Reason for Optimism

Recently I had another installment of a longstanding debate with an old friend of mine in which I argue that the future is bright and full of potential and he counters that everything sucks and that’s the natural state of…

The Party of Irony (2)

It was September, 01, 2012 when I wrote an article entitled “The Party of Irony“, which I thought was going to be a stand alone. Little did I know that we would find ourselves here, with the same crew of…

Found Treasures

This was originally written for a short story contest invoving NPR and the Paris Review. Unfortunatly, I missed the deadline so I gave it a quick rewrite and here it is. The premise of the contest was the protaganist finds…

The Last Generation

TVs bleed into living rooms my god can beat up your god the boy next door is a psycho with a gatt so’s your government robber barons poisoned the well and profit from imprisoning petty criminals growing wealthier as computers…

The Pool

Jerome Peabody, Fund Manager Jerome Peabody drove his pooh brown SUV out of his 2 car garage, and down the short driveway, turning right onto Mason St. The garage couldn’t really fit 2 cars because of this oversized vehicle, but…