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After a highly rated independent book publisher held onto my mystery/crime novel for over six months, they finally admitted they are backed up with books and have no intention of considering any new ones for at least a year. Ya think they could have told me that six months ago? They even charged me $25 […]

What is it with the things we save, the oddball items we somehow treasure? 1970. Miami Central High School. My senior year. My favorite teacher was my English teacher, Mrs. Barbara Jean Turner. She was a brand new teacher, one of the best, and actually only about five or six years older than I was […]

I currently live in a very small, isolated town in Florida that is about two hours from the nearest real city. Driving here is more of a challenge for me than when I drove through Miami traffic. Sure, there were the occasional gun shots and fender benders in Miami, but the patterns were predictable, and […]

Most people don’t get pulled over by the police for speeding very often. But sometimes it happens. I have a system that dramatically improves your chances of receiving a warning instead of a ticket. Or at least get a reduced offense listed. Granted, not speeding is really the first thing you can do. Then again, […]

I have worked for several decades, at over a dozen jobs, where the one thing in common was that I was in charge. I seem to always know how to accomplish things better than most people. Not being capable of keeping my mouth shut, I was almost always put in charge eventually. Even today, I […]

What if your automobile mechanic operated like medical care? Hmm…I am imagining several possible situations…. Mechanic: Sir, your battery is weak. So we duct taped a second battery to the outside of your front fender and ran wires to your engine. Customer: What? Can’t you fix the battery? Mechanic: No, this is our best option. […]

Happiness and politeness get all the attention, but let me tell you, everything has at least some benefits. Being perpetually depressed and angry, even! I give you six benefits right now, just off the top of my head. If you suffer from Anticipatory Anxiety, a real condition where you are always worried about what bad […]

Who are we? What is our personality? What is our core identity? I’ve been thinking again. Always a risk with me. For whatever reason, I am always striving to decrease my faults and increase my better qualities. I grew up poor with loving but alcoholic parents, with my father dying when I was eight. I […]