Category Archives: Shorts

Devin McNoodle sat alone in his cardboard and plywood flimsy lean-to shelter. What did he do to deserve this? Why had his family abandoned him? Why was he not even invited to his hometown Bakersfield Lions and Kiwanis Club meetings anymore?   Why, oh why, were these wretched shantytowns all across the nation called Noodlevilles?  HeContinue reading “Noodlevilles”

Friends,  There comes a time in a writer’s life   And so it is, my friends, I am resigning and retiring from my short and extinguished career as a writer. A career that expands over fifty short stories, a couple of long short stories, and a short novel, all with a readership that numbers in theContinue reading “Outta Here”

Johnny Clack HRL Laboratories, LLC, has published the first demonstration of universal control of encoded spin qubits. This newly emerging approach to quantum computation uses a novel silicon-based qubit device architecture, fabricated in HRL’s Malibu cleanroom, to trap single electrons in quantum dots. Spins of three such single electrons host energy-degenerate qubit states, which areContinue reading “On Qubits and Such”

Johnny Clack I guarantee if you use these ten essential life skills on a consistent basis, you will live longer and have a better quality of life than if you do not.   You’re welcome.

Johnny Clack The End

This list was inspired by H.R. 375 To Abolish the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (BATF), introduced by Matt Gaetz. H.R. 666 To Abolish Hunter Biden   H.R. 667 To Abolish Jewish Space Lasers  H.R. 668 To Abolish the Rothschilds  H.R. 669 To Abolish Critical Race Theory  H.R. 670 To Abolish Immigration   H.R. 671Continue reading “Proposed House Republican Bills 118th Congress”

Speaker Devin McNoodle was playing computer solitaire when his secretary, Bessie Bussle, startled him by opening the door to his office and announced he had a phone call.  “A phone call, really? For me? It’s been a long time, Bessie, a long time.”  “It sure has, Mr. Mcnoo … I mean, Speaker McNoodle, it sureContinue reading “House Republicans Balance the Budget”

Regarding Confidential Documents Johnny Clack (ret.) For Immediate Release On Monday, January 23, 2023, I cleaned out the kitty litter box in my home office. When I dumped the litter, a document fell out. Despite being soiled, I could make out the words “Classified – Top Secret” in large red letters at the top ofContinue reading “Press Release”

Devin McNoodle had traded away all his power to become the Speaker, reduced to playing a ceremonial role and sitting in his office, parting and re-parting his hair to look his best while doing nothing. He perched forward in his chair to ease the pain from the knives in his back. Even lobbyists stop comingContinue reading “CIAEWDL”

Devin McNoodle had come so far. He had a dream – he wanted to be judged both by the color of his skin (white) and the content of his character debasement to do whatever it took to get what he wanted – to be Speaker.   Not since British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain agreed to letContinue reading “So Close, Yet…”