Skateboarding on the Appian Way and other short stories

by Dominic Macchiaroli

Overview

Sedated and Often
Sedation is commonly used in procedures like dentistry, cosmetic surgery, and the grand-daddy of all barbaric and diabolic tortures known to mankind: the dread vasectomy. Other times, sedatives are given to people just to get them to shut up. My kids wish I would try some for this purpose, and right away please....

What to Do
The state of Arizona, facing a budget shortfall of two billion dollars, and having been unable to arrange credit through mainstream banking channels, tried to secure a loan from "Shady Hank's Check Cashing and 24 Hour Laundrette" at a monthly compounding interest rate of 387 %. The plan unraveled however, when the state could not show proper identification and tried to collateralize the Grand Canyon....

Some Foods Never Learn
There are foods no one likes. At the top of this long list is liver. Why would a meat of such immense revulsion think anyone would want to eat it? Sauerkraut takes a close second on this dubious menu. The entire German nation is dead wrong, verzeihen Sie mir, when it thinks this culinary "delight" has any sort of spot atop the world's charter of consumable delicacies....

....and many more!

Here's another irritating collection of nonsense from the author who bored you with "My Parakeet was an Anarchist."

What others are saying about Skateboarding on the Appian Way:

"I already know what it says." – Steve Manning
"I laughed so hard my back hurts." – Quasimodo
"I am not fat." – Frisket Macc

Book reviews online: PublishedBestsellers website.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940149646104
Publisher:	Pneuma Springs Publishing
Publication date:	08/01/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	127
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

I am a farmer’s son from Paradise Valley, Arizona, USA, but life has taken me different places, and I draw some of my ideas from those experiences.
I began writing in earnest in the spring of 2009, when the pending departure for college of my eldest child dictated that I find a diversion to pull me out of the doldrums. Writing short stories and essays provided that diversion, and after a few of my pieces were accepted by some humour publications, I decided to take the next step and get my writing into print in a serious way. “My Parakeet was an Anarchist” was published in 2009, and “Skateboarding on the Appian Way” in 2010. I intend to follow those two paperbacks with a third volume of essays, “A Vaporous Collection of Moments” in 2012.
Dominic Macchiaroli is available for interviews and to write feature articles as well as guest blogs.