Mel Nicholson
melanoman.bsky.social
Mel Nicholson
@melanoman.bsky.social
Why is it that I can #recall every detail of things that happened twenty years ago, but have no idea why I came into the kitchen? Or maybe a break room. What the hell is this place?

I brush past someone in scrubs and see a sign out the window. Vancouver memory center.

#vss365
December 18, 2025 at 11:57 AM
The capsule reached #apogee one the 113th day, mission clock 03:14:15.9. We were too far out by half, and didn't have the fuel to avoid burning up in the plasmashpere on our next pass.

I silenced the computer countdown of our final seven hours. Even doom can get #monotonous.

#vss365
December 15, 2025 at 1:32 PM
"You just don't respect my #boho lifestyle."
"I guess I could make a donation to TB research."
"What's that got to do with anything?"
"It's a history thing."
"That's your problem, cousin. Never living in the moment."
"My bad. Did you go to see someone about that rash?"

#vss365
December 15, 2025 at 1:16 PM
"The man," Daryl slammed his fist, "is irreplaceable." His mother-in-law Carol didn't flinch.

"Have some tea, Darren," Carol encouraged. "I made it especially for you."

"It's Daryl!" he complained.

"Sorry, I must have confused you with the guy from #Bewitched. Do you like almond taste?"

#vss365
December 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Gen Z show up to the Rocky Horror Picture Show, sort of. They can dress up as #Magenta, but the real power was in feeling the audience respond in unison. Well, that and losing one's viginity to the on stage cast.

#vss365
December 8, 2025 at 3:54 PM
You had to keep an eye on Dale when he had his dowsing rod.

"We can't go in there Dale. Read the signs."
"I thought you didn't believe in #augury."
"No, Dale. On the fence in big letters."
"No trespassing? What are they trying to hide?"
"No, the other one."
"Superfund? What's that?"

#vss365
December 6, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The panelist beside me droned on about how we had turned our back on tradition. He wanted women to submit to men. He danced around the idea that whites should rule. When he demanded that men be more #chivalrous, there was only one thing I could do. I took off my glove and slapped him. #vss365
December 4, 2025 at 12:07 PM
We scatter aimlessly with great purpose, dense in construction yet sparse in the vastness. Most vanish in rifts or burn in stars. Finding the #aphotic depths of a planet with enough heat to activate our reproduction is an impossible lottery. But we bought a lot of tickets.

#vss365
December 2, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Marketeers use names like Passion, Romance or #suave as if they can change the cosmetics aisle into a red light district. Did they have to sacrifice their dreams to exploit yours?

#vss365
December 1, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I skipped #vss365 #last night, but I'm back today so I can build a habit rather than a streak.
December 1, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Sipping a warm cup of turkey soup in the ER waiting room, I hear the bickering love I had with my brother in the voices of my parents. Shouldn't the #reflection go the other way around?

#vss365
November 27, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Baseball isn't a #timed event. The worse the hometown defense plays, the longer they ask you to watch it.

#vss365
November 26, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Subscribers to the podcast were up. The legacy networks couldn't get enough interviews. Hollywood extended an offer to grow from cameos to starring roles. The only place he wasn't #relevant was at home.
November 25, 2025 at 1:43 AM
"That is never going to happen," Kyle complained.
"Anything is #achievable if you work hard enough," Karen countered.
"That's what I said."

#vss365
November 24, 2025 at 3:33 AM
A single milivolt, barely #measurable, was enough to change the world. A biological capacitor. A heartbeat without a heart. An excuse to deny chemotherapy. The potential future of a woman with hopes and dreams, sacrificed on the altar of political ambition. #vss365
November 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I always have scenes and themes running through my head, but one look at a blank page requires a saving throw versus paralysis or else the #specific details all run and hide in the ducts.

#vss365
November 22, 2025 at 8:31 AM
They keep telling me that every #action has an equal an opposite reaction. I just wish that was true for mistakes.

#vss365
November 21, 2025 at 5:28 AM
A hedge fund quant spent day and night using puts, calls, and heavily leveraged straddles with insider information to amass more money than he could spend in three lifetimes. The only #option he lacked was a way to step away and enjoy it.

#vss365
November 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
My daily #reality involves sorting pills into little boxes to be opened when the alarm bells ring. My doctor told me that taking them is my most important job. It doesn't pay well. I wonder who they will get to take them when I'm gone. #vss365
November 19, 2025 at 3:04 AM
A little over 82 years ago, Marvel introduced their most patriotic superhero, Captain America. He showed his love of country and freedom by wearing chain mail and using his literal iron fist on villains wearing swastikas.

Are you feeling patriotic like Captain America?
November 24, 2024 at 1:12 AM
In 2028, I want to vote for a candidate. We have four years of work to do to make that possible.
November 19, 2024 at 10:33 PM
It's not about what Trump believes.
He wants bribes.
What do the bribers want?
November 16, 2024 at 1:35 PM
I wonder if the new AG will investigate himself for trafficking minors.
November 13, 2024 at 11:15 PM