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scanner

Location: North Carolina
Birthday: June 11

Bio: I also write under the name "Kenneth Sibbett". Email: kennethsibbett@gmail.com ____________________________________ I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me. — Dudley Field Malone

MY RECENT POSTS

The Pompous Peacock
February 11, 2012 09:07AM
Did Dirty Harry Change the Game?
February 08, 2012 04:13AM
I Missed the Game, I Feel So un-American
February 06, 2012 10:57AM
Betsy
February 02, 2012 03:29PM
Great Writers Views on God & Writing
January 31, 2012 01:37PM

MY RECENT COMMENTS

Scanner's Links

New list: The Obama Conspiracy ~ Viewshound; Obama Grows a Backbone (maybe) ViewsHound; The Mexican Godfather ~ Haggard & Hallo Publications; Living in a Jerry Springer World ~ OpEdNews; Just a' swingin' ~horrible Reality Land; Separating Sara~horrible Reality Land; In This Country Place ~ Haggard & Hallo Publications

FEBRUARY 11, 2012 9:12AM

The Pompous Peacock

PeacockV

Line up pretty ladies and see the Peacock

with the finest feathers in the world

thousands and thousands of pretty colors

that will blind you when they totally unfurl

PeacoakII

I can strut my ass like no other

the most

… Read full post »

36 Comments

FEBRUARY 8, 2012 5:22AM

Did Dirty Harry Change the Game?

What the Fuck was that? Was that the coolest political commercial ever

made or a car commercial for Detroit? That's what the conservatives

want/need to know and I'm a little curious myself. Clint Eastwood,

who said at the time that bailing out Detroit

… Read full post »

60 Comments

FEBRUARY 6, 2012 12:37PM

I Missed the Game, I Feel So un-American

I'm really feeling bad this morning. I guess I'm unpatriotic or something, but for the life of me I can't watch the Super Bowl and/or all the festivities (crap) that go along with it. I watched my favorite show "Shameless" on Showtime. It has William H.… Read full post »

37 Comments

FEBRUARY 3, 2012 10:13AM

Betsy

Lester sauntered through the Flea Market, in no hurry. He had no where to go and was in no hurry to get there. Since he retired and his wife Ellen had died, he mostly worked around his house or in his workshop. When he was a young

… Read full post »

47 Comments

FEBRUARY 1, 2012 10:51PM

Great Writers Views on God & Writing

Ever wonder about other people's views on death, religion and the existence of God? I found this video of great writers, giving their opinion on religion and thought it would be of interest to a a few people. Some great minds here, and I'm taking it down tomorrow. Just some thi… Read full post »

34 Comments

JANUARY 30, 2012 10:28AM

This one's from Kenny~Alzheimer's

This is something I've never done before. The hell with the errors and punctuation and grammar, this one's on me. I want to write about something Terri and I and her family are going through. It is one of the most vicious diseases I have ever witnessed. Any of you… Read full post »

67 Comments

JANUARY 29, 2012 9:38AM

Dew Drop Inn

Tony Landry was lost. He had to be at the most important meeting of his life in four hours and he had no idea where he was. He left the Raleigh/Durham airport upset. Upset that the rain and fog had canceled all incoming and out-going flights and… Read full post »

34 Comments

JANUARY 27, 2012 9:33AM

The Fonz' Sells Insurance~OMG

The Fonz

Say it ain't so. Henry Wrinkler, the one and only "Fonz" is selling out. He has a new commercial, selling some type of retirement bonds for the "straights", the very people he always hated in the show "Happy Days". Yes, the Fonz was the Marlon B… Read full post »

50 Comments

JANUARY 25, 2012 5:06AM

Scanner's State of the Union

A house burnt down not far from me

I predict one day soon, that all jobs will be political. Everyone will be a Representative from their state or a… Read full post »

32 Comments

JANUARY 20, 2012 11:08AM

FUBAR

FUBAR: "fucked up beyond all recognition"

The young soldier, wearing his Dress Greens and carrying a duffel bag, was standing on an off-ramp leaving a truck stop and heading east with his thumb-out. Southeast really, but that's as the crows fly… Read full post »

47 Comments

JANUARY 18, 2012 9:34AM

Sugar Britches~

She didn't walk, she sashayed

from one sidewalk to another

a young girl of 15 going on 25

she wore no shoes

only her barely there

short, short Daisy Dukes

and a man's button up shirt

with the sleeves… Read full post »

43 Comments

JANUARY 16, 2012 10:47AM

Of All The Crazy Luck

Marcel stood in line at the local gas station/liquor store, sweating bullets. He didn't like people in the best of times, and this damn sure wasn't one of them. The place was packed and the line was long. It had taken him all day to get up

… Read full post »

48 Comments

JANUARY 12, 2012 5:13PM

Kids, You Gotta Love'em

"Son, sit with your old dad for a minute."

"Oh, no, please dad, not the talk, please?"

"Son, I know you think you know it all already, but I'm sure there are some things you don't know yet. You're 13 today, how much can you

… Read full post »

35 Comments

JANUARY 10, 2012 10:19AM

Breakin' Balls for Jesus

I knew when he strolled through the door

he would make a beeline for my table

word had gotten around town

a new Kid was taking over

Kickin' ass and Takin' names

the Big-Guns had to have their piece

their piece of my pie

their piece of… Read full post »

24 Comments

JANUARY 6, 2012 10:22AM

I Wanna Be a Songwriter

Folk's

I wanna be a Songwriter

want to write about Yesterday

to hell with the Paperback Writer

want to lay with my Lay Lady Lay

I'm sittin' here in the House of the Rising Sun

been here All Day and All the Night

just listening to the… Read full post »

39 Comments

JANUARY 3, 2012 10:55AM

I Wish I was a Starfish

Have you ever felt like a Starfish?

&nbs… Read full post »

33 Comments

DECEMBER 31, 2011 9:03AM

2011 ~ Sucked the Big One

Life without Mubarak. A bowl of cherries?

I was thinking about writing something that would put a good spin on 2011. But, for the life of me, I can't find it.… Read full post »

50 Comments

DECEMBER 29, 2011 7:36PM

"Excuse me, but haven't we screwed before"?

I walked into the bar, and the music was so loud

I not only couldn't hear, my vision suffered

I saw her out of the corner of my eye

I just knew that I had screwed her

she glanced at me, and… Read full post »

37 Comments

DECEMBER 27, 2011 8:51AM

Bits, Pieces and Tuileries

I was able to survive one more Christmas, and while it ain't a sure thing, it looks like I may make it into another year. The odds look pretty good, but I wouldn't bet the ranch on it. This year, I only went to one Christmas… Read full post »

24 Comments

DECEMBER 24, 2011 8:48AM

Red, not Blue (War is Over)

I wrote this Flashback on December 22, 2010, but the Iraq was was still raging. This year, thanks the Gods (not the government), the war in Iraq is over. I want to thank the men and women who served and the families who lost a loved one. Some may… Read full post »

19 Comments

Editor’s Pick

DECEMBER 21, 2011 12:53PM

How the Hobbit Changed My Life

I was in Germany in 1975, just a dumb-ass kid who was so full of himself, that all I did was drink, smoke hash and chase girls. I have to say, I was a little too successful at them all, for awhile. While I have always

… Read full post »

62 Comments

DECEMBER 20, 2011 9:23AM

Brothers-in-Arms

Rizzy and Clark were like brothers, closer really, because how many brothers save your live again and again? Both had been in Iraq numerous times. Rizzy had been here for four tours and Clark had done an amazing five tours in this hellhole. After the company sat in… Read full post »

31 Comments

DECEMBER 19, 2011 9:59AM

SOPA~in a nutshell

This video is over 20 minutes long. I know in our ever faster is better world, no one will listen to this, but, it doesn't stop me from putting it up. Listen, don't listen, it's up to you. It's only about our Rights, which are eroding faster than the Unicorn… Read full post »

14 Comments

DECEMBER 17, 2011 9:23AM