Dark Side

Love and hatejoy and angerflip sides of my soul
One as strong as the other
Anything for those I loveAnything to those that hurt them
Kind and vengefulCompassionate and mercilessflip sides of my soul
One as strong as the other
Anything for those I loveAnything to those that hurt them

Leave Us Alone

We have a pest problem at home. We keep finding noses where they don’t belong, namely in our business. Which is the best way I know of for a nose to get broken. Let the word ‘our’ serve as a reminder that certain things are not ‘your’ business. Of course, people try to justify [...]

Family, You Can’t Choose Em’. A Story in Three Parts

In What Turned Out To Be the Beginning
I was thirteen.Sat down on the couch to have the talk.
Nothing was as I thought.My life, wasn’t what I thought.
The Cast:Mom, not really. My mom’s mom.Dad? My mom’s dad.My sister? Turned out I didn’t have one.The drunk guy who’s a friend of the family…not just a friend of [...]

Things I Found Bouncing Around In My Head

For lack of another term I call myself a Christian. I hate that the term brings to mind images of Pat’Club 700′Robertson and Benny’TaDa’Hinn, instead of that of the baby Jesus. But in the words of the Doobie Brothers “Jesus is just alright with me.”I’m usually mum about my faith, seeing as how, it is [...]

People Who Suck

This one’s for my boss.

Will There Be Any Math on the Test?

“Is it alright to do something just to fit in?”
I wish my son would give me some warning before dropping something like that on me. I’d like to have some prep time. Do some research, come up with some thoughtfully worded answers. Instead, he calls me out like a gun fighter at noon and [...]

Effing Brilliant

From the Todd Snider song, Looking For a Job
watch what you say to someone with nothingit’s almost like having it all
Effing Brilliant