I was leaving a restaurant when the hostess asked if I could give her a noun, Mad Libs style. So I wrote in “denim overalls.” The final sentence: In my dream, all I wear are denim overalls in orelectic green. She was going to read the sentence to the entire restaurant. The bad news: I’ll never know ifContinue reading “In My Dream, All I Wear are Green Overalls.”
Category Archives: Society
There’s Something About That Name
“Kings and kingdoms shall all pass away But there’s something about that name.” It was the end of an evening, a fleeting moment. We were gathering our things to leave. Our coats. Our keys. The leftover food from dinner. A few Bibles. I glanced over to see a friend take a bowl that was stackedContinue reading “There’s Something About That Name”
Not Unlike Grace Potter
“Stars, they make me wonder where you are. Stars, up on heaven’s boulevard. And if I know you at all, I know you’ve gone too far. So I, I can’t look at the stars.” Not unlike Grace Potter, I tried coming up with a list of what I can’t do because of a past relationship. For Grace, oneContinue reading “Not Unlike Grace Potter”
Carpe Noctem: Seize the Night
“Are either of you Tiffany?” That was a question my buddy asked two girls sitting together at a table in Nashville’s Corner Pub. The good news, they were cute. The bad news, neither of them were Tiffany. So we grabbed a table and a couple of small cups of soda, sipped, and waited. This wasContinue reading “Carpe Noctem: Seize the Night”
Movie Review: Life of Pi
I remember sitting in a theater when I caught the trailer for “Life of Pi.” I knew it was a movie I had to see so I recently ventured out to make a night of it (the night turned into an adventure, for that story, click here). After reading reviews, it seemed catching it inContinue reading “Movie Review: Life of Pi”
Out of the Wilderness 