"Zabba zabba swee ba zabba dee da doo now!" Tom Waits is an acquired taste. His gravelly vocal technique is to Bob Dylan as Dylan's is to Sinatra. His lyrics are edgy, seedy, profane and often pornographic. But if you listen carefully and get beyond the voice you hear the incredible music and sheer poetry of the lyrics, the hall mark of true art songs since...
As always, I use real places for local color when I can: Central Baptist Hospital, PNC Bank, the Meadowthorpe area, street names and Kroger are all real places. Maybe it'll amuse some of the readers who actually live or work at those places. The persons depicted are all fictional, and any resemblance to any person, living, dead or undead, is entirely coincid...
"Dad," said my daughter Sasha. "You have to come to the school tomorrow to meet my new teacher." "What happened to your old teacher, Mrs. Greendale?" I asked. "Her husband had a heart attack so she has to stay home and take care of him for the rest of the school year," she answered. I liked Mrs. Greendale. She was an old school teacher. None of that new-f...
A quick little story about cheating and a little revenge. My name is Eric Larsen. I'm 28 years old. I work for Allied Security. I've been with them for three years. I worked my up from the bottom. I watched for shoplifters, stood around at private parties, watched closed warehouses and so on. It was all pretty boring but it paid the rent. Finally I got prom...
I'm a Bitch, I'm a Lover The title of this story is a line from the 1997 song co-written by and performed by Meredith Brooks titled "Bitch (Nothing In between). I have always felt that this song perfectly describes today's modern woman. It can be a real problem if you're married to a 21st Century woman and you are a mid 20th Century kind of man. My name...
Many thanks to techsan for his editing of this story. * I was in my best mood at a beautiful sunny Friday morning in May with no clouds visible in the blue sky over our village outside a Scandinavian town. The time was exactly 9.12 when I took the phone call, which within a short time would mean such serious problems for so many people in our village. I w...
My daughter in law felt like she needed a companion to drive from her post in Washington State to her new duty station in Oklahoma. She and my son are both in the Army and he was in Ranger school. He couldn't get leave to help her so guess whom she called on? Right. Me. I didn't really want to spend the money and besides a 25-year-old military officer should...
On my webcam I watched Bethany scratching the lotto ticket with the penny she found in the parking lot. She squinted to read the year. How ironic. 2001, Canada – 1 Cent. The Maple Leaf waving at her. The copper so shiny and new. Untarnished. Leaning back on the sofa she strokes her clit and feels the moisture leak from her pussy down to the rosebud of her...
Things had been going well at work, my business had been expanding and we were putting in a new office in Upland. I'm Brad, Bradley Thompson in case you're interested. My company does high end custom homes and occasionally remodels for some of our former clients. I thought I could use some diversion today so about 11 o'clock, I gave my wife Karen a call to...
I had a pleasant experience at Costco the other day. My wife had sent me to pick up a few things from down there the other day. Now I'm in my mid 70's and don't like the crowds so I like to go early in the mornings if I have to go. As I was exiting, as you probably know, someone from the store has to check your receipt to verify your purchases. This early fo...