“A man’s subconscious self is not the ideal companion. It lurks for the greater part of his life in some dark den of its own, hidden away, and emerges only to taunt and deride and increase the misery of a miserable hour.”
P. G. Wodehouse
Jul
24
Everyone should be writing. Writing something. It doesn’t have to be brilliant, or even good, or meaningful to anyone but you. Shy? Having trouble getting started? Here are some good words of wisdom, courtesy of some pretty awesome writers and BrainPickings.org; H. P. Lovecraft’s advice to aspiring writers F. Scott Fitzgerald’s letter to his daughter Zadie […]
Jul
28
(originally posted 11/17/2015) When the Triple-A baseball team, the Duluth Dragons, folded last year due to low attendance, their mascot, amongst many other poor souls, was sent packing. The problem for fired mascots is there aren’t a lot of other teams named “Dragons” and even those are rarely looking for a new mascot. Getting […]
Jul
27
(originally posted 9/18/2016) Just before my hand reached the door of my car, my dog jumping and fidgeting in a hyper manner to my right in her enthusiasm to depart said vehicle, my other hand produced an Ipod from my pocket. My dog leaving the car would have to wait a tick as what […]
Jul
26
I don’t know what the first movie to feature ‘bloopers’ at the end of it was, but I’m willing to give them the benefit of the doubt that their intentions were pure; show some of the more humorous flubs. Everyone enjoys a little peek behind the camera. Since then the ‘blooper reel’ has become painful […]
Jul
25
(originally posted 7/26/2013… Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch’intrate) The greatest conversation I ever had was with someone I’d just met and barely knew. We sat at a diner making small talk and for the life of me I can’t remember how the topic even came up but we suddenly stopped talking business and instead […]
Jul
24
She called to ask if I would help her. Her cats had gotten stuck in a tree. Well, she didn’t exactly call so much as let it be known that assistance was required. Commissioner Gordon had the Bat Signal, apparently she has a cat signal at her disposal. One that shoots straight into my head […]
