Where’d My Toastmasters Go? A couple of weeks ago I went to my local Toastmasters meeting to give a speech. I had been practicing this speech for a couple of days. I was excited to give this speech, but when I got there there was no Toastmasters group. My Toastmasters usually meets or they […]
Deferential Porn Stars
Tech Expo A few months ago I went to this very interesting Expo in Las Vegas. It was a Tech Expo. What was a particularly interesting about this particular Tech Expo is that it was right next door to a porn Expo. I didn’t know this till I got there so naturally I tried […]
Making Money Selling Coffee
Dude Out Of Place There is a coffee shop that I go to regularly, a couple of times a month. There is one person that works there that doesn’t quite fit the type of person you would expect to be working at a coffee shop. You would expect to see people that are younger, […]
Rise To The Occasion
Elementary School Nightmare When I went from elementary school to junior high school it was particularly terrifying because when I was in elementary school I had a lot of friends that I had made over the years. I was familiar with the location. but when I went to junior high school it was completely new […]
Divide And Conquer
Next Door Neighbor I have a very interesting neighbor. He is a retired Army Col. He is very intelligent, he’s very kind and he’s very very good at talking to people at their level. If there is ever any kind of economic collapse or zombie apocalypse or alien invasion I definitely want to be […]
Nomad Lifestyle
Swan Pond There’s a park near my apartment. In this park there is a large pond and in the pond you’ll find some swans and sometimes some ducks. Usually on the weekends there are people feeding the swans and feeding the ducks. I went down to this park a couple of weeks ago except […]
Ancient Witches and Monsters
No Show Client The other day I went to meet a client at a bar, but as soon as I walked into the bar the client texted me and said she couldn’t make it. I was expecting to eat lunch with this client I went ahead and ate lunch anyway. After I left I […]
The Transitionist
Woman From My Building There’s a woman who lives near my apartment. She lives in the same building, she parks kind of close to where I park and sometimes when we’re leaving we see each other. Sometimes when we’re coming back we see each other. She seems friendly. We each usually nod to each […]
Post Hypnotic Suggestions
When Blind Dates Were Blind A long time ago I went on a blind date. This was back when blind dates were really blind dates because it was before the Internet and you’re going to blind date because when you friends set you up with somebody and you didn’t actually know what they looked like […]
Origin Stories
So There’s This Lady There’s a woman that I see sometimes at the gym that I go to. She’s very interesting and easy to talk to. The reason that she popped into my field of interest was because she’s always carrying a big book. She doesn’t read a device, she doesn’t read a Kindle, […]