Author: Vic Socotra

Care for a Slice of Cake?

Hungry? We are out of bread, but there might be something else in the pantry. The Socotra House Legal Section has not given up hope something will be found. There are 19 more days of increasing fury to get to the election which will determine who will get a chance to divvy up the national […]

Making a Tasty Omelet

Legal was stern this morning at the Production Meeting. ”Keep it mirthful and moving,” said the Intern, and we nodded, We aging Salts were going to talk about the mass flights by unknown drone aircraft over Air Force and Navy bases we are not supposed to notice, like the foreign gangs that have taken over […]

Arrias and His Muse: Islands and Castles

A cool breeze, a brilliant Moon, The mountains and forts slide by, Glowing a brilliant white in Moonlight, They glide silently across the sky. Some are smaller, only small islets, Other with towering mountains possessed, Deep valleys and might castles, One after another, they march in from the west. Do those canyons hide more mighty […]

Hold Our Beer

OK. The messaging is getting complicated this afternoon There is the usual jumble of stuff overseas which has direct ties to the Campaign in terms of who does what to whom and when. Yom Kippur has passed as a direct moment, though the days around it carry significant meaning so specific timing is not required. […]

The Tic Tac Tale

Morning, now that is almost isn’t! This is an unusual morning with a pile of stories down on the picnic table, some groggy members of the Socotra House Creative scowling at their still-steaming Chock Full O’ Nuts in the assortment of ceramic mugs celebrating ships long consigned as sunken reefs, bars now turned into multi-use […]

Columbus Day

There was a minor scuffle at the Saturday Production Meeting. There is a continuation of some family stuff happening for those in the group actually related to the Chairman’s genetic group which resulted in some staying abed late and arriving groggy at The Picnic Table. DeMille was a little distant, since he had the interns […]

Mixed Messaging

We don’t mean to say it in a bad way. But it certainly is a jumble this morning, isn’t it? Example: We had a big stir here in the Washington Post about the Northern Lights being visible here as a result of the current solar disturbances. You can see that is a purely relative display […]

Dick Ranger, Third Eye

We just had a flurry of fun with this project. Not the first time for fun, but this time it was something new. The below was the Chairman’s first book. It was done around the time dinosaurs ruled the planet in 1979. This is what it looked like the first time we saw it, only […]

Milton and the Poem

Milton is an apt name for a storm, and the impact of them on paradise. The poet said it in “Paradise Lost” but last night’s storm has left much of what where it was, though covered with debris. The full damage inflicted is not yet known. There is talk of tornedoes and storm surge on […]

Button It Up

This would have been a delightful morning to take an unbiased look at where we stand on the assorted issues 26 days out from the election. Button it up, you know? Be prepared! The talk this morning started with the storm of course, since that is no metaphor. That led to some discussion about other […]