The Blue Dot

By Bryan D. CookOrleans, Ontario, Canada Cloaked from earthling sight, two extraterrestrial fortune hunters gaze down at planet Earth. “Which bit do you want?” “I’d take the blue stuff but it’s so full of plastics that I’ll pass. How about you?” “ I’d take the green-brown stuff but it’s overrun with pillaging apes. I’ll pass too.” “ Let’s go find another trophy world and leave this one’s sun to evaporate away its atmosphere.”  “O.K., pity though, it looked like such a precious blue gem on the trajector screen!” ocean highwaytoo fast and busyfor humpbacks

Rip-Off

By Bryan D. CookOrleans, Ontario, Canada It’s a taboo topic in polite society, but the ads don’t hold their punches when it comes to extolling the virtues of triple-ply, soft and scented toilet paper as tested by a family of teddy bears! My own testing shows that I have to fold many pieces to gain satisfaction; using many rolls and thus increasing the company’s profits.That is until I discover its high tensile-strength brand, 100 percent recycled with a promise to plant one tree per carton. No plastic wrapping and a fair price.I’m so happy with this product that I write…