The Rat Squeaks

H. L. Mencken: "Any man who afflicts the human race with ideas must be prepared to see them misunderstood."

How My Temper Throws A Fit I’m an effete intellectual who likes to cuss. Well, maybe I don’t like it, but I generally do it without much re...

Peter Drucker: "So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work."

DREAMRIPPLE April is the haven for undefined criminals— It is my season And the season of guppies. So listen and forget your small ambitions...

Jesus, now it’s raining like a bastard out there and I’m trapped in my study. The sidewalk and yard to the house is flooded badly. I’m tra...

All The While You Talked To Me All the while you talked to me Or tolerated my silence, I was dying. I suffered from fears and fevers, Indiff...

Arghh! In other news today, I can’t get anything done. Got up late this morning because I’d gotten so cold during the night that I couldn’...

There's not much I love about the spam and crap (Spap!) emails that accumulate in the special Gmail folder. But one thing that's in...

Bony Bats Ole bony bats Took a kicking in the slats, Moaned a fresh eruption into his dryest pants, Bore his moist condition as if it were d...

Twenty years ago he was a middle-aged plumber at Mosquito University. He was smart, but he was never kind. He was not especially mean, I d...