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Francis Erich McElroy

Published posts, philosophical humor, deep thoughts.

  • Fame and Fortune for Frank 4

    “There is a cost associated with protecting things aside from yourself,” Eric began, a hero’s expression of fame. “Including love inside you that can be received and reciprocated causing you to protect the recipients of mutual love but with the consequence of dying or losing them.  On the one hand, protecting your property is not…

  • Fame and Fortune for Frank 3

    “The only difference between fame and fortune is three letters—and they aren’t SEX. You see, any animal can get laid if they have a pulse. But some animals are wounded—not for lack of sex, but because they are undesirable when wounded by their own kind. If they are wounded by a great predator for being…

  • The Value of Values

    The principles I live by have been with me since birth. They have been inherent to my being from the beginning. Principles are what make me the kind of person I am, have always been, and always will be. My morals developed later, as I began instinctively questioning right from wrong. At times, I responded…

  • Pleasure Meeting You

    I am a liar, you say.  We think alike.  I am a thief, you say.  Think alike.  I am a cheater, you say.  Alike.  I am a bigot, a sexist, a fraud.  We are the same. An asshole, a loser, a snob.  The same.   Blasphemous, hypocritical, weak.  Same. Truthful, you say? I say liar!  Innocent,…

  • The Cost of Free Will

    I started writing to set my soul free after years of abusing my own free will. Not practicing my talents and having power over that free will has led me to self knowledge that my destiny is not my creation. In the past, I was a writer who never wrote. I will always be a…