Innocents and Accidents, Hints and Allegations

As usual, James Hetfield says it better than I could.

Rob Neyer on the Red Sox, a.k.a The Known Universe's Most Important Sports Team, failing to resign Victor Martinez, the ubiquitous V Mar...

..is airport security. Esquire has an excellent post up about the kerfluffle about the full body scanners and the attendant fuss they are c...

The 52/250 crew is back at it again, with a raft of stories you can find here on the theme "Lost In Translation". Mine is here and...

Why this occupies so much media time in this country. Congratulations, blah blah blah. I'm sure William is a decent guy- at least he wen...

The fine folks at NPR host a three minute fiction contest, which I learned about after they had already had five rounds of it, where they as...

9 out of 10 dentists surveyed recommend the 100 Word Challenge for their patients who engage in online literary challenges. This week's ...

The fine folks at 52/250 have put up this week's stories, and I managed to actually submit mine on time this week. The theme is "B...

" 'You're awfully good. If I didn't love you for anything else I'd love you for decisions.' 'They're easy...

I might be Duff McKagan (the blond who isn't the drummer) on the day this video was made.

The 52/250 Flash is up here this week, the theme being "Least Favorite". You should go read it. However, my work is NOT there, onl...

The 100 Word Challenge resides here, and could save you 15% on your car insurance. The word this week is "harsh", and my story is ...

Macy's is now running a commercial featuring one of the songs from "Rent", a musical that I have a positively unhealthy fond...

Current Word Count: 3906 Goal for Today: 5000 This is thrilling, isn't it?