What I Miss About Working On-Site

I miss the frequent fire alarm evacuations. It was as if the mom of everybody said, “It’s too nice outside for you to be on that computer”… I miss copying the inside of my mouth to check for a swollen uvula. I miss talking to others over a wall. I think it really helped me […]

Mask Facts that I’d Like to Cover Up

Actors, in ancient Greece, wore masks when they performed. The exaggerated expressions allowed the large audience to see the conveyed emotion before the actor spoke; and, the masks often amplified the voices of the performers; as an added bonus, actors didn’t have to wash their faces before a performance. The Mask was quite a departure […]

Stuff I Used to Worry About

I used to worry about dying young; now, I just worry about dying. I used to worry about going bald; now, I just worry about my hat blowing off. I used to worry about getting fat; now, I just worry that I’m not worried about getting fat. I used to worry about being publicly humiliated; […]

Expected Reviews of My Book

One Star An Affront to God and Some of God’s Friends What can I say? I found his prose to be cloying, his plot points lacking and his client not guilty by reason of insanity. I found his metaphors on species to be labored and his metaphors on labor to be specious. The book is […]

The Death of Time and the Little Gray Kittens that Live on the Hill

I wrote a book called, “The Death of Time”, which was a taut political thriller in that it was about thrilling politics that were also kind of taut. It was a hundred thousand words of pure excitement that had presidents and beautiful powerful women and billionaires and spies and billionaire spies. I would say that […]