Ramblings From The ShortBus

When I first started writing this blog, I promised myself three things: 1          1)       I wouldn’t write about religion. 2...

My family moved around a lot, when I was a kid and the longest period of stability that I was to know until I was an adult was the four ...

Guess what? Chicken butt. You have to be a little demented, I think, to work in the medical profession. I know quite a few doctors and n...

Just a little joke that I found amusing. A man escapes from the prison where he’s been locked up for 15 years. After being on the run for a...

I killed a forest last night. I didn’t mean to, but I did. Let me see if I can explain this, without looking like a complete fucktard. Wish ...

When I started writing again, really writing, not just a piece here and there, but really writing, this was the very first story that I wrot...

Elmwood Cemetery, Shepherdstown , WV I was wandering through the cemetery; a mix of Confederate graves, forgotten stones and family plots;...

Not too long ago, I had a very strange conversation, with my ex-wife. Our conversations are always strange, but this one was way, way out th...

My youngest son loves hugs and so do I. I mean, who doesn’t love a good hug. I’m not talking about those fake things that you give to people...

Courage, valor, bravery; whatever you want to call it, is such a strange commodity. For most people, I think, it’s instinctual; you just rea...