A few years ago Tom quit his promotions job at a large multi-signal radio station. His boss called him the following day, asking what had happened to cause him to quit so suddenly?” “Nothing happened,” Tom answered. “Well, if nothing happened, why are you quitting?” “Nothing happened. That’s why I left.” Tom replied. “I don’t…

If faced with picking my corporate title, I’d go with ‘Step-n-fetch,’ over CEO.

The US Space Force’s have received their new camouflaged uniforms and are being deployed to the Forest Moon of Endor.

Here’s a new word I jus’ coined and have since submitted it to Urban Dictionary: ‘pergahoard,’ which is to be caught between collecting and minimalist lifestyles. Makes me think of James Joyce and his novel, ‘Finnigans Wake.’

“So, what’s your greatest fear, Tom?” Doctor Headshrinker asked. “Death.” She tapped the word into her computer while still looking at him. Psychiatrists and the like had long since stopped hand writing their notes and had taken up the more straightforward method of keying directly into the patient’s electronic file. Gone, too, were the uncomfortable…

It was a banging on the door rather than a polite knock. Sam rolled over lifted his smartphone from the dresser and checked the time: 2:37 am. The sound at the door was louder, sharper, more demanding. “What the fuck?” he mumbled as he pulled on his sweatpants, a tee-shirt and slipped into his house…

When I was in grade school, we had a black rotary telephone in our hallway. It was heavy and attached to the wall with a thick cord. Originally, it came with a phone number that started with two letters. Our two-letter prefix was HU, which stood for Hunter and represented the numeral 48. “Darby residence,”…

“I’m going to the post office to buy a stamp,” I say, slipping on my jacket. “Why don’t you get an entire book of stamps instead?” my wife asks from the back room. I pretend I didn’t hear her as I pull the front door closed behind me and lock it. Buying a single stamp…

I used to wonder Which had the bigger asshole; The whale or the elephant? But then I realized, Size does not matter. The mosquitoes asshole, A cockroaches asshole, Or me. Size does not matter. An asshole is an asshole. But the shit That comes out of it… That is the real difference.

One day, long, long time ago There lived a woman. She did not bitch, She did not nag. She did not whine. But it was a long time ago And only for that one day.