"The Industrial Revolution -- the whole friggin historical mess -- scared the hell out of, uh, Luigi, a Del Paso Heights librarian, an elderly fellah who survived five sex change operations and is currently undergoing psychotherapy for Changing His/Her Mind Disorder…" "Carol Burnett’s daughter, Erin, the wife of a real rocket scientist, Verner von Braun, opened a Chicago Irish bar called Erin Go Braun to support Verner because he couldn’t make any money designing rocket ships at first because his name was Verner. It was at this point that he invented Braunsweiger, a deli pseudo-meat. With that money he went on to design the Saturn rocket system, and with Ms. Erin von Braun they invented Erinyerflat, a canned fix-a-flat that has changed motoring in the American Southwest."
Please give to the International Rescue Committee/ 122 East 42nd Street/ New York, New York 10168/ 212-551-3000/ And: 2020 Hurley Way, # 395/ Sacramento, California, 95825/ 916-482-0120
0 Comments
“The ancestors of the Jewish people Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, or the Patriarchs, and Sarah, Rebekah, Leah, and Rachel, or the matriarchs, stories are told in Genesis.”
- encyclopedia.com Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Sarah, Rebekah, Leah, and Rachel are common to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam... Abraham is Ibrahim in Islam, Jacob is Yaqub, and Isaac is Ishaaq. - sources various, including Wikipedia In Arabic (added 1/4): Sarah is Sar, Rebekah is Rafaqa, Leah is Lya, and Rachel is Rashil. - Google translator "Belief in all of the Prophets and Messengers of God is a fundamental article of faith in Islam.” Other Islamic Prophets: Adam, Jesus, Moses, and Muhammad. - Sound Vision Jesus is Isa in Arabic. - Google The matriarch of Islam, Hajra, a slave, is known in Judaism and Christianity as Hagar. - Shahla Khan Salter Please give to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence/ One Broadway, Suite 210/ Denver, Colorado 80203/ 303-839-1852 "More than two dozen foreign nationals celebrating the start of the new year in Istanbul were among the victims of a shooting spree at a popular nightclub that left 39 dead and dozens wounded.
"Turkish police were on Sunday hunting an unidentified gunman who opened fire in the early hours of 2017 in the Reina club, one of the city's most famous venues." - U.K. Telegraph Turkey has suffered horrific terrorist attacks in the past year. But, the number of homicides in Turkey as stated by CTS/undata for 2008, or in the last year I could access, was 2,320, a relatively low number, though every murder was of a human being. See Carbuncle Moon blog of 6/21/16 for homicide statistics from other countries. Please give to the Turkish Red Crescent Society: Atac Sokak 1/ No. 32 Yenischir/ Ankara, Turkey/ (90) (312) 430-23-2300/ international@kizilay.org.tr |
A carbuncle is a roiled mass of skin or a beautiful gem. The incredible gem is pictured in the logo below and at the bottom of the short story section...
Kevin O'Kendley is the owner of Carbuncle Moon, and the author of all original material -- cartoons, blogs, shorts, essays, articles -- on the website (there has been a very limited editorial input in some of my work). All quoted sources are noted. I am responsible for all posts. The only blogs not time-dated are those advertising nonprofits. All nonprofits are vetted, investigated, though after the summer of 2018 my vetting has lapsed: (6/1/21).
Kevin O'Kendley: P.O. Box 172, Winterport, Maine, 04496, and 200 P Street, A-32, Sacramento, California, 95814, ksokendley@outlook.com. Technical help is provided by an evolving computer genius, my son, Conor O'Kendley: A good kid with a great heart who can be reached at P.O. Box 172, Winterport, Maine, 04496. (Conor is in the Navy now, a swabby) Photography provided by a visual artist, my daughter, Caitlin O'Kendley: a young woman with a beautiful soul. (Caitlin is in college now, a media-journalism student) If your nonprofit is advertised on this site and you wish to have it removed please contact me at the above listed snail-mail or email address or use the contact form on the website. If you download a blog, cartoon, a short story -- or for any other reason -- and wish to donate $ to this site, its author and technical support personnel, please send donations to above listed addresses payable to Kevin O'Kendley. My family and I could use the dinero. All cartoons, blogs, and short stories are for sale. Categories |