The Transmission is a Little Shakey in the Cold

All right, no more torturing people with snippets of an unedited WIP.The transmission on my car has been acting for a couple of weeks now. At the end of last week, the car seemed like it was barely going to make it home, and I only live about five miles from work. My...

TMI…and a snippet of Apathy’s Hero

Breakfast this moring was a cinnamon melt and hashbrown from McDonalds, washed down with coffee from home. I made the coffee myself. It has flavored creamer in it. You know, that kind they sell by the milk that comes in about as many flavors as Starbucks at Christmas,...

Woe is Me…Self Pity and Conflict

I was wallowing pretty heavily in self pity this morning. My right eye is a mess, my water heater exploded last night and flooded our basement, and I was all “oh, life sucks, I’m so miserable, boo-hoo.”And then a dear writing friend of mine (I...