Halloween Fail

26^th October 2020

Dear Krispy Kreme,

This is the second year I’ve went and got a Halloween Dozen from you folks and I can’t say how disappointed I am. I’ll grant you my days of buying two dozen of your doughnuts a week for my writing group is as far in my past as the writing group itself, but I now have something of a professional interest in your product.

 I bought a Halloween Dozen last year for my review blog and tried and posted a review of every doughnut. I wasn’t that impressed then, but I felt the doughnuts were at least competently made. I got four kinds of doughnuts then, three of each, and sat down with family and tried them all.

 This year I got six kinds of doughnuts, two of each, and two of these were not even Halloween themed. I paid for a Halloween Dozen and I wanted Halloween doughnuts. This is not to say that your Halloween doughnuts are all that great. Drake and Frank were under filled. Frank and Wolfie had stale ears and Wolfie got all over the place.

 What really chapped me is that I got two Glazed and two Chocolate Iced with Sprinkles in my Halloween Dozen when there was a Jack-O-Lantern and Pumpkin Spice Cake that I didn’t get to try.

 Will I go out and buy another dozen doughnut from you next Halloween. Yeah, I probably will, but I’ll be disappointed if I keep getting doughnuts that have nothing to do with the holiday.

 Sincerely,

 

Richard Leland Neal

 

Kamala Harris’ Debate

 

On the 8^th of October I ran into a post on FaceBook by LATIMES.com about the vise presidential debate that read “Kamala Harris’ Debate was for every woman who’s been talked over by a man.” I honestly feel that Harris is a person like any other and that gender should have been left out of the debate. Think of it this way, it would be rude to go up to a woman firefighter and say “you’ve done well for a girl”. She has done well regardless of gender. I expressed my opinion and the following is a copy of that post

 

Richard Leland Neal: “Kamala Harris' debate was for every American, and every citizen of the free world.”

Barry Hebb: “Richard Leland Neal, hardly”

Richard Leland Neal: “Barry Hebb, Wipe the orange off your mouth when you say that!” 

Barry Hebb: “Richard Leland Neal, resorting to hurling insults does not strengthen your case.”

Richard Leland Neal: “Barry Hebb, Not making a case to start with just makes you rude to start with. Do you have a point to make?” 

Barry Hebb: “Richard Leland Neal, I already made it. Pence shut her down. That's why you directed your comments towards me. You have no good rebuttal.  

Richard Leland Neal: “Barry Hebb: Permit me to express myself neatly, if you say “Trump is a good president,” and I say “Hardly” I am being rude and regardless of any other fact an insult is the correct social response. However, if I say “worst economy since the great depression, 200,000 Americans dead” I have then engaged you in a debate. It would be your opportunity to refute me. 

“Now let us examine the Pence/Harris debate. As you put it “Pence shut Harris down”. This is objectively wrong; Pence interrupted Harris, because he could not win on talking points. In any college or high school debate class Pence would have failed because he refused to obey the rules. Now if you’re going to say ‘this isn’t a college class’ I would say ‘you’re right, this should be held to higher scrutiny’.

“To win a debate one must defeat an opponent’s argument. To defeat an opponent’s argument they must make that argument. You may be siding with Pence, because you agree with him but the truth is that he lost the debate.”

 

Malarkey

 

Someone posted this comment in response to my laments over the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. I couldn’t say if she was telling me this Doctor could influence the Supreme Court or if this was even a real person, but I can say this is malarkey.

24^th September 2020

Posted on FaceBook

 

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Miss Rohna’s Come to Town

I found this online, someone posted it as a YouTube comment back in August, and it felt important. I have to figure  that nursery rhymes are things we think of as being old. In the modern time, we are rediscovering their sinister nature and meaning much like fairy tails and the like.

Who knows, one day history books may include this song, or something like it, and I will have helped to record it for the masses. 

In this future, best not to forget our past.

 

 

 

                                     Miss Rohna’s Come to Town

Daddy’s at the food store, mummy can’t be found

She’s working at the hospital since Rhona came round

Hide away, hide away, Miss Rhona’s come to town

Hide away, hide away, she’s come to take us down

Miss Rhona’s at the doorstep, I’ll keep six feet away

But Gran needs toilet paper, I’ll take her some today .

Hide away, hide away, miss Rhona’s come to stay

Hide away, hide away, I’ll keep six feet away

But Gran needs toilet paper, I’ll take her some today

And here’s a note from Rhona, she wanted me to say

Hide away, hide away, keep six feet away

Hide away, hide away, she brought us down today.

 

Miss Rhona wants our old folk, Miss Rhona wants our crowds

There's no one at the school, there's nobody around

Hide away, hide away, she'll wrap us in a shroud

Hide away, hide away, she'll leave us in the ground.

 

Daddy’s at the food store, mummy can’t be found

She’s working at the hospital since Rhona came round

Hide away, hide away, miss Rhona’s come to town

Hide away, hide away, she’s come to take us down

Miss Rhona’s at the doorstep, I’ll keep six feet away

But Gran needs toilet paper, I’ll take her some today .

Hide away, hide away, miss Rhona’s come to stay

Hide away, hide away, I’ll keep six feet away

But Gran needs toilet paper, I’ll take her some today

And here’s a note from Rhona, she wanted me to say

Hide away, hide away, keep six feet away .

Hide away, hide away, she brought us down today.

 

Miss Rhona likes the children, we can't go out to play

Miss Rhona loves the children, she'll take our breath away

Hide away, hide away, miss Rhona’s come to town

Hide away, hide away, she’s come to take us down

 

Daddy’s at the food store, mummy can’t be found

She’s working at the hospital since Rhona came round

Hide away, hide away, miss Rhona’s come to town

Hide away, hide away, she’s come to take us down

Miss Rhona’s at the doorstep, I’ll keep six feet away

But Gran needs toilet paper, I’ll take her some today

Hide away, hide away, miss Rhona’s come to stay

Hide away, hide away, I’ll keep six feet away

But Gran needs toilet paper, I’ll take her some today

And here’s a note from Rhona, she wanted me to say

Hide away, hide away, keep six feet away

Hide away, hide away, she brought us down today.