At Least They're Committed

Appetizing pre-dinner pinging. Names have been withheld to protect the geeky: TR: I heard something interesting today about zombies. they said that zombies would pose no threat to living, breathing humans because as soon as they started to rot, they’d become prey to animals and birds. so they’d be eaten before they could get to… Read more

A couple of lifetimes ago, when I was city editor at a small daily, I was told on several occasions I should fire certain people on my staff. I said ‘no.’ Although there were times that my ‘no’s did no good and they made me fire the person anyway, I was proud of the stand… Read more

It had gotten on me, on the end of my sleeve. I gasped, I’d been so careful. “Oh, no,” I said under my breath. This wasn’t good. I looked down at it — at the even darker spot on my already black sweatshirt — not yet feeling it but knowing all too well that I… Read more

I’m agitated. I was going to just take half a pill, but I don’t think I did. I can’t remember taking a pill at all, but I dare not take another. What is it? What is it?  Oh, that’s right. It’s Becky. Dez, this one is for you. I never met Becky, in fact, until… Read more

All right, ALL RIGHT! You win. Seriously, cracking up. I was being sarcastic with that last post. Honest! I know I’m just as old as they are and in many ways I am doing more poorly than they and they look better and healthier than I. I mean, I could be on my last leg,… Read more

“Groddy!” I whisper under my breath, my face inches from the computer monitor, my eyes squinting. He walks in — of course — he can’t pass up something like this. “What?” He puts his hand on my left shoulder and leans in over my right, staring at my LinkedIn page. “It’s recommending that I connect… Read more