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Have you ever felt like you had a hemp noose around your neck, ready to die at any moment? Time slows to a surreal pace, your brain accelerates, and all of your senses sharpen in a way you could never imagine previously. This is the predicament our hero finds himself in as we meet him in "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce. It's up on the site right now...

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Friends,

The concluding episode of "The Dream of a Ridiculous Man" is now up on the site. Since Dostoevsky can seem intimidating, I've been making jokes on my Facebook fan page like:

"Yah, sure, Dostoevsky wrote some pretty good stuff, like the novels Crime & Punishment and The Brother Karamazov. But everyone knows his true masterpiece is The Dream of a Ridiculous Man. Say what? That story's up on the website right now? ...Huh. Ain't that a coinky-dink? And lucky for YOU, kind sir or gentl… Continue

Friends,

The new story on the website is called, "The Dream of a Ridiculous Man (Part 1)." It was written by the great Russian author, Fyodor Dostoevsky. It tells the tale of the corruption of a(n) utopia similar to a pre-fall Earth.

I recorded the tracks for the podcast somewhat differently than I ordinarily do. They were longer in length this time. And when I mixed them down, the file was about double the size it normally is. It usually comes out to be around 1 MB per 1 minute of audio, but… Continue

Friends,

Have you ever known someone who was a "goody-two-shoes"? (Much, much worse than a goody-one-shoe, BTW.) Y'know, that little nerd at the front of the class telling the teacher she forgot to give the class homework? Ever wondered what happened to those people later in life?

Well, find out what happens to one such goody-two-shoes, a certain Jacob Blevins, in the current story up on the website, "The Story of the Good Little Boy Who Did Not Prosper," written by America's most searing wit,… Continue

For the past few weeks, I've begun studying for some professional exams that I'll be taking over the next 18 months. So, if you want to know all about the Prouty Approach and Risk Financing Techniques and Methods for Identifying Loss Exposures, just ask and I'll be happy to fill you in!

If you just want to be entertained, however, click over to the website. The current post is my performance of H.P. Lovecraft's short story, "The Picture in the House." Lovecraft, of course, is best known as the… Continue