After waiting for what seemed like an eternity to hear back from the traditional publishers I’d sent my book to, I finally said, “Screw it!” I couldn’t wait any longer to hear if there was any interest in publishing my book. As much as I love supporting local bookstores, and…

World Hunger Too many people on our planet don’t have enough to eat daily. Food Banks are full of people struggling to put a decent meal on their plates. In this day and age, it’s sad that we as a society haven’t solved world hunger. But. Because of the ongoing…

“I’m telling you, Frankie; she really likes you. You should ask Liz out. She’d love it.” Chris said, fixing a gaze at me that I interpreted as, you’d better say yes or stop complaining to me about being alone. I didn’t answer. All I could think was, Why’s my old…

It’s cold where I live. The city I live in is shut-down. And I reside by myself. I don’t have a job other than writing and working on another book. I feel luckier than most. On the good days, writing is a blessing. And on the bad days, it’s a…

The older you get as a man, the more you have to go to the washroom at night. In my case, I’m sure it has something to do with my prostate, but I really don’t care that much to find out why or what to do about it. I just…

My father never shut-up when I brought a French film over to my parents' house to watch with them. He’d talk throughout the movie. “Those French people, they really know to live.” Dad would bark out to no one in particular. I think to his mind, he was declaring a…

Audiences are flocking to streaming platforms the world over in the hopes of escaping from the seemingly never-ending slew of bad news because of the on-going pandemic. Netflix, Disney+, Prime are not the only options when it comes to delivering entertainment to their stressed-out audiences. The adult film industry has…

In a stunning admission of there being life on other planets, today, in one of his last acts as President, President Trump signed a Federal pardon directed at the “serpent men” from the Alpha Draconis system. This little known binary star system is located in the constellation Draco and is…

Boxing is a sport that polarizes people. You either love it, or you hate it. Nothing in between. Ever. Regardless of how you feel about the “sweet science,” there is one lesson that you need to be taking from the sport. It’s a relatively recent phenomenon in the sport’s history…