Actually we had a number of forts,some people called them club houses but that sounded too Mickey Mouse and we were more military in nature. One that stands out was really just a 20 foot long ditch in a weed covered field that we covered with (borrowed) plywood from a construction site. We then covered the plywood with dirt and weeds except for a 2 foot opening at the end which was hidden in the tall weeds. We had straw for a flooring so we wouldn't get too muddy and transistor radio, stack of Playboy...

When I was a kid I went to Target and bought one of those Marksman .177 caliber pistols that shot BB,pellets and darts for $8.00. It was the same kind Chevy Chase shot John Candy in the arse with in National Lampoon's Vacation. I remember the old man was looking at it and grinning when I showed it to him so I asked if it was powerful and he said " You could probably stand 10 feet away and catch the BB. " That didn't bother me too much, it looked cool and was only 8 bucks. One day my sister...

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I was driving along the interstate. Traffic was crawling, six lanes wide, bumper to bumper. It’s often like that so I wasn’t giving it much thought. Up ahead blue lights flashed on the left side of the road. Sometimes rubber-neckers slow things down when they pass a fellow motorist who’s been pulled over. We’re always happy it’s not us, aren’t we? So it was slow, yes. As I pulled closer the State Trooper got out of his car and walked into traffic, his hand out in the universal cop sign...

Tragedy! Plane shot down. Two hundred and ninety five dead! On another site I have been in a discussion about choices people make. Some have been arguing strongly that life is all about making good choices. Whereas, I have been saying that people do not always have good choices or even the chance to make a choice at all. Where was CHOICE involved in this? Where was time and chance involved? Some claim that nothing happens without God either causing it or permitting it and still others say, everything...