johnkingwriter

AdBlue, the Mercedes way.

(Photo credit: Pixabay.com) My car started complaining about the lack of AdBlue (used to break down nitrogen-oxides in the exhaust of diesel cars) in its reserv...

The Remote Desktop Scam

There comes a time in any techie’s life when they are called out to deal with a problem so catastrophic that it will change the lives of the people impacted by ...

RatBastard III

It's come to my attention that I never did complete the saga of RatBastard that I started some 11 months ago. Let me rectify that now... If you've not read the ...

Urgent Need for Rescue Transport Funds!

https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmZrEKYY37jh9R1UEjHmPVV8nDyZX4gUiCAGGY8YqpQu2E/image.png Last week we shared a post about the grave need for donations to vet som...

The End of All Things :: A Short Story :: 'What Would You Do' contest entry

(story preview only) This is an entry for @dreemit's What Would You Do Writing Challenge Title image by @negativer using Canva and image from Pixabay. Join us a...

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Write Club: Final Prompt

Alright, my fellow Space Monkeys. This is it. The final stretch.  If your eyes haven’t given out yet, and you can still read this, then let me start by say...

April 11th -- Steemit Ramble #151 -- Curating Great Posts for You

http://i.imgur.com/64xzouL.jpg Another busy week time so far. I struggle sometimes to get my focus on to writing and off other activities. I guess such is life ...

My thoughts on Write Club

I’ve been asked what Write Club has done for me over the last sixteen weeks and I’m tempted to be less than charitable. I’m tempted to say that it has made me l...

Read Me My Writes: A Blog on Write Club, Entry #10 (Includes a Premonition)

Hopefully it's not actually a premonition, but we'll see. What Up? It's been 21 days since my last writeclub post. Wowza! I would say "Time flies!" but, no, it ...

Scotland - North Coast 500 - Day 2

Day 1 is here Day 2 - Part 1 We were feeling a little rough around the edges in the morning. Considering that we sank the first beer before taking the luggage o...

Tazewell County, VA: "The Adventure Tourism Capital of the Appalachians" (WARNING: Tourists May Want to Keep Their Pets Far, Far Away From Here)

https://steemitimages.com/DQmXkBgYzDgE6APYzt5teNrDFbB3SyFA5V4HJdsRLuLiKFV/image.png >"He hit that dog every bit of 8-10 times, about 5 times before he stopped y...

Scotland - North Coast 500 - Day 1

Day 0 (Preamble) Motorcycle Trip Around Scotland - September (2017) Tomorrow I depart on an epic journey around the north of Scotland on a motorcycle that’s old...

Write Club, Prompt Seven

As of now(ish), the first-ever Write Club has been running for 12 weeks. That's six prompts, six short stories per writer, and a lot of stress. But man, has it ...

Elite. DANGEROUS!

I logged into Elite Dangerous for the first time in God knows how long. Maybe eight months. Being the sensible sort, I went through some of the training again b...

Unintended poetry - "I Knew There Was Something" - in support of @tarc

This little piece is a work of “unintended poetry,” thanks to the editing prowess of @damianjayclay. I pledge the SBD payout of this post to @tarc -- the wonder...

TheAlliance Supports TARC!

TheAlliance Supports TARC! If you have not heard of @tarc or @rhondak where have you been hiding? @rhondak is the Woman behind this wonderful pet rescue operati...

Write Club Session Six Prompt.

After ten gruelling weeks that have depleted our numbers severely, it falls on me to present the prompt for session six of WriteClub. I originally wanted the pr...

BTC - Where's the bottom?

Anyone with any holdings in BTC, or any other cryptocurrency that gets dragged about by it, has been eying the charts for the last couple of weeks trying to wor...

Boy's Adventure Tale - Part 11

https://i0.wp.com/reversedblackmaria.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/batsplashflatmed.png?ssl=1&w=640 This is a boy’s adventure tale. But this is not a boy’s advent...