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58Hardest Task Ever!
I had to perform the hardest management task ever the other day. Because of economic conditions, I had to terminate an employee who was exceptional and had done nothing to deserve being let go. It is a...
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56Pura Vida!
Volcano Arenal taken morning of Saturday, 28 Feb, 2009 from about 4 - 5 Km distance. I returned from a trip to Costa RIca on Monday evening with my family. We had been there since Thursday and got to see some...
7 comments55Is There a Need for Haste When You Have Time Travel?
I am working on a novel based on my winning entry in the first Twitter Writing Contest that took place almost a year ago. It is a story about the man who first discovers how to make a time machine and travel...
4 comments56The Promise of Recycling
Back when the recycling idea was first proposed and soon after people started buying into the idea, one of the arguments was that recycled materials would reduce costs over newly created items. Aluminum cans...
1 comment57An Instance of Poetic Justice
Because of owning a retail flower shop, I end up driving deliveries quite often. This week I happened to see what I call a case of Karmic Retribution take place almost instantly. I could only shake my head...
2 comments53Story Ideas
I am a writer who cut my teeth on Science Fiction and Fantasy. I write stories in both genres as well as Supernatural, Thriller, Horror and Mystery. Sometimes I combine genres. Right now I am playing with a...
5 comments66My Grandfather's Snake Story
Since my grandfather passed away when I was only two or three years old, this story was passed down by my grandmother to us grandchildren. I have no reason to doubt the story's truth and so I pass it along as...
6 comments57Twitter-style challenge
Back in the Spring of 2008, I won the very first Twitter fiction contest. It was a challenge issued at large by Copyblogger (Brian Clark) to his subscribers. The idea was simple, but actually doing it was...
0 comments52Reading Fantasy & Science FIction
I hear people frequently say that they do not read fantasy & science fiction since it isn't real literature. I would point out that the broad definition of fantasy is any story which contains elements of...
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76Growing Organic Pineapples Commercially
Field showing the deep furrows My family and I got to travel to Costa Rica from 26 Feb, 2009 to 2 Mar, 2009, courtesy of Collins Street Bakery in Corsicana, Texas. My wife won a drawing for a trip for four to...
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