Luddites Unite!

Ahhh.. work.  The saga, the drama, the full – on, in your face crap.  Work; the story of the wage salve.  The scene of my story takes place in the busiest fastest growing Save a lot in Florida.  No one is doing business like this store.  It is set in an urban environment, our clientele rely [...]

One thing about Sun City truly stands out, above the golf cart platoons, the armies of old people, and the hordes of Mexicans. This ‘thing’ is silence. As I leave the store around 10:30 PM there is almost no sound to be heard above the occasional cricket or tree frog. Way off in the distance [...]

I have developed the ability to fall immediately into a deep dream-state sleep anywhere at anytime. The one piece of the equation that MUST be present in order for this to happen is a very strong desire to not want to fall into a deep dream-state sleep, especially if risk involved (like driving or [...]

Today I worked in Sun City. Whenever I say ‘Sun City’ I always feel compelled to add my little joke; ‘built yesterday for people dying tomorrow.’ Well, after a day in Sun City I’m back to report that they have all died and now their corpses, their shrunken little corpses are haunting a [...]

Boy walks up to me as I am cleaning up a MASSIVE spill while the store is going to hell and asks me if he can have a few of my paper towels.

Me: “What? !”
Boy: “Can I have some of those paper towels? My brother threw up.”
Me: “What! ? ! Where [...]

A hurricane is coming! A hurricane is coming! Gah! A mean cat 1 is bearing down on Florida and threatening to Bring on the Pain. Endless deluges of rain and treacherous winds, you ask? Hell, no! I am talking about 10’s of hours of mindless wall to wall coverage on [...]

I have been having some fun recently on the web site, Librarything. This is a site where you can catalog all the books in your library, rate them, review them, and look at other people’s libraries, especially ones similar to your own. It is somewhat similar to other hobby sites out there in [...]

The news has been chock full of stories about former presidential candidate John Edward’s affair with a campaigner while his wife was suffering with cancer (albeit in remission). Huge story. 24 hour news networks rejoiced as they finally had fodder to fill all those hours. Late night shows also rejoiced as everyone [...]

In Switzerland there’s this kooky artist, Paul McCarthy that has spent a considerable chunk of his life filling the massive void in the art community known as the ‘giant inflatable turd”. He was so successful in this endeavor that a Swiss museum asked him to place his gargantuan floating deuce on their hallowed grounds [...]