Sitemap - 2023 - Scranton Time - bits and pieces from Tom Flannery
"We are insignificant little shits in the grand scheme of things..."
And just like that it’s over....
Why am I asking the source of my anxiety to fix my anxiety?
"The Irish are born pining for Ireland. It’s like a phantom pain...."
"And now for the come down...."
Tales from the kiddie table....
"Go outside and help your father...."
"His voice was the only cure for the blues that I ever knew...."
Now and Then is better than never...
The Exorcist brought the devil...
"not simply red flags, but solar flares..."
"October also underscores the by now yearly shattered dreams of Yankee fans...."
"Like the Spanish Inquisition, nobody expects hornets...."
"There is nothing more savage than a man who kills because he thinks God wants him to..."
"Everybody needs to do better for us to be better...."
"the lesser of multiple evils..."
Everybody is on everybody else’s last nerve...
Get well soon, Boss....(pt II)
I was shocked when I heard the news. I shouldn’t have been.
"Even now, decades later, I’m still hard-wired to be creeped out this time of year...."
“I swear not everybody is like this”...
Music Memory and Charles Chip Cans....
The boys of summer....and Love's Baby Soft
“Ben? Is the doll in the room with us right now? Show me where it hurt you….”
Kennedy is the ultimate insider running as the bomb throwing “outsider”...
Bits and Pieces....Bits and Pieces...."I bet you won't share..."
"FUCK THE WILDFIRES.." RIP Iron Sheik
"I don't know a single patriot who ever declared himself one..."
"You know what she sang like? She sang like if she didn’t sing, she’d die...."
ChatGPT and trees that stand good
Why does it take the eulogy to say "I love you..."?
"So what’s next? Metal detectors and armed guards at the Doctor’s office?"
Gordon Lightfoot - "I wish you memories like this...."
Just saying no thanks to Jim Morrison
"Sometimes it feels like Dolly Parton is all alone down there...."
Mandela and Jesus and Kid Rock fans
Stephen King, Stan Musial, and the creative process....
"Turn off your mind / Relax and float down stream.."
Happy birthday Jim Barrett. And thank you...
"It's work and it's play and on the best nights one overwhelms the other...."
"The Wind tells me I'm a ghost, but I don't believe it....."
The Moondance essays – Track 5 Side 2 – Glad Tidings
"Not a promise anybody can make..."
The Moondance essays – Track 4 Side 2 – Everyone
The Moondance essays – Track 3 Side 2 – Brand New Day
The Moondance essays – Track 2 Side 2 – These Dreams of You
The Moondance essays – Track 1 Side 2 – Come Running
The Moondance essays – Track 5 Side 1 – Into the Mystic
The Moondance essays – Track 4 Side 1 – Caravan
The Moondance essays - Track 3 Side 1 - Crazy Love
The Moondance essays - Track 2 Side 1 - Moondance
The Moondance essays - Track 1 Side 1 - And It Stoned Me
"Who votes for these dishonest shitheads?"
"The song never remains the same...."
"Nobody really knew what belonged online so everybody decided all at once that everything did.."
"Writing is a lonely endeavor. You write before or after the party, not during it...."
"You could make this stuff up but it wouldn't be nearly as pathetic...."