So here I sit in morbid anticipation, waiting for the long night to swallow my indifference and make my halting words clear. It will never be the same, I guess. The plaintive cry echoing out over the stereo calls to me. The sounds of Gavin Friday drowning out my seemingly endless problems. “I walked on … Continue reading From the Vault: Conflicting Generalizations (from January, 1998)
So many of us strive so hard to be perfect, but what is perfection really? The dictionary defines it as “excellent or complete beyond practical and theoretical improvement.” If we subscribed to this theory, then we would have to be akin to gods in order to fit the definition. While it’s easy to sit there, … Continue reading The Perfect Nature of Imperfection
That live program is on that you’ve wanted so much to see. It’s that game between the Eagles and Cowboys. It’s that Country Music Awards. It’s that finale of The Voice, and you’re all set to DVR it because you have to get up early for work the next morning. It’s the perfect solution. You … Continue reading “Don’t Tell Me”: The Art of Avoidance
At Target, this time of year, we are inundated with guests (see: Keeping it Brand, Part 3) who have no problem asking questions, many and often. Ironically, this is the exact opposite of how it is most times of the year. Usually people try their best to go down the aisle I’m not in, the … Continue reading Keeping it Brand, Part 4
They say that money makes the world go around, but isn’t it really the lack of money that does that? I mean, when you don’t have money you are forced to be creative with everything. Why do you think that most inventors talk about coming “from nothing” and “making something” of themselves? It is this … Continue reading Cash Rules Everything Around Me
No wonder there are so many crappy e-books out there. Seriously. I’ve been researching the process of how an e-book comes about, and it just seems way too easy for any schmo out there to publish whatever tripe they happen to be selling. I believe prose can be an art form, and too many people … Continue reading The Stair Stepping Nature of Modern Publishing
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