55Flash Fiction Friday

Here I sit
Staring at the clock all afternoon
Now only minutes from time to go home
It has been such a long day

I have a thousand things to do when I get home
If the clock would only hurry up

Just then the boss walks in
Quitting time is now a distant memory

I sure wish this was fiction but not this week. I just never know what my hours will be this month. Oh well, not getting much accomplished. Not getting to visit many of my friends out here but hey, I am just happy to have a job.


The other day I saw a radio station set up on a lawn somewhere just broadcasting away. They were irreverent as all could be. As I walked past them I got a big smile. They name of the program was The Huge Show. The table they were broadcasting from had a skirt on it that had the word HUGE repeated over and over again. What made me smile is the one corner of the table said HUGE HUG since the E rapped around the table and you could not see it. Well I thought it was funny.


When I look something up I need to on the Internet I need to pay more attention to what I am reading. Here is what I mean. I was looking for a sander. I decided that the 5" variable speed random orbital sander Home Depot had looked like it would work well for me. I showed up at the store only to find a display model only. I went home and looked it up and there it was... ONLINE ONLY. How did I miss that? OK, so I shifted and went over to Lowe's looking for a sander. Their prices were more than I cared to pay plus I was not familiar with the brands. So I went home and had no idea what I was going to do. Then it hit me, I have a Sears near by. I not only found a sander I liked but it was on sale. So I looked up my store hours and, this morning before I started work, I went to the store. There were only 2 cars in the lot and the store was closed. But the Internet said it opened at 8:00. Turns out it said the automotive center opened at 8:00 but the store opened at 9:00. Yep, I need to start paying closer attention.


I have to ask this. It probably will not fly. I just heard a little bit about the "Jena 6." I finally read an article that seems to try and report the facts, not color them. OK, it seems to me the 6 black students should be FAIRLY PROSECUTED. They attacked a white. It should not matter that it was a white student. It should just matter they attacked a someone. Prosecute them, don't turn them into hero's which it seems like what is happening now. As to the various white students involved. Don't look the other way, prosecute them too. I am not sure what the charge is for stringing up the hanging nooses (it seems like it should be some sort of hate crime) but get it sorted out and prosecute them. They are guilty too. So are some other white students involved in this whole mess. It just floors me that this sort of thing happens. Yes I know some of it happens like that all over the place but I had no idea it was so lopsided, so very much demonstrating racism is alive and well. I guess I had no idea.


There, something for everyone. You can ignore what you don't want to read about or type about. If you have not given a 55Flash Fiction Friday before, give it a try. It is not that hard. Put together a small story in 55 words. Have a plot and at least one character and there you are, your first 55. Be sure to tell Suzy if you do post a 55. You can find a link to here on my side bar (look for the carrot next to her name) or click on the 55Flash Fiction Friday badge. It is addictive.