Stories of Suspense with a Sense of Humor
I went white-water rafting once with a girlfriend, meeting up with a larger group of friends. It was wild and exhilarating going down the rapids, learning to survive as each set of rapids threatened us with a new way to be drowned. The adventures downriver were nothing like Deliverance, which is a movie about men … Read more
When I was in fourth grade, my penchant for collecting took a strange turn and got me into trouble at school. Shame and fear of being ostracized tormented me. All because of some straws. I had dabbled in collecting before then with stamps, stickers, and baseball cards. Things that were mostly given to me. I … Read more
Back in high school, I was captain of the baseball team so, at the end of the season, I gave a little speech at the awards banquet. The team chipped-in and we presented a gift to our coaches. I probably said four or five minutes worth of stuff. The specifics escape me, but I remember … Read more
Did you ever have a life-plan that changed radically? Like you thought for sure things were going to take you to the north, but then something happened and you had to turn south? Last week, two events converged and forced me to consider one of the major life-changing incidents in my life. In the resulting … Read more
I had to skip the Moth last week because of a conflict, but one of my articles was picked up by How Pants Work, a humor publication on Medium. Check it out if you want to laugh so hard you spit your coffee on your cat (which is the gold standard for comedy): https://medium.com/how-pants-work/how-the-oxford-comma-will-make-america-great-again-d1df9072ea2a In other … Read more