Showing posts with label usps. Show all posts
Showing posts with label usps. Show all posts

Friday, April 4, 2014

Wedding Bell Reds

by Michael Seese

What is it that the Post Office says? "Neither rain nor snow nor gloom..." Well, what about rotator cuff surger? Yes, friends, seven hours ago I was in the O.R.

And now, here is "Wedding Bell Reds," based on this picture for Flash! Friday.





















“ ‘I’m Burning For You?’ ‘Light My Fire?’ ”

“Nice songs. But too fast,” said Ashley.

“You’re right,” said Blaise.

Poof! The piece of paper went up in smoke.

“That’s it,” she blurted out. “How about ‘Smoke Gets In Your Eyes?’ It’s pretty, and slow. Perfect for our first dance.”

“Then it’s settled.”

“Now about the menu... Spicy chili?”

“Can’t be too hot.”

“Baked Alaska?”

“Yes. Though technically don’t we want Bombe Alaska?”

“Right,” Ashley said.

“I’ll have to make sure the bartender can do flaming rum shots. That was the drink at my fraternity. All the brothers loved it.”

“About that...” she said carefully, so as to not dampen Blaise’s spirits. “Are you going to invite the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man?”

“I have to,” Blaise said. “He’s my best friend.”

“Yeah. But remember what happened at our cookout last summer?”

“Oh, yeah. Ouch.”



Feel free to share your thoughts.

Thursday, August 22, 2013

If At First You Don't SucSPAMceed...

By Michael Seese

I'm sure somewhere or other I posted an entry lamenting / laughing at a bevy of identical SPAM emails. But this one takes the cake.

Here it (they) are:



Since it never hurts to go over this lesson, note from the bottom that the link will take me to some website out of Russia. So unless it's the Moscow bureau of the USPS... 

But what made it stand out was how they looked in my inbox:





Those postal managers REALLY wanted to get my attention. Actually, I first saw it on my smart phone, where the effect was even more pronounced.

Remember kids, if you can't beat them...laugh at them.