PART VII Written by Danny Tanner /surreal comedy/ In the northeastern corner of the tiny Atlai Republic, near the teensy town of Balykcha – it had nine streets – was Vladimir Putin’s hidden underground bunker. The two bodyguards from the bathroom joined them on their travels. Both towering humans went by the nameContinue Reading
Hello, December! Here we are… With a brand-new year before us. A fresh unwritten chapter with new possibilities, memories, and potential. I hope you’ll focus on the most important things this year, such as: Developing your vision Living in balance Being positive Trusting your intuition Listening to your heart Evolving and becomingContinue Reading
Day 38 Between the Roads /absurdist comedy/ My father once told me, “When you hit rock bottom, Bullet, there is no place to go but UP.” It’s been a difficult time, but I was determined to continue living to the fullest, despite all the pain and horrors of the past hours. That’sContinue Reading
Part IV /surreal comedy/ Written by Dany Tanner Fake passport in hand, Bobby “Nikolai” Petrov made his way to customs, sweat beginning to form on his hairline. Do I look nervous? He wondered. OMG, I’m starting to sweat! I’m probably turning red! I look suspicious, and this is the country that tried toContinue Reading
Day 36 The Jungle Revelation /absurdist comedy/ I know you are wondering why I didn’t take advantage of the Gunung Kinabalu Kingdom’s opportunities, the Warrior Farm’s techniques, or at least sought help from the ‘too-many-to-count’ assistants that the previous king had. I don’t even know what to tell you; the problem wasContinue Reading
PART III /short story – surreal comedy/ Written by Dany Tanner The meeting was a total bummer. After Mr. Robinson ran out of the room, Bobby plopped into his solid-gold spray-painted RIG (Really Important Guy) swivel chair and began to bawl. One by one, his advisors collected their belongings and skulked off. OnContinue Reading
Absurdism is, in a philosophical sense, the idea that there are no gods, higher purpose, or order to things. At least, that’s what Wikipedia told me. With that in mind, it’s pretty easy to find humor in the mundane. For example, consider a rubber duck. Humans tend to be highly sociable butContinue Reading
Day 33 The New Wife /absurdist comedy/ The jangling melody from a glowing screen woke me up. I cleared my throat, expecting to hear the voice of the Second Assistant, then rolled over the flawless, naked body of Mrs. Vegas – a gentle soul from Rsa, full of frantic tricks in the fieldContinue Reading
We don’t choose what interests us. It just grips our attention, calls to us, and controls our thoughts, dreams, decisions, and behavior. We don’t have any clue why it chooses us, why it moves toward us with incredible speed, destroying everything in its path, and we are suddenly filled with a desireContinue Reading
Day 31 The Qi Attack /absurdist comedy/ It was a long corridor – a room where anything could happen on the way to the object of your desires. It had a narrow entry, approximately 300 meters long that gradually decreased in size, then turned into a small tight tunnel. I waved toContinue Reading