I’m generally a happy person, but it makes me sad that there are people in this world who don’t enjoy the Christmas holiday. They want the days of Christmas to go by fast and be gone. That is a sad situation. I wonder if they’re just focusing on the wrong end of the holiday. I …
Category Archives: writing
Fake Book Titles
Getting Married Underwater Real Photos Taken by Real Cats Wrestling a Python Black Holes: Not Black, Not Holes Landfill Everything Global Cooling Mining for Spaghetti Oysters Sleeping with the TV on Makes You Smarter How to: Guess Anyone’s Weight Novelty Campism: from Elvis Impersonation to Rap Music Ving Rhames for President Buried Treasure in …
Isms
Neoplatonism: Supposed to be new. It’s ancient. Supposed to be about Plato. He’s ancient too. An ism in antiquity. Infused with the idea that trance will connect one to a higher power. Solipsism: Selfism. Like a child who won’t share, this ism is for those who think they’re the center of the universe. Cronyism: Friend …
Naming Characters
Have you ever had a hard time naming a character? One of the conversations that circled my house on a recent Holiday was the subject of a mafia dude who got the hit put on him while he was in prison. His name was Whitey Bulger. In my mind, and other people’s minds as well: …
