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Category Archives: Musings

Observations, opinions and thoughts.

Random Thoughts

Well, I’m at home for the week due to some possible (but not likely) cardiac issues. As I operate Heavy Machinery, my doctors are a bit overly cautious when I begin to get dizzy and have chest pain. I explained to them that I had been feeling fine till the cocaine/hooker/donkey bender in Tijuana last [...]

It’s None of Your Fucking Business, But…

Since someone asked, a little note all about wonderful, fascinating me, my family, and our State of Affairs. People joke about how early I go to bed. Usually around six in the evening. I am the ‘early to bed, early to rise’ archetype; still waiting on the wise part to kick in. I leave the [...]

Manifesto of the Once and Future King

The Manifesto of Mike McLarty (If I Was Emperor) There seems to be a lot of confusion as to my political stances and various viewpoints. In order to clarify my positions, I present you with this document which, hopefully, states in plain language what I would do were I to become Emperor for Life of [...]

The Walker

The road we had been working on had seemed an eternal monster whose appetite for asphalt would never be quenched. The sun, ever a taskmaster, had been particularly cruel that day. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: if you find yourself on a road crew in Alabama during a hot summer day [...]

The Bed

It’s just a bed, a sterile and thin model similar to those you see in hospitals. It’s not quite as imposing. It’s like a tiny version of a bully. “Don’t take me too seriously, pal,” it seems to be saying. Still, it takes up the room, if not in size then in magnitude. It looks [...]