Who Scored The First Goal? (a creation story)
Weekly Writing Challenge: This week, we ask you to invent (or reinvent) a creation myth. In the beginning, long before the serpent tempted Adam and Eve, before Prometheus gave fire […]
Oh, For A Day Off!
I love the idea of a day off! Not just any old day — not a bank holiday, nor a public holiday — but a day when everyone else is […]
The Setting’s The Thing
This story is my response to this week’s Weekly Writing Challenge. For my fellow American bloggers, any mention of the word “football” here relates to the game played with the foot. […]
DP Flash Fiction: The Biggest Loser
This week’s Weekly Writing Challenge from the Daily Post ~ write a 300-word story or a 6-word story. I chose the easier one 😉 The contestants filed into the sales […]
Third-Rate Romance
This post is written in response to The Daily Post’s Daily Prompt: One idle day sometime ago, my best friend at the time (a guy) and I decided it would […]
April fools!
Okay, Winter. Ha-ha. Yeah, April Fools — I get it. You played a great joke on us, making us believe that you were moving out on March 20 and that […]
Tales from the cube-farm: Our Fearless Leader
A few years ago, the Purchasing Department found itself without a manager in charge. The most recent head resigned after a “disagreement” with the new CEO of the company. Senior […]
Interesting things: Internet 1981
My life in 1981: Moved house… Went from 7th grade into 8th grade… Best friends were Karen and Jackie…or Tonya and Gillian, depending on the day of the week… “Bette […]
Tales from the cube-farm: Ms. Malaprop
So you’ve previously met a few of my work companions in my last post. Ms. Malaprop handles the marketing side of our projects. She is young and very eager to please, but […]
Tales from the cube-farm: pt. 1
I really and truly enjoy going to work everyday. It’s not the kind of thing you often hear people say, but I get to work with the most colorful personalities […]
I’d like to report a crime
Sometime early this morning, an hour was stolen from me. I don’t know how it happened, but I knew that something was amiss when I woke up and the times […]
Late~Night Ruminations 