Emotion: Elation

A Few of my Favorite Things

A short list of a few of my favorite things.

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

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

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

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

Did you Punch Someone in the Stomach Today?

A good day is a day without...

February 5, 2006 | Emotion: Elation | 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

Find Yourself a Music

Search for your secret music.

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

Four Silly Monster Miniatures

Four silly miniature stories about a few typical Halloween monsters.

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

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

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

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

I Know Now what is Missing from my Life

A simple answer a laden question.

March 12, 2006 | Emotion: Elation | 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

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

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

Paper

The balance between soft copy and hard copy.

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

Slack Happy

Ode to slacking.

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

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 Big Cheese

Dream of cheese as a self-confidence booster.

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

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 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 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 Turd Poet

Prose from a pooping poet.

August 14, 2005 | Emotion: Elation | 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

Which is my Real Laugh?

Something to laugh at.

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

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

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