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Francis Erich McElroy

Published posts, philosophical humor, deep thoughts.

  • A Shrewd Comment

    Describe your life in an alternate universe. I’d be a shrew with no insects, worms, or fruit around who washes nuts off in a pool of algae that never gets them clean enough to eat. I would spend the rest of my days slurping the algae, never finding out that salt from the ocean goes…

  • This Is A Test Of The Mobile Variety.

    Put this line to the test. See if your eyes move fast enough side to side to get to the next line before scrolling to the end of the page to see how much precious time it will take to finish. See if the words move fast enough from left to right to keep your…

  • The End of the Road

    What are your future travel plans? There is a town I used to live, Where I nearly lost my mind. I took a chance on leaving there  To a place I’d never find. Once unbound, I found my heart Was truly what I left. I took a chance on going back To where my mind…

  • Fame and Fortune for Frank 6

    Frank returned, not with a tick or a tock, but with awareness – a pulse, slow and steady, that pulled time inward like gravity into a black hole of meaning. Frank had been watching all along. There were no hands on Frank’s face. There never were. There were eyes – two microscopic irises built into…

  • Fame and Fortune for Frank 5

    Eric is falling out of step with his PC (personal companion). It has memorized every phrase ever written and can take any piece of literature, science, theology or record and design a new way of presenting that intelligence to Eric with minimal effort.  But it can’t develop a proper relationship with a dog. The dog…