Facts. Opinions. Anecdotes. Reviews. Narration. Persuasion. Speculation. Punctuation. Musings. Meanderings. Lists. Twists. Geography. Astronomy. History. Gastronomy. Athletics. Aesthetics. Comics. Economics. Hiking. Holidays. Hamilton. Politics. Blues. Brews. Tattoos. Earth. Pathos. Ethos. Logos. Mirth. Complex Simplicity reprints the first 101 entries from Peter Dabbene's monthly column in the Hamilton Post newspaper, plus assorted essays focusing on comic books, movies, social media, pol...

Mr. Dreyfus Demons is the story of Fred Dreyfus, an average individual who is thrust into a most unusual situation. Waking from an office party the night before, he discovers a door that leads straight into the infernal realm of hell.Condemned to hell on a technicality, his only chance of escape lies with the scruples of three random New Yorkers, or his own wits. As he is introduced to the scheming characters who inhabit the netherworld, Fred realizes that his best hope for escape ...

This anthology represents the first collection of writing efforts by Peter Dabbene. Prime Movements is a mixed-bag compilation featuring tales of adventure, science fiction, a pair of children's stories, and a few compositions that, surprisingly, are not entirely fictional.Themes explored include the search for inspiration, the quest for true love, the mysteries which lie below the surface of our everyday activities, ruminations on life and death, and questions about what the futur...

Glossolalia is a compendium of 35 short stories, taking on genres from short comedy to science fiction, and from political satire to "literary" fiction and horror. A turn of the 21st century detective seeks a sense of purpose and a new start. A modern magician finds peace in a recorded voice from the past. A trucker gets a warning along with his meal at a truck stop diner. The brightest lights of stage and screen engage in a secret mission to save Hollywood. A young woman is taken for a ri...

You've got spam! And so does everyone else. But what happens when you reply to those spam e-mails? Dieter P. Bieny finds out by engaging in humorous exchanges with real spammers.

Optimism is a collection of poems by Peter Dabbene, each accompanied by a photograph. The book features the work of photographers from 8 countries.

HE'S BACK! Did you miss him? Dieter P. Bieny resumes his campaign against e-mail spammers, seeking justice and entertainment value at every turn. Can he still convince the scammers to invest their time and effort in an ultimately fruitless endeavor, or have they caught on to his game? WHAT'S NEW? Dieter ups the ante with new fake IDs, harder-to-believe occupations and living situations, and more obnoxious personal questions than ever. The results? A symphony of badly spelled attempts at fr...

It's Dieter P. Bieny's final round of repartee with e-mail spammers, and he's saved the best for last! Dieter pulls out all the stops with "The Name Game", Spammer Poetry, and the wonder that is. . . Rubby Love. Dieter bids adieu to his readers with a tender lollapalooza of secret codes, hashtags, and doctored images that will elicit tears of laughter from one eye, and tears of sadness from the other.

"How could you give money to someone you’ve never met?"That’s the first question most people ask.For Jan Marshall, life was good. She had worked hard, set herself up well, and was looking for a companion to share her future with. Just as countless thousands around the world do, every day, she turned to online dating.In just a few months, Jan believed she was ‘in love’. She accepted a proposal of marriage, and then sent money - ALL her money - to a professional scamm...

I'm Jason Buckley and along with my wife Julie we have re-designed our lives to enable us to stop the daily 9 to 5 of our corporate jobs, and to instead have the choice to do something else. We have chosen to travel, and now spend several months a year away from home seeing the world. This mini guide tells the story of how we changed our lives to give ourselves freedom to travel. Its purpose is to help others who are thinking about making a similar lifestyle change.

Internet e-mail scams, mostly originating in West Africa, have been one of the downsides of communicating in cyberspace, but, incredible though it may seem, people have actually responded to them. As an aside, an episode of a comedy series on Icelandic television featured a character who did just that: it was very funny, as long as there were subtitles on the screen.Some of the funniest examples have been collected together here, proving that apparently unconnected people hundreds o...

It is not a part of the English or even European custom to ask for a discount or haggle about prices. However, due to the present economic recession you would be a thief of your own purse if you paid the normal asking prices. This e-book contains a collection of tips and tricks from which you can benefit from.