https://davidhardiman.com A safe and legal literary drug. Now available in prescription strength. Sun, 18 May 2025 21:16:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://davidhardiman.com/wp-content/uploads/cropped-Header-32x32.jpg https://davidhardiman.com 32 32 https://davidhardiman.com/blog/most-popular-questions-asked-by-first-responders-to-determine-an-agitated-persons-state-of-mind/ Sun, 18 May 2025 20:58:57 +0000 https://davidhardiman.com/?p=7158 1. Are you currently being threatened by anyone carrying a spear and wearing war paint. 2. Have you ever told a turtle to, “Slow the f*ck down Buttercup.” 3. Can you be trusted with popsicles 4. As far as reality goes, do you find yourself standing around just waiting for someone to yell, “Cut.” 5. […]

The post Most Popular Questions Asked by First Responders to Determine an Agitated Person’s State of Mind: first appeared on davidhardiman.com.]]> 7158 https://davidhardiman.com/blog/star-wars-in-scotland/ Sat, 06 May 2023 20:26:50 +0000 https://davidhardiman.com/?p=6478 May the 4th in the Firth of Forth be with you.

The post ***Star Wars in Scotland*** first appeared on davidhardiman.com.]]> 6478 https://davidhardiman.com/blog/a-mellow-gets-harshed-big-time-2/ Fri, 26 Aug 2022 18:50:12 +0000 https://davidhardiman.com/?p=6067 In my pot-smoking days of the early 1970’s marijuana was a lot like Tupperware – it was passed around at parties and purchased with great enthusiasm. Pot was so pervasive back then, all you had to do was breathe in and there was a chance you’d get high. Some people didn’t want to take that […]

The post A Mellow Gets Harshed, Big Time first appeared on davidhardiman.com.]]> 6067 https://davidhardiman.com/blog/an-excerpt-from-my-inner-dialogue/ Fri, 22 Oct 2021 19:23:23 +0000 https://davidhardiman.com/?p=5582 Someone’s Gotta Do This. And I Am that Someone. It is often said that to lead a happy life you should, “Dance like nobody’s watching.” I get that. But with a twist. What brings me joy is to, “Write like nobody’s reading.” And based upon my Google Analytics of late, that statement has never been […]

The post An Excerpt from My Inner Dialogue first appeared on davidhardiman.com.]]> 5582 https://davidhardiman.com/blog/mexican-cuisine-splained/ Thu, 10 Dec 2020 02:01:54 +0000 https://davidhardiman.com/?p=5087 Mexican “cuisine” is one simple dish known by 34 different names. It’s some combination of meat, beans and rice shlopped into a tortilla, sprinkled with queso and served on a plate so hot it can melt the bones in your hand. Let me splain some more by analogizing this peasant fare to the Winter Olympics. […]

The post Mexican Cuisine ‘Splained first appeared on davidhardiman.com.]]> 5087 https://davidhardiman.com/blog/top-ten-least-popular-websites/ Mon, 11 Mar 2019 17:57:46 +0000 https://davidhardiman.com/?p=4705  Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald – The guy, and not the ship 2. Clumping Litter for Humans – Really? Yes Really. Features stylish Rubbermaid litter boxes the size of storage sheds scooped out by customized Bobcats. A bad idea impeccably executed.  3. That Better Be Melted Chocolate – Maybe it is and maybe it isn’t. […]

The post Top Ten Least Popular Websites first appeared on davidhardiman.com.]]> 4705 https://davidhardiman.com/blog/10-click-bait-internet-headlines-of-no-consequence-number-6-will-shock-you/ https://davidhardiman.com/blog/10-click-bait-internet-headlines-of-no-consequence-number-6-will-shock-you/#respond Tue, 28 Nov 2017 23:45:00 +0000 https://davidhardiman.com/?p=3885 Guardian Angel Waitress Pays for Homeless Veteran’s Lunch: Next day he brings in 5 friends and orders Lobster Barking Up the Wrong Headstone: Grief-stricken Dog Sleeps Atop Grave of a Guy with Same Name as his Owner Who’s Still Alive. Hack of Adoption Records Reunites Mother and Son 33 years after she put him up […]

The post 10 Clickbait Internet Headlines of No Consequence: Number 6 Will Shock You. first appeared on davidhardiman.com.]]> https://davidhardiman.com/blog/10-click-bait-internet-headlines-of-no-consequence-number-6-will-shock-you/feed/ 0 3885 https://davidhardiman.com/blog/dear-friends/ https://davidhardiman.com/blog/dear-friends/#respond Mon, 13 Oct 2014 16:48:32 +0000 https://davidhardiman.com/?p=3136 Dear Friends, Yours truly is working on a project and will be away for awhile. My posts will be intermittent at best. This is a writing project and not associated with prolonging the freshness dating of pharmaceuticals so they’re not flushed down the toilet rendering our seafood a school of drug-addicted fish. Please feel free to write […]

The post Dear Friends first appeared on davidhardiman.com.]]> https://davidhardiman.com/blog/dear-friends/feed/ 0 3136 https://davidhardiman.com/blog/top-10-benefits-of-stowing-away-in-the-nose-gear-of-a-boeing-767/ https://davidhardiman.com/blog/top-10-benefits-of-stowing-away-in-the-nose-gear-of-a-boeing-767/#respond Tue, 22 Apr 2014 13:24:43 +0000 https://davidhardiman.com/?p=2757 1. Arrive refreshed and unconscious Route supposedly taken by stowaway.  2. Avoid the “busy hands” of frisky TSA agents 3. Finally understand the adage: That which does not freeze me, only makes me colder. 4. Can congregate in front of landing strut without being told to return to seat 5. Great way to earn Frequent […]

The post Top 23 Benefits of Stowing Away in the Nose Gear of a Boeing 767 first appeared on davidhardiman.com.]]> https://davidhardiman.com/blog/top-10-benefits-of-stowing-away-in-the-nose-gear-of-a-boeing-767/feed/ 0 2757 https://davidhardiman.com/blog/the-christ-i-knew-was-not-beyond-reproach/ https://davidhardiman.com/blog/the-christ-i-knew-was-not-beyond-reproach/#respond Mon, 21 Apr 2014 01:00:41 +0000 https://davidhardiman.com/?p=2750 Author’s note: In Edmund Morris’s authorized biography of Ronald Reagan, Mr. Morris employed a fictional character as a literary device to report on and catalogue the many events of Mr. Reagan’s long life. I employ a similar literary device in my unauthorized thumbnail sketch of Jesus Christ’s life, although at no time do I refer […]

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