I was cleaning up some files from an old flash drive this morning and came across this piece I started writing several years ago. It smacks of romance novel and I never finished it, but I might. This is the opening page....thoughts?

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This was the kind of thing he’d always done. B-- had perfect timing and when she saw his maroon baseball cap and scuffed cowboy boots at the edge of the concourse, she didn’t care that he hadn’t been waiting 20 minutes for the plane to land,… Continue

I've lived and worked in enough college dorms to learn two things: 1) when lots of people are living together in close quarters with poorly insulated walls, there is going to be noise, and 2) some people just can't be reasoned with. Both of which bring me to the neighbor upstairs.

I live on the ground floor of a three story building, thus the woman who lives above me is sandwiched between my apartment and her own neighbor upstairs (who happens to play the drums). We all share our bedroom… Continue

Ok, I am a self-confessed “Reality” TV Junkie. And yes, I know that these shows have as much to do with reality as the GOP does with truth telling. Regardless, I can’t help myself. There are two DVRs in my home, which equals four hours of recorded television to every hour of the day. And my tastes run from the popular mainstream variety such as Amazing Race and Survivor to the significantly more obscure The Robert Verdi Show and Giuliana&Bill. My favorite must watch however, is Bravos’ Real… Continue

Hoping to shave a couple of minutes off my ten minute commute home tonight, I took a turn onto a road I'd never been on before. It took me through a rough looking industrial area that dumped right back out on the road I usually take home. Though I didn't cut any time, I did have a thought provoking chance encounter. At the stop light, my car came to rest next to a guy sitting on a classic Harley Davidson in the turning lane. An average height,… Continue