I was awakened last weekend, on a beautiful Saturday morning, by a knock on the door… Okay, I wasn’t awakened, it was 11:30, but I’d just gotten up and I was brushing my teeth when I opened the door, and…
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Gimme A Witness
Tagged with: consumerism, credit cards, humor, instant gratification, jehova's witness, jehovah, witness
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Almost Boyfriend Man
According to contemporary social myth, all it takes to be a hero is to be standing nearby when something bad happens. Given how often bad stuff seems to be happening, you and I are officially heroes. If something bad hasn’t…
Tagged with: boyfriend, dating, humor, life, rejection, sidekick, super powers, superheroes
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Awkward Stage
We all go through an awkward stage, trapped somewhere between “got it all figured out” and “gave it all up”. We like to think we only go through it as kids, as teens trapped between childhood and adulthood, longing to…
The Great Big Book Of Me
Call me Ishmael. It was a dark and stormy night. It was the best of times; it was the worst of times. Every good story needs a good opening line. Something that grabs you; that sets the tone; that establishes…
Tagged with: aging, big book of me, childhood, humor, life story, middle age, puberty, young marriage
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Real Men Don't Buy Kitsch
I was out doing a little shopping, a little consuming, prowling the aisles of the Cost Plus, the Ross Dress for Less, the K-Mart, the Everything’s a Dollar Store. So I’m at Ross, and I’m cruising the Kitsch aisle (which…
Tagged with: borders, consumerism, crap, humor, political prisoners, prison labor, ross
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My novel, Rocket Summer is now available in Kindle and paperback.
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