Flush

At some point in life, I realized that as compensation for my on-going tortures, nature had designed to give me a long life.

Chain Inaction

The day was getting late, very late - very very late - and still as yet I had not come to any decisive determination of what I would fail to get done that day.

Mumbo Jumbo

Doctor Gerben Wisniewski was on the cusp of a very great scientific discovery, the moment approaching too quickly, leaving no time to flesh out the "Eureka!" type antics he always hoped the world would remember him for.

Out Of Whack

Septimus Berg filtered through the handful of change that came back from the nacho purchase and promptly disposed of all pennies in the trash can - an activity that always provided a curious sensation worth more than a few cents.

One For The Road

Luis couldn't wait to get his grubby little hands all over the information I had, and something about that made me want to mislead him just for the hell of it.

Camel's Back

Joe was a family man working his whole life away at a furious slow-burn.

Left For Alive

There was a moment in my life when everything became a kind of sappy poetry to me.

On Sale Here

The hotel lobby buzzed with the incessant activities of so many busy bodies, while on the floors above, an army of maids worked carefully to again redo what had just been again undone.

Last Gas

The day had the consistency of packaged macaroni and cheese right before it seizes up.

Last Rung

To begin with, I was successful and I had become a household name, though only for something which merely filled a market need.

Try, Try Again

It was on this day in 1976 that I was nearly drowned in the vat of a Vienna lager - or was it an Oktoberfest?

2am World

Some people have never met a stranger and some people have only met strangers.

Generic Adventure

The meeting began with a preposterous flush of idiocy.

Nothing But

I do not know whether it is best to speak of myself in the present or in the past.