This Museum is Built Not of Stone Walls, But of Letters

An unusual museum constructed not of stone walls but of letters has been announced by CCA Media, with the release of the Wacks Museum by Bill Russo. 

Admission is free for a limited time to the exhibits which range from the original "Chucky" Devil Doll, a visit to the land of 10,000 Flakes, a ghost town filled with cowboys who ride Model T Cars, a frozen stiff who wasn't, and much more. 

The 40,000 word novella was distributed exclusively on Smashwords before being released to Barnes and Noble, Amazon, Kindle, Apple and other online retailers. 

How To Unsubscribe from Foreign Emails that You Cannot Even Read

A "How To" on What to Do

when your e-mail account is loaded with advertising in languages  you cannot read and you have no idea

how to unsubscribe from them:

By Bill Russo

So today I spent my morning like many others; with a cup of coffee and a boatload of frustration at my inability to figure out how to delete more than a dozen different foreign advertisements clogging up my inbox.

Some of the emails were from stores. Others promoted specific products.  All were in languages that are completely unreadable to me.  I tried and tried to find something that looked like the English word "Unsubscribe".

I like to clean  my E-mail account on a regular basis and get rid of all the unwanted ones.  It's usually easy to do.  You simply hit "Unsubscribe" and they're gone. 

But what about these foreign e-mails? You can't read them. You can't delete them...they just come back again. How does some company in Finland, Germany, or France get my Email address?

I finally solved this small crisis by researching the foreign words for UNSUBSCRIBE and then scanning the tag ends of the offending communications for words like ABMELDEN (German for unsub), Se desebonner (French), Afmeldon (Dutch) and MALAMONI (Esperanto for unsubscribe). 

It worked. I was able to get rid of half a dozen habitual offenders. 

Here's a few more translations. Finland: Loreta Tilaus, Italian: Annulla l'iscrizione --- or as my Paisan Nonno (Grandfather) would say 'Get Out u Summa ma beech'.

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U. S. President Shares UFO Secrets with Jackie Gleason

UFO SECRETS GIVEN TO

JACKIE GLEASON BY THE

UNITED STATES PRESIDENT?

The gifted Brooklyn native, Jackie Gleason, was one of television's top entertainers from the 1950s to the 80s. He also is the most successful bandleader in the history of music, Music for Lovers Only, which he conducted, spent a record 153 weeks in the Billboard Top Ten. It was just one of dozens of "Mood Music" hits issued by Gleason on Capitol Records.

Most people, even the young set, have heard of Jackie the comic, but few know that he was an avid student of the PARANORMAL. He maintained a massive library of books and engaged in serious research. 

And then there's this. President Richard M. Nixon summoned Jackie to the White House where he shared UFO secrets with Gleason. 

What secrets did the president reveal? According to some sources the President took Jackie to a secure facility and showed him alien bodies. The figures were child-sized with pointy ears. Highly intelligent they possessed smooth, evolved bald heads.

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Facebook Bans Harmless Trump Meme

FACEBOOK BANS HARMLESS TRUMP MEME

As a regular commenter on politics in blogs and on Facebook, I have occasionally attempted humorous memes and cartoons directed at President Donald Trump.  It's my belief that they were harmless and were not malicious.

My most recent meme was preceded with the following comments...

"I don't care if you are Red or Blue or of a transparent hue..

It's satire.   A bit of fun for me and I hope a laugh for you..."

After those two lines I submitted the following meme.  It was not accepted by Facebook.  I tried three times and three times it failed to be transmitted to my newsfeed.  

Dear Facebook

Say it isn't funny.  Say I'm not funny.  But don't say I can't say it!  This is the modern day equivalent of book burning.  What happened to free speech?

Has Facebook been frightened by White House insiders?  Were they instructed to delete anything that  would make Donald Trump look foolish, weak, or old?

Will anyone posting something similar also be blocked?  Am I on a White House list?

If you don't hear anything further from me.  If you read that I was found lifeless with bottles of pills scattered around my corpse - it was not suicide.  

Dial M for Murder!

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Real Cowboys on Sputtering Model T Cars

The defining moment of the American "Wild West" to many people is the brief 30 second shootout in 1881 that came to be known as "The Gunfight at the OK Corral". 

How long did the lawless days West of the Mississippi actually last? The surprise answer is that they endured into the 1920s.  Forty years after the feud between the Earps and Clantons, cowboys on  sputtering Model T cars instead of fiery steeds were fighting gun battles on a daily basis in a town called Whiz Bang City.

"Gunsmoke" by Charles M. Russell

The shootouts in Whiz Bang, Oklahoma lasted a whole lot longer than a half-minute and they were far bloodier than the more famous confrontations in Arizona.

The real life Whiz Bang Sheriff of the 1920s makes Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, and even the Clanton brothers look like choirboys!

It's true.  You could look it up in Wikipedia.  Or, you could get the enhanced version of the story from a new E-book called "The Last Wild West Town - Whiz Bang City".

Based on the real life city and the horrific events that took place during the Oklahoma oil boom of the 1920s, the book transports you  back to the 'glory' days of the town through the eyes of a 21st century soldier from Fort Sill who investigates the present day 'Ghost Town' of Whiz Bang and uncovers its grisly secrets.

The Last Wild West Town - Whiz Bang City, by Bill Russo is available from Amazon and from Smashwords.  Google the title to be taken to the e-book.  If you're a fan of William Johnstone, Zane Grey, or Louis Lamour, you'll enjoy this title.  

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What History Reveals About Separating Children From Their Parents

The Little Soldier from Nazi Germany

A Wikipedia Photograph

The boy was only ten years old when they came and took him, over the objection of his parents. They offered him food and a free uniform and he was part of the fabulous Hitler Youth Movement. He enjoyed the company of his new friends and found the marching, exercising, and even the rifle training to be great fun.

He didn't really understand why some people were inferior and had to be eliminated and that only he and his people were members of the Master Race. Like five million others his age, he was silent as the monstrous sickness of Nazi-ism overspread his land and nearly overtook the world.

But for the U.S. and its allies; most Americans over the age of 70 most likely wouldn't have made it to 25 before being reaped by the monster and his robots.

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They took him from his parents. History show us that nothing good ever comes from separating children from their families.

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The greatest teacher of all is not some quaint, bearded Harvard professor feeding pigeons on Boston Common, nor a stolid acetic in a cave subsisting on dried apricots and the bark of an old tree.  The greatest teacher of all is HISTORY ITSELF.

COPYRIGHT 2018 BY BILL RUSSO, CAPE COD, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

In the Beginning...There was Coffee

In the beginning…. there was coffee,
in red beans on trees green and leafy.
Man toasted the bean... and found
it tasty, if boiled after being ground.

Woman tested and bested the creation
by adding Hazlenuts and cinnamon
Man desired one more add-on. To hike
the flavor he added whiskey for a spike.

History tells us this one sure thing
Man’s find made a better morning.
Woman for hers blended a spicy fix up.
but of his - man had too much and threw up.