Chapter 30 – Culture Vultures "I should have asked, but how do you go about determining what the culture or ethos of a business is?" Dave and Ginny were sitting on the sofa in his EneRG office. Ginny stood and went to the flip chart in the corner of the seating area. She turned to a blank page and wrote: traits, behaviors, leaders, and measurements. Opposi...
Not as much sex as some of you like. Not as much BTB as others want. More narrative than still others can tolerate. And more detail than necessary. Still, it is what it is and some of you may even enjoy it. My wife went where? With whom? ----And I wasn't supposed to find out about it! The living room had three. The kitchen two. Guest bedroom two. Master be...
This is a work of fiction. All characters depicted are 18 or over. ***** An encounter of a different kind. ***** Aurora quickly settled into the passage, leaving the last few days of drama and excitement behind. With Beck at the helm, Watson sat huddled over his battered old silver laptop, pursuing a storyline utterly mundane compared to the past few day...
"He looks so peaceful floating in there." "I do don't I?" Sophia Ridge frowns a Young James Ian Pryce as they observe the body of James the Elder from his own future. Floating in his preservation tube he at least would not decay. Being deceased does that to a person. Sophia was tired of being duped and used. Her Great Grandfather Orin Ridge had switched hi...
By Egmontgrigor2020 Chapter 1 Women's underwear designer Basil Newton shot out of his armchair to join the conversation between his wife and daughter, who'd remained seated at the dining table over-looking the dinner left-overs. "What did you just say to your mother?" he asked, voice raising an octave. Bebe (Barbara) frowned and said, "I told her I've m...
156 Dollars Kent decided to spend Friday night lightly inebriated, thinking about what Bailey had initiated. She wasn't the first girl to give him a hand job, but the list of those who had didn't run long. Two short relationships in high school and no opportunities since he had reached university left Bailey's peculiar actions far and above his previous ex...
The following story was inspired by a comment I saw on a music video. The story is set in the 1960s and I did my best to remain true to the slang and the technology of the time, even looked up the wages for the time, but I'm sure the history wonks may find an error here or there. That's okay, it's just a story. As always, constructive comments are welcome...
Sam threw the suitcases he had been carrying onto the bed. "It's nice," he said, looking around the cabin. He'd booked this two-week Caribbean cruise for Olivia's birthday about a year ago, just before they'd become members of a website to which they'd uploaded photos and videos of themselves. Both Olivia and himself had been looking forward to this trip for...
This is my entry for the 2020 On the Job contest. Please enjoy. + Jamie Menks trudged through the pouring sleet, the collar of his uniform jacket pulled high up against his ears in a failing attempt to keep warm. Both feet were wet and he had little doubt that he would remain soaked and cold for his entire shift. You picked a really crappy day to walk to...
------------ Neither Nina nor Stephanie did anything but stare at her for a few moments. Nina had even stopped chewing the grape tomato half she'd just put in her mouth. "Wait," she said with a full mouth. She chewed for several seconds and swallowed. "You said just a few minutes ago that you two scr--" "I know. I lied," she grinned. "Now let me finish. W...