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May 2013 Bring You Peace, Happiness, and Prosperity
2012. It was a hell of a year, but it’s finally over. What good can be said of this past year? Well, the Mayans blew it, and SEAL Team Six didn’t. If that’s not at least two things about which to...
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Winter is Here . . . Late, but Here Nevertheless
It’s hard to believe that on December 8 — less than one month ago — we were in this: Z3 Roadster Seeing sunsets such as this: Indeed, we had beautiful sunsets on New Year’s Day: Then just two days...
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And the Superbowl Results Are . . .
Versus And the winner is (or will be): San Francisco 49ers 34 Baltimore Ravens 30 Come back after the game, compare my prognostications to the final score, and you’ll seen see why I almost never...
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Behind the Scenes on the Norwegian Star — Recycling, Backstage, and the Laundry
Ask Not For Whom the Bell Tolls — It Tolls for Thee Carnival Triumph, Thee Carnival Splendor, and Thee Other Carnival Ships It turns out that when you’re the captain’s favorite mystery author,...
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Behind the Scenes on the Norwegian Star — The Kitchen, Bakery, and Food Stores
Ask Not For Whom the Bell Tolls — It Tolls for Thee Carnival Triumph, Thee Carnival Splendor, and Thee Other Carnival Ships If you’re into the current stainless kitchen appliances craze, you’d...
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Behind the Scenes on the Norwegian Star — The Bridge
Ask Not For Whom the Bell Tolls — It Tolls for Thee Carnival Triumph, Thee Carnival Splendor, and Thee Other Carnival Ships My good friends know that I’m a bridge fanatic. I could play bridge morning,...
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Channeling Charles Berlitz
According to the captain the MS Ryndam just a short while ago entered the infamous Bermuda TriaFiled under: Author, Humor, Travel, Writing
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A Little Christmas Eve Humor
From Christmas Eves past: A little humor I previously blogged. Read in order for continuity of the story: If Edgar Allan Poe Had Written A Christmas Carol (Humor) A Spillane Christmas Carol...
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My Latest Interview
My latest author’s interview is up and available for reading. Fellow author Matt Posner was asked by another fellow author André Jute to interview me for André’s blog Kissing the Blarney. André also...
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Thanksgiving Day Wishes
May all my friends, family, blog followers, and book fans have a great, warm, and wondrous Thanksgiving Day celebration. Just don’t burn the turkey. Or, as the late John Houseman would say, “We...
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Holiday Repeat — If Edgar Allan Poe Had Written A Christmas Carol (Humor)
Be sure to catch the Mickey Spillane-inspired sequel to this tale on Christmas Day: A Poe Christmas Once upon a snowstorm dreary, through which I trudged all weak and weary, Past many a quaint and...
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Holiday Repeat — A Spillane Christmas Carol (Humor)
On Wednesday I presented an old piece I wrote for the now defunct El Paso Manuscript Club’s annual Christmas Writing Contest for the year 2000. It was a poem written in the style of Edgar Allan Poe,...
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Outrageously Funny Video — “Glock Engineer Interview”
Readers of my firearms posts may have discerned by now my less than enthusiastic response to all things Glock. So, when I stumbled across this “Interview” video with a “Glock Engineer” concerning the...
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It’s Time Again for Doug’s Christmas Specials — A Poe Christmas
The first of my two annual Christmas “Specials”. This one is a satirical piece on what it might look like if Edgar Allan Poe had written A Christmas Carol. The Mickey Spillane-inspired sequel will...
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It’s Time Again for Doug’s Christmas Specials — A Spillane Christmas
No murder mystery should go unsolved, and Monday’s A Poe Christmas is no exception to that rule. But today we change tone, with the subsequent murder investigation being taken over by the ghost of...
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Air Force begins testing the new C-17TG (Tiny Globemaster)
The 512th Airlift Wing at Dover Air Force Base begins testing on the new C-17TG (Tiny Globemaster): C-17TG next to the full-size version Filed under: Aviation Safety, Humor, R. Doug Wicker Tagged:...
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Wishing Everyone a Great Thanksgiving Celebration
As we gather ‘Round the table Enjoy the company Stay nice a stable Visit with friends, And family, too Keep discussions calm And take this cue: When Uncle Bill Brings up Trump Pass the ‘tatoes Say,...
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