An Author Hard At Work
Tag: work
A Dog, a Screen, and a Bed
Let’s talk about pain. Young people tend to be reckless because they haven’t experienced real pain. There was a time when, one a scale of one to ten, I would have rated my chronic back […]
This isn’t an emergency, but …
I’ve been feeling a little old lately, and it might have to do with the fact that I’ll soon hit my 28th anniversary as a 911 dispatcher. Doesn’t seem possible, does it? I mean, I […]
NIGHT OF THE DEAD (AIR)
[The following is a true story.] The year was 1977. I was 22, just out of college, and working minimum wage for a top-forty radio station in Charlottesville, Virginia – WCHV. I completed a grueling […]
Maybe I should have started a 401K
I’m starting out August working 10 days in a row … which will pretty much take me to mid-August, come to think of it. When I was young—ahem, younger—that kind of schedule wouldn’t have phased […]
Daylight Saving Time Jagoffery
If you were late for work this past Monday and you claimed “forgot to change my clock” as an excuse, we’re calling the Bull$#@ card on ya. Just about everything re-sets itself these days… except of […]
Down With Monday Holidays
I’m slogging through the Tuesday after Columbus Day like a drunk after a three-day bender. Yesterday’s government-declared Monday holiday tripped me up once again into believing that yesterday was Sunday redux. I couldn’t understand why […]
Bad Artist Funny #2, A Writer
Well now you know. – Paul the Writer Check out my latest novel, the Christmas thriller, Beneficial Murders. My books are available in paperpack or Kindle on amazon.com, As an e-book on Nook or on my website-where you can get […]
Unicorn Bites 9/1/14
A bikini model whose job is to be 99% naked had nude pics leaked? Whatever. I didn’t know for sure she had nipples, but I kind of assumed. — Exploding Unicorn (@XplodingUnicorn) September 1, 2014 […]
Happy To Pee
One morning at work, I was on my way to the kitchen to get some milk for my cereal and wound up walking behind a […]