Author Michael R. Hicks
@authormichaelhicks.bsky.social
Indie author of sci-fi/fantasy, thriller, & romance novels. Posts about books (mine and from other authors), movies, cats, travel, food, COVID/pandemic safety, and whatever else comes to mind.
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“I threw up in my mouth and swallowed it!”
Quote of the day from a kid in the jetway…
Quote of the day from a kid in the jetway…
December 28, 2025 at 1:32 AM
“I threw up in my mouth and swallowed it!”
Quote of the day from a kid in the jetway…
Quote of the day from a kid in the jetway…
So the guy at the gate says that everyone should keep their apps open in case there’s a gate change for our outgoing flight, and he’ll try to let us know so we don’t miss the plane. Go Delta, lol!
December 28, 2025 at 12:12 AM
So the guy at the gate says that everyone should keep their apps open in case there’s a gate change for our outgoing flight, and he’ll try to let us know so we don’t miss the plane. Go Delta, lol!
I’m documenting my increasing exhaustion in my trek from home in Brittany to Phoenix, lol! This is Atlanta, because…Delta.
December 27, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I’m documenting my increasing exhaustion in my trek from home in Brittany to Phoenix, lol! This is Atlanta, because…Delta.
Long flight, gotta eat. AirFanta 4Lite in play while my N95 is off. Always glad to have this…
December 27, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Long flight, gotta eat. AirFanta 4Lite in play while my N95 is off. Always glad to have this…
Start the engines!
December 27, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Start the engines!
Now my flight from Rennes is delayed, so I’ll only have 1 hr 5 mins to make it from my gate at CDG terminal 2G to 2E. HAHAHAHA!!
December 27, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Now my flight from Rennes is delayed, so I’ll only have 1 hr 5 mins to make it from my gate at CDG terminal 2G to 2E. HAHAHAHA!!
Waiting to start th first leg of my trip back to the States. *Le Sigh*
December 27, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Waiting to start th first leg of my trip back to the States. *Le Sigh*
Have to fly back to Arizona tomorrow. NOT looking forward to it, but duty calls...
December 26, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Have to fly back to Arizona tomorrow. NOT looking forward to it, but duty calls...
We're in more than "a bit of a wobble." Any nation with 60 to 70+ million voters who would vote for Trump as many as THREE TIMES in a system that would allow someone like him to take power even once CANNOT BE TRUSTED. EVER. Not without major governmental reforms that aren't gonna happen.
KIMMEL, to the UK:
“.. It may not seem like it, but we love you guys. .. We’re going through a bit of a wobble right now, but we’ll come around. .. Give us about three years.”
@jimmykimmel.com
“.. It may not seem like it, but we love you guys. .. We’re going through a bit of a wobble right now, but we’ll come around. .. Give us about three years.”
@jimmykimmel.com
December 26, 2025 at 4:57 AM
We're in more than "a bit of a wobble." Any nation with 60 to 70+ million voters who would vote for Trump as many as THREE TIMES in a system that would allow someone like him to take power even once CANNOT BE TRUSTED. EVER. Not without major governmental reforms that aren't gonna happen.
LOOK WHO WE FOUND UNDER THE TREE, Y'ALL!
Seasons Greetings from Nina the Cat...
Seasons Greetings from Nina the Cat...
December 25, 2025 at 8:02 AM
LOOK WHO WE FOUND UNDER THE TREE, Y'ALL!
Seasons Greetings from Nina the Cat...
Seasons Greetings from Nina the Cat...
Okay, before I get sucked into the black hole of doomscrolling, here's wishing you and yours happy holidays however you may celebrate, and if you don't celebrated at all! Now it's time to write...
#BookSky
#BookSky
December 25, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Okay, before I get sucked into the black hole of doomscrolling, here's wishing you and yours happy holidays however you may celebrate, and if you don't celebrated at all! Now it's time to write...
#BookSky
#BookSky
She "woke up" only because SHE is finally having to suffer some consequences. That's it. And there's no contrition here; her apology is an empty one. And she's right: she's not your friend. She's still the same horrid person she's always been.
December 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM
She "woke up" only because SHE is finally having to suffer some consequences. That's it. And there's no contrition here; her apology is an empty one. And she's right: she's not your friend. She's still the same horrid person she's always been.
The only thing I feel when I look at this "battleship" is disgust and outrage. And that it's fucking stupid.
December 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The only thing I feel when I look at this "battleship" is disgust and outrage. And that it's fucking stupid.
Your daily reminder that the United States under the Trump regime poses a clear and present danger to Europe and the world in general.
Sidebar: Every Democrat in the Senate voted to confirm Rubio.
Sidebar: Every Democrat in the Senate voted to confirm Rubio.
December 24, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Your daily reminder that the United States under the Trump regime poses a clear and present danger to Europe and the world in general.
Sidebar: Every Democrat in the Senate voted to confirm Rubio.
Sidebar: Every Democrat in the Senate voted to confirm Rubio.
I suspect most of us who've served aren't surprised that the military hasn't "taken out" Trump & co. Where are our 'leaders'? Looking out for themselves; think they're going to risk their own necks? You know who the cavalry is, if it exists at all? Look in the mirror: it's you. It's us. We're it.
This is what I don’t understand. I don’t know where the fuck everyone is either. I honestly thought Trump and his evil stooges would have been taken out by the military by now. I’m kind of shocked actually. We’ve always claimed to be the most powerful country, but nobody has any balls. NOBODY!!
December 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I suspect most of us who've served aren't surprised that the military hasn't "taken out" Trump & co. Where are our 'leaders'? Looking out for themselves; think they're going to risk their own necks? You know who the cavalry is, if it exists at all? Look in the mirror: it's you. It's us. We're it.
TP USA is America's Hitlerjugend...
NASHVILLE - TN HS Dems Tennessee High School Dems deliver a petition to Senator @MarshaBlackburn to stop the just-announced government partnership forcing TP USA chapters into every school in Tennessee. (“to stop far right extremism”)
December 24, 2025 at 9:56 AM
TP USA is America's Hitlerjugend...
Yesterday sucked, today sucks (it's just a question of how bad), and so I'm going to spend some time writing and try to put the emotions to good use...
December 24, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Yesterday sucked, today sucks (it's just a question of how bad), and so I'm going to spend some time writing and try to put the emotions to good use...
It doesn't comfort me, because these "insanely stupid" people TOOK OVER OUR GOVERNMENT WITH EASE AND ARE DESTROYING OUR COUNTRY WITH TOTAL IMPUNITY. Yes, we need to exploit every mistake the best we can, but their incompetence doesn't comfort me in the face of the evil they're inflicting on us.
I mean yeah it’s an authoritarian takeover but can we take some comfort in the fact that the people doing it are INSANELY stupid?
December 24, 2025 at 7:02 AM
It doesn't comfort me, because these "insanely stupid" people TOOK OVER OUR GOVERNMENT WITH EASE AND ARE DESTROYING OUR COUNTRY WITH TOTAL IMPUNITY. Yes, we need to exploit every mistake the best we can, but their incompetence doesn't comfort me in the face of the evil they're inflicting on us.
Even in France, there's just not enough wine for tonight. *Le sigh*
December 23, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Even in France, there's just not enough wine for tonight. *Le sigh*
Just when you thought things couldn't get any more absurd, the U.S. Navy steps forward and does a faceplant on the deck at the feet of Der Führer. Meet the "Trump-class Battleship", ...part of the Navy's "Golden Showers...uh, I mean Golden Fleece - dang - I really mean...
www.goldenfleet.navy.mil
www.goldenfleet.navy.mil
December 23, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Just when you thought things couldn't get any more absurd, the U.S. Navy steps forward and does a faceplant on the deck at the feet of Der Führer. Meet the "Trump-class Battleship", ...part of the Navy's "Golden Showers...uh, I mean Golden Fleece - dang - I really mean...
www.goldenfleet.navy.mil
www.goldenfleet.navy.mil
Our grocery delivery yesterday, here in our small (2,500 ppl) French town. Six bags of groceries, including a pack of 30 eggs from free range chickens, a bunch of cheese, some boneless skinless chicken breasts, other various and sundry food items, a bunch of cat food, and a six-pack of...
December 23, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Our grocery delivery yesterday, here in our small (2,500 ppl) French town. Six bags of groceries, including a pack of 30 eggs from free range chickens, a bunch of cheese, some boneless skinless chicken breasts, other various and sundry food items, a bunch of cat food, and a six-pack of...
Okay, time to get off this damn thing and go get some writing done...
December 23, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Okay, time to get off this damn thing and go get some writing done...
Reposted by Author Michael R. Hicks
The 60 minutes segment Bari Weiss killed is here: www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
December 23, 2025 at 12:31 AM
The 60 minutes segment Bari Weiss killed is here: www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
The Government of Denmark should refuse entry to Landry and any other U.S. official, including Trump himself.
Jeff Landry is a moron with zero foreign policy experience, knowledge, or qualifications. ZERO. Nothing. More insanity.
December 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The Government of Denmark should refuse entry to Landry and any other U.S. official, including Trump himself.
Hmm, because like the rest of corporate media, they're pandering to the Nazi regime?
Why did CBS delete this promo and cancel this from airing in full?
December 22, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Hmm, because like the rest of corporate media, they're pandering to the Nazi regime?