Note: I had submitted this piece of short fiction to a regional literary magazine and it wound up getting rejected. So I thought I would share it here. I welcome any feedback on it and any of my writing. Enjoy! A dark cloud hung over the sky that day as I carried the box down... Continue Reading →
Las Vegas is Not — and Should Not — be a Petri Dish
I feel ya, Anderson. I do.The Las Vegas Strip is a 4.2 mile stretch of Las Vegas Boulevard that runs from Russell Road to Sahara Avenue. The big names of MGM and Caesar’s properties line the streets, supported by restaurants and other small business and tourist traps designed, in part, to separate people from their hard... Continue Reading →
Music Monday: “Hope” by Rush
A simple, two minute guitar instrumental with a simple, one word title. It’s a word that describes something we all need a little of right now. Hope. For many of us, these are trying times. We are out of routine; out of our comfort zone; out of ideas; out of work; or simply out of... Continue Reading →
Music Monday: Bullet With Butterfly Wings
It’s one line in particular that leads me to this Music Monday song. Despite all my rage/I am still just a rat in a cage Entering (for me) Week three of working from home and trying to be productive, I feel like a rat in a cage. As my sojourns out of the house are... Continue Reading →
A Leap of Faith
Late in 2018, Sony Animation released “Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse,” a movie which told a version of the origin story for Miles Morales, an Afro-Latino Spider-Man in one of the many Marvel Universes. If you have not seen it, I would recommend that you stop reading this blog post for two hours and watch it.... Continue Reading →
Gratitude and Affinity Cannot Be Compelled
Let’s start by defining a word. From Merriam-Webster.com: Definition of gratitude: the state of being Nope. I see nothing in there that says that gratitude is something that can be compelled. Typically, you are genuinely grateful for something. Otherwise, you’re going through the motions. So when I saw this piece in the Acadiana Advocate out... Continue Reading →
The Cruelty is the Point, Part 11,813,749: What Hath Alabama Wrought?
I booked a hotel room a couple of months ago. A few weeks ago, I booked a car and used some rewards points to book a flight. I was excited because I was finally, after 9 years, returning to Columbia for Homecoming. After all, it is the 20th anniversary of my time on Homecoming Steering... Continue Reading →
A Brief Note About Dogs and Politicians….
Getty ImagesI realize that the current resident of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue engenders major passion on both sides of the aisle, and it makes him a bit of a flashpoint to write about. Which is why I tend to not write about him if I can possibly avoid it. I do a good job of that... Continue Reading →
Internet Zealotry Is Not The Way Forward
One of the more puzzling things about social media is the need for folks to loudly pound the table about myriad things. Granted, I realize that me writing a piece like this is only contributing to the cacophonous noise that permeates those spaces. But it is an opportunity to consider something about an aspect of... Continue Reading →
College Admissions Scandal Exposes Insecurity In Some Rich Folks
Pay for play, or rather, pay for admission, has been around higher education for years. Everyone knows that at the elite (and even below the elite) levels, money buys access. That doesn’t make it right, and that is a conversation that we absolutely should be having. But the brazen nature of the scheme that today... Continue Reading →
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