Nano Floating Brick 

This piece of Flash Fiction/Short Story by the Catholic Author, Jesus Chameleon is a good example of Man's Inhumanity to Man and was originally published in Haggard and Halloo Magazine (Online) on May 18, 2014.  

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Nano Floating Brick

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Nano Floating Brick
by Jesus Chameleon

I landed on this beautiful floating portico built up against a house. The future city was levitating as were all the other homes in the neighborhood. George informed me that it was built shortly after the Fifth World War to conserve ground space as the population had already grown to about 10 billion people in the year 2099.

The new levitating city was an urban planning miracle made possible by the Chamoru invention of a nano floating brick that revolutionized the world of building science. The conventional use of this featherlight brick was not so accepted before WW V, however. You see, George Pontiff had invented it by accidentally happening upon a light element discovered on Jupiter in 2062 and extracted the new element from the Jupiter rock during his doctoral studies at Hiyoshi in 2066.

During his studies, a second doctorate—his first doctorate was in International Politics—in Chemical Engineering, the Forth World War just came to an end and the Fulbright committee was searching for a way to resolve urban planning issues in overpopulated cities like Los Angeles and offered George a full scholarship for a year abroad in an area of his choosing. Had it not been clear in his doctoral proposal to the Fulbright committee, the worldwide controversy and his trial that started WW V would not have ever peacefully ended. The forces of evil would have prevailed and the nano floating brick would be in enemy hands, today. Committed to the ideal of world peace and the spirit of the Atlantic Treaty, George Pontiff was represented by Stewart Harry, who studied Law at Cambridge, in a now landmark case won in The World Court in George Pontiff and The Fulbright Committee Vs. the Confederation of The Orient (CTO) for ownership of the patent for the discovery of the nano brick while studying abroad in the Orient.

WW V ended in 2074 much to the surprise of the whole world when evidence was presented by the brilliant Stewart Harry and his team of investigators that condemned the member countries of the CTO that had conspired to breaking into the Fulbright office, secretly altering the original application of George Pontiff. Many years after the War ended, the Nobel Committee awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Dr. George Pontiff, the rightful owner of the patent for the discovery of the nano floating brick that revolutionized the disciplines of building science and architecture in the world.

The End

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Flash Fiction: Mercy in Childhood by Jesus Chameleon

A short story that relates to mercy and Divine Mercy Sunday by the Catholic Poet & Essayist, Jesus Chameleon.  

Walking the neighborhoods through side streets and back alleys in the ‘60’s, I loved the monotony of my childhood .  Through the rustic windows of the past I regularly saw sandstone carved from coral and ifit wood backgrounds as other children peered out from beneath the old chairs at their feet.  I could not imagine where my parents were in that Volkswagen car and at some women’s prayer group somewhere.  My dress tattered from the brush so worried me knowing the Rinso Blue at home was locked in the pantry and could not wash it before my angry parents saw it.  “Love Potion #9” was all I could hear ringing in my ears and knowing what a naughty girl I’ve been.  Maybe my parents could remember what good grades I’ve been having — straight A’s — since entering the first grade.  I had a dream the other night that the gate to my house closed and locked and all the bedroom doors shut and that I wouldn't ever get home.  

I prayed the Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel to protect me every night before I sleep.  

Maria: “Jesus, please have mercy on a troubled world!  My cat won’t respond ‘cause I refuse to give him anything.  He wants more and more…But all I know is ‘no’ right now!” 

Ghost:  “I’ll let him know, Maria, please don’t worry.  Cats are finicky eaters.  They need exactly what they need and no more; unlike human beings who think and know.  He’ll be okay.”  

Mara:  “Please don’t kill him, God!”  

Ghost: “I’ll let him know in his special cat language and I'll take him to the Vet and fix him up.  He should be alright by the time you awake in the morning”  

by JESUS CHAMELEON, fr. The Marianas, Guam, U.S.A.  

"Mercy in Childhood" - Jesus Chameleon, Copyright (c) Unpublished 2022, U.S.A.

An essay about Jesus Chameleon

“Very Brief Answers on the Public Life of Two Jesuses”

     There is nothing more humiliating than "public life" for most of us: How
dreadful (awe, or reverence)! In English class---one day, long ago---we were
reciting poems we had memorized, and one student even refused to go to the
front of the classroom, and, thusly, opted to fail the assignment out of "shyness"
in Mrs. Geesman's class! Even after the "million" times I have spoken before large crowds, since that poetry assignment in that sibylline teachers class, there is still a great hesitation, because of the fear of failing to be less than perfect (as our Lord was/is perfect), especially the fear of relaying interpretations that are less than Biblical and sound that scare this author the most about public discourse.

     I wondered for purposes of writing this essay when it was that one began "public life" as did our Lord (just as food for thought), and what, furthermore, was one doing at the age of 30? The American poet and Catholic author, Jesus Chameleon was 30 years young in the year 2003, but for the purposes of writing this article, the man behind the mask was 30 years old in 1992. For those too young to remember, this was about the time when "the wall" was falling and was about the time of the "fall of communism." It was during just about the beginning of the breakup of the then Soviet Union. I was a young man fresh out of grad school then---still very zealous from an exclusive education at an elite private school overseas.

     The second question I ask myself is how long did my "public
life" last---Our Lord's lasted three years---and did I preach, teach, and do
good works like our Lord? From 1992-1995, a period of three years, I
hit the road on foot helping others as much as possible by volunteering at
churches on one of the islands of a certain Pacific archipelago. I joined the Knights of Columbus and rose to a Third Degree Knight, and then suddenly became inactive. I was hired at a law office as a clerk for a temporary period of time, and almost seriously ran twice for public office (bowing out gracefully as I was politically
"indebted" to the other candidates running). Most of these years would, in
retrospect, be a period when my political machinery grew the most. Speaking
to countless people along the way, my material attachments decreased as my
spirituality increased in the interaction with my community---I do not
suppose anyone learned from these conversations, but I did grow, and I
received countless graces from the experience.
This was about the time of "The Gulf War" (War in Iraq)....

     Finally, the third question I must ask myself is: Like our Lord,
what was the aim (purpose) of this so-called "public life" of mine? For
the answer turns out funny---not that I want to stir the emotions---I will
preface the answer with what Doctrine teaches us to do: to "Seek ye first the Kingdom
of God." My charism became profoundly present during this period in my life! What I was attempting to accomplish the entire time was to "teach what God requires all to believe and practice."
By becoming a good role model to others, I was able to realize that being good is the result of sometimes very severe interaction between members of a parish community and that teaching others by good example is essential for Charity to flourish and for Salvation to be received. I attended daily mass and became engrossed in a passionate study of all things that complement Roman Catholicism. And with Mother Angelica and the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) as my most trusty pals, I started a charismatic adventure into who I mostly am today! “Jesus loves you!” is what a famous nun says to her audience every time she speaks to their faithful souls and this is how I chose to end these very brief answers on the public life of two Jesuses.  "Jesus loves you."

by Jesus Chameleon

“Very Brief Answers on the Public Life of Two Jesuses,” Copyright (c) Unpublished 2013, U.S.A.

(Read about the ''The Public Life of Jesus Christ'' in a Catholic catechism.)