The evening Bill learned his wife Jana had cancer, he dropped to his knees and begged God, knowing it was wrong. God heard his cries, and Jana was cured. Satan complained, “That is not how it works.” “I saw into his heart, his motives were pure,” God countered. “You can see only his mind.” “Well,…

The inflation rate in the U.S. between 1956 and today is 872.36 percent meaning that 100 dollars in 1956 are equivalent to $972.36 in 2021. We’ve been taught wrongly into believing that inflation is part of a natural cycle in a healthy economy. The keywording is ‘healthy,’ and we haven’t had a healthy economy in…

My Cousin Elmo says, “Someone should start a rumor about a shortage of jobs, that way everyone will rush out to get one.”

My Cousin Elmo says, “I never half-ass anything. I either go full-ass or nothing.”

He sat at the table, holding his coffee cup and watching his wife as she ate her breakfast and scrolled through her device. Something was slightly off this morning, but Hank could not put his finger on what it might be. Instead, he watched, and he thought. As he finally took a gulp of coffee,…

My Cousin Elmo says, “Even my latest fortune cookie is offering to renew my trucks extended warranty now.”

I got to thinking about everything I miss in my life and the number of times I’ve reinvented my work self. I miss being in the Air Force, the Marine Corps, a reserve sheriff deputy, a stuntman, stand-in, paramedic, firefighter, teacher, instructor, cowboy, security officer, radio announcer, disc jockey, presenter, host, and photo lab manager.…

My Cousin Elmo says, ” I haven’t spoken to my wife in three days. I don’t like to interrupt her.”

My Cousin Elmo says, “I goofed and let go of my wife’s hand and now we own the women’s shoe section at Walmart.”

As I rush to write this narrative, I am also busy researching. The man mentioned a “madman named Mel,” “1978,” and “Venus.” These three clues lead to a person who was a writer, a musician, and what many people consider a cult leader who developed a following in New England. In 1974, he had predicted…