No one ever thinks they’re the bad guy. The author examines the idea of villains, and how people’s perspective influences whether they consider themselves villains. The Mason County Hoo Doo War and the life of former Texas Ranger Scott Cooley. What makes a villain? The type of act? The absence of a necessary act? One […]
The author shares his candid experience with driving his daughter’s car; how “someday” never comes, even for legends like Val Kilmer.
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The author talks about happiness. Can it be boiled down to a science? The author reads Katydids, one of his essays.
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The author reads Split Decision, a short story. Brady discovers much and finds an unlikely ally when his wife Rachel walks out the door.
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In this first episode of the podcast, the author reads a short work called “Blood of the Mountain” and talks about improvisation.
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I didn’t know how to bake a pie. I was more into hunting and turning a wrench under the hood of my old red truck. The cinnamon-sugar-encrusted latticework of a warm, homemade apple pie slice sitting next to a scoop of cold vanilla ice cream persuaded me to learn. The crust snapped in my teeth.
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When Dade County Circuit Court Judge Edward Cowart sentenced Theodore Robert “Ted” Bundy to death for brutally murdering two Florida co-eds, he said something. “Take care of yourself, young man. I say that to you sincerely; take care of yourself. It is an utter tragedy for this court to see such a total waste of
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Wait . . . One of the houses I lived in as a child is now a bookstore? Books? The universe is telling me something, right? You gotta go to this bookstore. A good book is full of character, like this house. What better place to buy a literary gem? Walk around and peruse the
Laughter tumbles over wet, earthy-smelling rapids. A succession of bodies on streamlined plastic, trimming on the left, correcting on the right, watch out for that big rock there, look how pretty the sky is. A vape passed from one hand to another. Coconut? Don’t you dare drop it in the water. A flask holding a
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