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Since I got sober, I’ve tried a few different things. I tried the Veterinary Technician program at a local community college and it didn’t work. I tried going back to work at the Humane Society and it didn’t work. Notice I’m using the words “it didn’t work” rather “I failed.” Andy Andrews said that failure … Continue reading Admitting Triumph

In my more maudlin moments, and I seem to be having in inordinate amount of those lately (more so when I have to start work at 4 AM) due to entering my second month in search of a decent paying job with semi-normal hours and a little (okay, I’d prefer a lot of) room for … Continue reading Determination: The Battle of the Mule, Part 2; The Sunshine Hula-Dancer

“My native, hard-wired inclination to mix, intermingle, even fuse in my novels the tragic with the comic, the ugly with the beautiful, the romantic with the gritty, fantasy with reality, mythos with logos, the sensible with the goofy, the sacred with the profane. Critics hard a time with this approach, finding it challenging to comprehend … Continue reading A Slice of Pie, Please

“I love smiles and laughter. If one wants more smiles in one’s life, one has to create the right conditions for it.” Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama of Tibetan Buddhism These things happened this morning: Upon waking, I posted a song by Antonio Vivaldi on Facebook. I do this most mornings. I recently took a … Continue reading the Cat Needs Water

A year ago, I reflected on the nature of the seed and the beauty of the inherent potential all of us has within us. Reading a book by Thich Nhat Hahn today I came to a beautiful augmentation of my understanding of the possibilities of the nature of the seed. The true nature of the … Continue reading The Apple and the Daffodil

You’d think that by this time, someone would have put one of my million dollar ideas into production and started reaping the rewards, yielding me with enough intellectual property revenue from selling one of these ideas to the highest bidder that I would be a multi-millionaire by now. But alas no, nothing yet. I’m patient. … Continue reading Million-Dollar Idea 5

I hear you Gnashing your teeth The desperate, desert cry of despair And it makes me smile I know you are close So close to the one that brings it all to a close You almost made it 3 years Almost You thought you would dance You thought you would sing You thought the pretty … Continue reading Him (Wails of Desperation)

I just got home from the gym and there it was. My phone cord. In my lunch box. Where it always is. I have two phone cords and the one I speak of is the one I use when I am at work. See, with my current job (I say “current’ because I won’t be … Continue reading Who Hid My Phone Cord (Get it? Like “Who packed my parachute?”) ?

So many things I wish I had done Kisses savoured, loves cherished The purple, massive shroud of lost hopes A seductive temptress of should And for what? Regret? Remorse? The stifling, black cloak of singing suns missed? So many mornings turned to evenings before my very eyes As I clucked hooves down a path of … Continue reading Planning for the Past

Like a couple million other Americans, I missed much of the tech revolution because I was busy with other things. When I was 22, I did move to Seattle near the beginning of the all-out information technology assault on the American economy and American culture, but my contribution was limited to writing content for the … Continue reading Why Flywheel Should Hire Me