About FlashJ

I was born a small grey alien on the south side of the Kanawha Valley to a Coal Miner's daughter and the son of a son of a sailor.

Spray it forward

There is a hotel near our classroom building here in London. A very swanky high class hotel with only the best clientelle. Late Wednesday evening I saw this guy weaving along long the sidewalk between the buildings very obviously drunk. … Continue reading

Magner’s Cider and pint

Not sure why pictures I post via email are rotated. I thought I was getting a good deal on cider till I got the bottle.  Pints of cider are selling for £4.50 to £4.70 ($7.19). I’ve had entire meals that … Continue reading

Mentors

The only message I ever got from the Baptists and Methodists in my youth was “Stay out of trouble and you won’t be IN trouble.” I think Will Smith put it better: “Don’t start nuthin’ ain’t gonna be nuthin’.” But … Continue reading

Just a little dream off the top…

Mitzi says that cats skim your dreams, that they have become addicted to human dreams. That is what they’re doing when they sleep on you. Skimming your dreams. And that I should be thankful as it gives me 15  more minutes of … Continue reading