As I sat here on the bed tonight with the laptop strategically placed on a lap tray in front of me, Juniorette came in, stole some of my chocolate and got all uppity and...
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Blue Shirt Thuggery
“Does that mean that everything that’s happened here in the last ten minutes will probably show up out there on the web?” Jump back in time a few minutes before when I was...
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Still Puttin’ Up Ugly
The real problem here is that one grenade just isn’t going to be enough to fix what’s wrong. Easy as that. Ladies and gentlemen, at the end of 2011 I was so...
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Don’t Be Late
Stanley could trace some of his earliest concerns about being late for work or school to when he was the impressionable age of five. The events of that particular morning all those years ago...
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The Weight Of The Matter – Part IV: You Don’t Really Need It
The intern stopped in the doorway with a back turned to the audience and stood there for a moment, head hung low as if to find written on the floor the right words to...
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The Weight Of The Matter – Part III: Letting Them Give It To You
“I’ll go.” Said the next volunteer, as they deactivated the note taking application on the smart phone. “I’ve got some handouts for everyone.” Each meeting participant received a printed PowerPoint presentation. The manager’s had...
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The Weight Of The Matter – Part II: Taking It From Them
For the next three hours, each of the interns worked feverishly and furiously in the best way they knew how in order to respond to the task at hand. The benefit of a winning...
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The Weight Of The Matter – Part I: The Assignment
In the middle of a government owned office building strategically placed close enough to the goings on of Washington DC to maintain a presence, yet far enough away not to be subject to its...
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The Weight Of The Matter
As my first post of the year in which I’m shooting to write more fiction, I’m offering up The Weight Of The Matter. The idea has been batting back in forth in my...
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Well Crap, There Goes Another Year
As I write this, it’s December 1, 2012. It’s my half birthday. That’s right people. Today, I turn 44 1/2. So far, the TharpSter Mom has been the only one to wish me...
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