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2007... No More Resolutions

My lack of resolve for 2007.

January 1, 2007 | Emotion: Wonder | Type: Journal Entry

A Darkened Shape of Something in the Light

The past is alive and up to its old tricks.

November 15, 2006 | Emotion: Fear | Type: Creative Nonfiction

A Few of my Favorite Things

A short list of a few of my favorite things.

December 18, 2005 | Emotion: Elation | Type: Essay

A Lover's Last Respects

A man's endowments are remembered at his funeral.

August 23, 2006 | Emotion: Tender | Type: Fiction

A Moment of Thought

Stop and think.

March 11, 2007 | Emotion: Subjection | Type: Journal Entry

A Spider Ate my Muse

A lesson in inspiration, given by a spider.

September 21, 2005 | Emotion: Wonder | Type: Creative Nonfiction

A Story in a Deck of Cards

The Jack of Hearts and King of Clubs battle to the death for the hand of the Queen of Spades.

October 30, 2005 | Emotion: Disgust | Type: Fiction

Addicted to Brown Fluids

For the love of coffee, tea, soda, beer, liquor, and chew.

January 8, 2006 | Emotion: Subjection | Type: Essay

And I Keep...

On the highway of change.

January 1, 2008 | Emotion: Wonder | Type: Poetry/Prose

April 22, 2006: The Worst Best Week

How my son helped shake off my assish mood.

April 23, 2006 | Emotion: Subjection | Type: Journal Entry

Asked the Demon

A writer's demon pays him an unexpected visit.

January 25, 2006 | Emotion: Subjection | Type: Fiction

Assumptions

Old dog, new tricks.

March 26, 2006 | Emotion: Wonder | Type: Journal Entry

At Last! Stealing Wings from an Angel is Finished!

Stealing Wings from an Angel is now in print!

November 30, 2007 | Emotion: Elation | Type: News and Updates

At the Suns Game... No Post Tonight

Sorry, last minute tickets landed in my hands so I am off to the Suns and Spurs game. With Amare and Boris suspended for bogus reasons there should be a lot of angry fans leading to a serious ruckus! I...

May 16, 2007 | Emotion: Elation | Type: News and Updates

Be Careful When Casting Out Demons

I've become so normal that I think I may no longer be interesting.

April 22, 2007 | Emotion: Indifference | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Because He Said So

The first day of fifteen years without my dad.

August 30, 2006 | Emotion: Indifference | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Big Empty Bed

The size of loneliness.

September 7, 2005 | Emotion: Fear | Type: Poetry/Prose

Birth

Compare and contrast between my own birth and that of my son. (Word count: 27,306)

November 16, 2005 | Emotion: Disgust | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Birthday Wish

To be young again, but have the wisdom of age. Be careful what you wish for.

February 19, 2006 | Emotion: Wonder | Type: Dream

Blizzard

The fantastic and frightening blizzard of '77. (Word count: 35,111)

November 23, 2005 | Emotion: Wonder | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Blizzard of 77: School in the Gym

When the heat died in the school, classes were moved into the new gym.

July 19, 2006 | Emotion: Elation | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Bloom

The winds of Spring bring with them the clouds of fear.

April 15, 2007 | Emotion: Fear | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Bong Hits before Bed

Hits from the bong before bed in high school lead to heightened geometry skills and paranoia.

May 2, 2007 | Emotion: Fear | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Boo

A silly Halloween story as told to me by my 4-year-old son.

October 18, 2006 | Emotion: Elation | Type: Fiction

Buzzy Wut Fuzz

Brain farts never smelt so good.

October 19, 2005 | Emotion: Elation | Type: Poetry/Prose

Carnival House

At the age of eight, in 1977, Rome City was a veritable carnival.

August 20, 2006 | Emotion: Tender | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Change

Anti-change management.

August 21, 2005 | Emotion: Anger | Type: Journal Entry

Come with me to my Sabbat

When I first transvexed into the realm of my sabbat.

October 4, 2006 | Emotion: Fear | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Corbin my Precious Child

A hyper boy in Sunday school gives his teachers what they ask for.

March 21, 2007 | Emotion: Subjection | Type: Fiction

Crooked Handlebars

Realizing my life would always be a like riding a bike with crooked handlebars.

June 21, 2006 | Emotion: Disgust | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Curled up on the Floor... Birth

How did I get here curled up on the floor? (Word count: 993)

November 2, 2005 | Emotion: Fear | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Death Before Sleeping

Fatal dreams before I slumber.

December 28, 2005 | Emotion: Fear | Type: Dream

Death and the Johanna Clones

Flawed clones seek euthanasia.

October 12, 2005 | Emotion: Fear | Type: Dream

Did you Punch Someone in the Stomach Today?

A good day is a day without...

February 5, 2006 | Emotion: Elation | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Do I Love Thee

A grim Shakespearean love sonnet.

October 15, 2006 | Emotion: Tender | Type: Poetry/Prose

Don't let the Headless Horseman Get Him

Sparing my son the truth until he is old enough to take it.

November 1, 2006 | Emotion: Tender | Type: Journal Entry

Door-to-Door Witnessing

Going from door to door with my mom talking to strangers about God.

June 28, 2006 | Emotion: Disgust | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Dream House and the Spirit of Murder

The house with the fancy bathroom and the psychopath roommate.

June 25, 2006 | Emotion: Fear | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Drinking and Dreaming of the Girl I Wish to Kiss

A drunk inspired dream of kissing my crush for the first time.

March 29, 2006 | Emotion: Elation | Type: Poetry/Prose

Eating her Demons

Love is sharing your demons.

September 4, 2005 | Emotion: Tender | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Factor 2: Disposition

Disposition and its results on the persona.

July 5, 2006 | Emotion: Subjection | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Father Write

The cost of being a writer.

November 19, 2006 | Emotion: Indifference | Type: Poetry/Prose

Find Yourself a Music

Search for your secret music.

November 4, 2007 | Emotion: Elation | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Finding Eldorado

For those who seek Eldorado, may you find it too.

October 5, 2005 | Emotion: Wonder | Type: Journal Entry

Flight Attendants Suffer from a Nuclear Metamorphosis

In a dream, my school class studies flight attendants transformed by nuclear explosions.

April 12, 2006 | Emotion: Fear | Type: Dream

Foolish Tolerance

A note on pain management and tolerance.

January 2, 2008 | Emotion: Wonder | Type: Journal Entry

Four

Wondering if my son will remember four.

April 9, 2006 | Emotion: Wonder | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Four Macabre Miniatures

Four very short tales of the macabre about a knife, a tongue, an angel, and a cliff-side murder.

October 2, 2005 | Emotion: Fear | Type: Fiction

Four Silly Monster Miniatures

Four silly miniature stories about a few typical Halloween monsters.

October 9, 2005 | Emotion: Elation | Type: Fiction

Get Out Ghost

Garbled attempts at removing a nosey ghost.

March 5, 2006 | Emotion: Anger | Type: Dream

Ghosts Don't Do Chores

Dream of a ghost putting dishes away.

September 18, 2005 | Emotion: Wonder | Type: Dream

Giving Thanks ‘06

Happy Thanksgiving!

November 22, 2006 | Emotion: Elation | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Go Suns Go!

You can turn your nose up at basketball, but I have a good reason to love it.

April 25, 2007 | Emotion: Elation | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Good Morning Autumn

An autumn morning reverie.

October 1, 2006 | Emotion: Tender | Type: Poetry/Prose

Goodbye Writing Machine

Last post to The Writing Machine. Farewell...

January 31, 2008 | Emotion: Subjection | Type: News and Updates

Goth Girl in the Mist

A surreal moment in a thunderstorm on a highway with a goth girl.

March 14, 2007 | Emotion: Wonder | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Grease Spot Cafe, Hope, and Books

Thanking Grease Spotters for their support, update on books, and what is happening in November.

October 21, 2007 | Emotion: Elation | Type: News and Updates

Haight-Ashbury Snake Oil

In the late '60s, Dr. Wierwille leaves Ohio and heads to California to recruit followers.

June 14, 2006 | Emotion: Disgust | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Happy 5 Son!

A ramble about my son turning five and our common ground right now is farts.

April 18, 2007 | Emotion: Elation | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Have Yourself a Material Little Christmas

In defense of Christmas consumerism.

December 25, 2006 | Emotion: Elation | Type: Essay

Her Father

Wise words from an unhappy marriage.

September 28, 2005 | Emotion: Disgust | Type: Poetry/Prose

How will the Russians know of God?

Thinking back on the days on how to save the Russians from communist captors.

January 13, 2008 | Emotion: Wonder | Type: Creative Nonfiction

I Don't Want to Grow Up

A letter to my son about growing up and having fun.

January 29, 2006 | Emotion: Wonder | Type: Journal Entry

I Entered the Desert Alone and Lonely

Encounter with the spirit of the desert in New Mexico on the way to Los Angeles to become the next Eddie Van Halen. (Word count: 5,199)

November 6, 2005 | Emotion: Wonder | Type: Creative Nonfiction

I Hope I Cut Myself

When cutting apples with a big knife, be careful what you wish for.

August 16, 2006 | Emotion: Anger | Type: Creative Nonfiction

I Know Now what is Missing from my Life

A simple answer a laden question.

March 12, 2006 | Emotion: Elation | Type: Journal Entry

I Remember Remembering

Remembering the first time I remembered something.

July 9, 2006 | Emotion: Wonder | Type: Creative Nonfiction

I Set Myself Adrift

How to arrive somewhere with no real destination in mind.

December 7, 2005 | Emotion: Subjection | Type: Journal Entry

I am the Axis

Poem of a despot.

February 1, 2006 | Emotion: Fear | Type: Poetry/Prose

If I Can’t Have You

A lonely man’s drunken thoughts lead him to an uncomfortable place.

August 31, 2005 | Emotion: Subjection | Type: Fiction

In this Class on Power for Abundant Living

Decades of listening to the Power for Abundant Living class, but only graduating once.

July 2, 2006 | Emotion: Subjection | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Installing the Database of Memory

Looking for a memory not tagged with "The Way"

June 11, 2006 | Emotion: Wonder | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Interim Year Assignment

What kind of a person sends a single mom and her boy on an assignment 1,100 miles across the country with way to get there, no money, and a huge guilt trip?

November 7, 2007 | Emotion: Anger | Type: Creative Nonfiction

January 5, 2008

In the back storage room writing.

January 6, 2008 | Emotion: Subjection | Type: Journal Entry

Jesus Loves You Baby

A lecture on love in a Los Angeles strip club.

May 13, 2007 | Emotion: Elation | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Jim Beam Dreams

Bottom feeding on languid liquori illusions.

September 20, 2006 | Emotion: Subjection | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Julio Dreams of Buttloaf

A man dreams of eating buttloaf and liking it.

August 17, 2005 | Emotion: Tender | Type: Fiction

Let Us Give Thanks

A short list of things I am thankful for on this Thanksgiving.

November 21, 2007 | Emotion: Wonder | Type: Essay

Longing for Late September

An old man drinks to his melancholy.

April 1, 2007 | Emotion: Tender | Type: Fiction

Mr. B’s Election Lessons

Lessons from my 8th grade history teacher I always remember around election time.

November 8, 2006 | Emotion: Elation | Type: Essay

My Dreams are the Devil’s Dreams

How the Devil go into my dreams.

September 24, 2006 | Emotion: Fear | Type: Creative Nonfiction

My Mother’s Last Dance

A gift to my mother for the hippie gypsy dancer life she didn’t live because of me.

August 19, 2005 | Emotion: Tender | Type: Fiction

My Secret Friends

Memories and sugar cubes.

July 30, 2006 | Emotion: Tender | Type: Creative Nonfiction

October 25, 1999

An entry written exactly seven years earlier that I needed to find tonight. Glad I wrote it.

October 25, 2006 | Emotion: Elation | Type: Journal Entry

Out Late Not Drinking

Stayed out too late with near beer, cloves, and an old friend.

April 12, 2007 | Emotion: Subjection | Type: News and Updates

Paper

The balance between soft copy and hard copy.

March 15, 2006 | Emotion: Elation | Type: Journal Entry

Please Allow Me to Whine Over my Memoir for a Moment

Whining about the difficulty of writing a memoir about a painful life.

November 26, 2006 | Emotion: Fear | Type: Journal Entry

Procrastination

The physics of procrastination.

May 6, 2007 | Emotion: Fear | Type: Journal Entry

Ramble

A ramble about rambling.

March 19, 2006 | Emotion: Wonder | Type: Journal Entry

Reflections on NaNoWriMo

Final thoughts on the NaNoWriMo writing project.

December 4, 2005 | Emotion: Wonder | Type: Essay

Said the Sun

A word of caution to winter.

November 4, 2006 | Emotion: Anger | Type: Fiction

Santa's Last Batch of Cookies

The day I found out Santa isn't real.

December 14, 2005 | Emotion: Indifference | Type: Creative Nonfiction

September 11th, 2005

September 11th... what have I learned?

September 11, 2005 | Emotion: Wonder | Type: Journal Entry

September 22, 2005

Howling thoughts on the Autumnal Equinox.

September 22, 2005 | Emotion: Wonder | Type: Journal Entry

Serendipity

My 37th birthday and a poem about friends and relationships.

February 22, 2006 | Emotion: Wonder | Type: Poetry/Prose

Seriously

Serious stuff to laugh at.

January 9, 2008 | Emotion: Tender | Type: Journal Entry

Slack Happy

Ode to slacking.

March 18, 2007 | Emotion: Elation | Type: Journal Entry

So Today I Choose to Remember

Remembering why to remember.

June 7, 2006 | Emotion: Wonder | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Song of Solitude

A paean to the soul of solitude and peace.

December 11, 2005 | Emotion: Wonder | Type: Poetry/Prose

Spiders in the Dark

After spending the day with tarantula in glass jars scattered around the house, the imagination has plenty of fuel for fear in the dark.

September 10, 2006 | Emotion: Fear | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Spirit Walkers

Drinking with an Indian talking about ghosts.

September 27, 2006 | Emotion: Wonder | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Statues and Spirits

Tales of Devil Spirits in the statues in the basement at Rome City send us kids down to see for ourselves.

March 7, 2007 | Emotion: Fear | Type: Creative Nonfiction

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September 16, 2007 | Emotion: Anger | Type: Creative Nonfiction

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October 17, 2007 | Emotion: Disgust | Type: Creative Nonfiction

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September 19, 2007 | Emotion: Anger | Type: Creative Nonfiction

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September 23, 2007 | Emotion: Anger | Type: Creative Nonfiction

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September 26, 2007 | Emotion: Anger | Type: Creative Nonfiction

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September 30, 2007 | Emotion: Disgust | Type: Creative Nonfiction

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October 3, 2007 | Emotion: Anger | Type: Creative Nonfiction

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October 7, 2007 | Emotion: Wonder | Type: Creative Nonfiction

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October 10, 2007 | Emotion: Anger | Type: Creative Nonfiction

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October 14, 2007 | Emotion: Tender | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Stinky

We call him Stinky because he doesn't wipe his ass.

May 9, 2007 | Emotion: Disgust | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Such a Beautiful Morning to Celebrate the Glorious Miracle of Life

Celebrating the miracle of life from death.

April 8, 2007 | Emotion: Wonder | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Taking a Break

Thoughts after returning from my hiatus.

June 4, 2006 | Emotion: Subjection | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Tarantula Attack

While trying to domesticate a wild tarantula, the spider attacks.

September 6, 2006 | Emotion: Tender | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Terrible Tuesday

On Terrible Tuesday, April 10, 1979, an F4 sized tornado attacked Wichita Falls, Texas. But according to The Way, the devil did it.

September 3, 2006 | Emotion: Fear | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Thank You for a Wonderful Year!

August 7, 2006, marks the 1 year anniversary of The Writing Machine.

August 6, 2006 | Emotion: Elation | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Thanks for Holding my Head

About finding the dramatic question to a story by puking from too much whine.

November 29, 2006 | Emotion: Elation | Type: Essay

The BRC

Enter the Biblical Research Center, the soulless nexus of The Way. (Word count: 32,227)

November 20, 2005 | Emotion: Disgust | Type: Creative Nonfiction

The Best Christmas Ever

A poor boy has an unusual delivery from Santa.

December 25, 2005 | Emotion: Tender | Type: Creative Nonfiction

The Big Cheese

Dream of cheese as a self-confidence booster.

September 17, 2006 | Emotion: Elation | Type: Dream

The Bodies

Dream of a man who helps a friend dispose of two bodies.

October 16, 2005 | Emotion: Indifference | Type: Fiction

The Bored Young Man Behind the Registers

Customers destroy writing reveries; revenge ensues.

January 18, 2006 | Emotion: Anger | Type: Creative Nonfiction

The Convergence and the Exchange

The battle between the intimacy of analog, and the power of digital.

January 14, 2006 | Emotion: Subjection | Type: Dream

The Corporate Intestine

Journey through the downsizing digestive system.

February 15, 2006 | Emotion: Subjection | Type: Journal Entry

The Crystal Ball

Which way to look?

January 23, 2008 | Emotion: Wonder | Type: Poetry/Prose

The Dangerous Narrows

The cost of life’s adventures.

March 28, 2007 | Emotion: Fear | Type: Journal Entry

The Dark Blue Pages

Here, under the dark blue waters of the Loch.

August 27, 2006 | Emotion: Fear | Type: Creative Nonfiction

The Dark Tale of Telepaphany

Tale of a boy born without emotions.

April 29, 2007 | Emotion: Indifference | Type: Fiction

The Demon Behind the Door: A Bedtime Story

A young boy tucked in bed by his demon.

September 18, 2005 | Emotion: Tender | Type: Fiction

The Determining Dogs of Downsizing

A poignant dream in the time of a corporate downsize.

August 24, 2005 | Emotion: Fear | Type: Dream

The Epitaph

The price of forsaken love.

October 26, 2005 | Emotion: Fear | Type: Poetry/Prose

The Executioner’s Invoice

A bill for services rendered at a witch’s execution.

October 22, 2006 | Emotion: Fear | Type: Fiction

The Executive Decision

An intern climbs the wrong corporate ladder.

September 25, 2005 | Emotion: Anger | Type: Fiction

The Fabulous and Fluxuous Mr. Fletcher

A wordy magician mesmerizes a small town.

October 31, 2006 | Emotion: Wonder | Type: Fiction

The Family Tree

The death of a patriarch.

January 22, 2006 | Emotion: Subjection | Type: Poetry/Prose

The Fever

A high fever and talk of spirits bring on a hallucination.

April 16, 2006 | Emotion: Fear | Type: Creative Nonfiction

The Gas Station in the Middle of Nowhere New Mexico

Being alone on the highway without the lights of other cars to blind me, I saw shadows in the darkness. (Word count: 16,323)

November 9, 2005 | Emotion: Wonder | Type: Creative Nonfiction

The Ghost of Vince Margolis

What is left behind when a man disappears.

January 4, 2006 | Emotion: Fear | Type: Fiction

The Great Abraham Barrier

My grandfather's function over fashion solution to Lake Erie eating away his property.

August 2, 2006 | Emotion: Indifference | Type: Creative Nonfiction

The James Frey Clause

As a result of James Frey's lies in his Oprah Winfrey endorsed book, A Million Little Pieces, I've created a clause to act as a certificate of authenticity for my memoir, or creative nonfiction, writing.

April 2, 2006 | Emotion: Anger | Type: Essay

The Library

Trying to clean the library of haunting memories.

April 4, 2007 | Emotion: Fear | Type: Poetry/Prose

The Looking Glass

A woman discovers a hidden person in her reflection.

January 11, 2006 | Emotion: Subjection | Type: Poetry/Prose

The Lost Pieces

The benefits of losing your mind.

April 19, 2006 | Emotion: Disgust | Type: Poetry/Prose

The Magician, Politician, Confidence Man, Evangelist, Telemarketer, and so on...

Same words, different people.

January 15, 2006 | Emotion: Wonder | Type: Poetry/Prose

The Maximinimalist Resolution

A simple resolution for 2006.

January 1, 2006 | Emotion: Subjection | Type: Journal Entry

The Most Dangerous Gift of All

The day I got the most wonderful and most dangerous Christmas gift.

December 6, 2006 | Emotion: Elation | Type: Creative Nonfiction

The Next Place

The next place will be better... I hope.

July 23, 2006 | Emotion: Subjection | Type: Creative Nonfiction

The Oblivious Man and Urban Sprawl on the Moon

A dream of living on the moon and the inescapable march of progress.

January 12, 2007 | Emotion: Subjection | Type: Dream

The Officer

A brief interrogation by a law enforcement officer in a dream.

February 8, 2006 | Emotion: Anger | Type: Dream

The One

The needs of the many, and the needs of the few.

August 28, 2005 | Emotion: Wonder | Type: Poetry/Prose

The Overcoat

A damp, heavy drinking binge.

March 22, 2006 | Emotion: Disgust | Type: Fiction

The Overdose

An overdose, a promise to God, and a rescue. (Word count: 27,306)

November 16, 2005 | Emotion: Fear | Type: Creative Nonfiction

The PFAL Product

A loose summary of The Way’s first and most important product, Power of Abundant Living; and The Way’s org chart, The Way Tree.

June 18, 2006 | Emotion: Wonder | Type: Creative Nonfiction

The Patron Saint of Flattulence

Farts saved us from the boredom and oppression of Rome City. Rough draft from memoir project.

January 16, 2008 | Emotion: Elation | Type: Creative Nonfiction

The Reluctant Martyr

A man volunteers to be crucified.

September 14, 2005 | Emotion: Subjection | Type: Fiction

The Resurrection of Kurt Cobain

Dream of Kurt Cobain coming back to life.

March 25, 2007 | Emotion: Disgust | Type: Dream

The Return to Rome City

I did it! I won NanoWriMo! The last excerpt from the NaNoWriMo writing introduces my final visit to the home of the commune I grew up in outside Rome City, Indiana. (Word count: 50,885)

November 27, 2005 | Emotion: Elation | Type: Creative Nonfiction

The Sour Grapes of the NBA

Even in watching basketball there is a relationship, and if the trust is broken, the relationship is soured.

May 20, 2007 | Emotion: Disgust | Type: Essay

The Subterranean

In a dream, an eerie family lures me into an underground cavern for a frightening encounter.

October 8, 2006 | Emotion: Fear | Type: Dream

The Tower

Climbing an old water tower on a 50 cent bet.

August 9, 2006 | Emotion: Fear | Type: Creative Nonfiction

The Toys in my Hands

A comparison of playtime as a child to that of writing as an adult.

February 12, 2006 | Emotion: Wonder | Type: Journal Entry

The Turd Poet

Prose from a pooping poet.

August 14, 2005 | Emotion: Elation | Type: Poetry/Prose

The Undeniable and Unexplainable Event

An undeniable and unexplainable supernatural event on the stairs of my former Texas home.

October 23, 2005 | Emotion: Fear | Type: Creative Nonfiction

The Woman in the Ruins

A wounded soldier and a lonely woman meet in the ruins of war.

February 26, 2006 | Emotion: Fear | Type: Fiction

Thinking of Friends and Christmas on a Cold Night

Up late and alone thinking about far away friends and the holidays.

December 23, 2007 | Emotion: Tender | Type: Journal Entry

Truth

A rant about the search for truth. (Word count: 23,507)

November 13, 2005 | Emotion: Subjection | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Wayfers

There were no memberships in The Way until you stepped on the school bus.

July 26, 2006 | Emotion: Anger | Type: Creative Nonfiction

When I Fall

The art of saving oneself.

August 10, 2005 | Emotion: Fear | Type: Poetry/Prose

When I Think of Reading

The redesign is over; here is what I did and why I did it.

March 4, 2007 | Emotion: Elation | Type: News and Updates

When Tough Guys Collapse

A quick character study of Ned Beaumont from Dashiell Hammett's, The Glass Key.

March 8, 2006 | Emotion: Subjection | Type: Journal Entry

Which is my Real Laugh?

Something to laugh at.

March 1, 2006 | Emotion: Elation | Type: Fiction

Who Wants to Live with a Prophecy Looming Over their Head

Living with a looming prophecy can lead you to drink.

September 13, 2006 | Emotion: Disgust | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Who's Gonna Save You?

The hope of the return and why you need to know how to speak in tongues.

July 16, 2006 | Emotion: Elation | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Winter Solstice Reverie

Thoughts of friends, family, and life on the longest night of the year.

December 21, 2005 | Emotion: Wonder | Type: Journal Entry

With a Wad of Red Man in my Cheek

When chewing was thought to be a safe alternative to smoking.

July 12, 2006 | Emotion: Disgust | Type: Creative Nonfiction

Words

Removed of distractions in an empty apartment in Elizabeth, New Jersey, the world is stripped down to words.

August 7, 2005 | Emotion: Elation | Type: Journal Entry

Words in a Room

Lots of languid lip service.

November 12, 2006 | Emotion: Indifference | Type: Creative Nonfiction

iType. Eh vous?

A declaration for typing on manual typewriters.

January 20, 2008 | Emotion: Subjection | Type: Essay