Editor’s note: Sometimes, the writer is not in control of a story. This story was supposed to be a simple 500-700 word story for Fiction Friday. The characters, however, refused to go away quite so quickly, insisting on a longer story … which is why this story ended up being 2000 words. Catch part 1 [...]

Guns kill people. What an ignorant statement. Search the blogs and left news sites and you’ll find an endless number of morons spouting off that statement. Have we become a county of senseless sissies? I think not. There is just a small number of morons out there, but they are unfortunately a loud, obnoxious and [...]

We are on the cusp of the baseball free agent signing season. This means that the vilification of player agent Scott Boras will soon begin in earnest. For those who are somehow unfamiliar with Mr. Boras, he is the premier agent in baseball, representing a cadre of superstar players including Matt Holliday, Alex Rodriguez, Mark [...]

As we had into the college bowl season, (which is coincidentally the best time of the year bar none) I have a few predictions from the cheap seats this week. The Pac 10 conference technically does not have a championship game, but they do this year. Oregon and Oregon State play in the Civil War. [...]

Guest writer Martin Kelly races toward the NaNoWriMo deadline – will he get to 50,000 words by November 30? This is the third NaNoWriMo writing diary from Martin.  You may also want to read part 1 and part 2. 11/20 – Chapter 23 and 24. I was flying home today. Writing on an airplane is [...]

What to expect from Google Chrome OS Speed Chrome OS is going to pretty much be a web browser that acts as an operating system. There will be added functionality to the traditional web browser such as a file system and hardware support that will help it function as a true operating system, but at [...]

This is the conclusion of the story that was started yesterday.  Please be warned – this story is a marked departure from yesterday and is intended for mature audiences only! Note: this story was written before Thursday football games were played and do not reflect the outcome of the real games. Erin gently shook Kevin [...]

We got our daughter’s picture taken with Santa yesterday.  (It’s actually a pretty good day to do this, because everyone else at the mall is busy pushing and shoving other shoppers).  We asked if “Merry Christmas” could be printed on the border.  The lady told us they couldn’t do that, because of “the law”. I [...]

Welcome to a special, holiday edition of Fiction Friday.  This is a two part story.  While today’s installment is pretty normal, many people are likely to find tomorrow’s conclusion disturbing.  You have been warned … “Oh, Kate, you didn’t have to bring anything,” said Erin, as she gave her friend a kiss on the cheek. [...]

In case you missed it, there was a FNN news story published earlier today.  FNN stands for Fake News Network … Happy Black Friday.  We’re delaying Fiction Friday this week, but will have a special two-part story on Saturday and Sunday.  Today, however, we make a blatant attempt to get you to buy more stuff. [...]