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They call me Mr. Tibb'ss
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_______________________________________ “Guitar groups are on their way out, Mr. Epstein,”

MY RECENT POSTS


 FOR  MY DAD, ON HIS DAY~
 
  Daddy's coffin
 
The plane arrived from Manchester, N.H. to Raleigh-Durham airport on time, and except for some small turbulence, was an uneventful flight. The plane was half-full, mostly with my family taking up most of coach. A few seatsRead full post »
APRIL 26, 2013 2:40PM

The Possum, George Jones dead at 81


One of the greatest country singers in coutry music history has died. I drank many a  beer at a juke box listening to Ole' George singing his great country songs. 
 
                                 … Read full post »
APRIL 20, 2013 10:39AM

Hey..,You..,Wanna Buy a Gun?

 

 Also on OpEdNews.Com 

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Hey-You--Wanna-Buy-a-Gun-by-kenneth-sibbett-130419-230.html

 


Idiots With Guns by My Confined Space
 
 
"Gun's don't kill people, people kill people." Think about that for a moment. That is the NRA's… Read full post »
APRIL 11, 2013 1:08PM

Life, or Something Like It

  

Miracles
 
 
I found out some things in the last month that have taken me to the highest of high's and the lowest of low's. I have cried and laughed and lied to my mother, telling her she may very well beat this goddamn tumor that is… Read full post »
APRIL 6, 2013 7:59PM

Great on Gas, Plus..,

  

Dragon fucking car

 

Not only good on gas, but the service is great~ 

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APRIL 3, 2013 1:21PM

Mama Tried~



My Mother is dying. I guess the older I got, the older my mother was getting and while I know that lady-time will take us all sooner or later, this really hurts. I think my mom is living her last days and as much as I knew it was… Read full post »
APRIL 1, 2013 10:34PM

Drips~


drips-wide 
 
if i keep cuttin' back on my cuttin' back
won't be nothin' leftover to cut
i'm at the end of a very rocky road
and i'm tired of walking in ruts
my tires are so bare they're threadless
the only thing holding them up is air
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 At nine years old, I finally began tying my own shoes. I not only did not have a theory about the meaning of life, I didn't care. I was too busy trying to find a nickle for a soda and another nickle for a Moon Pie
 
 Now, after 58… Read full post »
MARCH 4, 2013 10:41AM

So You Want to be a Writer

 
Charles Bukowski
 
     So You Want to be a Writer

if you have to sit for hours
staring at your computer screen
or hunched over your
typewriter
searching for words,
don’t do it.
if you’re doing it for money or
fame,
don’t do it.
if you’re doing it because you want
wome/

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MARCH 2, 2013 9:52AM

See the Children Play~


 Children Playing
 
"Heads or Tails?"

 

"Heads."

 

"Tails. Bartender, another round on my good friend,  if you please."

 

"You cheat. You know damn well you cheat. Nobody can win every fucking time. I'll pay, but when I catch you,… Read full post »

FEBRUARY 27, 2013 4:51PM

Hell's Bell's Open Call~

 

Open

This is the first time I've posted, or even been on OS in awhile. Mainly due to illness. A couple of surgeries, and not being able to sit for long periods. I could have posted some stuff, but I think if you are privileged enough to have an open… Read full post »

JANUARY 26, 2013 1:05PM

Sarah We Hardly Knew Thee (Not)


 
Sarah Palin, the bear shooting mama grizzly from Alaska who lived in Vladimir Putin's backyard, is now his problem. The woman that the mouth of the senate, republican Senator John McCain, thought was capable of running this country and therefore the world, is leaving Fox News, su… Read full post »
JANUARY 14, 2013 11:33AM

No Pain Meds for the Poor~WTF

JANUARY 11, 2013 12:53PM

Open Call: Monopoly~Which Piece Goes?

 

I hate to admit it, but I used to be a Monopoly nerd. After my dad died and we moved to Hootersville, I would stay up all night with my brothers, sisters, cousins, friends and any other people we could get and play marathon games of Monopoly. Of course,… Read full post »

JANUARY 10, 2013 11:44AM

Steroids, Greenies and Willie Mays

 This can also be read at:
 
 http://www.opednews.com/articles/Steroids-Greenies-and-Wil-by-kenneth-sibbett-130110-566.html
 
 
 
 mays4   
 
Willie Mays, in my humble opinion, the greatest player to ever put on a set of cleats, had a liquid form ofRead full post »
JANUARY 9, 2013 3:58PM

The Last Story of the Mouse from Mars

Happy-Mondays-Rat 
  

Kyle was tired, very tired. Each day was just like the last and tomorrow would be the same. There's only so much bitching a man can do over a lifetime, and he had more than used up his allowed allotment. He was writing a story, another of the… Read full post »

JANUARY 5, 2013 4:49PM

The Plumber's Best Friend


 
 
 

Monday morning at 10:35 a.m., the bathroom commode in the the Fipp's home over-flowed. This happens all the time, everyday, to people all over  the world, yet Marvin Fipps was in a hurry and late for work so he flushed the toilet and ran out of the house,… Read full post »


 ***These jokes in front of a nation could not have helped. They should be ashamed,.
 
 

When I first read about this woman having 100 orgasms a day, I thought it was funny or great, for about half a second, and I then felt awful for even thinking it. Imag… Read full post »

DECEMBER 23, 2012 2:28PM

Eating Not So High on the Hog


 
 
 
Can also be read at:
 
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Eating-Not-So-High-on-the-by-kenneth-sibbett-121223-88.html 
 
 
 
 

It seems as if the Fiscal Cliff is in our future and I would like to give my humble opinion as to why congress has… Read full post »
DECEMBER 22, 2012 12:19PM

Daddy, What is Murder?

Daddy, what is murder?"

"Son, why do you ask? Did you see something on TV about the kid's in school?"

"No. Gary Tedder said we was going to be murdered at school. I don't even know what murder is".

"Well,son, it's hard to explain to a 5-year old."

Why?

"Well, you know… Read full post »

DECEMBER 20, 2012 7:51AM

The Last Hurrah~

 

THE sun slid slowly behind the desert sky

as the old man, tired after walking on the beach

found a seat to rest his weary bones

today, this day, he had been on this earth for 80 years

he had children, who had children, who had children

and for what… Read full post »

NOVEMBER 27, 2012 12:28AM

The Plummer's Friend


 

 
My newest on Our Salon~~   THE PLUMBER'S BEST FRIEND
 
 http://oursalon.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?user=0ou7s9z9dvltv
 
 
NOVEMBER 15, 2012 6:24PM

It's Time to Hit the Road, Jake


 
 
 
 
Open Salon is a community that uses the OS website to stay in touch with a  core group of people who enjoy writing and discussing all kinds of topics.
 
We, the writers, are the community; Open Salon is only a platform. We
 believe the OS… Read full post »
NOVEMBER 13, 2012 9:56AM

Mandate, Smandate, Git-R-Done



 
 
You are the first African American in our nation's history to be president. Congrats! Now, after 4 years of taking a beating by the republican congress (and the Blue Dog Democrats, assholes) you have survived what most men could never survive. You had billionaires th… Read full post »
NOVEMBER 6, 2012 10:31AM

So, What's Next?


 

Kid in Bathroom
 
OK. The election is over and your candidate lost. What do you do? Do you wish him well and try and work with the other side to make this country a better place, or do you do a "Mitch McConnell"  and do everything in your
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