Monthly Archives: May 2009

My Lost Novel: Prologue

Prologue – In a time outside of time… He looked down upon His Children, in love and awe at what They had become. While all knowing, all seeing, and all feeling, even He had to pause from time to time

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Three Reunions and a “Significant Other”

This weekend may count as one of the strangest in a while.  Of course, it was time for my 20 Year High School Reunion.  But it ended up being three reunions of sorts in a single weekend – one of

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BodyZone

“Thanks for calling BodyZone, this is Mike, how may I help you?”  He droned it out in the happiest possible tone, just in case this call was being “monitored for quality assurance,” but he got tired of saying it within the

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Twisted Cola

I’d like to teach the world to sing, In perfect harmony, I’d like to buy the world a Coke, Then throw a little arsenic in there, so my damned phone would quit ringing.     ———— Writing Notes ————— Written

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Ribs Aren’t Supposed To Do That, Right? Kenosha, WI, Maha Selling in NY, The Reunion is Coming, Muse

Ribs Aren’t Suppose To Do That, Right? So, I grab my chinup bar and start to do a pullup, and feel this “pwaaang!” in my chest on the right side, just past the sternum.  As per my rules, I quit

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Muse, Still Working Out, Kenosha, More Devvi

Muse The Muse has been a term I’ve used for awhile to describe a sort of personification of the motivation I feel when writing.  Not an uncommon thing, of course.  A while back Devi and I were chatting about something,

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Back on the Road, A Tale of Three Cars, A Voice From the Recent Past, What in God’s Earth am I Doing Now?

Back on the Road “Drivin’, drivin’, drivin’,  Got my troubles on hold  Just drivin’ down that highway  My fossil fuel’s good as gold  I’m lookin for that long lost road  No sign of man, no sign of life ” – Sammy

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The Five Day “Fifteen Minute Fix”

Just before it all goes wrong… I’m not an expert mechanic, but I can do quite a bit, and have before.  There’s some things I’ve done so many times I could almost do it blind folded on certain cars.  Take

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