On Iceland
“We’re going to Iceland. In April. I can get two hotel rooms with my points. You get the car.” So I went to Iceland. You should go to Iceland.
Category: First Person
Note: Presentation of these texts or “accounts” of “real world” “experience” from the perspective of “individuals” going about “their” “lives” should not be taken to imply an official Ordinary Times position as to the ontological status or scientifically verifiable existence of so-called “ego.”
The Time Mike Pence Just Shot a Man in the Face
This story is entirely fictional. To our knowledge, Mike Pence has never administered experimental doses of Thorazine to the mentally ill.
Steve Doocy In “Once Upon a Time in the Wild West of the Internet”
One woman complained that Steve Doocy was no longer as funny as he had once been, but not to worry, we have had him in counseling for remedial comedy skills
9/11: A Day Like Any Other, Until
Like all other Americans, 9/11 had a direct effect on my life starting with what I saw that morning.
Knowing Which Screws to Turn: Job Skills For The Life You Want
The division of responsibilities and job skills that are required for a job will always determine your work life and your pay
A Reverie on Failure Part 6: A Shadow Falls Upon a Friendship
I cast a first shadow upon a friendship. Oh, how petty Kid Icarus! Why didn’t I just punch him in the mouth?
The Hallmark of Dreams
My story would crest home, floating through uncertain spaces, until you would see that I am okay now. I did not accomplish everything I dreamed.
A Reverie On Failure Part 5: The Dawn of Disappointment
I hereby confess to you, dear reader, that when I consider you, I am pitiless. In what manner do you deal out in judgment to me?
The Secrets of Cybersecurity Consulting
In a way, cybersecurity consulting transfers a lot of risk from organizational leaders and places it on an outsourced expert.
Real America Is As It Is Made
The entire genre of “Real America” is predicated upon the rural, urgent, rough, and weird being more real than the polished humans we present
A Glimmer of Light in West Virginia’s Dark and Dusty Opioid Crisis
The opioid crisis has brought a dark and dusty sky upon places like West Virginia, and like all darkness it only abates one way. Shining light.
A Reverie on Failure Part 4: Gerrymandered Ludditism
A moral gerrymandering of my personal Ludditism can become disciplined if I filter that jagged line through the lens of the human condition.
What’s Left Behind
Grandma’s house was my happy place as a child, as is the case for many people; grandparent magic is a known phenomenon.
Life, Legacy, and Divine Intervention
I know it’s never the “fault” of the person responsible for fixing it, so I always try to keep my cool when life gets in the way of my plans
Far Beyond Awareness: Autism and Acceptance
Awareness and acceptance: An avalanche of well-meaning words, both from those who take our side, and those who work at cross purposes to our very existence while claiming allegiance.
A Few Notes on COVID and Cats
I would compare having COVID to wading into a bog where you can’t see what lurks beneath the water-imagine the trash compactor in Star Wars.
Owned On Facebook By My Mother: A Tribute
Let me tell you about being owned on Facebook by my mom, and I hope when I’m done I have adequately expressed my appreciation for her
A Parson’s Apocalyptic Journey
An apocalypse reveals what has been hidden before…and this is very clear when it comes to the church and my role as a pastor.
Not Talking About My Generation
Let us focus on the labeling and racking and stacking of generational cohort labels against each other, and how stupid that is.
Growing up in the System:
There are still too many people of my experience trying to apply their “the system” to today’s problems and today’s jobs.
