Memoir – Chapter 6 – If You Need a Kidney, Don’t Call Me

I’ve never met a guy who didn’t like chicken wings. Maybe it’s evolutionary biology where a primitive brain center is triggered. Like when Oog the Caveman felt a pleasure response after he clubbed a wild bird and tossed it in a fire pit. Zaps was no exception. He scarfed the wings half a dozen at a time. I … Read more

Writing for Shoes – A Snazzy Way to Increase Productivity

Do not let it be said that writing in obscurity has no rewards. Today is my 450th blog, which means that another semicentennial milestone has been reached. When fifty blogs have been posted, something miraculous happens at my house: shoes fall from heaven! The Celestial Shoe Reward Committee (who I think have a divine connection … Read more

Cartoonist Hugh MacLeod’s Contest: Pick Me!

A few weeks ago Hugh MacLeod of gapingvoid.com announced a contest to write a caption to one of his daily cartoons. If interested, you were supposed to reply to Hugh’s Art Gallery with an email about “your burning desire” to supply the text for a drawing. As a BIG fan (and a writer!), I thought … Read more