The Rest Is His Story

  • Take This JOB and Shove It

    If the salary was the same, what job would you be doing right now and why? EG: First of all, the word job. WP: It’s the prompt. EG: I object. WP: You can’t object to the prompt. EG: Objection, Your… Continue reading

  • A Living Thought Has No Tombstone

    Share a hobby you’ve picked up recently — what got you into it? A hobby is a distraction. My brain lacks the architecture for such things,  forcing me into a corner with a word that fundamentally minimizes. When forced there,… Continue reading

  • Caught Red-Handed

    What’s the weirdest coincidence you’ve ever experienced? I sat at the bar of a saloon in Jackson Hole, the ambient hum of classic country music and clinking glasses filling the room, but my eyes kept drifting down to the floorboards.… Continue reading

  • The Book With No Last Page

    What’s a book you never finished but still think about? I finished the book. I can prove it. There is a last page. I have been there. More than once. I turned it. Closed the cover. Finished. Except the book… Continue reading

  • Somewhere Beyond the Frame

    Which fictional world would be the most fun to vacation in? There are places I would love to see, but most of them suffer from the same unfortunate condition. They exist. And if I am being offered a vacation somewhere… Continue reading

  • The Guest from Tomorrow

    If you could go back and witness any historical event, which one would you pick? I would, of course, need something to wear. If I have been granted the extraordinary privilege of going anywhere in history, I refuse to squander… Continue reading

  • The Woman Who Waited for Color

    If you had to get a tattoo right now, what would it be and why? A tattoo is the soul’s own portrait—a permanent gallery of a life’s profoundest sentiments. But you ask what mine would be before it exists. You… Continue reading

  • The Pursuit of Happily Ever After

    How did you meet your significant other? Oh, what a day…Mid-February, back in 2002.What a very special time for me.I walked in to buy a car… But I was never going to be the same. I saw him the moment… Continue reading

  • A Most Unfortunate Affair With Tradition

    What’s a cultural tradition from your country that you love? A profound question, I must say. Take my hand, dear reader. No, truly. Take it. This deserves some hand-holding. Let us begin with tradition. Such an innocent little word. How… Continue reading

  • Almost There. Again.

    If you could relive one day from your past, which day would it be and why? It was 5:17 p.m. I remember it so clearly. Sometimes I close my eyes and I can still see it. Miles and miles of… Continue reading