“See… that right there… is what it’s all about. Laboring in obscurity. Starving and struggling. The man who embraces his mediocre nothingness… shines greater… than any.”
Keanu Reeves
Apr
11
Please take a minute to go read the first review of the new book. Read it all here. “The work stands out because of its creativity. Examples: An ethnically sourced method of saying good-bye to the family car. People having arguments inside their heads on a wide range of topics. The dilemma of an extra […]
May
23
(originally posted 9/16/2018) Rod is a janitor. Not much in the way of an opening line but my first attempt (“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times for Rod the janitor”) gave me the weirdest sense I’d read that before somewhere. That and it was neither the best nor […]
May
22
(originally posted 8/31/2020) Having taken the time and effort to switch sides of the table to avoid the beating sun I was equally as put out at the rumbling in my stomach. When I buy a new book and the day is bright and warm and there are no distractions or obligations to take […]
May
21
(originally posted 9/28/2020) There were two things that stopped Sam’s ex-girlfriend Diane from maintaining the title and perhaps even graduating to much-sought-after wife status. The first was her toes. They were always in motion. She could spread them out until there was an unhealthy amount of lights between them. They were like five pieces […]
May
20
(originally posted 9/20/2020) raise /rāz/ verb lift or move to a higher position or level raze /rāz/ verb completely destroy I’m calling bullshit on this second word. There is no way that it was intended to mean both. It’s so obvious that somebody in a position of authority somehow flubbed saying ‘raise’ in […]
May
19
(originally posted 12/16/2018) People say that when you live near an airport it isn’t long before you don’t even hear the planes flying overhead. Not so for Christopher from Columbus. He has lived by John Glenn International Airport for his whole life and he hears every plane that arrives and departs and he wouldn’t […]
