Iron Diamond Rings

By ice rivers

In which we talk about pro wrestling as well as what takes place on diamonds, gridirons,fairways and courts, 

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Top of the Card

By ice rivers on Sun, 31 Jan 2016

I put a lot of stock in the booking and history of professional wrestling. Probably too much. I find them rigorous which means that the lessons that...
Non-fiction
Certificate U

Before and After Deer Lake Part One

By ice rivers on Wed, 08 Jun 2016

appraise, apprise. The former means to estimate value: the latter to inform. For example, Evelyn appraised the art work then apprised the owner of it...
Autobiography
Story
Certificate U

The World Begins

By ice rivers on Wed, 01 Feb 2017

Hold the phone. Back in the Chris Schenkel days when baseball was still the national past time, a few of us used to gather on Sundays to watch the...
Humour
Non-fiction
Certificate U

What Thinking Looks Like

By ice rivers on Mon, 20 Mar 2017

This is just an idea. No, that wasn't an idea, that was a thought, if that. This is just an idea is a sentence. A sentence is a group of words...
Rant
Other
Certificate PG

Screamin' a Spell

By ice rivers on Sat, 25 Mar 2017

I'm a tremendous speller but a poor spell checker. Bottom line, I'm a mediocre speller. A few years ago one of the most literate guys I knew told me...
Miscellaneous
Non-fiction
Certificate 12

Opening Night at the Cauldron

By ice rivers on Sat, 25 Mar 2017

Opening night Floyd’s comedy career went on the exact arc that would lead to Adolph Shitler and jump suit suicide. Early on, he experimented with...
Other Fiction
Story
Certificate 18

To Linger Too Long

By ice rivers on Sun, 26 Mar 2017

Who amongst us can forget those moments when we knew the relationship was over but hoped that somehow the love would last. Those are the moments when...
Spiritual
Romance
Other Non-fiction
Other
Certificate 15

Golf 3....Seductive Activations

By ice rivers on Fri, 07 Apr 2017

Not too long after the invention of "the hole", another great moment in golf arrived; the invention of the green. The green is the closely mowed area...
Rant
Story
Certificate 12

My Game (Golf 4)

By ice rivers on Sun, 09 Apr 2017

I'm going to step away from the history of golf, like a pro who hears a fart in the gallery. I'll tell you about MY game. Since it's my game, it's my...
Biography
Story
Certificate 12

Golf Carts

By ice rivers on Mon, 10 Apr 2017

Way back before the invention of the "hole" the ingredient of "time" was not a huge factor in the game of golf. As a matter of faction, some...
Historical Fiction
Story
Certificate 12

Putting the Cart Before the Course

By ice rivers on Fri, 14 Apr 2017

Golf carts minimize the once essential process of "walking". Walking is the primary form of physical exercise most apparent in in the practice of...
Other Non-fiction
Story
Certificate 12

an essay on intuition and pervasive gladiolae

By ice rivers on Mon, 01 May 2017

I've always been a believer that we use intuition to gather information rather than to process it; much in the same way that we use our senses. I...
Philosophy
Opinion
Other
Certificate 12

Sylvia's Wisconsin Quiver

By ice rivers on Mon, 08 May 2017

Siituations tend to happen, slowly, slowly, slowly and then suddenly. Even in Wisconsin. Even in Green Bay. It was fifteen years before Finn Anderson...
Other Fiction
Miscellaneous
Story
Certificate 15
Cherry

Before and After Deer Lake Part 4

By ice rivers on Sun, 12 Jun 2016

I had met Muhammad, Joe and George individually but I never thought that I'd see all three of them in the same room at the same time. Yet, here we...
Other Non-fiction
Story
Certificate 12

Congressional Productivity

By ice rivers on Wed, 31 May 2017

Yakima Canutt is the most fabled of stuntmen. Early in his career, he played villains in John Wayne oater serial flicks. This led to a situation in...
Rant
Story
Certificate 15

Jazz Pattern

By ice rivers on Sat, 03 Jun 2017

Back in the good old days, a near majority of young guys surrendered their virginity to prostitutes. That number is way down nowadays as is the...
Miscellaneous
Other
Certificate 18

Appreciating Security

By ice rivers on Wed, 07 Jun 2017

Last night I went with my brother to a ball game at Frontier Field. Our home team is the Rochester Red Wings. We are a triple A organization which...
Journal
Story
Certificate 15

Basic Performance Art ( The Inkblot)

By ice rivers on Sat, 10 Jun 2017

I put a lot of stock in the booking and history of professional wrestling. Probably too much. I find them rigorous which means that the lessons that...
Opinion
Non-fiction
Certificate 15

Craving Lilac Language

By ice rivers on Fri, 30 Jun 2017

It's all about the writing isn't it? And writing is all about identifying words that stay as opposed to words that disappear...the spoken words, the...
Love
Other
Certificate 15

Fate and Physics

By ice rivers on Thu, 06 Jul 2017

Let's call the poor guy Stonewall. Where the hell was he going? What was the rush? What did he want? These of course are universal questions which...
Spiritual
Horror
Opinion
Story
Certificate 15

Just Another Shocking Diagnosis and Solution

By ice rivers on Wed, 26 Jul 2017

I was just sitting around yesterday when I got a call from my "daughter" Mary. Mary was on her way to Taco Tuesday in Boston with her friend Zooey...
Rant
Unclassified
Philosophy
Other
Certificate 15

Frankenstein in Ireland

By ice rivers on Thu, 27 Jul 2017

Hello 'Victor'. My name is Mr. Kerwin. I'm the town magistrate. I'll be conducting your interrogation. Wolf and Zyfrklt are our very capable...
Travel
Historical Fiction
Horror
Story
Certificate 18

The Robe

By ice rivers on Fri, 04 Aug 2017

One of my earlier ventures downtown came when our school went on a field trip. We went to the Paramount to see The Robe. I loved it of course and...
Reviews
Travel
Biography
Opinion
Story
Certificate 15

Big Jim

By ice rivers on Wed, 30 Aug 2017

Is there anything more profound and tragic than the humbling of a giant? I’m talking about Big Jim. Big Jim was a startling physical specimen at six...
Spiritual
Nature
Opinion
Story
Certificate 15

Sabbatical Penetration

By ice rivers on Wed, 11 Oct 2017

Desperate for inspiration in these troubled times, I decided to review the 10 commandments. When I got to "remember to keep holy the Lord's Day", the...
Spiritual
Rant
Humour
Miscellaneous
Other
Certificate 15

Underguard...Brockton Choice

By ice rivers on Thu, 12 Oct 2017

Awhile back, during the customary slaughter of the Bills, I had to use the men's room at half-time. The men's room was packed and there was a huge...
Surreal
Drama
Humour
Nature
Story
Certificate 18

Better to Throw

By ice rivers on Wed, 22 Nov 2017

Better to Throw That night before I dropped off to sleep, I started thinking about ants again. Some people count sheep. I think of shrinking men,...
Opinion
Non-fiction
Certificate 15

Ghosts in the Alley

By ice rivers on Wed, 20 Dec 2017

Someone once told me that deciding to become a teacher was like deciding to open a bowling hall in your brain. The intoxicating toxic smell of beer,...
Surreal
Western
Autobiography
Story
Certificate 15

Clock Is Ticking

By ice rivers on Sun, 14 Jan 2018

I take full responsibility for my actions. I planned the whole thing out down to the day, to the hour, to the minute even to the second. I spent...
Surreal
Horror
Story
Certificate 18

Cold Clocked

By ice rivers on Tue, 16 Jan 2018

The cold coclusion to The Clock Is Ticking
Surreal
Horror
Story
Certificate 15

A Thrilla in Vanilla

By ice rivers on Fri, 26 Jan 2018

Democrats and Republicans are engaged in a blood bath for the ages. The contest is to determine not which side is more popular but rather which side...
Drama
Opinion
Non-fiction
Certificate 15

Got A Good Look

By ice rivers on Fri, 02 Feb 2018

Ray Allen was one of the great three point shooters in NBA history. Someone once asked Ray what percentage of those three point attempts did he think...
Opinion
Other
Certificate 15

Unfinished Comedy

By ice rivers on Wed, 14 Feb 2018

Every time i tell someone about a story that i’m about to write and i tell them that story, i never write it and it disappears in the telling as the...
Humour
Story
Certificate 18

Gaga Donald

By ice rivers on Sat, 24 Mar 2018

As I said in the beginning of the Presidential race in 2016, it all resembles professional wrestling. Trump won the battle royale in the Republican...
Opinion
Non-fiction
Certificate 15

Cards on the Table

By ice rivers on Mon, 26 Mar 2018

All about trump
Rant
Drama
Horror
Non-fiction
Certificate 15

The Opposite of Just

By ice rivers on Sat, 21 Apr 2018

I was watching a critical ballgame one night. The bases were loaded. The count was full. The crowd was screaming. The announcer asked "How would you...
Miscellaneous
Other
Certificate 15

Short Cherry Rant

By ice rivers on Sat, 28 Jul 2018

I'm only hitting about .160 on the cherry meter. If I were that far under the Mendoza line in the show, I'd be headed for Double A. If I were lofting...
Rant
Other
Certificate 15

Fifth Grade Understanding

By ice rivers on Mon, 10 Sep 2018

Saying that he has the understanding of a "fifth or sixth grader" is not the worst thing I've heard said about our President. When I was in college,...
Other Non-fiction
Non-fiction
Certificate 15

Macro Production

By ice rivers on Sun, 18 Nov 2018

Pretty sure that spiders aren't afraid of death. They just keep doin' what they're doin' until they stop. Last week, my wife figured out a use for me...
Unclassified
Nature
Autobiography
Non-fiction
Certificate 15

Chewing Gum Around Kourtney (trigger)

By ice rivers on Mon, 26 Nov 2018

Kourtney is an attractive, affable, engaging woman. She is well educated. She is happily married. She used her education and talent to obtain a...
Philosophy
Opinion
Non-fiction
Certificate 15

Percy and Ping

By ice rivers on Fri, 05 Apr 2019

One hundred years ago, exactly more or less....... Percy had huge eyes and lashes. Percy had big feet and a long neck. Percy had a pea brain and even...
Surreal
Historical Fiction
Story
Certificate 15

Ping and Percy in Florida.

By ice rivers on Mon, 08 Apr 2019

Good for you if you surmised that Percy was an ostrich. Better for you if you guessed that Ping was an Italian ballplayer. Ping Bodie pretended that...
Historical Fiction
Story
Certificate 15

Ping, Percy and Jeff

By ice rivers on Sat, 13 Apr 2019

Jeff Banner was just such a reader. Jeff read with attention to detail, comprehension, objective empathy and compassionate honesty. He found...
Miscellaneous
Story
Certificate 15

Ostrich Bantering in Cambridge

By ice rivers on Mon, 13 May 2019

It was my daughter Sarah's 28th birthday. We were in Cambridge, not fah from Hahvahd. We took an Uber so we didn't have to pahk the cah. I was teling...
Miscellaneous
Love
Story
Certificate 15

Mueller Division

By ice rivers on Tue, 14 May 2019

Last week, I posted this on Facebook. "When I was an English teacher, I made sure that EVERYBODY whether they read it or not at least got the plot...
Philosophy
Opinion
Non-fiction
Certificate 15

Trench

By ice rivers on Wed, 15 May 2019

Our intelligence was wrong We believed what we thought What we thought was a road Turned out to be a trench What we thought was a trench Turned out...
Other Non-fiction
Poem
Certificate 18

At The Bottom of the Elephant Barrel

By ice rivers on Wed, 29 May 2019

This is the third installment of the MR. Baseball story.
Other Non-fiction
Autobiography
Non-fiction
Certificate 15

Baseball Picks From the Pile

By ice rivers on Thu, 30 May 2019

A few minutes later I understood why the moonshadow had danced across the face of Mr. Baseball. Sadie, the school psychiatrist, explained the rules...
Rant
Other Non-fiction
Love
Story
Certificate 15

Ava Tortures Laura with a Gigantic Teddy Bear

By ice rivers on Thu, 13 Jun 2019

The Christmas party contines. Mr. Baseball still has my junk. The elephants stampede.
Story
Certificate 15

Momentarily Young and Brave

By ice rivers on Tue, 18 Jun 2019

Continuing with Mr. Baseball and the Christmas party right after Ava tortured Laura with the gigantic bear,
Miscellaneous
Love
Non-fiction
Certificate 15

Grin and Bear the Bear, Jer.

By ice rivers on Tue, 25 Jun 2019

Thelast installment of the Christmas Party.........
Miscellaneous
Non-fiction
Certificate 15
Cherry

Perhaps Playing Another Round of Gulf

By ice rivers on Fri, 19 Jul 2019

Just in case racism or nativism backfires or Mueller becomes scrutable or fifteen more women come forward, two of whom have had an abortion,...
Other Non-fiction
Horror
Opinion
Inspiration Point (work that responds to our weekly writing cue)
Non-fiction
Certificate 15

Redemption Dimension

By ice rivers on Fri, 06 Sep 2019

Redemption is a refocusing, a relief and a release. Once we got glasses as kids, the BIGGEST fear of them all was losing those glasses. The remedy...
Autobiography
Non-fiction
Certificate 15

Wisconsin Street Parlor

By ice rivers on Mon, 07 Oct 2019

I never knew my mother's father. He passed away when my mother was in high school. She was the oldest child and became a father figure for her...
Autobiography
Non-fiction
Certificate 15