I arrived home from work at 6pm on Friday completely exhausted. It had been a killer week in work. We had had some new software installed that had played havoc with our macs and it had taken half a dozen of us until 11pm the previous night to finally fix the wretched thing. As soon as I walked through the door I kicked off my shoes, poured myself a glass o...
Amy's life had settled into an enjoyable routine, mainly focussed on indulgent chats with patients and frequent romps with her newfound Filipino friend. Ditzy, without ever intending to be, she rapidly became everyone's favourite nurse and, since political correctness held no sway within these private walls, attracted many a friendly pat on her perfectly fo...
{I haven't been writing much, and this is written over several long and sometimes miserable months. So, it's partly what is going on, partly what went on, almost like taking notes. I did manage to finish one short tale from a long time ago the other day, but it's not easy considering the upsets. What upsets, you might ask? Lots of stuff, so this is just...
House sitting for my fiancé was supposed to be a nice way to ingratiate myself with her and get back into her good graces. Nothing I could do seemed to make her happy, including the way I jumped to do her favors, took care of her dog, and was generally supportive. No matter my efforts she looked at me with suspicion and doubt. That's why I spent much of the...
I enrolled in the local university after my discharge from the Navy, but class wasn't going to open until the fall of the next year. After the high stress of my tour in the Navy, I wanted a candy job while I waited. So I got a job working as a maintenance man at nursing home. My sister's husband worked there, and his sister, and a huge number of females I di...
Political intrigue abounds, work on a yacht. A senator plots against Liramor-23, Liea and Raymond get a ship to convert. Because of the amount of abbreviations in this story, I include a glossary: Adm. Admiral, naval rank (see Cmdr.) - above a captain Capt. Captain, in this series a naval rank - usually a ship's commander CCO Chief Communications O...
New capabilities, The Wanderer wanders. Pirates plan. The Wanderer finally enters the story. New capabilities for some ships. Pirates make plans to hit the platform, again! Because of the amount of abbreviations in this story, I include a glossary. By popular request, this has been moved to the end of the chapter. There is little attempt to explain the...
This story is a work of fiction only. Any chance resemblance to actual people or events is purely accidental. * I was in Bagdad escorting a civilian computer expert with 3 others from my squad when this story begins. He was a Department of the Navy employee sent to Iraq to assist in setting up computer networks for the new Iraqi government and we were assi...
The War Continues for Nurse Jenny Beginning of Book Two, Chapter One This is a fictional account. I wanted to add some illustrations this time but that didn't work out. This first chapter is mostly scene setting. It was near the end of July, 1942 and the newspapers in Hawaii were full of news of the war. The Japanese, after a string of victories in Indoch...
Chapter 13 The Hero's Duty This story is a work of fiction only. Any chance resemblance to actual people or events is purely accidental. Special Thanks to Desert Pirate for editing. * We took it easy for the next two days, and then when it was time to get ready to go, Ellen, Nancy and I put on our chosen outfits. When we walked out to where Uncle Dar wa...