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The battle is once more raging as our intrepid hunters confront the Great Mouse. She has shifted from the previous dimension at the edge of the city to a strange land halfway across the galaxy. This battle is even more violent than all those that came before. The fire power of the intrepid hunters continues to escalate, while the fury of the Great Mouse seems to have no bounds. We can only observe, hoping that this is the battle that finally stops the Great mouse from terrorizing the universe. Please join me now.

Our intrepid hunters are again confronting the Great Mouse. They detected her in an alternative dimension, dangerously near the heart of the city. Their goal as always is to capture the Great Mouse, while protecting the human population of the Earth city. So, join me as we serve as neutral observers to the battle. Our role is to assure that the intrepid hunters strictly comply with the engagement rules of the cosmos Council, while fielding their most powerful weapons yet. Their newest fire power is indeed awesome.

I notice that your publication is called Writing Guru. That’s why I’m contacting you to apply to be a writer. I’m sure you get a lot of applications from wannabe writers and I may fit into that well-populated category. To show you why you should consider me over those other wannabes, below please find the key reasons why I’m your best choice. Writers don’t say things that I’ve never thought or said; they just say it better than I do. That’s why I’m only a wannabe, but not for long. I’m confident that spending time around other writers at Writing Guru will rub off. I admit that the difference between me telling a story and writers telling the same story is that writers skip the boring parts and cut to the Chace, going straight to the interesting parts. I’m thinking that once I’m on board, other writers can point out the uninteresting parts of what I write, thus only the interesting parts will remain. … If you want to apply to be a writer, listening to the full application is instructive. Just press play an

Calling this a country vibe is unfair to country folks and sort of lets city folks off the hook. Maybe it's just one night in the life of…. Press play and come to your own conclusion.

How do you think you would feel if told, "It's nothing personal; it's just business?" You can expect it to be followed by something that feeling people would never do to a friend. It sure feels personal, even if you are told that it's just business. Press play and learn how to never do that to someone else, even if they persist on doing it to others.

DonJohn is running for President, again. You know that. What you may not know is that DonJohn was a charming child. How do we know that? We find the truth in this little, not so scholarly history of politics. Press play, and as you listen, let the music be a clue about just how drab and boring the election season is certain to be.

I listen first to the Democrats and then to the Republicans, First to Joe and Bernie and then to DonJohn and Mitch. I think they are all talking about the USA and about our problems and issues, but it’s hard to know for sure. As best I can figure, the Dems think our most critical issues are healthcare and managing the people wanting to come in from Mexico. The Repubs are mostly concerned about the Dems and whether they will actually be able to displace DonJohn and Mitch in 2020. It must be more thoughtful than it first seems, so I try to go a little past the surface. Joe and Bernie are focused on and fighting for the twenty percent of us who struggle to make ends meet while DonJon and Mitch are committed to preserving the status quo and the privileged position of the twenty percent of us who are getting along just fine. I’ll take another pass at understanding what the fuss is all about. DonJohn and Mitch want to reduce controls and constraints on business and wealth expansion while Joe and Bernie want to re

If you are having a major personal crisis or a tragic life experience, people might sympathize; but if you are just off your game and things are going sideways for you, no one cares about your bad day. I know, that's harsh, but it is what it is. So what to do? For the answer, press play and suck it up.

Although it’s usually not the wrong choice to stand up, speek up, shut up and sitdown, it’s worth considering if this may be the time to just shut up and sit down. We’ve all heard about the benefits of being able to speek well, but just because you can speek well doesn’t mean you should. Let’s give some thought to the benefits of keeping our mouths shut. For example, Will Rogers pointed out what seems obvious but is frequently ignored. He said, “Never miss a good chance to shut up.” Austin O'Malley knew the chief benefit of silence, “If you keep your mouth shut you will never put your foot in it.” Press play to listen to the podcast where you get the full story.

What's your take on this question. "Do meetings ever start on time?" If it's hard to know, when was the last time you showed up on time for a meeting and it started right on time? It would not be surprising if you can't recall. I'm having a little rant about that. Press play and join me. You can rant a little too, if you want.

Have you gotten a robocall that turned into a scam? There are endless robocalls and many if not most are scams. Some time in Scam School may be just what is needed to scam-proof yourself. This session includes three scams and a chance to think about how you would handle them. Press play and join the session.

Whatever the job, not everyone has the juice to get the job done. The question is then, "Who has the juice?" More to the point, do you have the juice or is this one of those times when you just think you have the juice. Press play and check it out for yourself.

Have you had any experience with looking for someone and not being able to push away that emptiness that comes from not finding the one you are looking for? If so, you will relate. If not, lucky you. Either way, press play and come along.

What if I were to tell you that if you make only one little adjustment you will be perfect? Is that you i hear saying, "I'm all in with that?" You do recall that someone once said,"Fools rush in…," don't you? At least press play and listen before you commit.

Charlie and Carol are moving to Texas, or are they? It's a big decision. Press play and listen in as they discuss their choices.

This scaredy cat is not in a nursery rhyme but most of us can identify. Press play and come along for the trip.

I don't believe this but maybe you will. Probably you won't believe it either. The time is now, and the place is a yet undiscovered planet toward the edge of the Milky way. Of course, the beings who live on this planet know who they are and where they live. By undiscovered, I mean that other than you and I, no one who doesn't live on the planet knows about it; and even if they did, it and the people living on it would be of little to no interest. Neither they nor their planet is anything special in the scheme of the universe, at least the universe where they find themselves. On this insignificant planet, there are areas and divisions that seem fairly arbitrary but are of great significance to the planet's people. For the sake of simplicity, let's refer to these arbitrary areas as countries. The current count is 195 countries, with seven and a half billion people inhabiting the 195 countries. If each country got its fair share of the planet's people, each would have nearly 40 million citizens, but not much

This is a little vignette with two college students working on a writing assignment, or are they? Press play and decide for yourself.

Have you ever had an experience that just defied any attempt to reduce it to a few words? Well the incident that goes with the play button comes pretty close. It’s one of those frustrating encounters we have all had in one version or another. There is nothing for it but for you to have a listen and see if there isn’t something there that you have personally suffered through. I’ve been there to and didn’t like it much either.

This story starts when I was seventeen and if the truth be told, even more full of myself than most seventeen-year-olds. There I was a senior in high school and on an airplane flying from Columbus to Cleveland. It was a very big deal; but before I get too far ahead of myself, a little perspective is necessary. At my high school, I had some status: class president, a good student, a drummer in the marching band and teacher's pet, at least for a couple of the teachers. Life was good, at least as good as it gets when you are seventeen. Let me sharpen the perspective. My senior class had a grand total of 63 students and my hometown had 900 residents, assuming everyone was home. We did have one traffic light and a courthouse, if you were thinking there was nothing special about the place. It happened that one of those couple of teachers I mentioned was responsible for the plays that were presented by students once or twice each school year. My teacher's pet status partially depended on having a role whenever it