I told you a story yesterday about where I was fired and promised Spotted Mind another story. Well, here it is.

Back when I was a foul mouthed, egotistical barely legal shithead, I got a job at a local restaurant as a waiter. Yes, I was relatively charming in a just… Read full post »

I really hated lazy people. And it isn’t just the ones who wait 10 minutes to ride the elevator down one flight of stairs either. A lazy person had me fired from a job once. Granted, I couldn’t see myself at this job forever, but because of this really lazy person… Read full post »

I wrote this for a contest several years ago. You had to use the opening sentence they gave and had 24 hours to post the story.

It was Christmas Eve; Nancy dozed before the fireplace, wondering if he would come, as promised. A half empty bottle of Chardonnay left a… Read full post »

Normally I like to do something funny on Monday's so all my friends around the world who have real jobs and real weekends can enjoy a laugh as they nestle into their jobs. But not today I'm afraid...

Allow me to get serious for a minute or two. I am, for… Read full post »

I was just going to read blogs this evening and try and catch up but I stumbled across something I wrote a couple of years ago and thought this might be the time to introduce myself to you all.

 Here are 24 things you might not know about me:

1. My… Read full post »

The tracks disappeared somewhere on the second descent. A thick layer of cloud hovered over the tracks and swirled upwards towards the entrance. The distinct smell of kerosene floated heavily and clung to the walls like ivy. The one remaining light, hanging awkwardly by the entrance, flickered with t… Read full post »

I don't mean to boast (well, maybe I do) but I've always been a little quicker than most people I know. Maybe it's because I hung around with the people deemed the bottom of the barrel, or maybe it's just because I really am this gift of nature, this remarkable being… Read full post »

I'm sure you all know who Stephenie Meyers is by now? She's the author of the slightly popular Twilight series. Well, it was insinuated earlier this year that Meyer's ideas weren't her own, and she was guilty of the dreaded "P" word that no author wants to hear.  I'm not going… Read full post »

Turn the lights down low, grab your lighters and your sweetie, and turn up the music. More specifically, turn up the power ballads. Yes, it is time I give proper verbiage to the power ballad. I'm not here to neither criticize nor praise, I'm here to do both, probably with a… Read full post »

"Where did you lose it?" That is what my mom would always say to me when I couldn’t find something I had misplaced. I hated hearing those words. I hated knowing that I’d never be able to find what it was that I was looking for. But I’d try. It wasn't… Read full post »

The circling crowd, hoisting the victor en masse, voicing their approval at such an emphatic result, didn’t want to leave the ring. The event, the spectacle of the month, was over. The memory of it would live on for at least a day (who can concentrate on anything else when Foodie… Read full post »

Throughout the history of movies we have been blessed with countless couples that have brought the screen to life. We can go back to Fred and Ginger, Rhett and Scarlett, even W.C. Fields and Mae West. Yes, screen couples come and go, but some will last forever.

More recently, Richard Gere and… Read full post »

How long do you have to be away from your family and friends before you feel less guilty about looking at their photos on Facebook to see if you still remember them? That long huh? Damnit. I’ve been away from my family, out here in the desert (for most of it)/… Read full post »

I’ve always been a bit of an individual. Okay, so we are all a little bit of individuals; but I really mean it when I’m talking about myself. And so do my other voices when they’re talking about me as well. I’m the one topic we all seem to agree on.… Read full post »

I blogged yesterday about taking risks and it was pretty well received. I think you all give me a little too much credit but I thank you for your insight and your kind words of encouragement. I didn’t join Open Salon to seek an ego boost or to “wow” people with… Read full post »

Do you consider yourselves risk takers? Are you the types that laugh in the face of danger and make a mockery of common sense and the accepted norms of society and do what you want because you just fly by the seat of your pants? Is there nothing that the world… Read full post »

There comes a time in every man’s life where he has to pay for sex  he has to take stock of what he has, what he wants, and how he can go about possibly stealing getting it. I’m at that stage now and besides wanting to pretend nothing is happening the/… Read full post »

The cries of “meat is murder” have never stirred any kind of emotion in me. However, I am selective with the type of meat that should be eaten – boycott all dishes made with kitten, puppy, otter, meerkat, and beaver. These are cute animals and shouldn’t be digested. If word ge… Read full post »

I don’t read a lot of the newspapers out here because, quite frankly, they are even more sensational than the newspapers I would not read back home. The obvious bias is appalling, but there’s little or nothing that I can do about it so I don’t worry my pretty little penguin… Read full post »

Apart from the obvious reason that everybody loves Scott Baio, I mean. For those who don't know who Scott Baio is; for shame on you. You should all be punished. And by punished I mean you should all have to be locked in a room and listen to nothing… Read full post »