To value or regard highly
I don’t always notice a charge of $86.99 still processing in my checking account. But when I do, it’s for an auto-renewed subscription for a computer-related service I stopped needing when I stopped using the computer I purchased it for. Already slightly frustrated after they slipped the automatic renewal thing past my five hole, I […]
Rockstar reminders
“You’re going to be a rockstar Eric. It might be hard to see it now, but you’ll see” . These words fell on eager ears that were a tad wet on the backsides. I remember taking this 100% commissioned job with two close friends in 2011 and thinking how lucky I was. That was week one. […]
Like steak
I have three sisters. Technically, two of them are step-sisters. Their dad’s name is Shawn. And Shawn loves Bruce Springsteen. I stood at Shawn’s shoulder when he narrated a conversation he had – during his 37th Boss concert – with a guy who had attended over 150 shows. Ever realize you didn’t love something as […]
Adventures in pressure washing
Pressure washing is a gas. You gotta try it. It’s just water, but when you squeeze it through a tube with a great deal of force, it can perform miracles. It can even cut steel. What’s old becomes new. The oppressing patina of time forgets its name and forfeits its not-very-hard-fought territories. I pressure washed […]
Pogo Sticks & Teeter-Totters
Magnetic plots are like a crack pogo sticker. You’re up for the express purpose to drop back down. But not for long. Back up you go. Boing. Sometimes I feel like I’m on the stick. No, scratch that. It’s not a pogo stick. It’s a teeter-totter. I feel like I’m on the see-saw at times. […]
The Racist
Saturday was a beautiful day for a cookout. I was lucky enough to be invited to one. A few of us retreated indoors hoping our football team would give us something to get excited about. In minutes a racist remark crushed the room like a trash compactor. I escaped at the commercial break. Later my […]
Rumble strip ingenuity
That fading feeling. Bulky eyelids give way to your body sulking into a welcoming drivers seat. Proper 10 and 2 grips have rescinded down to a lazy one-handed fiver. Your chin slowly dips as your car and concentration simultaneously drift away. Wham!!! The overwhelming sound of a gatling gun pushing through rounds of rusty ammunition […]
The vagabond shuffle
Scene 1: You are day dreaming as you stroll aimlessly through a parking lot. Your eyes glimpse forward and shout down at your feet to pick up the pace. You awkwardly accelerate as you discover you’re on borrowed time. A friendly fellow 17 yards ahead patiently holds the door open. You arrive and your mouth […]
I didn’t get anything out of it…
Michael Phelps made history in the summer of 2008 when he earned an unprecedented 8 gold medals in the Beijing games. Among the things he soon became famous for was his daily diet of 12,000 calories. The American olympian wasn’t the only guy who ate more than the average human that summer. Unfortunately for me […]
