Category: Shorts
Muggo Shorts #5: The Chicken In The Egg
My office phone rang 15 minutes before my next meeting. It was my wife and she sounded concerned. "I just started hard-boiling some eggs, and...is it possible that there could be a chick inside one of the eggs?" My brain can't begin to comprehend what she's trying to ask me. All I could muster was …
Muggo Shorts #4: The Kids’ Toys
I don't want to come across too harsh, but there's real evil in this world. I know you know that. But I was shocked to learn that the makers of kids' toys are some of the most evil. Like, a sinister and genuinely wicked kind of evil. I promise you, I can't possibly understate this …
Muggo Shorts #3: Rush Hour
Rush hour is the worst. But you wanna know what makes rush hour worse than it needs to be? It's one person. One evil person.
Muggo Shorts #2: Anticipating Baby
Freshly cut pineapple. Taking long walks. Intercourse. Acupressure. Car rides down bumpy roads. More walks. Visualization exercises. A hurricane named Michael. Another walk. It hasn't been 40 full weeks yet, but the baby is showing no signs of leaving its comfort zone. Hendrik - lovingly referred to as "the Muggo" - was born on week …
Muggo Shorts #1: Sleep Interrupted
Welcome to Muggo Shorts. These aren't like the other stories I write. These are quips, thoughts, ideas...whatever. But they're short. There's no moral. It's just something that struck me and I decided to write it down. Consider these to be poems. Hey, I'm a poet now! Enjoy. ________________________________________________________________ The words stream through the early morning …
I have a blog?
So, I launched this thing eight days ago. So far, it's been a whole ton of fun. Here are some observations after running a blog for a week: First and foremost, thank you. The urge to check the site every 40 seconds is a little too strong for my liking The overwhelming sense that something …
