Delayed by Destiny

Many apologies for the absence of posts lately.  In my effort to see my name in print, I’ve been writing non-stop, adding some finishing touches on some of my short stories.  In some cases, the damage is minimal: a little spackle here, a new coat of paint, repair some dangling participles, done.   For others, the [...]

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Gibber-Jabber

The fallout from the whole Tower of Babel debacle left man and his children rather befuddled. As the dust settled, humanity severed all connection to those that did not speak and therefore think like themselves, dispersing the human population into nations, cultures, and warring soccer communities. Of course, the children are the hardest hit.

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Growing Pains

Today is Bree’s birthday, and she is ensuring that the whole family does not forget.  Thirteen years old. An unlucky number for even the most loving parent or older brother.  For marking the threshold into the teenage years, my baby sister, the youngest of my siblings has emerged into the second-most-difficult epoch of her life [...]

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Of Fiends and Fountain Drinks

In these times of financial difficulties (i.e. “Hey! Where’d all my money go?”), lifestyle changes are expected.  Many of my cousins upon graduating high school have shied away from out-of-state education, investing in used cars, gas stations and morning commutes from home; others have ignored the traditional college altogether, seeking apprenticeships in trade schools, community [...]

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The Fool’s Guide to Wine-Tasting

The first skill of any successful wine connoisseur necessitates the ability to speak the lingo or at least French. I reason that people are more likely to tell you what you’re suppose to taste if can correctly pronounce the label. This in turn allows the fake connoisseur to easily impress his or [...]

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Shots After Midnight: The King’s Diet

As night falls here at the pub, Jameson and Bailley’s fill our glasses and loose our tongues.  Tales emerge to accompany us on our long walk home through the darkness . . .
Brigid and Kevin were fighting again. No one knew the argument began: a touch on the shoulder, a misplaced word, a subtle [...]

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Exam Time

Forty-five minutes until the second (and thankfully final) day of my comprehensive exams begins.  By the grace of St. Jude, the school decided to fashion most of the exam around four 900 word essays chosen from ten, a task well-suited to my skills: fashioning something erudite and coherent from random mind-phlegm.  In other words BS-ing like lawyer in [...]

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Story Sickness

Presently I am recovering from particularly viral strain of “story sickness.” At least, that is the name I give to it, that passionate “fevered” desire to complete a particularly imaginative or well-told tale, and the effects are not pretty. The story envelops me. I cannot eat. I cannot sleep. I relinquish all work – as [...]

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Guy Talk: Part 1

On the way down the road, I take out my laptop and begin writing:
Ryan and I are driving down south this weekend to visit Ryan’s girlfriend at the eastern shore, where she currently resides until classes end in a few weeks. I know very little about her college; although I hear that the scenery [...]

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Motor City

Three simple yet important qualities or questions guide my taste in automobiles: function (Does it work?), utility (Can it get me there?), and size (Can I comfortably stuff ten or twelve adults and/or children loaded like sherpas into it?). Other factors essential to more fervent automotive buyers like style, make, model, year, country, cleanliness, stereo, [...]

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