‘Except for a few details…’ – The Fly and the Blonde
Hey. The next time you feel the need to throw cold water on your brain, read one of these short-short
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Hey. The next time you feel the need to throw cold water on your brain, read one of these short-short
Read moreDo you know what you need? You need a break. Not a two-week vacation. Just a little one here and there, in the middle of the day or night if you’re having trouble sleeping. One that doesn’t involve indulging yourself with empty calories or mindless television. Or that’s too expensive and more trouble than it’s worth.
Read moreOver the past two years, I had made some desultory attempts nearby but without success: the Baltimore Bayview yard and Hyattsville, MD. The latter was a particular waste of time because CSX upgraded the tracks long ago, making the trains too fast to jump, but I lazily hoped against hope to find a train stopped for clearance or the like. The last failed attempt was in late November, when in a bit of Murphy’s law, I found 2 repairmen adjusting a crossing signal. At a time like that, there would be no trains, period.
Read moreThe next time you feel the need to throw cold water on your brain, read one of these. They’re short, mildly addictive but in a good way, involve no depressing or scary news and no meaningless chitchat with co-workers or your supervisor – and they might just change the way you think and the work you do for the better.
Read moreMy 633-day stay in a federal prison was the single most positive transformational event of my life. I turned around my health and regained some of my youth through the study of mitochondrial biogenesis. My gray hair literally turned red again, my memory improved, and my body now looks like I’m ten years younger.
Read moreDo you know what you need? You need a break. Not a two-week vacation. Just a little one here and there, in the middle of the day or night if you’re having trouble sleeping. One that doesn’t involve indulging yourself with empty calories or mindless television. Or that’s too expensive and more trouble than it’s worth.
Read moreThis fifth installment is called “Dialogue.” It’s a short-short story about a couple having breakfast on a Sunday morning. If you like what you read and would like to see previously published short-short stories, just click on the tag above the headline, “Except for a few details…”
Read moreDo you know what you need? You need a break. Not a two-week vacation. Just a little one here and there, in the middle of the day or night if you’re having trouble sleeping. One that doesn’t involve indulging yourself with empty calories or mindless television. Or that’s too expensive and more trouble than it’s worth.
Read moreWell, this is it. The next time you feel the need to throw cold water on your brain, read one of these. They’re short, mildly addictive but in a good way, involve no depressing or scary news and no meaningless chitchat with co-workers or your supervisor – and they might just change the way you think and the work you do for the better.
Read moreDo you know what you need? You need a break. Not a two-week vacation. Just a little one here and there, in the middle of the day or night if you’re having trouble sleeping. One that doesn’t involve indulging yourself with empty calories or mindless television. Or that’s too expensive and more trouble than it’s worth.
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