As I try my best to avoid political blogging but fail spectacularly… In 2020, Nevada’s District 3 Congresswoman Susie Lee lobbied the Small Business Administration for a $5.3 million Paycheck Protection Program loan on behalf of her husband’s company, Full House Resorts. Once awarded, none of it went to Nevadans but was instead used to…

He looked up at the entrance to the well. There was no way out. Soon he began to hold a conversation with another man in the hole, certain that he was not real. “We’ll never be able to escape,” that man said, “We’ll die down here. Forgotten and alone.” “Leave me be,” the other cried…

Whatever it was, it had stepped on his foot, waking him. Still seated on the couch, he looked around in response to the pain. Nothing. “I should go to bed,” he said to the dog as if it might understand. He looked down, but the dog was gone. “Ah, the dog stepped on me,” he…

Helene got out of the shower, toweled off, and wrapped it around her. She was exhausted and laid back on the bed. The phone rang. Helene quickly grabbed it because she didn’t want her family downstairs to pick it up. “Hello?” she said. “Hi, hon,” it was her husband, Dan. “Daniel?” “Yes. Who else would…

My Cousin Elmo says, “I’ve decided to give up ‘people’ for lent.”

My Cousin Elmo says, “Jeep should rename the ‘Cherokee’ ‘Elizabeth Warren’ out of respect for the tribe.”

Found this on a sticky-note inside a pile of loose papers in a box labeled ‘1995’ with no other annotations. I cannot recall if I wrote it myself or copied it. if it stays, it is love, if it ends, it is a story, if it never was, it is a dream and if never…

My Cousin Elmo says, “I tried to get my shit together, but it was simply too runny.”

The newsroom fell silent as the heated exchange grew louder. The two men were practically nose-to-nose arguing over a single word. “I’m tired of the use of the word ‘workers’ when it ought to be ‘employees,’” Bob stated. Rich, the news director, returned, “I don’t care what you think it should be. The guide says…

My Cousin Elmo says, “I love humanity. It’s people that I can’t stand.”