You know, I’ve always wanted to be the best at something. Not just really good. Not just “one of the best,” because that presumes there are others who are just as good as I am. No, I wanted to be THE best at something, anything. To that end, I used to scour the Guinness Book … Continue reading Mad Skillz, Son.
We spend most of our lives deciding who gets in and who stays out of our inner sanctum, but sometimes that decision is made for us. How does it make us feel when this happens? That was the topic at the water cooler today. At first I didn’t want to join in, but I was … Continue reading Sam’s Weekly Water Cooler Musings: On Personal Space
Some friends are what I call for-the-moment friends, and I don’t mean the kind that ditch you when the going gets rough and you really need them to lean on. I mean those friends who come into your life unexpectedly and leave just as unexpectedly. Yet, after they’re gone you realize they were just what … Continue reading The Friend Cycle
I twist a thin strand of my long, golden blonde hair between my gnarled index finger and calloused thumb. I am sun-bleached and hauntingly beautiful. The filthy mirror above the bar’s liquor license casually reflects my truly ghost-like pallor, but I don’t see it. My hazel eyes crinkle at the corners, a starfish of lines … Continue reading An Exercise in Description: A Daily Post Challenge
The year was 1993. New Year’s Day was on a Friday, so we were thanking god big time as the clock struck midnight. Whoomp! There It Is! was rocking the charts, Jurassic Park was packing the theaters, and we were still looking a ways off to Y2K with no worries yet. I was still listening … Continue reading My Sweet Sixteen
Something about having my car inspected gives me the heebie jeebies. I’m sure it probably has something to do with my tortured mind. I mean, what if there’s something wrong with it, so it won’t pass inspection until I get it fixed. And what if that something wrong is really four things wrong, and each … Continue reading Breaking the Law
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