Something I’m Working on – 2

It was hard not to notice that the poet’s shack had more books than space. The bed was sitting on stacks of literary quarterlies. The couch was made entirely of poetry anthologies. On the walls were shelves of self-published works. There was a wood-burning stove with photographs of various people spilling out onto the floor. […]

Something I’m Working on

I was lost in a dark forest. How I got there, I do not know. It might’ve been because I drove my truck into that ravine. It might’ve been because I neglected to fire my safety flare into the air and instead ate an entire baggy of peyote buttons. Who’s to say? I tried following […]

Thoughts on Hope

Legend has it that a Titan named Pandora was given a box and told not to open it. It begs the question of “why didn’t whoever gave her the box just keep it”, if all they were going to do with it was to not open it. Pandora did the only logical thing and lifted […]

Daylight Savings Time: A Rant

The worst part of daylight savings time is hearing my son complain about daylight savings time… For those of you not in the know, daylight savings time is when we, in the United States, move our clocks forward an hour and live under the collective delusion that what was seven o’clock is now eight o’clock. […]

Why I Had a Tiger Prepare My Taxes

Tigers are solitary creatures so it is unlikely he’ll be sharing my personal information with any of his friends. ♠ Human tax preparation can charge as much as three hundred dollars; whereas, a tiger can be paid in goat carcasses. ♠ No matter how poorly a human prepares your taxes, it is illegal to shoot […]