I’m not sure of a catchy title for this yet.

In order to make this story easier to understand, here the facts: I have kids who are old enough to stay home by themselves while I am at work (during the summer and days when they are off school but...

Jobs are Stupid and Money is Make-believe, Part II

I left the interview feeling okay about how it went, but not okay with what I was potentially up against. I felt like I was going to get an offer and I felt like it was my ticket out of...

Jobs are Stupid and Money is Make-believe, Part I

I recently interviewed for another job. I currently have a good job – they treat me well here, I do okay work for them; my pay is enough to take care of my responsibilities; things are really just fine. They’re...

Some Motivating Factors for Divorce and Abortion Part II

So, what was I thinking back then?! I’ve told you what I was thinking, and the outcome was not as disastrous as a lot out there in today’s society. We had no kids, so when we decided to end things...

the Big Payback (written in 2004)

(Minimal editing - I'll admit: I swore a lot back then). All summer long, my ex-wife was e-mailing me from Korea, bugging me about this thousand dollars that I owed her from the divorce, which was several years prior. Technically,...