A Poem: “Wrong Mailbox”

Wrong Mail Box Fiancées wedding shower. I am the solitary man at this gathering, Unaware that men are not Invited to these things, But anticipating The outing I have devised for later For my future bride: Italian Bistro and “Will Rogers Follies” For now I wander the dimly lit cavernous halls of the church, For

The New Podcast: 3 Cylinder Stardrive

I haven’t posted in a while. Like…a while. The fact is that life has been keeping me quite busy lately, and I haven’t had the time to do much other than be a full time teacher and a full time dad to four teenage kids.  I am still writing (off and on) and plan on

My Son Makes a Buddy Cop Film

Way back in June of 2015 my son decided to make a buddy cop film with some friends.  He spent 6 months filming and editing and now he finally managed to put it up on YouTube.  His story is convoluted, the acting is probably (and sometimes intentionally) the worst, and I make a cameo as

New Podcast Up: We Appraise Some Rare Books

In this special holiday episode, we spend some quality time (8 minutes or so) appraising rare books that our listeners wrote us about.  It should get messy. Find it here.

Comedy Clip: My Son’s New Video

My son Conner is a little bit of a film nut, and we have recently set him up with a YouTube channel and given him the freedom to shoot his own bizarre little films.  His current effort is a little film called “Last Year’s Pizza”, something he directed and gathered props for, and then directed

Woody Allen Gives Brilliant Interview

Observe as Woody Allen spins out joke after joke, completely deadpan, from an incredibly creative mind. Oh, to have his creative spark!

A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the BB Gun Shooting Range

I know this post doesn’t have much to do with writing, but I had to share this story. I was out driving around with a friend yesterday through Oklahoma City and we were tooling down Reno.  Just as we drove under an overpass to a major freeway, we saw a white headed elderly woman and

Back On the Horse, But Not At a Full Gallop

I’m out of the woods with the bronchitis, and it has given me a great load of time to think about what I’ll do once I get back to school and try to wrangle my students right before spring break is ticked off the calendar. I basically had a bronchitis break from school as I