I stumbled across this story which I wrote at least 6 years ago. Now I'm happily retired & still screwing up. Work is kicking my ass to the point where I fully expect to drop dead in front of a customer so rude he’ll probably kick me in the head and tell me to finish … Continue reading Tripping Over My Bucket List
Tag: Christopher Moore
Celebration
I turned 63 today and decided to really celebrate for a change. Here are the things I celebrated. Taking the day off from not only work, but also politics. The Remote Control Terrorist aka the somewhat humanoid who I live with got me an out-of-print copy of one of my favorite books, Genius, by … Continue reading Celebration
Fool Me Once…
Now that I’ve quit smoking, I can state with complete confidence that I’m the only American on the planet that is not addicted to something that helps them deal with financial troubles, health issues, shitty jobs, relationship nightmares and/or Donald J. Trump. So what do I do about my lifelong poverty, severe depression, rapid … Continue reading Fool Me Once…
If You Can’t Spell Renaissance You Can’t Go to the Faire
The New Year seemed like a good time to scratch another item off my bucket list. I do everything ass-backwards, so when an opportunity presents itself, I add it to my very weird list. That’s how I ended up zip lining on Fremont Street in Vegas. The zip line was there and so was I, … Continue reading If You Can’t Spell Renaissance You Can’t Go to the Faire
Kevin Smith, I Know You Were Writing About Me
In Clerks, Dante reminded me of well…me. What kind of intelligent, fairly nice human being drops out of college to be near someone of the opposite sex, works at a low-paying, thankless job for way too long and whines about their existence incessantly? Me. Brian O'Halloran played that roll to perfection so it was a … Continue reading Kevin Smith, I Know You Were Writing About Me