The Dark Time

After Al moved out to live with his girlfriend in, say, 2001, I got Bill a job at Erin’s startup and invited him to move in with me at the Lexington “Luxury” Apartments on Montavesta Drive. Al took his couches, so I bought some old, green, rather odoriferous couches off of Jed, and set them …

Granny Mabel

Today I am going to write about my Granny Mabel, whom I lived with for about seven years The first thing you have to understand about Granny Mabel was that she was really bad about nagging. She would get it in your head that you just had to do what she wanted you to and …

Free Comic Book Day 2014

Jed was in a big hurry this time, because he had to work at 4 PM and he wanted to make absolutely certain that he wasn’t late. He usually gets up around 11 AM or noon each day. So he was adamant that I be ready and waiting for him outside on the front porch …

Dick Potato

Just a little thing from my childhood today. I was playing with a few kids, I think in the back yard of the house our Church Services were held in, and I kept giving orders to everybody, telling them what to do. One of the little girls there, who was maybe two years older than …

Goofy Dad

I’m not the biggest fan of my Dad. Sad to say I’m almost a middle aged man still harboring “Daddy issues,” not merely because of the way he treated me, but also the way he treated my brother and the other people close to him in his life. Irresponsibly. Without consideration. Shittily, in other words. …