRR0FWR4jGyJlm5TyM_x5Hee2GxVb49BZfvNYjjFw5zwAleeKk3_ZCSUeI7WB4x6jA12JGh_tOugNBE8QpqIFxoMRLWWxSb2hv/w400-h173/jaundice%20fish.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p>Comic by Dan Smallegange, copyright2018, all rights reserved.</p>Daniel Car Crashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06260515302322584834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3926966887853238503.post-65335000059570151332023-07-23T12:00:00.003-04:002023-07-23T12:00:20.694-04:00Cat Marxism. Comic by Dan Smallegange<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Bv1ha8lhCofpvgoL9k6B3UlT3dUMd8AreOUKc__zz5PB4v6_NPNBc4kfQnsgX0R5joc0TGJmzGPsKUHhz7kK6MqLnqdAAmRImCUt6QWg-ENU-HaA33X6suaRR3RUBZQEWKWi2Unmr9z4v0hEXS014HWV_XyYHS-0Bsmh-_avrPkn-FgYQhKiwA-c-94r/s1360/Cat%20Marxism.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="590" data-original-width="1360" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Bv1ha8lhCofpvgoL9k6B3UlT3dUMd8AreOUKc__zz5PB4v6_NPNBc4kfQnsgX0R5joc0TGJmzGPsKUHhz7kK6MqLnqdAAmRImCUt6QWg-ENU-HaA33X6suaRR3RUBZQEWKWi2Unmr9z4v0hEXS014HWV_XyYHS-0Bsmh-_avrPkn-FgYQhKiwA-c-94r/w400-h174/Cat%20Marxism.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /> Comic by Dan Smallegange copyright 2017.<p></p>Daniel Car Crashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06260515302322584834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3926966887853238503.post-76142317808472899832023-07-12T12:00:00.000-04:002023-07-12T12:00:02.541-04:00Pound That Drum<p> Pound that drum boy</p><p>And be sure the world reckons and</p><p>Draw out some attention too</p><p>With all the motion and commotion beats</p><p>That friend and enemy alike</p><p>Can hear those lashing hits</p><p>Pound that drum boy</p><p>That one and all can know and see</p><p>Be witness with ears and eyes</p><p>That you are here to fight and not hide</p><p>This time this</p><p>Occassion</p><p>Rectification of past errs</p><p>Pound that drum boy and</p><p>Will them to come</p><p>Friend and foe alike</p><p>To come and meet us</p><p>On the field and in the streets</p><p>That they will hear the drum echo</p><p>Reverberate</p><p>And a reckoning will occur</p><p>And our foot falls too they hear</p><p>And we shall greet them</p><p>As brothers or as enemies embrace</p><p>No running away this time</p><p>Pound your drum and</p><p>Bray to fight</p><p>By: Daniel Smallegange</p>Daniel Car Crashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06260515302322584834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3926966887853238503.post-28740174035799858772023-07-10T14:52:00.003-04:002023-07-10T14:52:39.231-04:00The Path to Perdition, Hitchhiked (Fiction by Daniel Smallegange)<p> Hitchhiking our way down the well worn path to perdition. The antagonisms and the lack of a strong drink. Our conscience swarming and disturbing, like flies, like thick viscous smoke. Sordid and well stocked with smiles and fears, walking backwards, thumbs out. Grinning and bucketfuls of vice for companionship, we slither and hop, down and out along the rock strewn pathway to our own and specially anticipated hell.</p><br />Fellow travelers roaring past, dodging cans and bottles, wrath and mirth, we light a fire to one another’s heavy breathing and toke it up, hold it in and get the elate. Dancing and supplicating gods and demons both, if there is even a difference. Supplied with pantings and screamings and moans, groans, lust and death, supplied with anger and laughter we stop and rest at a nearby fetid place and revel in the pods of muck filled with all that’s sweet and all that’s black (these the toads sell, along side the swamp) filled with all that’s sweet and all that’s black, excepting also what’s light be also included for the price of one dream and a portion of our last crust of bread. And enter now the salving dreams which come thick and coiled as any pythonic embrace. Our arms also, clinging tight. This and the warmth of fire.<br /><br />Stars so many jewels in the blackest night, perfect and cold and desolate and so very far. We scoff and sputter well into this night. The violence of truth. The intangibility of happiness and the shocking and terrible ability of our digressions/transgressions. They cling to one, stubborn, like a fine mist or disease incurable. They isolate, decorate, marks of torture or badges of honour all. The violence of truth clashing on our shields of mirth and irony. Dance my love, dance, long into the gentle night.<br /><br />Laughter in the dark and a stranger's knife in broad daylight, cold against our throat, waking us. Robbed of our last scrapings of sustenance and a few coppers we are free. Our steps so much lighter as we move once more, free and well pleased and placed. Hitchhiking our way down the well worn path to perdition. Skipping and pausing and lapping it up. Grinning like wolves. This case, as in most, the journey so much better than the destination…<div>By: Daniel Smallegange</div>Daniel Car Crashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06260515302322584834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3926966887853238503.post-44981091130518214742023-07-10T14:48:00.001-04:002023-07-10T14:48:07.635-04:00Bring Out Yer Dead (short fiction by Daniel Smallegange)<p> And so, ‘bring out your dead’ they cried, and came seeking and came finding those dead and those alive also, despite the seemingly specific nature of the advertising. Flushing the streets and those places of rest, salvation and ill-repute of those they deemed enemies of the entity, defilers and defiers of the grace of God, or just plain ruffian scum. Cries of ‘bring out your dead’ and the heavy tread of government issued boots caused howls of fear making friends with protest to ripple and sweep through the boroughs and dens of inequity. This followed also by a general crawling and a running and slithering away as the fearful and/or guilty sought solution and refuge, the sweet embrace of secure walls and locked doors. This while the likes of I, proud card carrying member of Ruffian Scum local 898, lay stone drunk in a pool of self manufactured spittle and brine, clinging to a whiskey tree and ashtray as one would two lovers of extreme and equal talent. Out of mind and blind with sleep, lost to the cries of ‘bring out your dead’ until the hard tread of government issued boots made introduction uncomfortably to my very personal ribs and spleen.</p><br />And so they caught me, bound me, raged me, dragged me. I, Union Goon Second Class and humble narrator! What ignominy, ruin, disgrace. Dragged free and away from the asylum of my whiskey tree. My cries of ‘I ent dead’ largely ignored, the source of mirth and much pleasure. Yes, caught, dragged, found and bound like a hare soon for the pot. And I said through lips daubed rouge: ‘But sirs and enemies, I en't dead so much as I know.’ They laughed and spit: ‘Soon to be corrected.’<br /><br />Desolately drawn, kicked, prodded shoved through the streets, trailing an assortment of fluids, clear or red or green/yellow, thick, thin or viscous. Other’s poor fortune turns to my luck as captors trot off, in pursuit of others, lessen in number. Through the streets roped up like a like a sacrificial dishonoured lover, like a broken bird of prey, like fear and like sin caught in the open day light. ‘Bring out your dead’ more cries of, and the wagon piled three deep with corpses and dust in my eyes making tears of mud and choke. Just hoping to survive the day and welcome the embrace of night. And then we are fewer even and falling behind, isolated and struggle and ropes made looser and reaching and a razor from my boot finds my hand and I am on him, I bite him, I bite him hard, in the knee and in the groin bringing him down and upon the other, said razor between teeth now kissing his neck slowly all the way across and more rouge flowing. ‘Bring out your dead’ he shall cry no more.<br /><br />Now further freed and it tastes like copper. The velocity of escape. Soon to rest and sleep in the warmth of mud... But first to seek the source of a new and uncompromised whiskey tree.<div>By: Daniel Smallegange</div>Daniel Car Crashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06260515302322584834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3926966887853238503.post-7107578021640384672023-07-10T14:40:00.001-04:002023-07-10T14:40:15.837-04:00Best of: Advice from Daniel Carcrash Smallegange (Humour)<p> (In no particular order)</p><br />No 7: When tap-dancing in a minefield it is prescient not to wear your best trousers.<br /><br />No 47: If you keep telling your plants they are fat they will develop eating disorders.<br /><br />No 223: More irony in your diet will both help prevent leg cramps and keep people from the far right confused and at a safe distance.<br /><br />No 12: It is not ideal to wear sandals when peeing while standing up.<br /><br />No 86: Never trust anyone supremely gorgeous stopping you on the street. You’re neither attractive nor interesting enough to warrant this.<br /><br />No 554: The secret to getting fat is drinking all the bacon grease.<br /><br />No 332 Best Ever Cold-flu Cure: Drink a lot of tequila and fuck a hot stranger. Why it's the best ever cold-flu cure is that even if it doesn't work, you get to drink tequila and fuck a hot stranger.<br /><br />No 365: A fruit fly in your glass of red wine adds flavour, especially if it is still alive.<br /><br />No 427: It is not wise to pull a fire alarm when seeking privacy in the public washroom of a large office building as A: you can get really hard to remove ink on your genitalia, and B: sometimes the sprinklers come on during your own private evacuation.<br /><br />This brought to you by: ‘Pints of Live Fighting Bees’. Shake ‘Em Up and Drink ‘Em Down! See how many pints you can drink before you dial 9-1-1.<div>By: Daniel Smallegange</div>Daniel Car Crashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06260515302322584834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3926966887853238503.post-88718731558597264282023-07-01T08:08:00.004-04:002023-07-01T09:23:41.660-04:00My Novel, The City: Tales From the Post-Post Apocalypse is published by Three Little Sisters Publishing.<p>So my <span class="xv78j7m" spellcheck="false">#novel</span>, a collection of post <span class="xv78j7m" spellcheck="false">#apocalyptic</span> <span class="xv78j7m" spellcheck="false">#scifi</span> short stories 'The City: Tales from the Post-Post Apocalypse' is finally available in new edition. Published by Three Little Sisters Publishing. You can buy the paperback on their website store:</p><a class="x1fey0fg xmper1u x1edh9d7" href="https://the3littlesisters.com/catalog_explorer/the-city/">https://the3littlesisters.com/catalog_explorer/the-city/</a><br />Or on your local Amazon (For some reason the Cdn $ conversion is really high on here fyi.), Walmart.com, Barns & Noble and many more. Thanks for your support. <span class="xv78j7m" spellcheck="false">#postapocalyptic</span> <span class="xv78j7m" spellcheck="false">#sciencefiction</span> <span class="xv78j7m" spellcheck="false">#dansmallegange</span> <span class="xv78j7m" spellcheck="false">#writer</span> <span class="xv78j7m" spellcheck="false">#writing</span><div><br /><span class="xv78j7m" spellcheck="false"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq7P7mgf-PYwL_Tb0KIyPNe4BJc36dhpH1oB3Az0V1PWaLx15F9WzLR0CxwZnNwwjNMeWz3Lin4l6pOtKMT5EAefKqxbjkZTBnLOkC1L3NXqnjaUmGdZ24Eq7EDf5ydr6hycIpJ0oE4gYqSeode8kgWMBv7awF6dhKlfeV-ilpJyy2Ydh7A2cRZuhd8wHn/s1080/city%20ad2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq7P7mgf-PYwL_Tb0KIyPNe4BJc36dhpH1oB3Az0V1PWaLx15F9WzLR0CxwZnNwwjNMeWz3Lin4l6pOtKMT5EAefKqxbjkZTBnLOkC1L3NXqnjaUmGdZ24Eq7EDf5ydr6hycIpJ0oE4gYqSeode8kgWMBv7awF6dhKlfeV-ilpJyy2Ydh7A2cRZuhd8wHn/w320-h320/city%20ad2.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span></div>Daniel Car Crashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06260515302322584834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3926966887853238503.post-9366894698599352212023-05-22T09:45:00.004-04:002023-07-10T09:56:44.683-04:00The Cause of the Casualty<p>The cause of the casualty</p><p>Is not and was never</p><p>Under dispute</p><p>All factors and or witnesses recognize the party</p><p>Of whom guilt is most likely</p><p>To be awarded</p><p>And that party it would seem</p><p>Beyond a reasonable thought</p><p>Would be you</p><p>Or so it seems</p><p>This being early in this tale of forlorn melodrama</p><p>This is the direction those fingers point</p><p>At any rate</p><p>Some fingers wagging also, in chastisement</p><p>While the casualty or victim</p><p>Almost forgotten</p><p>And the mob so baying for blood</p><p>Only has the word of one</p><p>Telling them which way to point</p><p>The pitchforks</p><p>Namely I</p><p>Your once closest friend</p><p>Now enemy</p><p>Said casualty is boxed up and ready to roll</p><p>On its final journey</p><p>Too bad it can't speak</p><p>And the majority fingers of those moral majorities</p><p>Do seem directed at your sagging frame</p><p>The probability of all your problems</p><p>Flowering into further growths</p><p>Seems assured</p><p>A jury of your peers assembled on the streets</p><p>Baying for blood</p><p>While the true cause of said casualty</p><p>Smiles</p><p>Such a tight formal smile</p><p>And watches on delighted</p><p>Namely I</p><p>By: Daniel Smallegange</p>Daniel Car Crashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06260515302322584834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3926966887853238503.post-63279567026281599942023-05-16T13:28:00.004-04:002023-07-10T09:57:07.925-04:00Chipping Away<p> Chipping away at the</p><p>Walls surrounding</p><p>Leaning over and above</p><p>Cavern like and dripping</p><p>These walls</p><p>One might be able to</p><p>Unstoop soon</p><p>One thinks</p><p>One reckons</p><p>And so we continue to</p><p>Chip away</p><p>Our mindset optimistic</p><p>Not thinking however</p><p>That each chip we strike</p><p>May bring</p><p>The whole construction</p><p>Falling down to</p><p>Crush us</p><p>By: Daniel Smallegange</p>Daniel Car Crashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06260515302322584834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3926966887853238503.post-60002988874722905732023-05-07T12:24:00.003-04:002023-05-07T12:24:36.912-04:00Soft and Cuddly, comic by Dan Smallegange<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOEa6z8xCo46mEnyupQ8dR4agyZgYXZqwUHaNCYhjGnxagOVhOObm3Tov6gNFZ9uw9gt3l0wMUlbNB46DBVOeYUiy9T1hVnNFJAHX15CS77JJzY7AidZvCX35v9GkPcOkwq_URTRZMPU9jTFRdeoDpMCEYHT-Gm7AhSS4_nfPrDSGU9QaQzh3TivN2-w/s957/foxy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="617" data-original-width="957" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOEa6z8xCo46mEnyupQ8dR4agyZgYXZqwUHaNCYhjGnxagOVhOObm3Tov6gNFZ9uw9gt3l0wMUlbNB46DBVOeYUiy9T1hVnNFJAHX15CS77JJzY7AidZvCX35v9GkPcOkwq_URTRZMPU9jTFRdeoDpMCEYHT-Gm7AhSS4_nfPrDSGU9QaQzh3TivN2-w/w400-h258/foxy.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Daniel Car Crashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06260515302322584834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3926966887853238503.post-59759410812311642002023-01-16T09:49:00.003-05:002023-01-16T09:49:26.846-05:00Home Sweet Home. Comic by Dan Smallegange<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_pGbVtOi92pbE-ybJn92qtYBSjYdi7sBCLgc548E4tjCOcGYNUzpSAzJP92R8XUJ2tyV9doT4OaTat_73n2YGuEHiJaZKBJLskEfrBiWCTt4WP0UGScZLLSX31ngg_3IrpDyTQPfYyVCAvwNLM0nbRX-WLGGWujsj9EPVrMzO9WgUsfX6HrxDVvyt1Q/s1360/cats%20and%20mouse.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="585" data-original-width="1360" height="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_pGbVtOi92pbE-ybJn92qtYBSjYdi7sBCLgc548E4tjCOcGYNUzpSAzJP92R8XUJ2tyV9doT4OaTat_73n2YGuEHiJaZKBJLskEfrBiWCTt4WP0UGScZLLSX31ngg_3IrpDyTQPfYyVCAvwNLM0nbRX-WLGGWujsj9EPVrMzO9WgUsfX6HrxDVvyt1Q/w400-h173/cats%20and%20mouse.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Daniel Car Crashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06260515302322584834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3926966887853238503.post-31696675435858003012023-01-03T10:12:00.004-05:002023-01-03T10:18:51.559-05:00My Mantle above my Fireplace. Toronto, Jan 2023<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG1rwh2hfGJXdmPTSSRmdzcX0IMTl65mFlHjl5jtCNlJWDVuk3HtK2cg7fO88IeZfyDj-tf6AGLb_eRZhY7MyZ_U0HXoVFtEtw9fKF55ZVk5kAM6W9hwBx1OmjpD61hEwTIIl2VbSUuasSp6Yd5dG6ua0XCtzz8xcxhPEhnFkbUZmPUrWDGVVeECcwOw/s4032/IMG-9844.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG1rwh2hfGJXdmPTSSRmdzcX0IMTl65mFlHjl5jtCNlJWDVuk3HtK2cg7fO88IeZfyDj-tf6AGLb_eRZhY7MyZ_U0HXoVFtEtw9fKF55ZVk5kAM6W9hwBx1OmjpD61hEwTIIl2VbSUuasSp6Yd5dG6ua0XCtzz8xcxhPEhnFkbUZmPUrWDGVVeECcwOw/w300-h400/IMG-9844.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br />I love this plant, and fossils, which are real. The skull, which I also love, is not, but a movie prop I had aged for a show I worked on.<p></p>Daniel Car Crashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06260515302322584834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3926966887853238503.post-38566936963910722682022-12-31T14:58:00.004-05:002022-12-31T14:58:58.604-05:00Happy New Years all! Hope 2023 is a Rockin' one! Comic by Dan Smallegange.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglNyOtzWAfTl6jKh5GRZl-2qoXfWhIB5oOS6VA3Wl2rnjQgjDXgOpmdw0AbEMjoGUR_QZcmtmO9a_-4hMcc5C1VQQdiIcP_vAH0Ldu_Sy84HsTXnV-CZ7FDzdYx3_MkRISqkmXxDGj1Ks0qYNLywrDbI6CIC8cRkUEXHatXjIE3A6rJsEu73pBfariBw/s957/Fish%20Adventures%20in%20the%20pond.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="617" data-original-width="957" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglNyOtzWAfTl6jKh5GRZl-2qoXfWhIB5oOS6VA3Wl2rnjQgjDXgOpmdw0AbEMjoGUR_QZcmtmO9a_-4hMcc5C1VQQdiIcP_vAH0Ldu_Sy84HsTXnV-CZ7FDzdYx3_MkRISqkmXxDGj1Ks0qYNLywrDbI6CIC8cRkUEXHatXjIE3A6rJsEu73pBfariBw/w400-h258/Fish%20Adventures%20in%20the%20pond.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Daniel Car Crashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06260515302322584834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3926966887853238503.post-70240018125329647072022-12-30T19:14:00.001-05:002022-12-30T19:14:24.279-05:00My Friend Found a Mixtape I Made her at Carleton University in 1994 (and sent me a picture)<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJOdKt_qlUKXZEb67cQk8e78HPi2FmwuoKnxcMgek-6t3pD_HrndeOe0s6h9UnPmbJw72dYhwPZB1wkPtBBhzPlPvikcaHrP1vfFddoZpM5UCCYcAi9IiwFyxkXz9bf7jh3L63f8S7sTRefVJhlVHoP3W8kq9n91MvTNHMJtvafLFB26r2qdGmceEDlw/s2048/Brigette%20mix%20tape%201994.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJOdKt_qlUKXZEb67cQk8e78HPi2FmwuoKnxcMgek-6t3pD_HrndeOe0s6h9UnPmbJw72dYhwPZB1wkPtBBhzPlPvikcaHrP1vfFddoZpM5UCCYcAi9IiwFyxkXz9bf7jh3L63f8S7sTRefVJhlVHoP3W8kq9n91MvTNHMJtvafLFB26r2qdGmceEDlw/w400-h300/Brigette%20mix%20tape%201994.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>I would recognize my chicken scratches anywhere. I loved those times.</p>Daniel Car Crashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06260515302322584834noreply@blogger.com0