I’m not saying I should have done this, only that I did. — A few years ago I worked as a Computer Field Support Engineer for a Nuclear Reservation Site. This meant that I drove around the 500 or so square acres, fixing computer-related issues that had been escalated or needed a hands-on solution. …

I memorized pi to 100 digits in an airport… for fun — You read that title right. I memorized pi to 100 digits during a short layover in an airport — and I did it for fun. Yes, I hear some of you whispering and calling me a nerd, but you’re wrong. I’m not a nerd; I’m a geek with social skills…

You Can Remarry — Dear My Loving Wife, I have no plans of leaving this plane of existence anytime soon. You never know, though. I could be in a car accident, have a bone lodge in my throat, or the wrong person could cough on me. It’s a dangerous world. If I die, I…

Writers Are Crafted — I put off an About Me story, first because I didn’t know what to say and then because I couldn’t decide what to leave out. We all have a multitude of stories. For this post, I decided to tell the complicated one about admitting I was a writer then how…

An Open Letter To My Reading & Writing Community Hello, writing world. It’s me — a writer who fell off the writer’s wagon. Wait. Is there such a thing as a writer’s wagon? And I forget… are you supposed to stay on a wagon or off? Let’s say staying on…

Better You Than Me — Dear Toyota Camry, When I rented you, the associate told me: “With this insurance, you could walk back in with just a steering wheel and you’d be in the clear.” That’s not the first time, or even the tenth time, a car rental worker has told me this. …

This review has been rated G (as in, Go see this movie) — I despise movie reviews that are nothing more than glorified plot synopsizes. They feel lazy. Why write an in-depth analysis of a film when saying, “This happened, then that happened, then this-n-that happened,” is ten times easier? The answer, of course, is it’s ten times easier. I was so blown…

If it makes you blush it’ll make you hush — Google “How to Keep a Secret,” and you’ll find that the top advice is never tell it to anyone. Why? The more people that know a secret, the more likely it is that others will find it out. This will shock many of you, but passwords are a secret you…