Author: BuddhaManAndy

My brother and some friends and I have a little game we play. It’s always been particularly useful when we’re at a baseball game and it’s a blow out with no real hope of a Cubs victory. When that happened, in my old life, you would simply strap in and consume extremely large amounts of … Continue reading Would You Rather

“There’s someone in my head but it’s not me.” Pink Floyd “Cute title,” He said and lit a cigarette. He was leaning against what would become the patio door of the house, still under construction. “Lemme guess, you heard it in a song and you just knew you could use it for that book you’re … Continue reading Him (Pack it in)

Today, I got a message from a Facebook friend in which she commented that I’ve been pretty quiet lately. She is right, if she means that I have been uncharacteristically absent from Facebook in general and, in particular, in a couple groups of which I’m a member. The reason is pretty simple and it’s the … Continue reading Empty Calories and My Sated Ego

I’m telling you, at some point, one of these is gonna stick and when it does, I’ll be sailing around Martha’s Vineyard in my 200 foot yacht with my entourage dancing and partying around as I stroke the snow white Bichon Freise named Captain Bunny Kisses in my lap and sip Dom Perignon … Oh, … Continue reading Million Dollar Idea 6, Part 1

“Life sucks, then you die.” Every pessimist ever “Always look on the bright side of life.” Monty Python “I’m looking for rainbows.” George A few weeks ago, my friend Donna posted on Facebook how she came upon her friend George who is on Autism Spectrum. It has been raining what seems like every three days … Continue reading Looking for Rainbows

So my mother started up with a WordPress blog of her own recently. It really is spooky, and I have told her as much, the similarity in our writing styles. Of course, she has her own particular idiosyncracies, but overall I think sometimes you could switch a few pronouns here and there and not be able … Continue reading It’s in the blood

“Who are you looking for?” I shouted. I didn’t take my eyes off my task, but I could hear Him, feel Him, searching around every nook and cranny of the floor above me. In the skeleton around which a house will soon be constructed into a home, sound travels well. You can talk to someone … Continue reading Him (A New Hope)

OSHA plagues me so Tests, while Farmies frolic free I yearn for Bedlam

Tools and metal bang Sweat streams in canyons of sun Tonight, baby sleep

“ We are focusing on a discussion of work and how it relates to happiness and of course we can continue talking about how to be happier at work … The world is filled with examples of individuals [who] may have other sources of satisfaction and fulfillment. They do not rely on work as a … Continue reading My Year in the Sky