Detective John Sterling waits at a wooden table in Interrogation Room B, located in the darkest and most depressing corner of the Raleigh police department. He’s feeling restless and relies on cigarettes to calm his nerves. He takes a full-flavored cigarette from a soft pack and retrieves a box of matches from the inside pocket…
14 Amazing Web Cams To Relish North Carolina From A Distance
North Carolina is a dope state. We have towering mountains to the west, vibrant cities in the middle, and serene beaches to the east. For the record, there are also great cities in the mountain and coastal regions. Our State is home to incredible wildlife, including bald eagles, black bears, eastern hellbenders, elk, and red…
This Year’s Bonnaroo Lineup Makes Me Feel Like An Elderly Millennial
The first Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival took place on a 700-acre farm in Manchester, Tennessee, in June of 2002. The gates for this year’s Bonnaroo open again in Manchester for four days of music and arts in June. That’s 24 years’ worth of festivals! Yikes. That’s just about a quarter of a century. I…
“In The Year 2026!” I Plan To Blog More
Remember in the late 90’s, the “In the year 2000” sketch from Late Night with Conan O’Brien, where Andy Richter, James Lipton, and Conan would look into the future and see how ridiculous the new millennium would be. Well, that was 26 years ago! I hope that was a successful hook, just to say that…
Dear Santa, This Is What I Want For Christmas This Year
Since it’s official Christmas time after Thanksgiving, I decided to write a letter to Santa Claus. What I say in the letter is true. However, I’ve changed some things to protect individuals’ identities and for entertainment purposes. Dear Santa, It’s been an eternity since I last wrote you my Christmas wish list. You probably don’t…
An Exclusive Drabble I Wrote Called “The Unlucky Box”
He died from a heart attack in a movie theater, days after the lottery announced his winning the three-million-dollar jackpot. “What rotten luck.” Wait, I recognize the man who died in this article. From the yard sale on Cedar Street. We both bought those luck boxes the kid was selling. “Buy some luck. Open the…
The Ch-Ch-Ch-Chia Seed Pudding That Sweetly Revolutionized My Weekday Breakfasts
“My diet absolutely sucks.” That was the rough reason I gave the nutritionist back in August for needing to meet with them. The real push for me to make that appointment with the nutritionist came from looking at full-body pictures of myself and not liking the shape of my body —a pudgy oval. I…
A North Carolinian In Utah, My First Travel Out West To Exciting Downtown SLC
When I was in my mid to late twenties, I received a phone call from a casting director’s assistant because I had applied to the reality show “I Survived A Japanese Game Show.” Applying to reality shows was something I did regularly in my 20s, but for some reason, this submission piqued the casting’s interest…
An Exclusive Short Story I Wrote Called “Sick on Styx”
“This kind of sucks,” Matt Elliot told Charon, “when I left the house today, I didn’t think I would end up in your boat going across the River Styx. Matt is sitting on the floor of the ferryman’s thin wood skiff, looking at the dark body of water that takes souls to the realm of…
I’m Happy To Share An Impossible Way to Be Part of One of the Major Sci-Fi Universes
Imagine how dope it would be to belong to or be a member of one of the many major fantasy or science fiction universes, such as Marvel, Star Trek, or Star Wars. Meme of The Three Amigos featuring logos from Marvel, Star Trek, and Star Wars. (Credit: 20th Century Fox / The Walt Disney Company…