Heaven knows that working for the hotel sucks. I might as well throw hell in there, also. I never should’ve told them I could work during Fall break. I’m either too much of a pushover or a damn idiot. Only a few places are open on Sunday mornings in Blowing Rock, except for a few…
The City Of Gastonia Has Two Chronologs, So What The Hell Does That Mean
I will make a wild guess here that most of you have yet to hear of these Chronologs. I didn’t myself until the City of Gastonia and Keep Gastonia Beautiful got them two. So please read on because I want to put these cool things on your radar. First, Chronologs aren’t time-traveling machines, teleportation devices,…
Stormstrouper just crowned another Todd of the Month, and this is who we picked
Our Todd of the throne room is filling up. We’ve crowned several Todds of the Month during January, February, March, April, May, June, and July. Count the months, and that’s seven Todds of the month have already become Todd royalty by the distinguished Stormstrouper.com website, and it’s time to add an eighth crown and another…
Stormstrouper Shorts: Three Flash Fiction Stories
“The Fall” “You see, there was this viral video of a smiling polar bear sliding effortlessly across frozen water that made the rounds last fall. I don’t remember who sent me the video, but that bear seemed like the happiest mammal in the world for eleven seconds. You know it snowed two days ago, and…
My shallow dive into the Daredevil: Born Again villains
Charlie Cox is definitely back kicking ass in the new Daredevil: Born Again trailer from Disney’s D23 that leaked onto Youtube. I watched it and my reaction is that it looks frackin amazing. Born Again is the most highly anticipated new series on the Marvel Cinematic Universe calendar for me. I’ve only seen some photos…
A Few Incidents Inside the Earl Grey Wolf (a story from the Shadow Elm Memoir)
Four of five areas split my time living in Charlotte, North Carolina. The constant four were work, home, The Immortal Elf, or the Earl Grey Wolf coffee shop. Then, my time was split into fifths when I had girlfriends. But that was infrequent because I spent most of my Charlotte living as a bachelor, which…
The July Todd of the Month Award Goes to
There are signs, and then THERE are signs. We see signs every day! They tell us information like business names and advertise things on billboards. They warn, regulate, and guide us. There’s The Sign by Ace of Base. Zodiac signs are supposed to predict our personalities somehow. Everyone has heard the phrase, “It was a…
Broken Horses (a story from The Shadow Elm Memoir)
It picked an afternoon summer thunderstorm to finally die on the side of the highway. Sorry, that was a little morbid. I’m not talking about a person but my unfaithful Honda. Good grief, that would be grisly. I was driving back from covering a Charlotte amateur soccer league game for the paper I wrote at the…
I watched the Captain America: Brave New World trailer, and here are six things it confirmed for me
There have been many rumors and speculations about Captain America: Brave New World since its announcement in spring 2021. Expected to hit theaters on February 14, 2025, Brave New World brings back Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) as the winged Captain America who, according to the movie’s IMDB, “finds himself in the middle of an international…
The June Todd of the Month Award goes to
The June Stormstrouper.com newsletter is finally available and is “like totally” dedicated to The Todd of the Month award. In this month’s issue, you learn what the Todd of the Month award is, who’s made it so far, and who was awarded the month’s Todd of the Month award. Good morning. Is it already that…