May
22
Eight Marvelous and Melancholy Things I’ve Learned About Creativity (by The Oatmeal)
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Jun
3
ugly at prom
(Originally posted on 6/5/2012. Occasionally reposted not because it’s good, but as punishment for ever having written it. A reminder to myself just how horrible I can be.) This is not something I wanted to write. It’s been more like a fart I’ve been trying to hold in while surrounded by decent company. Hoping […]
Jun
2
15 miles
(originally posted 8/25/2012) I’ve always wanted to write an epic story about a young man or woman who decides to leave a small town in the Midwest and set out on their own. It would go into great detail about how they didn’t fit in and how their dreams for something more eventually win […]
May
31
RIP Judith Archer
(originally posted 5/27/2013) At first the Funeral Director thought it was a pale handkerchief the woman was clutching in her hands but as he leaned in to get a closer look it turned out to be a folded note, the paper yellowing with age. It was as crinkly and worn as the skin on […]
May
30
Coasting
(first appeared on www.whiskeypaper.com webpage 8/19/12) I wonder sometimes where art is headed. Since the first painting were thrown up on a cave wall there have been artists, critics and the audience and those three have been involved in a dance ever since. Do the fast-forwarding from stick figures to print to movies yourself. […]
May
28
down and outloaded
(Originally posted 6/22/2012. Obviously I had no idea that 13 years later I’d still be churning out “stupid short stories at a dizzying clip.” And still as poorly written as this. The novel still remains unwritten.) Being on a tight budget but nonetheless having a lot of times on my hands I started to […]